Ted Wills
Theodore Carl Wills
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 9, 1934 in Fresno, CA
School: California State University, Fresno
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 24, 1959
Final Game: June 12, 1965
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Standard Batting

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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
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 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 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
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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
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 .266 .000 .342 .000 .414 .000 .756 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 28 TOT MLB 16 11 2 4.9 106 .417 .313 .275 .313 .342 .313 .417 .625 .759 66 .530 -0.8 -0.1 .455 .000 .000
1962 28 CIN NL 16 11 2 4.9 106 .417 .313 .275 .313 .342 .313 .417 .625 .759 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 Seasons 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 .339 .346 .407 .632 .745 70 .413 -1.1 -0.1 .550 .192 .115
CIN (1 yr) 16 11 2 4.9 106 .417 .313 .275 .313 .342 .313 .417 .625 .759 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 4.9 106 .417 .313 .275 .313 .342 .313 .417 .625 .759 66 .530 -0.8 -0.1 .455 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Seasons 49 0.0% 28.6% 6.1% 6.1% 27% 4.67 3.1 44.0 1.86 61%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 1 1 100% 0
1960 26 BOS AL 9 89% 2 1 0 0 0 2.88 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 1 1 100% 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 1 1 100% 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% 2 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 49 76% 11 1 0 0 0 2.88 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 9 2 22% 30 1 3% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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

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 19 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 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 27
1965 31 15 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 15
5 Seasons 85 49 46 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 3 14 .152 .204 .217 .421 4 84
162 Game Avg. 162 93 88 6 13 6 0 0 2 0 6 27 .152 .204 .217 .421 8 84

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