Frank Wills
Frank Lee Wills
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA
High School: De LaSalle (New Orleans, LA)
School: Tulane University
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1983
Final Game: April 30, 1991
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 KCR AL 24 P 6 4 34.2 5 1 3 1 1 .800 1.04 0.67 .960 1.79 0.73
1984 KCR AL 25 P 10 5 37.0 7 3 2 2 0 .714 1.22 0.50 .971 1.80 0.70
1985 SEA AL 26 P 24 18 123.0 26 9 17 0 1 1.000 1.90 1.08 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 CLE AL 27 P 26 0 40.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 2.01 0.35 .960 1.83 0.68
1987 CLE AL 28 P 6 0 5.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.33 .950 1.86 0.67
1988 TOR AL 29 P 10 0 20.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.61 0.60 .967 1.79 0.67
1989 TOR AL 30 P 24 4 71.1 15 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.89 0.63 .960 1.87 0.66
1990 TOR AL 31 P 44 4 99.0 19 9 10 0 2 1.000 1.73 0.43 .953 1.78 0.59
1991 TOR AL 32 P 4 0 4.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.15 0.50 .950 1.87 0.57
9 Seasons P 154 35 435.2 92 31 57 4 4 .957 1.82 0.57 .957 1.83 0.65
9 Seasons TOT 154 35 435.2 92 31 57 4 4 .957 1.82 0.57 .913 1.83 0.65

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1983 KCR AL 24 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 KCR AL 25 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 26 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CLE AL 27 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CLE AL 28 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR AL 29 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR AL 30 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 31 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR AL 32 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 154 0 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1983 KCR AL 24 160 76% 21% 4 50% 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1984 KCR AL 25 170 80% 22% 4 75% 0 3 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 SEA AL 26 575 76% 23% 17 100% 0 9 0 8 17 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1986 CLE AL 27 187 74% 26% 12 58% 1 4 0 2 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1987 CLE AL 28 27 59% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1988 TOR AL 29 92 73% 32% 5 100% 1 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1989 TOR AL 30 314 77% 35% 10 90% 0 5 0 5 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1990 TOR AL 31 434 74% 33% 10 90% 0 9 0 7 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 100%
1991 TOR AL 32 27 70% 26% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
9 Seasons 1986 76% 27% 66 85% 2 31 1 24 57 47 5 4 0 3 1 2 4 2 3 1 16 88%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 92% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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