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: 7-17 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 11

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	83	39	May 17	TOR		CLE	L,3-6	7-GF		99	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.10	10	25	19	3	3	5	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.011	.05	0.01%	1.37	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
2	84	43	May 22	TOR		MIN	L,2-6	8-8		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.01	4	16	10	4	1	1	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.02	0.00%	0.46	8t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d6
3	85	45	May 24	TOR		MIN	L,4-10	1-4		1	3.2	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.63	18	67	39	6	6	7	5	3	1	0		2	1	0	1	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.103	.95	0.05%	1.51	1t 1-3 1 out d4	4t 3 out d2
4	86	49	May 29	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	3-7		4	5.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	1.42	1.97	21	69	47	5	14	11	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.032	.94	-0.02%	0.43	3b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	87	56	Jun 6	TOR		MIL	L,4-6	GS-7		7	7.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.37	2.46	28	91	55	11	5	9	16	3	3	0	62			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.233	.71	0.09%	2.20	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
6	88	62	Jun 13	TOR	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-7		6	6.2	3	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.37	2.54	24	101	65	10	9	8	11	4	2	0	65			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.165	.86	0.09%	1.92	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
7	89	67	Jun 18	TOR		SEA	L,2-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	2	0	2.59	3.72	24	84	49	12	4	7	10	5	0	2	32			0	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.67	-0.307	.68	-0.19%	-2.71	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
8	90	72	Jun 23	TOR	@	OAK	W,10-8	GS-1		4	0.2	4	6	6	3	0	0	0	4.22	3.98	9	43	21	10	0	2	4	4	0	0	17			0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.372	1.44	-0.26%	-5.88	1b start a 7	1b --3 2 out a1
9	91	75	Jun 27	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-16	3-5		3	2.0	4	7	5	5	3	1	0	5.29	4.56	16	79	43	11	8	6	2	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	.30	-0.099	.59	-0.12%	-4.81	3b 123 2 out d5	5b 1-3 2 out d9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	92	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	5-7		22	3.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.86	4.25	11	38	25	5	5	3	5	2	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.036	.21	0.02%	1.49	5b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d3
11	93	98	Jul 23	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	4.17	6					2	4	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.038	.36	0.03%	1.99	7b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
12	94	101	Jul 26	TOR	@	TEX	L,1-11	5-6		2	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.65	4.14	7	23	12	3	2	1	4	2	1	0		3	3	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.098	.56	-0.11%	-1.94	5b 123 1 out d2	6b 3 out d6
13	95	103	Jul 29	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-7	4-6		2	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.57	4.12	11	35	18	5	2	3	7	2	1	0		1	0	0	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	0.006	.65	0.01%	0.62	4b -2- 1 out d3	6b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
14	96	108	Aug 3	TOR		KCR	L,0-5	5-GF		4	4.2	6	2	2	1	6	0	0	4.50	3.80	21	69	48	15	6	6	8	4	1	0		2	1	0	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.006	.78	-0.01%	-0.31	5t 12- 1 out d2	9t end d 5
15	97	110	Aug 5	TOR		NYY	L,4-5	7-7		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.44	3.79	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.13	0.238	7.53	0.34%	1.36	7t -23 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
16	98	119	Aug 15	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-2	6-7	H(1)	9	0.2	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.56	3.96	6	21	9	3	2	1	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.152	5.24	-0.28%	-1.63	6b 12- 2 out a3	7b 123 1 out a3
17	99	121	Aug 17	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-11	4-7		1	3.2	5	3	3	0	3	1	0	4.75	4.01	16	63	44	14	9	8	5	1	3	0		3	3	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.047	.49	-0.13%	-3.09	4b 123 1 out d4	7b 3 out d7
18	100	126	Aug 23	TOR		DET	W,11-4	5-8	W(1-1)	5	4.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.42	3.85	13	39	27	9	4	8	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.239	2.55	0.49%	2.44	5t -2- 0 out tie	8t 3 out a6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	101	141	Sep 7	TOR	@	CLE	W,12-4	9-GF		14	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.50	3.80	5	18	13	1	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.51	9b --- 0 out a9	9b end a 8
20	102	143	Sep 9	TOR	@	CLE	W,7-5	13-GF(16)	W(2-1)	1	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	1	4.21	3.73	16	59	40	4	8	6	5	3	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.52	0.492	11.62	1.36%	1.95	13b --- 0 out tie	16b end a 2
21	103	147	Sep 14	TOR	@	MIN	L,0-2	7-7		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.14	3.72	4	10	7	1	1	0	4	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.044	4.13	0.12%	0.52	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
22	104	151	Sep 18	TOR		BOS	L,3-6	8-GF		3	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.02	3.62	8	23	17	4	1	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.019	.75	0.05%	0.92	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
23	105	153	Sep 20	TOR		BOS	L,3-10	5-7		1	2.1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3.88	3.73	10	38	19	6	2	6	1	0	1	0		3	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	.32	-0.095	1.56	-0.28%	-1.35	5t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d6
24	106	161	Sep 30	TOR		BAL	W,4-3	5-8	W(3-1)	9	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.65	12	44	26	7	4	6	5	1	2	0		0	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.124	4.67	0.72%	1.83	5t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
							7-17		W-L:3-1,Hld:1	3.7	71.1	65	31	29	30	41	4	1	3.66	3.65	302	1058	62%	14%	9%	0.97		18%	9%	2	44	24	46%	1	6	0	269	10	4	2	2	1	2	.73	0.542	1.68	2.00%	-1.23

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