Willie Wilson Stats

Willie Wilson was born on Saturday, July 9, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama. Wilson was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 4, 1976, with the Kansas City Royals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Willie Wilson baseball stats page.
"I didn't want to win it (the 1982 A.L. batting title) by sneaking in the back door, but I did sneak in the back door. My pride told me to play (the final game of the season), but my common sense told me to not to. I went with my common sense (and beat Robin Yount .3316 to .3307)." - Willie Wilson

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Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson Autograph on a 1993 Score (#647)

Willie Wilson Autograph on a 1993 Score (#647)
 

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Birth Name:   Willie James Wilson
Nickname:   None
Born On:   07-09-1955  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Montgomery, Alabama
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Summit High School (Summit, NJ)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-03   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-04-1976 (Age 21)
Last Game:   05-16-1994
Draft:   1974 : 1st Round (18th)
Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1976 21 Royals 12 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167
1977 22 Royals 13 34 10 11 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 0 0 1 .324 .343 .382
1978 23 Royals 127 198 43 43 8 2 0 0 16 16 0 33 5 2 2 2 .217 .280 .278
1979 24 Royals 154 588 113 185 18 13 6 0 49 28 3 92 13 4 7 1 .315 .351 .420
1980 25 Royals 161 705 133 230 28 15 3 0 49 28 3 81 5 1 6 4 .326 .357 .421
1981 26 Royals 102 439 54 133 10 7 1 0 32 18 3 42 3 1 4 5 .303 .335 .364
1982 27 Royals 136 585 87 194 19 15 3 0 46 26 2 81 2 2 6 4 .332 .365 .431
1983 28 Royals 137 576 90 159 22 8 2 0 33 33 2 75 1 0 1 4 .276 .316 .352
1984 29 Royals 128 541 81 163 24 9 2 0 44 39 2 56 2 3 3 7 .301 .350 .390
1985 30 Royals 141 605 87 168 25 21 4 0 43 29 3 94 2 1 5 6 .278 .316 .408
1986 31 Royals 156 631 77 170 20 7 9 0 44 31 1 97 3 1 9 6 .269 .313 .366
1987 32 Royals 146 610 97 170 18 15 4 0 30 32 2 88 4 1 6 9 .279 .320 .377
1988 33 Royals 147 591 81 155 17 11 1 0 37 22 1 106 8 5 2 5 .262 .289 .333
1989 34 Royals 112 383 58 97 17 7 3 0 43 27 0 78 6 6 1 8 .253 .300 .358
1990 35 Royals 115 307 49 89 13 3 2 0 42 30 1 57 3 3 2 4 .290 .354 .371
1991 36 Athletics 113 294 38 70 14 4 0 0 28 18 1 43 1 1 4 11 .238 .290 .313
1992 37 Athletics 132 396 38 107 15 5 0 0 37 35 2 65 2 3 1 11 .270 .329 .333
1993 38 Cubs 105 221 29 57 11 3 1 0 11 11 1 40 1 1 3 2 .258 .301 .348
1994 39 Cubs 17 21 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 .238 .273 .429
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
19 Years 2,154 7,731 1,169 2,207 281 147 41 0 585 425 27 1,144 64 35 62 90 .285 .326 .376
Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1976 Royals CF 6 1 54 8 1.3 7 6 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .875 3.50
1977 Royals CF 9 6 219 26 2.9 25 25 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .962 3.08
1978 Royals CF 35 16 528 78 2.2 76 76 0 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .974 3.89
1978 Royals LF 82 29 1,092 102 1.2 100 95 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .980 2.47
1979 Royals CF 24 19 540 74 3.1 72 70 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 3.60
1979 Royals LF 131 11 15,309 322 2.5 318 308 10 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .988 0.56
1979 Royals RF 5 4 102 10 2.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.65
1980 Royals CF 63 56 1,572 195 3.1 194 193 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .995 3.33
1980 Royals LF 102 101 2,631 301 3.0 296 288 8 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 3.04
1981 Royals CF 18 17 444 58 3.2 58 55 3 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.53
1981 Royals LF 84 82 2,208 259 3.1 255 244 11 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 3.12
1982 Royals CF 20 18 477 71 3.6 71 70 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.02
1982 Royals LF 118 117 3,006 315 2.7 310 307 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .984 2.78
