Frank Wills

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: May 11, 2012 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: St. Joseph's Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tulane University (New Orleans, LA).

High School: De La Salle HS (New Orleans, LA)

School: Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: July 31, 1983 (Age 24-278d, 14,776th in major league history)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1991 (Age 32-186d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Frank Lee Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.06

154

435.2

281

WHIP

1.460

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-7 / in Starts: 2-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 3

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	7	6	Apr 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.77	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.006	.10	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	8	90	Jul 17(2)	KCR		CLE	L,2-6	GS-4	L(0-1)	97	4.0	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	5.40	3.37	18	1	9	0	0	3	43			0	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.19	-0.169	.82	-0.07%	-1.02	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
3	9	97	Jul 23(2)	KCR		TOR	W,7-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	5	6.0	5	2	2	4	7	0	0	4.09	2.86	26	7	3	0	0	5	57			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	0.100	1.27	0.05%	0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
4	10	105	Jul 31	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-6	GS-3	L(1-2)	7	2.2	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	6.59	2.91	16	1	6	0	0	7	24			1	0	0	14	2	1	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.403	2.01	-0.40%	-3.90	1b start tie	3b 12- 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	11	121	Aug 17	KCR	@	TEX	L,6-8	3-7		16	4.2	3	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.40	3.53	17	5	6	1	0	3		1	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.163	2.71	0.19%	1.72	3b -2- 1 out d1	7b 3 out a1
6	12	126	Aug 22	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-2	GS-4		4	4.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.24	3.57	20	5	7	0	0	5	43			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.04	0.021	1.93	0.02%	0.08	1b start a 3	4b 3 out a3
7	13	131	Aug 28	KCR		TEX	L,0-6	GS-5	L(1-3)	5	4.0	9	6	6	1	1	2	0	6.49	4.48	21	7	3	0	0	9	20			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.245	2.04	-0.43%	-3.64	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	14	135	Sep 1	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	6.59	4.34	5	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.006	.33	-0.01%	-0.48	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
9	15	153	Sep 21	KCR		OAK	W,7-4	3-7	W(2-3)	19	4.2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	5.91	4.08	17	5	6	0	0	3		2	0	1	1	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.039	4.76	0.16%	1.88	3t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d2
10	16	155	Sep 23	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	3-7		1	5.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.11	3.74	17	6	7	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	.26	0.050	1.98	0.23%	2.09	3t -2- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
							3-7		W-L:2-3	4.2	37.0	39	21	21	13	21	3	0	5.11	3.74	161	0.80		1%	0%	39	37	4	25%	4	3	0	144	7	2	0	1	4	2	.96	-0.444	2.03	-0.25%	-1.83

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