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 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
1959 BOS AL 25 P 9 8 56.1 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.60 1.11 .950 2.04 0.84
1960 BOS AL 26 P 15 0 30.1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.37 0.53 .962 1.96 0.78
1961 BOS AL 27 P 17 0 19.2 6 1 4 1 1 .833 2.29 0.29 .967 2.06 0.83
1962 TOT MLB 28 P 27 5 61.0 13 3 8 2 2 .846 1.62 0.41 .954 2.07 0.82
1962 BOS AL 28 P 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80
1962 CIN NL 28 P 26 5 61.0 13 3 8 2 2 .846 1.62 0.42 .954 2.07 0.82
1965 CHW AL 31 P 15 0 19.0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 3.32 0.47 .950 2.04 0.75
5 Seasons P 83 13 186.1 45 7 34 4 4 .911 1.98 0.49 .956 2.04 0.80
5 Seasons TOT 83 13 186.1 45 7 34 4 4 .911 1.98 0.49 .867 2.04 0.80

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
1959 BOS AL 25 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 26 16 0 16 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 BOS AL 27 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 28 26 5 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 28 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 31 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 84 13 84 84 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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%
1959 BOS AL 25 259 81% 21% 9 100% 0 0 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1960 BOS AL 26 149 68% 17% 6 100% 0 1 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1961 BOS AL 27 104 71% 20% 6 83% 1 1 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
1962 CIN NL 28 274 69% 20% 10 80% 0 3 0 3 8 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 50%
1962 BOS AL 28 3 67% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 31 88 69% 19% 7 100% 0 1 1 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 877 73% 20% 38 92% 1 6 2 4 33 27 3 4 0 1 3 2 4 3 4 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 89% 81%

* 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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