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 Pitching

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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
1983 24 KCR AL 2 1 .667 4.15 6 4 1 0 0 0 34.2 35 17 16 2 15 0 23 0 0 3 152 98 1.442 9.1 0.5 3.9 6.0 1.53
1984 25 KCR AL 2 3 .400 5.11 10 5 2 0 0 0 37.0 39 21 21 3 13 0 21 0 0 2 161 79 1.405 9.5 0.7 3.2 5.1 1.62
1985 26 SEA AL 5 11 .313 6.00 24 18 2 1 0 1 123.0 122 85 82 18 68 3 67 3 1 9 541 70 1.545 8.9 1.3 5.0 4.9 0.99
1986 27 CLE AL 4 4 .500 4.91 26 0 16 0 0 4 40.1 43 23 22 6 16 4 32 0 0 2 182 84 1.463 9.6 1.3 3.6 7.1 2.00
1987 28 CLE AL 0 1 .000 5.06 6 0 4 0 0 1 5.1 3 3 3 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 26 89 1.875 5.1 0.0 11.8 6.8 0.57
1988 29 TOR AL 0 0 5.23 10 0 4 0 0 0 20.2 22 12 12 2 6 2 19 0 0 1 89 75 1.355 9.6 0.9 2.6 8.3 3.17
1989 30 TOR AL 3 1 .750 3.66 24 4 6 0 0 0 71.1 65 31 29 4 30 2 41 1 0 4 302 100 1.332 8.2 0.5 3.8 5.2 1.37
1990 31 TOR AL 6 4 .600 4.73 44 4 6 0 0 0 99.0 101 54 52 13 38 7 72 1 0 1 422 87 1.404 9.2 1.2 3.5 6.5 1.89
1991 32 TOR AL 0 1 .000 16.62 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 8 8 8 2 5 0 2 1 0 0 27 25 3.000 16.6 4.2 10.4 4.2 0.40
9 Seasons 22 26 .458 5.06 154 35 44 1 0 6 435.2 438 254 245 50 198 18 281 6 1 22 1902 80 1.460 9.0 1.0 4.1 5.8 1.42
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .458 5.06 55 13 16 0 0 2 157 158 91 88 18 71 6 101 2 0 8 684 80 1.460 9.0 1.0 4.1 5.8 1.42
TOR (4 yrs) 9 6 .600 4.65 82 8 19 0 0 0 195.1 196 105 101 21 79 11 134 3 0 6 840 84 1.408 9.0 1.0 3.6 6.2 1.70
KCR (2 yrs) 4 4 .500 4.65 16 9 3 0 0 0 71.2 74 38 37 5 28 0 44 0 0 5 313 87 1.423 9.3 0.6 3.5 5.5 1.57
CLE (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 4.93 32 0 20 0 0 5 45.2 46 26 25 6 23 4 36 0 0 2 208 85 1.511 9.1 1.2 4.5 7.1 1.57
SEA (1 yr) 5 11 .313 6.00 24 18 2 1 0 1 123.0 122 85 82 18 68 3 67 3 1 9 541 70 1.545 8.9 1.3 5.0 4.9 0.99

