Mike Willis

Michael Henry Willis

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 2", Weight 210 lb.
• School Vanderbilt University
• High School Hillsboro Comprehensive High School
• Debut April 13, 1977
• Final Game June 11, 1981
• Born December 26, 1950 in Oklahoma City, OK USA

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Biographical Information

Mike Willis took the bump in an emergency capacity for the Toronto Blue Jays on September 20, 1978, and shut down the New York Yankees and "Louisiana Lightning" Ron Guidry, 8-1, for a complete game victory in Guidry's 25-3 season. It was his lone career complete game, and a game he would refer to as the game of his life. Willis joined Mike Caldwell and Mike Flanagan as a member of the "Three Lefties Named Mike" that defeated Guidry in 1978.

After his playing days, Willis was pitching coach of the Maine Guides in 1987.