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 Pitching

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
1955	21	BOS-min	C	15	8	.652	2.92	31	22					188.0	153	76	61	6	99								1.340	7.3	0.3	4.7			SJO · CALL
1956	22	BOS-min	B,A	15	4	.789	4.03	26	17					163.0	144	77	73	13	82								1.387	8.0	0.7	4.5			GBO,ALB · CARL,EL
1957	23	BOS-min	AA	5	9	.357	4.24	41	22		9	1		174.0	156	88	82	10	97	14	97	5	1	12			1.454	8.1	0.5	5.0	5.0	1.00	OKC · TL
1958	24	MIN-min	AA	15	10	.600	3.28	42	29					217.0	186	98	79	12	93								1.286	7.7	0.5	3.9			CNG · SOUA
1959	25	BOS-min	AAA	9	10	.474	3.15	21	16		3	1		120.0	109	49	42	9	39	6	99	4	0	3			1.233	8.2	0.7	2.9	7.4	2.54	MNE · AA
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	77	1.633	10.9	1.4	3.8	3.8	1.00
1960	26	BOS-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.94	13	13					95.0	76	37	31	8	20								1.011	7.2	0.8	1.9			MNE · AA
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	55	1.780	11.3	1.2	4.7	8.3	1.75
1961	27	BOS-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.10	24	7					61.0	55	26	21	3	27								1.344	8.1	0.4	4.0			SLE · PCL
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	71	2.186	11.0	0.9	8.7	5.0	0.58
1962	28	TOT	MLB	0	2	.000	5.46	27	5	5	0	0	3	61.0	63	37	37	12	24	0	58	5	0	5	265	75	1.426	9.3	1.8	3.5	8.6	2.42
1962	28	BOS	AL	0	0		inf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	17						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

1963	29	CIN-min	AAA	15	10	.600	3.38	28	26					184.0	161	74	69	18	55		175						1.174	7.9	0.9	2.7	8.6	3.18	SDG · PCL
1964	30	CIN-min	AAA	12	7	.632	3.71	28	28		9	2		182.0	160	89	75	22	51	2	154	4	0	7			1.159	7.9	1.1	2.5	7.6	3.02	SDG · PCL
1965	31	CLE-STL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.75	15	12		4	0		72.0	61	33	30	4	20	2	74	1	0	8			1.125	7.6	0.5	2.5	9.2	3.70	POR,JCK · PCL,IL
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	114	1.632	8.1	0.9	6.6	5.7	0.86
5 Yrs				8	11	.421	5.51	83	13	24	2	0	5	186.1	210	123	114	29	97	5	133	10	0	17	847	73	1.648	10.1	1.4	4.7	6.4	1.37
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.421	5.51	59	9	17	1	0	4	132	149	87	81	21	69	4	94	7	0	12	600	73	1.648	10.1	1.4	4.7	6.4	1.37

BOS (4 yrs)				6	9	.400	6.09	42	8	16	2	0	1	106.1	132	79	72	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	114	1.632	8.1	0.9	6.6	5.7	0.86

AL (5 yrs)				8	9	.471	5.60	57	8	19	2	0	2	125.1	149	87	78	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

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1959	25	BOS	AL	56.1	9	8	35	5.59	4.35	0.14	0.00	103.2	4.35	-7	-0.7	.6	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.420	.496	$
1960	26	BOS	AL	30.1	15	0	26	7.71	4.37	-0.30	-0.18	105.9	4.75	-10	-1.0	.9	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.435	.494	$
1961	27	BOS	AL	19.2	17	0	17	7.78	4.74	0.09	-0.18	104.7	4.68	-7	-0.7	1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.461	.496	$
1962	28	BOS	AL	0.0	1	0	1					86.0				.2	0.0					$
1962	28	CIN	NL	61.0	26	5	36	5.31	4.57	-0.06	-0.10	100.8	4.56	-5	-0.6	1.3	-0.1	-0.1	2	.479	.497	$

1965	31	CHW	AL	19.0	15	0	8	3.79	4.06	0.32	-0.16	95.9	3.43	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$7,500
5 Seasons				186.1	83	13	123	5.94	4.44	0.02	-0.10	102.3	4.43	-30	-3.0	1.1	-0.3	-1.8	-12	.458	.496	$7,500

BOS (4 yrs)				106.1	42	8	79	6.69	4.44	0.01	-0.08	104.3	4.53	-24	-2.4	1.0	-0.1	-1.7	-15	.432	.495	$
CIN (1 yr)				61.0	26	5	36	5.31	4.57	-0.06	-0.10	100.8	4.56	-5	-0.6	1.3	-0.1	-0.1	2	.479	.497	$
CHW (1 yr)				19.0	15	0	8	3.79	4.06	0.32	-0.16	95.9	3.43	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.0	1	.495	.500	$7,500

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	3
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	0
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	3
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	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	4
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	4

