Willie Aikens

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Full Name: Willie Mays Aikens	Primary Position: 1B,DH
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/220	First Game: May 17, 1977
Birthdate: October 14, 1954	Final Game: April 27, 1985
Birthplace: Seneca, South Carolina	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Willie Aikens (Willie Mays Aikens) was born on October 14, 1954 in Seneca, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on May 17, 1977 for the California Angels. In 1979, his rookie year, he hit .280 with 21 home runs and 81 RBI. Aikens played for the California Angels, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Willie Aikens's best season was 1980, when he slugged 20 home runs, hit for a .278 average and knocked in 98 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1977	CAL	A	42	91	5	18	0	6	.198	.277	.242	4	0	10	23	0	0	1	2	1
1979	CAL	A	116	379	59	106	21	81	.280	.376	.493	18	0	61	79	1	0	1	8	10
1980	KC	A	151	543	70	151	20	98	.278	.356	.433	24	0	64	88	7	0	1	3	23
1981	KC	A	101	349	45	93	17	53	.266	.377	.458	16	0	62	47	3	0	0	12	11
1982	KC	A	134	466	50	131	17	74	.281	.345	.457	29	1	45	70	3	0	0	7	19
1983	KC	A	125	410	49	124	23	72	.302	.373	.539	26	1	45	75	2	0	0	9	16
1984	TOR	A	93	234	21	48	11	26	.205	.298	.376	7	0	29	56	2	0	0	1	6
1985	TOR	A	12	20	2	4	1	5	.200	.292	.400	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	1
Total			774	2492	301	675	110	415	.271	.354	.455	125	2	319	444	18	0	3	42	87

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1977	CAL	A	1B	13	12	99	94	8	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	.971
1977	CAL	A	DH	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	CAL	A	DH	50	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	CAL	A	1B	55	55	492.2	462	31	2	49	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1980	KC	A	1B	138	137	1088	1081	65	12	95	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1980	KC	A	DH	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1981	KC	A	1B	99	96	854.1	844	56	7	79	0	0	0	0	0	.992
1982	KC	A	1B	128	122	1057.2	1048	75	7	95	0	0	0	0	0	.994
1983	KC	A	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1983	KC	A	1B	113	109	865	884	64	11	101	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1984	TOR	A	DH	81	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1984	TOR	A	1B	2	1	11	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1985	TOR	A	DH	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	548	532	4467.2	4425	300	42	430	0	0	0	0	0	.991
Total			DH	174	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by California Angels in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 9, 1975).
Traded by California Angels with Rance Mulliniks to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Al Cowens, Todd Cruz and a player to be named later (December 6, 1979); California Angels received Craig Eaton (April 1, 1980).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Jorge Orta (December 20, 1983).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (May 9, 1985).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (May 19, 1985).

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