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

Born: October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA
Schools: 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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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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 KCR AL 24 P 6 4 34.2 5 1 3 1 1 .800 0.0 0.0 1.04 0.67 .960 1.79 0.73
1984 KCR AL 25 P 10 5 37.0 7 3 2 2 0 .714 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.90 1.08 .950 1.86 0.70
1986 CLE AL 27 P 26 0 40.1 10 3 6 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 4.15 0.50 .950 1.87 0.57
9 Seasons P 154 35 435.2 92 31 57 4 4 .957 0.0 0.0 1.82 0.57 .957 1.83 0.65
9 Seasons TOT 154 35 435.2 92 31 57 4 4 .957 0.0 0.0 1.82 0.57 .913 1.83 0.65

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Transactions

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

January 18, 1985: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

March 29, 1985: Traded by the New York Mets to the Seattle Mariners for Wray Bergendahl (minors).

March 20, 1986: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

March 27, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

March 29, 1988: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

April 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 28, 1988: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

January 12, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 26, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Cleveland Indians$92,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$242,500
1991Toronto Blue Jays$435,000
Career (may be incomplete)$769,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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