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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 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Reds/WhiteSox 1959-1965

Final Game: June 12, 1965 (Age 31)
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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 77 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 55 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 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
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 4.39 -0.30 -0.18 104.1 4.69 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.0 -0.7 -8 .434 .494
1961 27 BOS AL 19.2 17 0 17 7.78 4.71 0.09 -0.18 104.7 4.65 -7 -0.7 1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -5 .460 .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 -0.10 100.4 4.55 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 1 .478 .497
1965 31 CHW AL 19.0 15 0 8 3.79 4.05 0.32 -0.16 96.4 3.44 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .495 .499 $7,500
5 Seasons 186.1 83 13 123 5.94 4.44 0.02 -0.10 101.9 4.41 -30 -3.0 1.1 -0.3 -1.6 -14 .458 .496 $7,500
BOS (4 yrs) 106.1 42 8 79 6.69 4.44 0.01 -0.08 103.8 4.50 -24 -2.4 1.0 -0.1 -1.6 -16 .431 .495
CIN (1 yr) 61.0 26 5 36 5.31 4.57 -0.06 -0.10 100.4 4.55 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 1 .478 .497
CHW (1 yr) 19.0 15 0 8 3.79 4.05 0.32 -0.16 96.4 3.44 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .495 .499 $7,500

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 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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1959 25 BOS AL 9 19 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .521 .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 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 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 -2 -0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .504 .500 0.3 -0.0 5 $7,500
BOS (4 yrs) 43 30 -1 -0 0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .505 .500 0.2 -0.0 3
CIN (1 yr) 26 16 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2
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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1959 BOS AL 25 P 9 8 2 56.1 10 1 9 0 1 1.000 1.60 1.11 .955 2.04 2.03 1 2 67% 40% 0
1960 BOS AL 26 P 15 0 0 30.1 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 2.37 0.53 .968 1.96 1.95 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 27 P 17 1 0 19.2 6 1 4 1 1 .833 2.29 0.29 .953 2.06 2.02 1 1 50% 36% 0
1962 TOT MLB 28 P 27 5 0 61.0 13 3 8 2 2 .846 1.62 0.41 .948 2.07 2.05 2 1 33% 34% 0
1962 BOS AL 28 P 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 0 0
1962 CIN NL 28 P 26 5 0 61.0 13 3 8 2 2 .846 1.62 0.42 .948 2.07 2.05 2 1 33% 34% 0
1965 CHW AL 31 P 15 0 0 19.0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 3.32 0.47 .951 2.04 2.03 0 2 100% 34% 0
5 Seasons P 83 14 2 186.1 45 7 34 4 4 .911 1.98 0.49 .954 2.04 2.02 4 6 60% 36% 0
5 Seasons TOT 83 14 2 186.1 45 7 34 4 4 .911 1.98 0.49 .954 2.04 2.02 4 6 60% 36% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196531Chicago White Sox$7,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$7,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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