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Frank Wills

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Full Name: Frank Lee Wills Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200 First Game: July 31, 1983
Birthdate: October 26, 1958 Final Game: April 30, 1991
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Frank Wills (Frank Lee Wills) played for the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 9 year career. Wills broke into the bigs on July 31, 1983 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 6.00 ERA in 123 innings pitched in 1985, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Frank Wills's best season was 1990, when he posted a 4.73 ERA and struck out 72 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1983 KC A 6 4 2 1 4.15 23 17 16 0 0 0 34.2 35 2 15 0 3 0
1984 KC A 10 5 2 3 5.11 21 21 21 0 0 0 37 39 3 13 0 2 0
1985 SEA A 24 18 5 11 6.00 67 85 82 1 0 1 123 122 18 68 3 9 3
1986 CLE A 26 0 4 4 4.91 32 23 22 0 0 4 40.1 43 6 16 4 2 0
1987 CLE A 6 0 0 1 5.06 4 3 3 0 0 1 5.1 3 0 7 0 0 0
1988 TOR A 10 0 0 0 5.23 19 12 12 0 0 0 20.2 22 2 6 2 1 0
1989 TOR A 24 4 3 1 3.66 41 31 29 0 0 0 71.1 65 4 30 2 4 1
1990 TOR A 44 4 6 4 4.73 72 54 52 0 0 0 99 101 13 38 7 1 1
1991 TOR A 4 0 0 1 16.62 2 8 8 0 0 0 4.1 8 2 5 0 0 1
Total 154 35 22 26 5.06 281 254 245 1 0 6 435.2 438 50 198 18 22 6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1983 KC A P 6 4 34.2 1 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 .800
1984 KC A P 10 5 37 3 2 2 0 0 0 4 3 0 .714
1985 SEA A P 24 18 123 9 17 0 1 0 2 9 9 0 1.000
1986 CLE A P 26 0 40.1 3 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .900
1987 CLE A P 6 0 5.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1988 TOR A P 10 0 20.2 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1.000
1989 TOR A P 24 4 71.1 5 10 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 1.000
1990 TOR A P 44 4 99 9 10 0 2 0 0 8 4 0 1.000
1991 TOR A P 4 0 4.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total P 154 35 435.2 31 57 4 4 0 4 31 23 0 .957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1983 KC A 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 KC A 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA A 24 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CLE A 26 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 CLE A 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 TOR A 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 TOR A 24 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR A 44 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 TOR A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 154 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to New York Mets as part of 4-team trade in which Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to Kansas City Royals; Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to Texas Rangers; New York Mets sent Tim Leary to Milwaukee Brewers; Texas Rangers sent Danny Darwin to Milwaukee Brewers (January 18, 1985); and Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance to Milwaukee Brewers (January 30, 1985).
  • Traded by New York Mets to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Wray Bergendahl (March 29, 1985).
  • Released by Seattle Mariners (March 20, 1986).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (March 27, 1986).
  • Released by Cleveland Indians (March 29, 1988).
  • Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (April 7, 1988).
  • Released by Toronto Blue Jays (October 28, 1988).
  • Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 12, 1989).
  • Granted free agency (October 26, 1991).

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