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Willie Kirkland

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Full Name: Willie Charles Kirkland Primary Position: OF,RF
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/206 First Game: April 15, 1958
Birthdate: February 17, 1934 Final Game: September 26, 1966
Birthplace: Siluria, Alabama MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right
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Contents

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

[edit] Biography

Willie Kirkland (Willie Charles Kirkland) was born on February 17, 1934 in Siluria, Alabama. He made his Major League debut on April 15, 1958 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1958, his rookie year, he hit .258 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI. Kirkland played for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 9 year career.

Most people believe that Willie Kirkland's best season was 1961, when he slugged 27 home runs and knocked in 95 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
1958 SF N 122 418 48 108 14 56 .258 .332 .447 25 6 43 69 5 0 3 7 5
1959 SF N 126 463 64 126 22 68 .272 .335 .475 22 3 42 84 3 0 5 3 6
1960 SF N 146 515 59 130 21 65 .252 .315 .454 21 10 44 86 4 2 12 8 4
1961 CLE A 146 525 84 136 27 95 .259 .318 .474 22 5 48 77 1 4 7 4 3
1962 CLE A 137 419 56 84 21 72 .200 .272 .377 9 1 43 62 0 3 9 3 10
1963 CLE A 127 427 51 98 15 47 .230 .303 .375 13 2 45 99 1 2 8 5 8
1964 WAS A 32 102 8 22 5 13 .216 .259 .422 6 0 6 30 0 2 0 0 1
1964 BAL A 66 150 14 30 3 22 .200 .281 .293 5 0 17 26 1 1 3 4 0
1964 TOT A 98 252 22 52 8 35 .206 .272 .345 11 0 23 56 1 3 3 4 1
1965 WAS A 123 312 38 72 14 54 .231 .270 .401 9 1 19 65 0 0 3 1 5
1966 WAS A 124 163 21 31 6 17 .190 .261 .325 2 1 16 50 0 2 2 3 3
Total NL 394 1396 171 364 57 189 .261 .327 .459 68 19 129 239 12 2 20 18 15
Total AL 755 2098 272 473 91 320 .225 .289 .397 66 10 194 409 3 14 32 20 30
Total 1149 3494 443 837 148 509 .240 .304 .422 134 29 323 648 15 16 52 38 45

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1958 SF N LF 5 0 19 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667
1958 SF N OF 115 102 943.2 187 12 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 .961
1958 SF N RF 112 102 924.2 186 13 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .966
1959 SF N LF 14 9 84 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1959 SF N OF 117 114 1001 212 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1959 SF N RF 108 105 917 191 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1960 SF N LF 3 0 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1960 SF N OF 143 135 1223 252 16 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1960 SF N RF 143 135 1212 252 15 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1961 CLE A OF 138 130 1177.2 290 12 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1961 CLE A RF 138 130 1177.2 288 12 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1962 CLE A OF 125 109 992 233 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .972
1962 CLE A RF 121 98 909 215 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1962 CLE A CF 12 11 83 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .958
1963 CLE A OF 112 101 956.1 234 11 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .984
1963 CLE A LF 5 2 27 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1963 CLE A CF 59 57 508.1 135 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1963 CLE A RF 50 42 421 89 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1964 WAS A RF 15 12 114 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .913
1964 WAS A LF 13 13 110 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1964 WAS A OF 27 25 224 39 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1964 BAL A CF 10 4 48.1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 BAL A OF 58 39 372 86 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .989
1964 BAL A LF 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1964 BAL A RF 48 35 322.1 75 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .988
1964 TOT A OF 85 64 596 125 7 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1964 TOT A RF 63 47 436.1 96 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1964 TOT A LF 15 13 111.1 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .909
1965 WAS A RF 66 47 434 94 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 WAS A LF 33 19 185 45 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1965 WAS A OF 92 72 658 151 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1965 WAS A CF 7 6 39 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .889
1966 WAS A OF 68 24 300.1 56 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1966 WAS A LF 50 11 174.1 32 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1966 WAS A RF 19 13 126 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 995 851 7848 1740 83 48 19 0 0 0 0 0 .974
Total CF 88 78 678.2 179 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .979
Total RF 820 719 6557.2 1433 71 38 18 0 0 0 0 0 .975
Total LF 125 54 611.2 131 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .951

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Giants (1953).
  • Traded by San Francisco Giants with Johnny Antonelli to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Harvey Kuenn (December 3, 1960).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Al Smith and $25000 (December 4, 1963).
  • Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Washington Senators (August 12, 1964).
  • Released by Washington Senators (October 18, 1966).

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