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Carl Willis
Carl Blake Willis

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 213 lb.
School University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Debut June 9, 1984
  vs. BAL 2.3 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 3, 1995
Born December 28, 1960 in Danville, VA

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 23 TOT      0   3  17   2   0   0   5  1   25.7   33   17   17   2    7    7   0   0   113   2   0  5.96  3.86   65 1.558
         DET AL   0   2  10   2   0   0   4  0   16.0   25   13   13   1    5    4   0   0    74   2   0  7.31  3.92   54 1.875
         CIN NL   0   1   7   0   0   0   1  1    9.7    8    4    4   1    2    3   0   0    39   0   0  3.72  3.77  101 1.034
 1985 24 CIN NL   1   0  11   0   0   0   6  1   13.7   21   18   14   3    5    6   0   1    69   0   0  9.22  3.78   41 1.902
 1986 25 CIN NL   1   3  29   0   0   0   7  0   52.3   54   29   26   4   32   24   1   3   233   9   1  4.47  3.88   87 1.643
 1988 27 CHW AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   0  0   12.0   17   12   11   3    7    6   0   2    55   1   0  8.25  3.98   48 2.000
 1991 30 MIN AL   8   3  40   0   0   0   9  2   89.0   76   31   26   4   19   53   1   4   355   2   1  2.63  4.27  162 1.067
 1992 31 MIN AL   7   3  59   0   0   0  21  1   79.3   73   25   24   4   11   45   0   2   313   1   1  2.72  4.03  148 1.059
 1993 32 MIN AL   3   0  53   0   0   0  21  5   58.0   56   23   20   2   17   44   0   3   236   5   0  3.10  4.34  140 1.259
 1994 33 MIN AL   2   4  49   0   0   0  12  3   59.3   89   48   39   6   12   37   0   5   282   5   0  5.92  4.90   83 1.702
 1995 34 MIN AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    5    7    7   0    5    0   0   0    12   0   0 94.50  4.82    5 15.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .579  22  16 267   2   0   0  81 13  390.0  424  210  184  28  115  222   2  20  1668  25   3  4.25  4.22   99 1.382
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   4  67   0   0   0  20  3   98.3  107   53   46   7   29   56   0   5   421   6   0  4.25  4.22   99 1.382
 Career High      8   4  59   2   0   0  21  5   89.0   89   48   39   6   32   53   1   5   355   9   1  2.63  4.90  162 1.059

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 24 CIN NL  11    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .000  .500  .000   50    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1986 25 CIN NL  29    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   82    1   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons       49    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .250  .400  .250   82    1   2   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   0  .250  .400  .250   82    3   7   0   0   0   3
 Career High     29    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0                           1   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 24 CIN NL    3    2    0   0.0    98| .000  .264| .500  .333| .000  .394| .500  .727|  50  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 1986 25 CIN NL    4    4    0   0.0   101| .333  .266| .333  .337| .333  .401| .666  .738|  82  .000  -0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons         7    6    0   0.0   100| .250  .266| .400  .335| .250  .399| .650  .734|  82  .000  -0.0   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 23 TOT P 17 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 0.35 0.69 2.10 1.82 2 25.7 DET AL P 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.70 1.69 1.80 2 16.0 CIN NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.67 2.78 1.86 0 9.7 1985 24 CIN NL P 11 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.09 0.68 0.66 1.91 0 13.7 1986 25 CIN NL P 29 4 10 0 3 1.000 .952 0.48 0.66 2.41 1.94 0 52.3 1988 27 CHW AL P 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.67 2.25 1.80 0 12.0 1991 30 MIN AL P 40 4 8 1 0 .923 .952 0.30 0.58 1.21 1.80 0 89.0 1992 31 MIN AL P 59 6 6 1 1 .923 .952 0.20 0.56 1.36 1.73 0 79.3 1993 32 MIN AL P 53 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.56 1.24 1.78 0 58.0 1994 33 MIN AL P 49 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.14 0.52 1.06 1.72 0 59.3 1995 34 MIN AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.29 0 0.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 23 TOT P 17 1 5 0 1 1.000 .968 0.35 0.69 2.10 1.82 2 25.7 DET AL P 10 1 2 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.70 1.69 1.80 2 16.0 CIN NL P 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.43 0.67 2.78 1.86 0 9.7 1985 24 CIN NL P 11 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.09 0.68 0.66 1.91 0 13.7 1986 25 CIN NL P 29 4 10 0 3 1.000 .952 0.48 0.66 2.41 1.94 0 52.3 1988 27 CHW AL P 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.67 2.25 1.80 0 12.0 1991 30 MIN AL P 40 4 8 1 0 .923 .952 0.30 0.58 1.21 1.80 0 89.0 1992 31 MIN AL P 59 6 6 1 1 .923 .952 0.20 0.56 1.36 1.73 0 79.3 1993 32 MIN AL P 53 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.56 1.24 1.78 0 58.0 1994 33 MIN AL P 49 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.14 0.52 1.06 1.72 0 59.3 1995 34 MIN AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.29 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 267 22 41 3 5 .955 .956 0.24 0.58 1.45 1.79 2 390.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 267 22 41 3 5 .955 .956 0.24 0.58 1.45 1.79 2 390
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1991   ALCS  MIN TOR     W   3   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   5.1   2   0   0   3 
        WS    MIN ATL     W   4   0   5.14  0  0  0  0   7     6   4   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   7   0   2.92  0  0  0  0  12.1   8   4   2   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   ALCS  MIN TOR     W   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIN ATL     W   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1994 AL-49-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 31st round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the 1983 amateur draft.

September 1, 1984: Sent by the Detroit Tigers to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on August 27, 1984. The Detroit Tigers sent a player to be named later and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Bill Scherrer. The Detroit Tigers sent Carl Willis (September 1, 1984) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

December 10, 1985: Drafted by the California Angels from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1985 rule 5 draft.

April 6, 1986: Returned (earlier draft pick) by the California Angels to the Cincinnati Reds.

January 19, 1988: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Darrell Pruitt (minors).

December 6, 1988: Drafted by the California Angels from the Chicago White Sox in the 1988 minor league draft.

October 22, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 20, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 12, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 6, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

May 4, 1995: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

June 27, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Cincinnati Reds$70,000
1992Minnesota Twins$325,000
1993Minnesota Twins$500,000
1994Minnesota Twins$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,395,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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