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: 14-30 / in Starts: 2-2

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 16

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	107	1	Apr 9	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-4	6-7		99	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.50	6.31	7	27	20	3	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.006	.18	0.00%	-0.03	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
2	108	3	Apr 11	TOR		TEX	L,5-11	5-6		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	3.56	6	22	17	5	2	3	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.11	0.013	.13	0.01%	1.03	5t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
3	109	8	Apr 16	TOR		BAL	W,4-2	6-7		4	2.0	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.50	4.97	9	33	19	3	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.001	1.45	0.00%	-0.98	6t --- 0 out a4	7t 3 out a2
4	110	10	Apr 18	TOR		BAL	L,5-8	6-6	L(0-1)	1	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.11	5.33	5	16	9	3	0	2	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.260	3.62	-0.28%	-2.08	6t --- 0 out tie	6t 123 1 out d1
5	111	13	Apr 22	TOR		KCR	L,1-7	7-7		3	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	8.59	5.13	7	29	14	6	1	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.068	.93	-0.07%	-1.49	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d5
6	112	14	Apr 23	TOR		CLE	W,12-9	6-6	W(1-1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.56	4.85	3	14	9	1	1	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.056	1.32	0.06%	0.51	6t --- 0 out d1	6t 3 out d1
7	113	15	Apr 24	TOR		CLE	W,4-3	6-6	H(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.75	4.63	3	11	10	2	1	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.049	1.18	0.05%	0.51	6t --- 0 out a3	6t 3 out a3
8	114	18	Apr 27	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	8.71	5.52	6					1	3	3	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.051	.30	-0.05%	-2.53	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 5
9	115	21	Apr 30	TOR	@	CLE	W,10-4	8-8		2	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	8.74	5.37	6	20	12	2	3	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.002	.33	0.00%	-0.52	8b --- 0 out a7	8b 3 out a6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
10	116	24	May 4	TOR		DET	L,1-3	5-7		3	2.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	7.07	5.02	11	40	22	7	6	5	2	1	1	0		1	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.55	0.085	.88	0.08%	1.72	5t -2- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d3
11	117	29	May 9	TOR		CHW	W,4-3	5-7	W(2-1)	4	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.94	4.55	7	28	19	6	2	3	3	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.220	1.82	0.22%	1.95	5t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out a1
12	118	34	May 15	TOR		SEA	L,3-4	6-7		5	0.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.75	4.65	6	32	18	4	4	2	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.91	-0.065	3.71	-0.08%	-0.92	6t 12- 1 out d1	7t 123 0 out d1
13	119	36	May 17	TOR		SEA	L,6-14	3-6		1	3.1	6	5	5	1	0	2	0	7.84	5.76	16	52	34	8	2	6	7	3	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-3.36	3t --- 2 out d9	6t 3 out d12
14	120	39	May 20	TOR		CAL	W,5-1	7-8	W(3-1)	2	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.36	5.49	6	22	13	5	2	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.039	1.38	0.03%	0.10	7t --- 0 out tie	8t 12- 1 out a3
15	121	41	May 22	TOR		OAK	L,4-5	4-6	L(3-2)	1	3.0	4	4	4	2	3	1	0	7.92	5.69	13	50	28	5	5	4	3	1	2	1		2	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	-0.300	1.91	-0.25%	-2.46	4t 12- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d4
16	122	43	May 24	TOR	@	CAL	L,3-4	5-7		1	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.24	5.37	8	33	21	5	4	2	5	3	1	0		2	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.079	.69	0.06%	1.42	5b 1-3 2 out d2	7b 3 out d2
17	123	45	May 26	TOR	@	SEA	W,11-4	6-9	W(4-2)	1	3.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.46	5.06	13	44	27	7	3	1	9	4	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.219	.81	0.18%	1.59	6b 12- 1 out tie	9b 123 2 out a7
18	124	49	May 30	TOR	@	OAK	L,5-8	5-5		3	0.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	6.75	5.35	4	17	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.62	-0.307	3.25	-0.37%	-2.53	5b 1-- 2 out tie	5b 123 2 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	125	52	Jun 3	TOR		MIL	W,7-4	7-7	H(2)	3	0.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	6.97	5.42	3	9	4	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.066	4.09	-0.09%	-0.41	7t --- 0 out a2	7t 12- 1 out a2
20	126	54	Jun 6	TOR		MIN	L,5-12	4-5		2	1.1	4	2	1	0	1	0	0	6.96	5.25	8	25	17	1	2	4	3	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	-0.194	1.11	-0.21%	-2.16	4t -2- 2 out d2	5t 3 out d4
21	127	58	Jun 10	TOR	@	MIL	W,13-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6.75	5.21	4	12	6	1	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
22	128	64	Jun 16	TOR	@	NYY	W,2-1	7-10	W(5-2)	5	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	6.08	4.81	12	48	33	5	9	6	3	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.29	0.609	6.07	0.97%	3.00	7b 123 1 out tie	10b 3 out tie
23	129	69	Jun 22	TOR		NYY	L,7-8	7-10		5	4.0	2	1	1	0	5	1	0	5.71	4.69	14	50	34	6	5	6	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.277	3.56	0.44%	1.05	7t --- 0 out d4	10t 3 out tie
