Willie Wilson | Baseball Prospectus

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
19	8317	.285	.326	.376	.259	48.2

Standard

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1976	KCA	20	12	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.167	.167	.121	0.0	-0.1	-0.0
1977	KCA	21	13	37	34	10	11	2	0	0	13	1	8	0	0	2	1	6	3	.324	.343	.382	.265	1.5	0.5	0.2
1978	KCA	22	127	223	198	43	43	8	2	0	55	16	33	2	2	5	16	46	12	.217	.280	.278	.219	4.4	4.1	0.9
1979	KCA	23	154	640	588	113	185	18	13	6	247	28	92	7	4	13	49	83	12	.315	.351	.420	.276	41.6	27.2	7.1
1980	KCA	24	161	745	705	133	230	28	15	3	297	28	81	6	1	5	49	79	10	.326	.357	.421	.294	64.2	35.6	10.6
1981	KCA	25	102	465	439	54	133	10	7	1	160	18	42	4	1	3	32	34	8	.303	.335	.364	.263	18.9	18.3	4.2
1982	KCA	26	136	621	585	87	194	19	15	3	252	26	81	6	2	2	46	37	11	.332	.365	.431	.295	37.7	31.8	7.4
1983	KCA	27	137	611	576	90	159	22	8	2	203	33	75	1	0	1	33	59	8	.276	.316	.352	.248	18.3	-0.0	1.9
1984	KCA	28	128	588	541	81	163	24	9	2	211	39	56	3	3	2	44	47	5	.301	.350	.390	.275	32.6	1.5	3.6
1985	KCA	29	141	642	605	87	168	25	21	4	247	29	94	5	1	2	43	43	11	.278	.316	.408	.264	20.7	-0.1	2.2
1986	KCA	30	156	675	631	77	170	20	7	9	231	31	97	9	1	3	44	34	8	.269	.312	.366	.245	12.0	10.3	2.3
1987	KCA	31	146	653	610	97	170	18	15	4	230	32	88	6	1	4	30	59	11	.279	.320	.377	.242	13.5	5.0	1.8
1988	KCA	32	147	628	591	81	155	17	11	1	197	22	106	2	5	8	37	35	7	.262	.289	.333	.232	7.6	2.1	1.1
1989	KCA	33	112	423	383	58	97	17	7	3	137	27	78	1	6	6	43	24	6	.253	.300	.358	.246	8.9	-0.4	0.9
1990	KCA	34	115	345	307	49	89	13	3	2	114	30	57	2	3	3	42	24	6	.290	.354	.371	.275	16.9	0.8	1.9
1991	OAK	35	113	318	294	38	70	14	4	0	92	18	43	4	1	1	28	20	5	.238	.290	.313	.220	-5.9	3.0	-0.3
1992	OAK	36	132	437	396	38	107	15	5	0	132	35	65	1	3	2	37	28	8	.270	.329	.333	.254	6.7	15.2	2.4
1993	CHN	37	105	237	221	29	57	11	3	1	77	11	40	3	1	1	11	7	2	.258	.301	.348	.240	4.0	-3.1	0.1
1994	CHN	38	17	23	21	4	5	0	2	0	9	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	.238	.273	.429	.214	-1.4	-0.3	-0.2
Career			2154	8317	7731	1169	2207	281	147	41	2905	425	1144	62	35	64	585	668	134	.285	.326	.376	.259	302.1	151.4	48.2

