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 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
1959 25 BOS AL 2 6 .250 5.27 9 8 1 2 0 0 56.1 68 35 33 9 24 2 24 1 0 3 254 76 1.633 10.9 1.4 3.8 3.8 1.00
1960 26 BOS AL 1 1 .500 7.42 15 0 8 0 0 1 30.1 38 26 25 4 16 1 28 3 0 4 143 54 1.780 11.3 1.2 4.7 8.3 1.75
1961 27 BOS AL 3 2 .600 5.95 17 0 7 0 0 0 19.2 24 17 13 2 19 0 11 0 0 4 101 70 2.186 11.0 0.9 8.7 5.0 0.58
1962 28 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 5.31 27 5 5 0 0 3 61.0 63 37 36 12 24 0 58 5 0 5 265 76 1.426 9.3 1.8 3.5 8.6 2.42
1962 28 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
1962 28 CIN NL 0 2 .000 5.31 26 5 5 0 0 3 61.0 61 36 36 12 23 0 58 5 0 5 262 76 1.377 9.0 1.8 3.4 8.6 2.52
1965 31 CHW AL 2 0 1.000 2.84 15 0 3 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 6 2 14 2 12 1 0 1 84 112 1.632 8.1 0.9 6.6 5.7 0.86
5 Seasons 8 11 .421 5.46 83 13 24 2 0 5 186.1 210 123 113 29 97 5 133 10 0 17 847 72 1.648 10.1 1.4 4.7 6.4 1.37
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .421 5.46 59 9 17 1 0 4 132 149 87 80 21 69 4 94 7 0 12 600 72 1.648 10.1 1.4 4.7 6.4 1.37
BOS (4 yrs) 6 9 .400 6.01 42 8 16 2 0 1 106.1 132 79 71 15 60 3 63 4 0 11 501 67 1.806 11.2 1.3 5.1 5.3 1.05
CIN (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.31 26 5 5 0 0 3 61.0 61 36 36 12 23 0 58 5 0 5 262 76 1.377 9.0 1.8 3.4 8.6 2.52
CHW (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 2.84 15 0 3 0 0 1 19.0 17 8 6 2 14 2 12 1 0 1 84 112 1.632 8.1 0.9 6.6 5.7 0.86
AL (5 yrs) 8 9 .471 5.53 57 8 19 2 0 2 125.1 149 87 77 17 74 5 75 5 0 12 585 71 1.779 10.7 1.2 5.3 5.4 1.01
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.31 26 5 5 0 0 3 61.0 61 36 36 12 23 0 58 5 0 5 262 76 1.377 9.0 1.8 3.4 8.6 2.52

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
1959 25 BOS AL 9 254 225 35 68 11 3 9 1 2 24 24 .302 .369 .498 .867 .304 112 7 1 2 2 2
1960 26 BOS AL 15 143 120 26 38 7 1 4 0 0 16 28 .317 .404 .492 .896 .378 59 4 3 2 2 1
1961 27 BOS AL 17 99 77 17 24 2 0 2 1 1 19 11 .312 .443 .416 .859 .338 32 3 0 2 1 0
1962 28 TOT MLB 27 265 231 37 63 4 3 12 2 1 24 58 .273 .354 .472 .826 .317 109 9 5 5 0 0
1962 28 BOS AL 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1962 28 CIN NL 26 262 229 36 61 4 2 12 2 1 23 58 .266 .346 .459 .805 .308 105 9 5 5 0 0
1965 31 CHW AL 15 84 66 8 17 0 0 2 0 2 14 12 .258 .386 .348 .734 .278 23 2 1 1 2 2
5 Seasons 83 845 719 123 210 24 7 29 4 6 97 133 .292 .381 .466 .846 .321 335 25 10 12 7 5
162 Game Avg. 59 599 509 87 149 17 5 21 3 4 69 94 .292 .381 .466 .846 .321 237 18 7 9 5 4
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
1959 25 BOS AL 9 8 2 6 0 0 3 2 6 .250 0 0 2 0 5 63% 44 64 13 9 4 0 5 3.0 3.0 6.7
1962 28 TOT MLB 27 5 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .600 1 1 0 0 1 20% 57 25 17 5 3 1 6.5 7.0 4.3
1962 28 CIN NL 26 5 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .600 1 1 0 0 1 20% 37 57 25 15 5 3 1 6.5 7.0 4.3
2 Seasons 35 13 2 7 4 0 3 5 8 .385 1 1 2 0 6 46% 41 64 13 24 9 3 6 4.4 4.2 5.8
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
1959 25 BOS AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.987 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1960 26 BOS AL 15 15 8 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 4 25% 9 0.684 4 2 8 1 2 12 8 7 8 2 9 0 6.1
1961 27 BOS AL 17 17 7 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 16 7 44% 6 1.279 5 5 7 3 4 10 9 8 6 9 7 3 3.5
1962 28 TOT MLB 27 22 5 0 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 21 5 24% 0.821 6 4 12 4 2 16 11 11 14 8 14 2 5.4
1962 28 BOS AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.253 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0
1962 28 CIN NL 26 21 5 0 1 4 3 1 75% 4 0 21 5 24% 7 0.827 6 4 11 4 2 15 11 10 14 7 14 2 5.6
1965 31 CHW AL 15 15 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 3 1 13 7 54% 5 0.581 4 6 4 4 2 9 6 9 7 7 7 3 3.8
5 Seasons 83 70 24 6 4 6 5 1 83% 10 2 66 23 35% 0.877 19 17 32 12 10 48 34 36 36 26 38 8 4.8

