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Frank Wills

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, LA us

Died: May 11, 2012 in New Orleans, LA

Buried: St. Joseph's Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th) of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tulane University (New Orleans, LA).

High School: De La Salle HS (New Orleans, LA)

School: Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Debut: July 31, 1983 (Age 24-278d, 14,776th in major league history)
vs. DET 4.0 IP, 3 H, 6 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 30, 1991 (Age 32-186d)
vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1984 season

Full Name: Frank Lee Wills

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

5.06

154

435.2

281

WHIP

1.460

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Team Record in Appearances: 2-4

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 2, Entered with runners on base: 5

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	67	19	Apr 25	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	5.87	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.36	0.180	2.17	0.04%	0.57	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
2	68	22	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	8-8	H(1)	3	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	9.00	7.87	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.75	-0.120	1.35	-0.03%	-0.52	8t 1-- 0 out a1	8t -23 1 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	69	24	May 2	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.75	8.87	2	0	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	-0.188	1.50	-0.05%	-0.19	8b 123 2 out tie	8b end d 1
4	70	26	May 5	CLE	@	TEX	L,5-6	9-GF(10)	L(0-1)	2	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	7.71	8.87	6	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.07	-0.236	1.01	-0.05%	-0.45	9b 12- 2 out tie	10b end d 1
5	71	28	May 8	CLE		KCR	L,6-9	7-8		2	2.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	6.23	5.87	8	3	1	1	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.014	.07	0.00%	0.10	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
6	72	31	May 11	CLE		TEX	L,3-6	5-GF(5)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.06	5.31	4	1	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.17	-0.037	.28	-0.01%	-0.10	5t 1-3 0 out d1	5t end d 3
							2-4		W-L:0-1,Sv:1,Hld:1	2.2	5.1	3	3	3	7	4	0	0	5.06	5.31	26	1.17		8%	0%	2		9	33%	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.27	-0.415	.82	-0.08%	-0.58

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