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	1
5 Yrs				83	845	719	123	210	24	7	29	4	6	97	133	.292	.381	.466	.846	.321	335	25	10	12	7	5	11
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	8
MLB Averages																.253	.319	.384	.703	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1959	25	BOS	AL	-6.3	-0.6	259	-0.6	4.2	-4.9	.98	-1.0	0.3	-6.2	-0.6	0.98	-9.6	0	0	1
1960	26	BOS	AL	-10.0	-1.0	149	0.0	1.6	-1.6	.65	-1.1	1.1	-9.5	-0.9	0.65	-9.6	4	2	8
1961	27	BOS	AL	-4.6	-0.4	104	-0.1	2.1	-2.2	1.26	-0.5	0.4	-10.8	-1.0	1.26	-7.4	5	4	7
1962	28	TOT	MLB	-6.9	-0.7	277	-0.1	3.9	-4.0	.80	-0.6	0.4	-4.8	-0.5	0.81	-5.6	6	4	12
1962	28	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.23	-0.1	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.23	-1.9	0	0	1
1962	28	CIN	NL	-6.2	-0.6	274	-0.1	3.9	-3.9	.81	-0.4	0.3	-2.8	-0.3	0.81	-3.7	6	4	11

1965	31	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	88	-0.3	0.6	-1.0	.53	-0.3	-0.3	-3.7	-0.4	0.53	-2.6	4	6	4
5 Yrs				-27.4	-2.7	877	-1.2	12.4	-13.6	.86	-3.4	2.1	-35.1	-3.4	0.86	-34.8	19	16	32

Starting Pitching*

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
1959	25	BOS	AL	9	8	2	6	0	0	3	2	6	.250	0	0	2	0	5	63%	43.8	64	13	9	4	0	5	3.0	3.0	6.7

1961	27	BOS	AL	17	0	0	1	-1	0	0				0	0	0	0	0		15.0	15	15	10	2	1	0		0.0	1.3
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%	36.6	57	25	15	5	3	1	6.5	7.0	4.3
3 Yrs				52	13	2	8	3	0	3	5	8	.385	1	1	2	0	6	46%	39	64	13	34	11	4	6	4.4	4.1	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						53%	52	116	-14					4.2	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1959	25	BOS	AL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.981	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	.650	4	2	8	1	2	12	8	7	8	2	9	0	6.1
1961	27	BOS	AL	17	17	7	3	1	0	0	0		2	1	16	7	44%	6	1.257	5	4	7	3	3	10	9	7	5	9	6	3	3.4
1962	28	TOT	MLB	27	22	5	0	1	4	3	1	75%	4	0	21	5	24%		.804	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	.233	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	.811	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	.531	4	6	4	4	2	9	6	9	7	7	7	3	3.8
5 Yrs				83	70	24	6	3	6	5	1	83%	10	2	66	23	35%		.857	19	16	32	12	9	48	34	35	35	26	37	8	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1959	25	BOS	AL	254	18%	3.5%	9.5%	9.5%	9.1%	34%	0.73	76%	59	7	12%
1960	26	BOS	AL	143	28%	2.8%	19.6%	11.2%	8.4%	32%	0.91	63%	34	4	12%
1961	27	BOS	AL	99	35%	2.0%	11.1%	19.2%	4.0%	17%	0.84	66%	33	3	9%
1962	28	TOT	MLB	265	32%	4.5%	21.9%	9.1%	7.2%	30%	1.12	61%	46	9	20%
1962	28	BOS	AL	3	67%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	50%		67%	1	0	0%
1962	28	CIN	NL	262	32%	4.6%	22.1%	8.8%	6.9%	30%	1.12	61%	45	9	20%

1965	31	CHW	AL	84	43%	2.4%	14.3%	16.7%	2.4%	12%	0.75	64%	25	2	8%
5 Yrs				845	29%	3.4%	15.7%	11.5%	7.1%	29%	0.87	67%	197	25	13%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.6%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.06	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	0	0	4	0
5 Yrs				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	0	0	36	0
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	56.1	68	35	33	9	24	2	24	1	3	254	77	1.633	10.9	1.4	3.8	3.8	1.00	77
1960	26	3	7	.300	6.02	24	8	9	2	1	86.2	106	61	58	13	40	3	52	4	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	1	106.1	130	78	71	15	59	3	63	4	11	498	68	1.777	11.0	1.3	5.0	5.3	1.07	68
1962	28	6	11	.353	5.81	68	13	21	2	4	167.1	193	115	108	27	83	3	121	9	16	763	70	1.649	10.4	1.5	4.5	6.5	1.46	70
1963	29	6	11	.353	5.81	68	13	21	2	4	167.1	193	115	108	27	83	3	121	9	16	763	70	1.649	10.4	1.5	4.5	6.5	1.46	70
1964	30	6	11	.353	5.81	68	13	21	2	4	167.1	193	115	108	27	83	3	121	9	16	763	70	1.649	10.4	1.5	4.5	6.5	1.46	70
1965	31	8	11	.421	5.51	83	13	24	2	5	186.1	210	123	114	29	97	5	133	10	17	847	73	1.648	10.1	1.4	4.7	6.4	1.37	73

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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	7.80	30.0	40	29	26	4	17	28	3	1.900	12.0	5.1	8.4	1.65	1.2	15
1961	27	1	1	.500	5.40	20.0	23	13	12	2	18	11	0	2.050	10.4	8.1	5.0	0.61	0.9	17
1962	28	2	4	.333	5.43	58.0	60	39	35	12	23	55	5	1.431	9.3	3.6	8.5	2.39	1.9	26

1965	31	0	1	.000	4.50	16.0	19	9	8	2	16	10	1	2.188	10.7	9.0	5.6	0.63	1.1	15
5 Yrs		6	12	.333	5.70	180.0	212	127	114	29	99	128	10	1.728	10.6		6.4	1.29	1.5	82

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Name and misspellings: Theodore Carl Ted teddy willis Wills

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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