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%
1959 25 BOS AL 254 82% 3.5% 9.5% 9.5% 9.1% 34% 0.73 76% 59 7 12%
1960 26 BOS AL 143 72% 2.8% 19.6% 11.2% 8.4% 32% 0.91 63% 34 4 12%
1961 27 BOS AL 99 65% 2.0% 11.1% 19.2% 4.0% 17% 0.84 66% 33 3 9%
1962 28 TOT MLB 265 68% 4.5% 21.9% 9.1% 7.2% 30% 1.12 61% 46 9 20%
1962 28 BOS AL 3 33% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 50% 67% 1 0 0%
1962 28 CIN NL 262 68% 4.6% 22.1% 8.8% 6.9% 30% 1.12 61% 45 9 20%
1965 31 CHW AL 84 57% 2.4% 14.3% 16.7% 2.4% 12% 0.75 64% 25 2 8%
5 Seasons 845 71% 3.4% 15.7% 11.5% 7.1% 29% 0.87 67% 197 25 13%
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
1959 25 BOS AL 254 68 9 0 3 8 1 4 5 12 8 0 67% 3 3 0 99 1 2 33% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0
1960 26 BOS AL 143 38 4 0 8 3 1 3 1 11 5 3 45% 0 4 2 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1961 27 BOS AL 99 24 2 1 6 2 0 2 0 18 11 1 61% 3 4 0 43 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
1962 28 TOT MLB 265 63 12 0 6 9 3 5 7 13 5 3 38% 4 5 1 94 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1962 28 BOS AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 28 CIN NL 262 61 12 0 6 9 3 5 7 11 4 3 36% 4 5 1 93 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1965 31 CHW AL 84 17 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 8 6 0 75% 1 1 0 34 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
5 Seasons 845 210 29 2 30 24 5 15 14 62 35 7 56% 11 17 3 336 4 6 40% 4 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 36 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+
1959 25 2 6 .250 5.27 9 8 1 2 0 0 56.1 68 35 33 9 24 2 24 1 0 3 254 76 1.633 10.9 1.4 3.8 3.8 1.00 76
1960 26 3 7 .300 6.02 24 8 9 2 0 1 86.2 106 61 58 13 40 3 52 4 0 7 397 67 1.685 11.0 1.4 4.2 5.4 1.30 67
1961 27 6 9 .400 6.01 41 8 16 2 0 1 106.1 130 78 71 15 59 3 63 4 0 11 498 67 1.777 11.0 1.3 5.0 5.3 1.07 67
1962 28 6 11 .353 5.75 68 13 21 2 0 4 167.1 193 115 107 27 83 3 121 9 0 16 763 70 1.649 10.4 1.5 4.5 6.5 1.46 70
1963 29 6 11 .353 5.75 68 13 21 2 0 4 167.1 193 115 107 27 83 3 121 9 0 16 763 70 1.649 10.4 1.5 4.5 6.5 1.46 70
1964 30 6 11 .353 5.75 68 13 21 2 0 4 167.1 193 115 107 27 83 3 121 9 0 16 763 70 1.649 10.4 1.5 4.5 6.5 1.46 70
1965 31 8 11 .421 5.46 83 13 24 2 0 5 186.1 210 123 113 29 97 5 133 10 0 17 847 72 1.648 10.1 1.4 4.7 6.4 1.37 72

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1959 25 2 4 .333 5.30 56.0 70 37 33 9 25 24 1 1.696 11.3 4.0 3.9 0.96 1.4 9
1960 26 1 2 .333 7.26 31.0 39 28 25 4 16 29 3 1.774 11.3 4.6 8.4 1.81 1.2 15
1961 27 1 1 .500 5.68 19.0 24 13 12 2 19 11 0 2.263 11.4 9.0 5.2 0.58 0.9 17
1962 28 2 4 .333 5.43 58.0 61 39 35 12 23 55 5 1.448 9.5 3.6 8.5 2.39 1.9 26
1965 31 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 19 8 7 2 16 10 1 2.188 10.7 9.0 5.6 0.63 1.1 15
5 Seasons 6 12 .333 5.60 180.0 213 125 112 29 99 129 10 1.733 10.7 6.5 1.30 1.5 82

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