Ted Wills

Theodore Carl Wills

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 9, 1934 in Fresno, CA
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1959
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Reds/WhiteSox 1959-1965

Final Game: June 12, 1965
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1955	21	BOS-min	C	33	65	65		16	1	0	0						.246	.246	.262	.508		17							SJO · CALL
1956	22	BOS-min	B,A	35	78	78		23	2	0	2						.295	.295	.321	.615		25							GBO,ALB · CARL,EL
1957	23	BOS-min	AA	71	119	116	4	23	5	0	0	7	0	0	2	20	.198	.210	.241	.451		28		0	0	1			OKC · TL
1958	24	MIN-min	AA	68	107	107		25	5	2	3						.234	.234	.402	.636		43							CNG · SOUA
1959	25	BOS-min	AAA	21	45	43	2	7	0	1	0	3	1		1	12	.163	.182	.209	.391		9		0	1	0	0		MNE · AA
1959	25	BOS	AL	9	19	16	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.294	.375	.669	80	6	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1960	26	BOS-min	AAA	25	46	46	3	18	1	0	0	5	0		0	10	.391	.391	.413	.804		19							MNE · AA
1960	26	BOS	AL	16	9	8	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	90	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	27	BOS-min	AAA	26	26	26	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.346	.577		9							SLE · PCL
1961	27	BOS	AL	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	28	TOT	MLB	27	16	16	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.313	.313	.313	.625	66	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	28	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	28	CIN	NL	26	16	16	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.313	.313	.313	.625	66	5	0	0	0	0	0	1

1963	29	CIN-min	AAA	40	82	80	4	19	5	0	2	16	0	0	2	21	.238	.256	.375	.631		30							SDG · PCL
1964	30	CIN-min	AAA	30	72	67	2	11	1	0	1	10	0	0	2	14	.164	.186	.224	.410		15		0	2	1			SDG · PCL
1965	31	CLE-STL-min	AAA	15	28	28	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	8	.143	.143	.250	.393		7		0	0	0			POR,JCK · PCL,IL
1965	31	CHW	AL	15	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Yrs				84	49	44	4	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.250	.298	.318	.616	66	14	0	0	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	95	85	8	21	6	0	0	2	0	0	6	27	.250	.298	.318	.616	66	27	0	0	4	0	0

BOS (4 yrs)				43	30	26	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.231	.286	.346	.632	70	9	0	0	2	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				26	16	16	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.313	.313	.313	.625	66	5	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				15	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	7	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				58	33	28	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.214	.290	.321	.612	66	9	0	0	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				26	16	16	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.313	.313	.313	.625	66	5	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1959	25	BOS	AL	9	19	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.522	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	/1
1960	26	BOS	AL	16	9	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1961	27	BOS	AL	17	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1962	28	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1962	28	CIN	NL	26	16	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1965	31	CHW	AL	15	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$7,500	1
5 Seasons				84	49	-3	-0	0	0	6	3	0.3	1	5	0.4	.504	.500	0.4	-0.0	4	$7,500

BOS (4 yrs)				43	30	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.505	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$
CIN (1 yr)				26	16	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$
CHW (1 yr)				15	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$7,500

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1959	25	BOS	AL	19	14	2	3.8	102	.364	.250	.265	.294	.337	.375	.405	.669	.742	80	.438	-0.4	-0.0	.583	.188	.125
1960	26	BOS	AL	9	6	1	4.5	104	.333	.250	.267	.333	.341	.375	.408	.708	.749	90	.500	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.125
1961	27	BOS	AL	2	2	0	0.0	105		.000	.265	.000	.340	.000	.412	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	28	TOT	MLB	16	11	2	4.9	107	.417	.313	.275	.313	.343	.313	.417	.625	.760	66	.530	-0.8	-0.1	.455	.000	.000
1962	28	CIN	NL	16	11	2	4.9	107	.417	.313	.275	.313	.343	.313	.417	.625	.760	66	.530	-0.8	-0.1	.455	.000	.000

