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Mike Willis

Michael Henry Willis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 26, 1950 in Oklahoma City, OK
High School: Hillsboro HS (Nashville, TN)
School: Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1977 (Age 26)
Team: BlueJays 1977-1981
Agents: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: June 11, 1981 (Age 30)
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1972	21	BAL-min	Rk	7	4	.636	3.03	12	12		4	2	0	86.0	67	42	29	5	33	0	98	2	0	4			1.163	7.0	0.5	3.5	10.3	2.97	BLD · APPY
1973	22	BAL-min	A,AA	14	9	.609	2.46	27	27		18	5	0	194.0	156	66	53	9	52	2	117	5	1	5			1.072	7.2	0.4	2.4	5.4	2.25	MIA,AVL · FLOR,SOUL
1974	23	BAL-min	AAA,AA	12	4	.750	2.72	28	24		8	5	1	179.0	151	65	54	16	53	1	92	5	0	8			1.140	7.6	0.8	2.7	4.6	1.74	ROC,AVL · IL,SOUL
1975	24	BAL-min	AAA	14	8	.636	2.57	32	25		7	3	2	175.0	151	71	50	12	54	2	84	2	0	6			1.171	7.8	0.6	2.8	4.3	1.56	ROC · IL
1976	25	BAL-min	AAA	12	6	.667	4.21	27	22		11	4	2	156.0	161	81	73	13	39	4	80	2	1	2			1.282	9.3	0.8	2.2	4.6	2.05	ROC · IL
1977	26	TOR	AL	2	6	.250	3.94	43	3	28	0	0	5	107.1	105	48	47	15	38	6	59	0	0	2	451	107	1.332	8.8	1.3	3.2	4.9	1.55
1978	27	TOR	AL	3	7	.300	4.56	44	2	22	1	0	7	100.2	104	55	51	11	39	2	52	0	1	2	434	86	1.421	9.3	1.0	3.5	4.6	1.33
1979	28	TOR-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.29	20	3		1	0	3	34.0	36	21	20	1	10	2	28	0	0	3			1.353	9.5	0.3	2.6	7.4	2.80	SYR · IL
1979	28	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	8.44	17	1	7	0	0	0	26.2	35	27	25	1	16	2	8	1	0	3	128	52	1.913	11.8	0.3	5.4	2.7	0.50
1980	29	TOR-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.48	44	0		0	0	5	69.0	44	24	19	4	35	2	48	0	0	1			1.145	5.7	0.5	4.6	6.3	1.37	SYR · IL
1980	29	TOR	AL	2	1	.667	1.71	20	0	10	0	0	3	26.1	25	6	5	3	11	4	14	1	0	2	114	257	1.367	8.5	1.0	3.8	4.8	1.27
1981	30	TOR-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.85	5	2	0	0	0	0	20.0	21	13	13	3	9	1	9	0	0	0			1.500	9.4	1.4	4.0	4.0	1.00	SYR · IL
1981	30	TOR	AL	0	4	.000	5.91	20	0	4	0	0	0	35.0	43	25	23	6	20	1	16	1	0	0	168	67	1.800	11.1	1.5	5.1	4.1	0.80
1982	31	PHI-min	AAA	7	6	.538	7.00	56	2	33	1	0	6	91.1	131	81	71	14	46	7	61	2	1	4			1.938	12.9	1.4	4.5	6.0	1.33	OKC · AA
5 Yrs				7	21	.250	4.59	144	6	71	1	0	15	296.0	312	161	151	36	124	15	149	3	1	9	1295	89	1.473	9.5	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.20
162 Game Avg.				3	10	.250	4.59	65	3	32	0	0	7	134	141	73	68	16	56	7	68	1	0	4	587	89	1.473	9.5	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.20

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%
1977	26	TOR	AL	107.1	43	3	48	4.02	4.66	-0.21	-0.30	105.0	4.79	9	0.9	1.3	-0.1	2.0	20	.521	.506
1978	27	TOR	AL	100.2	44	2	55	4.92	4.32	-0.10	-0.29	105.0	4.33	-7	-0.7	1.8	-0.4	-0.1	3	.484	.496
1979	28	TOR	AL	26.2	17	1	27	9.11	4.97	0.08	-0.36	104.0	4.71	-13	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-10	.427	.492
1980	29	TOR	AL	26.1	20	0	6	2.05	5.04	0.09	-0.40	108.9	4.95	8	0.9	2.0	0.4	1.6	11	.545	.506
1981	30	TOR	AL	35.0	20	0	25	6.43	4.59	0.05	-0.37	107.2	4.48	-8	-0.8	1.8	-0.4	-0.9	-5	.459	.495
5 Seasons				296.0	144	6	161	4.90	4.60	-0.09	-0.32	105.5	4.60	-10	-0.9	1.6	-0.5	1.5	19	.493	.499

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1972	21	BAL-min	Rk	12	34	25	3	4	1	6	7	14	.160	.333	.280	.613	7		0	1	1			BLD · APPY
1973	22	BAL-min	A,AA	27	45	38	3	6	1	4	4	16	.158	.238	.237	.475	9		0	3	0			MIA,AVL · FLOR,SOUL
1974	23	BAL-min	AAA,AA	28	56	44	3	4	0	1	11	19	.091	.273	.091	.364	4		0	1	0			ROC,AVL · IL,SOUL
1975	24	BAL-min	AAA	32	58	49	0	8	0	4	2	15	.163	.212	.163	.375	8		1	6	0			ROC · IL
1976	25	BAL-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			ROC · IL
1977	26	TOR	AL	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	27	TOR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	28	TOR-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1979	28	TOR	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	29	TOR-min	AAA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1980	29	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	30	TOR-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1981	30	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	31	PHI-min	AAA	56	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
5 Yrs				144	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Pos
1977	26	TOR	AL	43	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	1
1978	27	TOR	AL	44	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	1
1979	28	TOR	AL	17	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	1
1980	29	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	1
1981	30	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	1
5 Seasons				144	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1977	TOR	AL	26	P	43	3	0	107.1	26	6	19	1	1	.962	2.10	0.58	.948	1.95	1.93	7	4	36%	39%	2
1978	TOR	AL	27	P	44	2	1	100.2	23	4	18	1	0	.957	1.97	0.50	.954	1.90	1.88	3	5	63%	38%	1
1979	TOR	AL	28	P	17	1	0	26.2	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.02	0.35	.948	1.92	1.89	2	1	33%	36%	1
1980	TOR	AL	29	P	20	0	0	26.1	7	5	2	0	0	1.000	2.39	0.35	.957	1.85	1.85	1	0	0%	35%	0
1981	TOR	AL	30	P	20	0	0	35.0	8	3	5	0	1	1.000	2.06	0.40	.962	1.98	1.98	0	1	100%	38%	0
	5 Seasons			P	144	6	1	296.0	70	19	49	2	2	.971	2.07	0.47	.953	1.92	1.91	13	11	46%	38%	4
	5 Seasons			TOT	144	6	1	296.0	70	19	49	2	2	.971	2.07	0.47	.953	1.92	1.91	13	11	46%	38%	4

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Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 25th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 20th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
November 5, 1976: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Baltimore Orioles as the 55th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

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