24	130	74	Jun 27	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-9	5-5		4	0.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	6.37	4.76	4	13	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.148	3.00	-0.35%	-4.49	5b 12- 1 out d2	5b -23 1 out d6
25	131	77	Jun 30	TOR		OAK	L,4-9	2-5		2	3.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.84	4.58	13	53	33	7	4	4	6	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.047	.40	0.06%	2.23	2t -2- 1 out d6	5t 3 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
26	132	80	Jul 3	TOR		CAL	W,5-2	6-9	H(3)	2	3.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.48	4.42	12	37	24	3	6	6	5	4	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	.99	-0.003	1.86	0.00%	0.05	6t --- 0 out a3	9t -23 0 out a3
27	133	85	Jul 8	TOR		SEA	L,3-6	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.36	4.31	3	15	10	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.008	.28	0.01%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
28	134	88	Jul 14	TOR	@	CAL	L,7-8	5-7		5	1.2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	5.54	4.64	8	28	14	3	1	3	3	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	-0.318	3.86	-0.52%	0.00	5b 123 1 out d2	7b --- 0 out d1
29	135	97	Jul 25	TOR		KCR	L,1-6	4-7		10	4.0	3	2	2	0	3	1	0	5.47	4.63	16	46	34	9	7	6	7	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	.23	-0.010	.72	-0.02%	0.05	4t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d6
30	136	100	Jul 28	TOR		TEX	L,2-3	11-GF(13)	L(5-3)	2	3.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	5.34	4.74	11					4	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.05	-0.017	6.46	-0.03%	0.54	11t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
31	137	103	Jul 31	TOR	@	BAL	L,4-6	5-7		2	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	5.13	4.62	9	31	17	6	3	3	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	.24	0.040	.91	0.09%	1.52	5b -23 2 out d4	7b 3 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
32	138	109	Aug 6	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.96	4.54	9	28	18	6	0	3	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.036	1.17	0.06%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
33	139	113	Aug 10	TOR		MIN	L,3-7	7-8		3	1.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	5.26	4.67	8	14	13	3	1	3	4	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.387	3.90	-0.67%	-2.80	7t -2- 1 out tie	8t 3 out d4
34	140	115	Aug 12	TOR		MIN	L,4-5	4-7		1	4.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.95	4.55	13	38	28	3	8	2	8	3	2	0		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.29	0.062	.84	0.11%	2.05	4t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d3
35	141	118	Aug 15	TOR	@	CHW	L,3-4	4-7		2	3.2	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.82	4.41	15	48	30	3	8	6	5	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	0	0	.43	0.061	1.24	0.11%	1.34	4b --3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d2
36	142	123	Aug 21	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-3	5-7		5	2.2	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.64	4.36	13	43	26	8	5	6	2	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.215	4.42	0.43%	2.35	5b -23 1 out d1	7b 3 out d1
37	143	129	Aug 27	TOR		MIL	L,2-4	GS-5		5	5.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.46	4.30	17	45	27	4	4	5	11	2	1	0	58			0	1	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.179	2.33	0.25%	1.56	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
38	144	136	Sep 4	TOR	@	DET	L,1-3	GS-4		7	4.0	1	1	1	6	5	0	0	4.35	4.32	19	79	37	9	10	2	6	4	1	0	55			2	0	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.079	1.35	0.05%	0.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out tie
39	145	142	Sep 11	TOR	@	KCR	W,8-4	GS-5	W(6-3)	6	5.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	1	4.52	4.26	24	72	45	6	6	12	8	4	0	0	36			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.25	-0.093	3.09	-0.14%	-1.64	1b start tie	5b 3 out a1
40	146	147	Sep 16	TOR		BAL	W,6-5	GS-6		4	6.0	6	3	2	2	4	1	0	4.42	4.28	26	84	55	11	11	8	12	5	3	0	52			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.010	5.09	-0.03%	0.07	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
41	147	151	Sep 21	TOR		CLE	L,1-2	12-GF(13)	L(6-4)	4	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.42	4.37	7	21	14	1	2	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.156	7.92	-0.55%	0.03	12t --- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
42	148	153	Sep 23	TOR		CLE	W,5-4	5-6		1	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	4.42	4.27	8	28	22	4	8	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.037	8.99	-0.14%	0.03	5t --- 0 out tie	6t 3 out d1
43	149	156	Sep 26	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-6	8-8		2	0.1	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	4.68	4.25	5	11	9	2	3	1	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.022	.96	-0.09%	-2.41	8b --- 0 out d3	8b 12- 1 out d5
44	150	160	Oct 1	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-6	7-7		4	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.73	4.24	5	19	10	2	2	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	.99	-0.077	8.33	-0.39%	-0.53	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
							14-30		W-L:6-4,Hld:3	2.9	99.0	101	54	52	38	72	13	1	4.73	4.24	422	1387	62%	13%	11%	0.94		23%	7%	5	50	28	21%	8	4	0	380	19	1	7	14	1	3	.91	-0.224	2.44	-1.03%	-3.74

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