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 24 KCR AL 6 152 135 17 35 7 0 2 4 1 15 23 .259 .329 .356 .685 .295 48 1 0 0 2 0
1984 25 KCR AL 10 161 144 21 39 7 2 3 4 3 13 21 .271 .323 .410 .733 .290 59 1 0 0 4 0
1985 26 SEA AL 24 541 458 85 122 22 1 18 9 9 68 67 .266 .359 .437 .796 .273 200 8 3 4 8 3
1986 27 CLE AL 26 182 158 23 43 7 0 6 2 0 16 32 .272 .335 .430 .766 .303 68 2 0 6 2 4
1987 28 CLE AL 6 26 17 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 7 4 .176 .400 .176 .576 .214 3 0 0 1 1 0
1988 29 TOR AL 10 89 81 12 22 7 1 2 2 0 6 19 .272 .318 .457 .775 .328 37 2 0 1 1 2
1989 30 TOR AL 24 302 269 31 65 10 4 4 1 6 30 41 .242 .319 .353 .672 .271 95 2 1 1 1 2
1990 31 TOR AL 44 422 380 54 101 19 1 13 8 4 38 72 .266 .333 .424 .757 .297 161 14 1 2 1 7
1991 32 TOR AL 4 27 19 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 5 2 .421 .560 .789 1.349 .400 15 0 1 2 0 0
9 Seasons 154 1902 1661 254 438 80 9 50 31 23 198 281 .264 .341 .413 .754 .287 686 30 6 17 20 18
162 Game Avg. 55 684 598 91 158 29 3 18 11 8 71 101 .264 .341 .413 .754 .287 247 11 2 6 7 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 24 KCR AL 6 4 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 1 25% 53 65 42 0 0 0 2 4.9 5.1 6.3
1984 25 KCR AL 10 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 3 .400 0 0 0 0 1 20% 37 57 20 3 1 0 4 4.1 6.2 4.1
1985 26 SEA AL 24 18 5 11 2 2 2 7 11 .389 2 1 1 0 6 33% 43 79 11 30 16 6 5 4.5 3.8 5.7
1989 30 TOR AL 24 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 1 1 0 0 2 50% 44 65 17 8 1 0 2 5.0 5.5 4.8 80 1 2 1 0 101
1990 31 TOR AL 44 4 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 .500 2 0 0 0 1 25% 50 58 36 22 6 0 3 4.3 6.5 5.0 70 3 1 0 0 84
5 Seasons 108 35 9 16 10 4 2 16 19 .457 5 2 1 0 11 31% 44 79 11 63 24 6 16 4.5 4.6 5.4 75 4 3 1 0 101
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1983 24 KCR AL 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0.773 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 14.5
1984 25 KCR AL 10 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 3 0.965 0 2 3 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 3 0 9.8
1985 26 SEA AL 24 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 13 6 46% 4 0.972 2 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 5 1 5 0 9.8
1986 27 CLE AL 26 26 16 4 4 6 4 2 67% 8 2 32 6 19% 8 1.191 13 5 8 10 4 12 16 10 17 7 18 4 4.7
1987 28 CLE AL 6 6 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 9 3 33% 8 2.274 4 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 1 3 2 0 2.7
1988 29 TOR AL 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36% 5 0.443 1 4 2 1 0 9 7 3 5 2 5 0 6.2 36
1989 30 TOR AL 24 20 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 24 11 46% 5 0.771 7 5 8 2 3 15 11 9 15 2 16 0 7.8 38
1990 31 TOR AL 44 40 6 5 4 0 0 0 3 3 28 6 21% 5 0.929 9 14 17 6 10 24 16 24 26 6 27 2 5.9 29
1991 32 TOR AL 4 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.696 1 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 1 1 1 1 3.3 25
9 Seasons 154 119 44 13 10 8 6 2 75% 15 7 122 38 31% 0.924 37 35 44 22 21 76 64 55 75 22 79 7 6.2 32

