Willie Wilson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: July 9, 1955 in Montgomery, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Summit HS (Summit, NJ).

High School: Summit HS (Summit, NJ)

Debut: September 4, 1976 (Age 21-057d, 13,788th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 16, 1994 (Age 38-311d)
vs. SDP 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1978 season

Agents: Jack Sands, Steve Freyer

Full Name: Willie James Wilson

Twitter: @WWBB6

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

46.2

7731

2207

.286

1169

RBI

585

668

OBP

.326

SLG

.376

OPS

.702

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 41 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

11 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 18 go ahead

2 Tms
KCR	40
CHC	1

Platoon
vs RHP	27
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	18

Outs
0	21
1	10
2	10

14 Opps
NYY	6
SEA	5
BAL	4
CHW	4
MIL	4
MIN	3
TEX	3
DET	3
OAK	2
CLE	2
TOR	2
PHI	1
BOS	1
CAL	1

39 Pitchers
Ron Guidry	2
Floyd Bannister	2
Mike Stanton	1
Dave Stieb	1
Chris Codiroli	1
Dave Rucker	1
Bill Castro	1
Dave Eiland	1
Mike Mason	1
Curt Young	1
Bill Long	1
Don Sutton	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Mark Huismann	1
Mike Torrez	1
Dwight Bernard	1
Jay Howell	1
Mike Smithson	1
Ken Clay	1
Steve Trout	1
Scott McGregor	1
Juan Berenguer	1
Gene Harris	1
Sammy Stewart	1
Dale Murray	1
Frank Viola	1
Ken Dixon	1
Bobby Witt	1
DeWayne Buice	1
Jay Aldrich	1
Keith Creel	1
Charlie Hough	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Mike Moore	1
Roger Mason	1
Eric King	1
Rob Dressler	1
Bob Shirley	1
Mark Langston	1

12 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	18
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	13
7	7
78	3
8	1

13 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	33
4	3
2	2
3	1
7+	1
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	29
1--	4
12-	3
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1
-2-	1

59 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	29
1 on	6
2 on	6
Any on	12

Inning
1	12
2	2
3	6
4	1
5	2
6	3
7	7
8	3
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	20
4-6	6
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	6
+2	3
+1	1
Tied	17
-1	4
-2	2
-3	2
-4..	2

Ahead	14
Tied	17
Behind	10

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	33
1-0	2
1-2	2
1-1	1
2-1	1
3-1	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	29
LF	12