1983 Royals CF 75 69 1,797 219 2.9 214 214 0 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 3.22
1983 Royals LF 64 63 1,653 145 2.3 140 137 3 5 0 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.29
1984 Royals CF 128 128 3,387 388 3.0 384 378 6 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .990 3.06
1985 Royals CF 140 140 3,732 386 2.8 384 380 4 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .995 2.78
1986 Royals CF 155 149 3,915 421 2.7 418 413 5 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .993 2.88
1987 Royals CF 143 142 3,663 346 2.4 345 342 3 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .997 2.54
1988 Royals CF 142 141 3,582 370 2.6 366 364 2 4 0 n/a n/a n/a .989 2.76
1989 Royals CF 108 95 2,493 260 2.4 254 252 2 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.75
1990 Royals CF 48 41 1,050 91 1.9 91 91 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.34
1990 Royals LF 54 39 1,077 93 1.7 93 92 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
1990 Royals RF 4 1 45 6 1.5 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.60
1991 Athletics CF 33 23 636 67 2.0 66 66 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.80
1991 Athletics LF 41 26 774 84 2.0 82 81 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.86
1991 Athletics RF 19 14 378 30 1.6 30 29 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.14
1992 Athletics CF 118 98 2,709 360 3.1 353 351 2 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 3.52
1992 Athletics RF 3 2 66 5 1.7 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.05
1993 Cubs CF 82 39 1,233 112 1.4 111 110 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.43
1994 Cubs CF 10 3 117 9 0.9 9 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.08
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
CF Totals 1,357 1,201 32,148 3,539 2.6 3,498 3,465 33 41 11 n/a n/a n/a .988 2.94
LF Totals 676 468 27,750 1,621 2.4 1,594 1,552 42 27 5 n/a n/a n/a .983 1.55
RF Totals 31 21 591 51 1.6 51 50 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.33
19 Years 2,092 1,690 60,489 5,812 2.8 5,736 5,067 76 68 16 n/a n/a n/a .987 2.30
Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1976 Royals 2 1 .667 0 6 0 0.0 3.0 0.0 - - -
1977 Royals 6 3 .667 0 5 2 0.0 4.3 34.0 - - -
1978 Royals 46 12 .793 2 42 6 0.0 6.0 12.4 - - -
1979 Royals 83 12 .874 0 8 2 98.0 6.4 12.0 - - -
1980 Royals 79 10 .888 3 0 0 235.0 8.7 14.4 - - -
1981 Royals 34 8 .810 0 0 0 439.0 10.5 13.7 - - -
1982 Royals 37 11 .771 1 0 0 195.0 7.2 12.7 - - -
1983 Royals 59 8 .881 3 1 0 288.0 7.7 17.5 - - -
1984 Royals 47 5 .904 0 0 0 270.5 9.7 12.3 - - -
1985 Royals 43 11 .796 0 1 0 151.3 6.4 14.1 - - -
1986 Royals 34 8 .810 6 0 0 70.1 6.5 14.3 - - -
1987 Royals 59 11 .843 1 1 2 152.5 6.9 20.3 - - -
1988 Royals 35 7 .833 4 1 0 591.0 5.6 16.0 - - -
1989 Royals 24 6 .800 4 5 1 127.7 4.9 8.9 - - -
1990 Royals 24 6 .800 11 7 1 153.5 5.4 7.3 - - -
1991 Athletics 20 5 .800 23 11 9 0.0 6.8 10.5 - - -
1992 Athletics 28 8 .778 12 8 5 0.0 6.1 10.7 - - -
1993 Cubs 7 2 .778 42 1 n/a 221.0 5.5 20.1 - - -
1994 Cubs 1 0 1.000 7 3 n/a 0.0 3.5 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
19 Years 668 134 .833 119 100 28 188.6 6.8 13.2 - - -
Willie Wilson

Willie Wilson Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1976 Kansas City Royals 19 $19,000.00 - -
1977 Kansas City Royals 32 $19,000.00 - -
1978 Kansas City Royals 6 $21,000.00 - -
1979 Kansas City Royals 6 Undetermined - -
1980 Kansas City Royals 6 Undetermined - Stats
1981 Kansas City Royals 6 Undetermined - -
1982 Kansas City Royals 6 Undetermined Stats -
1983 Kansas City Royals 6 Undetermined Stats -
1984 Kansas City Royals 6 Undetermined - -
1985 Kansas City Royals 6 $843,750.00 - Stats
1986 Kansas City Royals 6 $1,175,000.00 - -
1987 Kansas City Royals 6 $1,389,706.00 - -
1988 Kansas City Royals 6 $1,383,712.00 - -
1989 Kansas City Royals 6 $2,112,205.00 - -
1990 Kansas City Royals 6 $800,000.00 - -
1991 Oakland Athletics 16 $1,000,000.00 - -
1992 Oakland Athletics 6 $1,100,000.00 - -
1993 Chicago Cubs 6 $700,000.00 - -
1994 Chicago Cubs 6 $700,000.00 - n/a




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