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1983 24 KCR AL 152 48% 1.3% 15.1% 9.9% 5.9% 26% 0.68 74% 27 1 4%
1984 25 KCR AL 161 55% 1.9% 13.0% 8.1% 7.5% 31% 0.74 77% 27 1 4%
1985 26 SEA AL 541 57% 3.3% 12.4% 12.6% 7.6% 34% 0.95 70% 122 8 7%
1986 27 CLE AL 182 49% 3.3% 17.6% 8.8% 7.1% 30% 0.93 67% 40 2 5%
1987 28 CLE AL 26 31% 0.0% 15.4% 26.9% 0.0% 0% 1.00 54% 8 0 0%
1988 29 TOR AL 89 35% 2.3% 21.4% 6.7% 11.2% 46% 0.91 1.26 69% 23% 8.7% 28% 15 2 13%
1989 30 TOR AL 302 38% 1.3% 13.6% 9.9% 6.0% 28% 0.94 1.08 75% 18% 4.3% 20% 70 2 3%
1990 31 TOR AL 422 46% 3.1% 17.1% 9.0% 7.8% 33% 0.91 1.17 70% 23% 9.7% 15% 94 14 15%
1991 32 TOR AL 27 41% 7.4% 7.4% 18.5% 11.1% 38% 0.70 1.75 56% 11% 25.0% 20% 7 0 0%
9 Seasons 1902 48% 2.6% 14.8% 10.4% 7.3% 32% 0.91 0.98 71% 21% 8.1% 18% 410 30 7%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 29 TOR AL 89 357 4.01 227 64% 21% 19% 32% 28% 79% 6% 50% 76% 56% 2% 2 0 16% 14 6 1 16% 4 0 0 0 0
1989 30 TOR AL 296 1046 3.53 649 62% 23% 15% 27% 35% 77% 2% 48% 80% 60% 7% 22 15 23% 67 40 3 24% 8 5 6 0 2
1990 31 TOR AL 405 1382 3.41 860 62% 21% 18% 26% 35% 79% 4% 49% 77% 56% 6% 25 12 18% 72 49 7 16% 15 6 17 0 0
1991 32 TOR AL 27 99 3.67 52 53% 27% 15% 21% 37% 73% 0% 38% 79% 48% 7% 2 1 4% 1 0 0 50% 0 1 0 0 0
4 Seasons 817 2884 3.53 1788 62% 22% 17% 27% 34% 78% 3% 48% 78% 57% 6% 51 28 19% 154 95 11 19% 27 12 23 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1983 24 KCR AL 152 35 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 6 4 1 67% 3 3 0 62 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1984 25 KCR AL 161 39 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 9 6 0 67% 2 2 0 66 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1985 26 SEA AL 541 122 18 0 14 8 10 9 9 39 25 4 64% 3 9 2 198 9 9 50% 8 8 1 1 0 0 2 0 25 0
1986 27 CLE AL 182 43 6 0 11 5 1 2 4 10 5 0 50% 5 2 1 77 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 28 CLE AL 26 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 29 TOR AL 89 22 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 9 5 3 56% 0 1 0 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 30 TOR AL 302 65 8 2 4 0 22 3 1 2 2 28 12 4 43% 2 4 1 108 1 6 14% 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1990 31 TOR AL 422 101 15 1 13 2 14 9 4 10 3 19 11 4 58% 3 1 0 164 8 4 67% 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 32 TOR AL 27 8 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1902 438 25 3 50 2 70 31 19 27 23 122 70 16 57% 18 22 4 738 31 23 57% 27 22 4 1 0 0 3 0 64 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1983 24 2 1 .667 4.15 6 4 1 0 0 0 34.2 35 17 16 2 15 0 23 0 0 3 152 98 1.442 9.1 0.5 3.9 6.0 1.53 98
1984 25 4 4 .500 4.65 16 9 3 0 0 0 71.2 74 38 37 5 28 0 44 0 0 5 313 87 1.423 9.3 0.6 3.5 5.5 1.57 87
1985 26 9 15 .375 5.50 40 27 5 1 0 1 194.2 196 123 119 23 96 3 111 3 1 14 854 75 1.500 9.1 1.1 4.4 5.1 1.16 75
1986 27 13 19 .406 5.40 66 27 21 1 0 5 235.0 239 146 141 29 112 7 143 3 1 16 1036 77 1.494 9.2 1.1 4.3 5.5 1.28 77
1987 28 13 20 .394 5.39 72 27 25 1 0 6 240.1 242 149 144 29 119 7 147 3 1 16 1062 77 1.502 9.1 1.1 4.5 5.5 1.24 77
1988 29 13 20 .394 5.38 82 27 29 1 0 6 261.0 264 161 156 31 125 9 166 3 1 17 1151 77 1.490 9.1 1.1 4.3 5.7 1.33 77
1989 30 16 21 .432 5.01 106 31 35 1 0 6 332.1 329 192 185 35 155 11 207 4 1 21 1453 80 1.456 8.9 0.9 4.2 5.6 1.34 80
1990 31 22 25 .468 4.95 150 35 41 1 0 6 431.1 430 246 237 48 193 18 279 5 1 22 1875 82 1.444 9.0 1.0 4.0 5.8 1.45 82
1991 32 22 26 .458 5.06 154 35 44 1 0 6 435.2 438 254 245 50 198 18 281 6 1 22 1902 80 1.460 9.0 1.0 4.1 5.8 1.42 80

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1983 24 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 36 18 16 2 15 23 0 1.500 9.5 4.0 6.1 1.53 0.5 6
1984 25 1 2 .333 5.91 35.0 41 26 23 3 14 20 0 1.571 10.5 3.6 5.1 1.43 0.8 10
1985 26 3 9 .250 6.57 115.0 124 93 84 18 69 63 3 1.678 9.7 5.4 4.9 0.91 1.4 24
1986 27 1 3 .250 5.18 40.0 45 26 23 6 17 32 0 1.550 10.1 3.8 7.2 1.88 1.4 26
1987 28 0 0 3.60 5.0 3 2 2 0 7 4 0 2.000 5.4 12.6 7.2 0.57 0.0 6
1988 29 1 1 .500 5.85 20.0 23 14 13 2 6 18 0 1.450 10.4 2.7 8.1 3.00 0.9 10
1989 30 3 4 .429 4.50 66.0 70 37 33 4 32 38 1 1.545 9.5 4.4 5.2 1.19 0.5 24
1990 31 4 6 .400 5.23 93.0 103 60 54 13 39 68 1 1.527 10.0 3.8 6.6 1.74 1.3 44
1991 32 0 0 18.00 4.0 8 9 8 2 5 2 1 3.250 18.0 11.3 4.5 0.40 4.5 4
9 Seasons 14 27 .341 5.59 412.0 453 285 256 50 204 268 6 1.595 9.9 5.9 1.31 1.1 154

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