1965	31	CHW	AL	3	2	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.242	.333	.311	.000	.372	.333	.683	7	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
5 Yrs				49	35	5	3.8	103	.367	.250	.268	.298	.338	.318	.409	.616	.747	66	.432	-2.1	-0.2	.515	.136	.068
162 Game Avg.				95	68	10	3.8	103	.367	.250	.268	.298	.338	.318	.409	.616	.747	66	.432	-2.1	-0.2	.515	.136	.068

BOS (4 yrs)				30	22	3	3.7	103	.353	.231	.266	.286	.338	.346	.407	.632	.745	70	.413	-1.1	-0.1	.550	.192	.115
CIN (1 yr)				16	11	2	4.9	107	.417	.313	.275	.313	.343	.313	.417	.625	.760	66	.530	-0.8	-0.1	.455	.000	.000
CHW (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.242	.333	.311	.000	.372	.333	.683	7	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

AL (5 yrs)				33	24	3	3.4	101	.333	.214	.264	.290	.336	.321	.404	.612	.740	66	.379	-1.2	-0.1	.545	.214	.107
NL (1 yr)				16	11	2	4.9	107	.417	.313	.275	.313	.343	.313	.417	.625	.760	66	.530	-0.8	-0.1	.455	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	25	BOS	AL	19	0.0%	26.3%	5.3%	10.5%	50%	5.00	3.2			2.00	58%
1960	26	BOS	AL	9	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	11.1%	50%	2.00	4.0		8.0	0.33	67%
1961	27	BOS	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1962	28	TOT	MLB	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			5.00	75%
1962	28	CIN	NL	16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			5.00	75%

1965	31	CHW	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0				33%
5 Yrs				49	0.0%	28.6%	6.1%	6.1%	27%	4.67	3.1		44.0	1.86	61%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.6%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.73	6.1	38.7	8.6	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	25	BOS	AL	-0.4	-0.0	19	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	1.04	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.84	-0.9		0
1960	26	BOS	AL	-0.1	-0.0	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.23	-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	1.04	-0.4	2.78	1
1961	27	BOS	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.38	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.95	-0.6		0
1962	28	TOT	MLB	-0.8	-0.1	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.90	-0.1	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.00	-1.2		0
1962	28	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	28	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.90	-0.1	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	1.00	-1.2		0

1965	31	CHW	AL	-0.2	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.86	-0.1	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.25	-0.5		0
5 Yrs				-2.1	-0.2	49	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.03	-0.4	-0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.96	-3.6	2.78	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	25	BOS	AL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	0	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1961	27	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1962	28	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1965	31	CHW	AL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				0	0	29%	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1959	25	BOS	AL	19	68%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1960	26	BOS	AL	9	89%	2			1	0	0	0	2.78	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1961	27	BOS	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	28	TOT	MLB	16	69%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	28	CIN	NL	16	69%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1965	31	CHW	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				49	76%	11			1	0	0	0	2.78	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	0	0%	9	2	22%	30	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1959	25	9	19	16	0	4	2	0	1	5	.250	.294	.375	.669	80	6	2
1960	26	25	28	24	3	6	3	1	2	7	.250	.308	.375	.683	83	9	2
1961	27	42	30	26	3	6	3	1	2	9	.231	.286	.346	.632	70	9	2
1962	28	69	46	42	3	11	3	1	2	13	.262	.295	.333	.629	68	14	2
1963	29	69	46	42	3	11	3	1	2	13	.262	.295	.333	.629	68	14	2
1964	30	69	46	42	3	11	3	1	2	13	.262	.295	.333	.629	68	14	2
1965	31	84	49	44	4	11	3	1	3	14	.250	.298	.318	.616	66	14	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	25	9	21	18	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	.278	.316	.389	.705	2	9
1960	26	17	9	8	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	.250	.333	.375	.708	1	16
1961	27	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
1962	28	27	15	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	27

1965	31	15	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	15
5 Yrs		85	50	45	4	11	3	0	0	1	0	3	14	.244	.292	.311	.603	4	84
162 Game Avg.		162	95	86	8	21	6	0	0	2	0	6	27	.244	.292	.311	.603	8	84

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