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Frank Wills
Frank Lee Wills

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 202 lb.
School Tulane University

Debut July 31, 1983
  vs. DET 4.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER
Final Game April 30, 1991
Born October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1983 24 KCR AL   2   1   6   4   0   0   1  0   34.7   35   17   16   2   15   23   0   3   152   0   0  4.15  4.08   98 1.442
 1984 25 KCR AL   2   3  10   5   0   0   2  0   37.0   39   21   21   3   13   21   0   2   161   0   0  5.11  4.04   79 1.405
 1985 26 SEA AL   5  11  24  18   1   0   2  1  123.0  122   85   82  18   68   67   3   9   541   3   1  6.00  4.19   70 1.545
 1986 27 CLE AL   4   4  26   0   0   0  16  4   40.3   43   23   22   6   16   32   0   2   182   4   0  4.91  4.14   84 1.463
 1987 28 CLE AL   0   1   6   0   0   0   4  1    5.3    3    3    3   0    7    4   0   0    26   0   0  5.06  4.52   89 1.875
 1988 29 TOR AL   0   0  10   0   0   0   4  0   20.7   22   12   12   2    6   19   0   1    89   2   0  5.23  3.94   75 1.355
 1989 30 TOR AL   3   1  24   4   0   0   6  0   71.3   65   31   29   4   30   41   1   4   302   2   0  3.66  3.66  100 1.332
 1990 31 TOR AL   6   4  44   4   0   0   6  0   99.0  101   54   52  13   38   72   1   1   422   7   0  4.73  4.11   87 1.404
 1991 32 TOR AL   0   1   4   0   0   0   3  0    4.3    8    8    8   2    5    2   1   0    27   0   0 16.62  4.22   25 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .458  22  26 154  35   1   0  44  6  435.7  438  254  245  50  198  281   6  22  1902  18   1  5.06  4.05   80 1.460
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  55  12   0   0  15  2  156.7  157   91   88  17   71  101   2   7   684   6   0  5.06  4.05   80 1.460
 Career High      6  11  44  18   1   0  16  4  123.0  122   85   82  18   68   72   3   9   541   7   1  3.66  4.19  100 1.332

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1983 24 KCR AL P 6 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 0.67 0.73 1.04 1.79 4 34.7 1984 25 KCR AL P 10 3 2 2 0 .714 .962 0.50 0.70 1.22 1.80 5 37.0 1985 26 SEA AL P 24 9 17 0 1 1.000 .952 1.08 0.70 1.90 1.86 18 123.0 1986 27 CLE AL P 26 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.35 0.68 2.01 1.83 0 40.3 1987 28 CLE AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 3.40 1.87 0 5.3 1988 29 TOR AL P 10 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.67 2.61 1.78 0 20.7 1989 30 TOR AL P 24 5 10 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.66 1.89 1.87 4 71.3 1990 31 TOR AL P 44 9 10 0 2 1.000 .955 0.43 0.59 1.73 1.78 4 99.0 1991 32 TOR AL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.57 4.19 1.88 0 4.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1983 24 KCR AL P 6 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 0.67 0.73 1.04 1.79 4 34.7 1984 25 KCR AL P 10 3 2 2 0 .714 .962 0.50 0.70 1.22 1.80 5 37.0 1985 26 SEA AL P 24 9 17 0 1 1.000 .952 1.08 0.70 1.90 1.86 18 123.0 1986 27 CLE AL P 26 3 6 1 0 .900 .957 0.35 0.68 2.01 1.83 0 40.3 1987 28 CLE AL P 6 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.33 0.67 3.40 1.87 0 5.3 1988 29 TOR AL P 10 1 5 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.67 2.61 1.78 0 20.7 1989 30 TOR AL P 24 5 10 0 0 1.000 .962 0.62 0.66 1.89 1.87 4 71.3 1990 31 TOR AL P 44 9 10 0 2 1.000 .955 0.43 0.59 1.73 1.78 4 99.0 1991 32 TOR AL P 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.57 4.19 1.88 0 4.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 154 31 57 4 4 .957 .957 0.57 0.65 1.82 1.83 35 435.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 154 31 57 4 4 .957 .957 0.57 0.65 1.82 1.82 35 436
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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.

January 18, 1985: Traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Kansas City Royals to the New York Mets. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Danny Darwin to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to the Kansas City Royals. The New York Mets sent Tim Leary to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance (minors) (January 30, 1985) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

March 29, 1985: Traded by the New York Mets to the Seattle Mariners for Wray Bergendahl (minors).

March 20, 1986: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

March 27, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

March 29, 1988: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

April 7, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 28, 1988: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

January 12, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 26, 1991: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Cleveland Indians$92,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$242,500
1991Toronto Blue Jays$435,000
Career (may be incomplete)$769,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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