OrderPos
1st	35
2nd	3
6th	2
7th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1979-05-13	KCR	@	CHW	Steve Trout	ahead 10-3	t 7	1	--3		2	1	7	0.004	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; J. Terrell Scores
2	2	2	1	1979-06-09	KCR		NYY	Ken Clay	tied 8-8	b 13	0	---		1	1	7	0.356	100%	Walk-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1979-06-15	KCR	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	behind 3-11	t 6	2	1-3		3	1	7	0.023	3%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wathan Scores; T. Cruz Scores
4	4	4	2	1979-06-15	KCR	@	MIL	Bill Castro	tied 11-11	t 9	2	12-		3	1	7	0.484	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; F. White Scores; U. Washington Scores
5	5	5	1	1979-08-25	KCR		BOS	Mike Torrez	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.095	64%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
6	6	6	1	1979-09-16	KCR		SEA	Rob Dressler	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---		1	1	8	0.118	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (LF-CF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1980-05-14	KCR	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.099	60%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
8	8	2	1	1980-06-19	KCR		CLE	Mike Stanton	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---		1	1	7	0.145	36%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
9	9	3	1	1980-07-11	KCR		DET	Dan Schatzeder	ahead 4-1	b 2	0	---		1	1	8	0.057	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1981-08-12 (2)	KCR	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1982-05-11	KCR		MIL	Dwight Bernard	ahead 14-3	b 8	1	12-		3	1	7	0.000	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; T. Ireland Scores; O. Concepción Scores
12	12	2	1	1982-07-21	KCR	@	TOR	Dale Murray	ahead 7-5	t 8	0	1--		2	1	7	0.085	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; D. Slaught Scores
13	13	3	1	1982-09-03	KCR		NYY	Jay Howell	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---		1	1	7	0.109	39%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1983-05-14	KCR		DET	Dave Rucker	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---		1	1	7	0.099	65%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
15	15	2	1	1983-08-09	KCR		MIL	Don Sutton	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.015	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1984-06-01	KCR	@	MIN	Mike Smithson	tied 0-0	t 3	0	12-		3	1	8	0.194	79%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run; D. Slaught Scores; O. Concepción Scores
17	17	2	1	1984-07-01	KCR		NYY	Bob Shirley	ahead 2-0	b 7	0	1--		2	1	8	0.067	97%		Home Run; U. Washington Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1985-05-16	KCR	@	CLE	Keith Creel	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
19	19	2	1	1985-05-20	KCR	@	TEX	Mike Mason	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	1-3		3	1	8	0.181	88%		Home Run; H. McRae Scores/unER; J. Sundberg Scores/unER; W. Wilson Scores/unER
20	20	3	1	1985-07-03	KCR		OAK	Chris Codiroli	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---		1	1	8	0.157	67%		Home Run
21	21	4	1	1985-07-20	KCR	@	BAL	Sammy Stewart	ahead 6-3	t 7	0	---		1	1	8	0.046	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1986-04-13	KCR		TOR	Dave Stieb	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	---		1	2	8	0.100	75%		Home Run
23	23	2	1	1986-05-09	KCR	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	5,(3-1) SBBBX	1	1	8	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	3	1	1986-05-18	KCR	@	CHW	Floyd Bannister	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---		1	1	8	0.112	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	4	1	1986-05-30	KCR		TEX	Bobby Witt	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.100	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1986-07-12	KCR		DET	Eric King	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.100	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	6	1	1986-08-17	KCR		NYY	Ron Guidry	ahead 3-0	b 7	2	1--		2	2	8	0.049	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. Smith Scores
28	28	7	1	1986-09-12	KCR		SEA	Mark Langston	behind 1-4	b 10	2	---		1	1	8	0.011	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	8	1	1986-09-21	KCR	@	SEA	Mark Huismann	ahead 4-1	t 4	1	-2-		2	1	8	0.090	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Biancalana Scores
30	30	9	1	1986-09-25	KCR	@	MIN	Frank Viola	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1987-05-26	KCR	@	CHW	Bill Long	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---		1	1	8	0.091	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	1987-06-07	KCR	@	SEA	Mike Moore	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---		1	1	8	0.062	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1987-06-18	KCR	@	CAL	DeWayne Buice	ahead 9-4	t 8	2	---		1	1	8	0.012	99%		Home Run
34	34	4	1	1987-08-29	KCR	@	CHW	Floyd Bannister	behind 0-3	t 6	1	---		1	1	8	0.077	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1988-05-15	KCR	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	8	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1989-05-15	KCR	@	MIN	Juan Berenguer	behind 2-3	t 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	8	0.354	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. White Scores
37	37	2	1	1989-07-14 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	Dave Eiland	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0.121	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
38	38	3	1	1989-08-26	KCR		OAK	Curt Young	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	11,(3-2) BBCFBFFFFFX	1	2	8	0.105	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1990-04-23	KCR	@	BAL	Jay Aldrich	behind 2-8	t 9	2	-23	4,(1-2) BC.SX	3	6	8	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Brett Scores; B. Jackson Scores
40	40	2	1	1990-08-24	KCR		SEA	Gene Harris	behind 2-3	b 9	0	---	4,(1-2) .CB.FX	1	6	7	0.441	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1993-09-06	CHC	@	PHI	Roger Mason	ahead 5-2	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	8	0.058	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)