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1976	KCA	MLB	12	6	.121	.263	.328	.365	.000	.250	105	-0.8	0.2	0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	0.0	-0.0
1977	KCA	MLB	13	37	.265	.249	.329	.372	.000	.423	93	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.5	0.2	1.5	0.2
1978	KCA	MLB	127	223	.219	.261	.319	.383	.000	.257	101	-8.7	5.8	-0.7	4.1	6.9	4.4	0.9	4.4	0.9
1979	KCA	MLB	154	640	.276	.266	.325	.400	.000	.362	100	10.4	17.9	-3.5	27.2	13.1	41.6	7.1	41.6	7.1
1980	KCA	MLB	161	745	.294	.267	.323	.396	.000	.365	99	25.1	20.0	-2.4	35.6	17.4	64.2	10.6	64.2	10.6
1981	KCA	MLB	102	465	.263	.257	.315	.374	.000	.332	96	1.2	11.7	-2.2	18.3	4.3	18.9	4.2	18.9	4.2
1982	KCA	MLB	136	621	.295	.266	.324	.403	.000	.380	100	21.5	16.8	-3.2	31.8	7.6	37.7	7.4	37.7	7.4
1983	KCA	MLB	137	611	.248	.263	.320	.400	.000	.315	102	-7.1	16.6	-1	-0.0	8.5	18.3	1.9	18.3	1.9
1984	KCA	MLB	128	588	.275	.262	.320	.397	.000	.331	94	8.9	15.8	1.4	1.5	7.7	32.6	3.6	32.6	3.6
1985	KCA	MLB	141	642	.264	.257	.318	.399	.000	.323	96	2.7	17.5	1.6	-0.1	1.2	20.7	2.2	20.7	2.2
1986	KCA	MLB	156	675	.245	.259	.323	.408	.000	.306	98	-10	18.7	1.7	10.3	2.3	12.0	2.3	12.0	2.3
1987	KCA	MLB	146	653	.242	.260	.323	.421	.000	.320	99	-12.8	19.2	1.5	5.0	5.8	13.5	1.8	13.5	1.8
1988	KCA	MLB	147	628	.232	.258	.317	.390	.000	.315	101	-16.8	16.4	1.5	2.1	6.7	7.6	1.1	7.6	1.1
1989	KCA	MLB	112	423	.246	.258	.318	.382	.000	.305	100	-5.9	11.0	1	-0.4	4.4	8.9	0.9	8.9	0.9
1990	KCA	MLB	115	345	.275	.255	.319	.381	.000	.347	100	5.2	9.3	-0.8	0.8	4.3	16.9	1.9	16.9	1.9
1991	OAK	MLB	113	318	.220	.257	.318	.388	.000	.278	97	-12.6	8.6	-1.3	3.0	0.6	-5.9	-0.3	-5.9	-0.3
1992	OAK	MLB	132	437	.254	.257	.321	.377	.000	.320	97	-2.7	11.3	0.8	15.2	-0.4	6.7	2.4	6.7	2.4
1993	CHN	MLB	105	237	.240	.258	.312	.388	.000	.309	104	-5	6.8	0.5	-3.1	2.6	4.0	0.1	4.0	0.1
1994	CHN	MLB	17	23	.214	.254	.306	.398	.000	.333	98	-1.2	0.7	0	-0.3	-0.7	-1.4	-0.2	-1.4	-0.2
Career		MLB		8317	.259	.261	.320	.395	.262	.329	99	-8.4	225.3	-5	151.4	92.7	302.1	48.2	302.1	48.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1976	KCA	MLB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	.167	.167	.167	.000	.121	0.0	-0.1	-0.0
1977	KCA	MLB	37	10	11	2	0	0	1	1	8	6	3	.324	.343	.382	.059	.265	1.5	0.5	0.2
1978	KCA	MLB	223	43	43	8	2	0	16	16	33	46	12	.217	.280	.278	.061	.219	4.4	4.1	0.9
1979	KCA	MLB	640	113	185	18	13	6	49	28	92	83	12	.315	.351	.420	.105	.276	41.6	27.2	7.1
1980	KCA	MLB	745	133	230	28	15	3	49	28	81	79	10	.326	.357	.421	.095	.294	64.2	35.6	10.6
1981	KCA	MLB	465	54	133	10	7	1	32	18	42	34	8	.303	.335	.364	.062	.263	18.9	18.3	4.2
1982	KCA	MLB	621	87	194	19	15	3	46	26	81	37	11	.332	.365	.431	.099	.295	37.7	31.8	7.4
1983	KCA	MLB	611	90	159	22	8	2	33	33	75	59	8	.276	.316	.352	.076	.248	18.3	-0.0	1.9
1984	KCA	MLB	588	81	163	24	9	2	44	39	56	47	5	.301	.350	.390	.089	.275	32.6	1.5	3.6
1985	KCA	MLB	642	87	168	25	21	4	43	29	94	43	11	.278	.316	.408	.131	.264	20.7	-0.1	2.2
1986	KCA	MLB	675	77	170	20	7	9	44	31	97	34	8	.269	.312	.366	.097	.245	12.0	10.3	2.3
1987	KCA	MLB	653	97	170	18	15	4	30	32	88	59	11	.279	.320	.377	.098	.242	13.5	5.0	1.8
1988	KCA	MLB	628	81	155	17	11	1	37	22	106	35	7	.262	.289	.333	.071	.232	7.6	2.1	1.1
1989	KCA	MLB	423	58	97	17	7	3	43	27	78	24	6	.253	.300	.358	.104	.246	8.9	-0.4	0.9
1990	KCA	MLB	345	49	89	13	3	2	42	30	57	24	6	.290	.354	.371	.081	.275	16.9	0.8	1.9
1991	OAK	MLB	318	38	70	14	4	0	28	18	43	20	5	.238	.290	.313	.075	.220	-5.9	3.0	-0.3
1992	OAK	MLB	437	38	107	15	5	0	37	35	65	28	8	.270	.329	.333	.063	.254	6.7	15.2	2.4
1993	CHN	MLB	237	29	57	11	3	1	11	11	40	7	2	.258	.301	.348	.090	.240	4.0	-3.1	0.1
1994	CHN	MLB	23	4	5	0	2	0	0	1	6	1	0	.238	.273	.429	.190	.214	-1.4	-0.3	-0.2

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Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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Title	Author	Date
The Lineup Card: 9 Forgotten Players from Defunct Franchises	Baseball Prospectus	2011-09-08
Spitballing: Why When You Go Matters	Jeremy Greenhouse	2011-08-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: I Saw 'em When	Jay Jaffe	2011-02-02
B-Warned: Carl Crawford	Brandon Warne	2010-11-24
You Can Blog It Up: Just in Time for HOF inductions, the Whitey Herzog All-Stars	Steven Goldman	2010-07-24
You Could Look It Up: Dusty Baker and the Johnny Oates Affair	Steven Goldman	2010-06-25
BP Unfiltered: This Week in Minor League History: June 7 - June 13	Geoff Young	2010-06-11
Transaction Action: Oddments	Christina Kahrl	2010-01-10
Prospectus Hit and Run: Shorting Out	Jay Jaffe	2009-11-03
Prospectus Hit and Run: The Trouble With Southpaws	Jay Jaffe	2009-11-01
You Could Look It Up: No Juice at Bailout Field	Steven Goldman	2009-09-04
Prospectus Hit and Run: Return of the Rickeys	Jay Jaffe	2009-07-28
Transaction Analysis: AL East and Central Updates	Christina Kahrl	2009-06-12
Transaction Analysis: Dempster-Diving and Going Coco for Coco Crisp	Christina Kahrl	2008-11-20
Prospectus Preview: Saturday's Games to Watch	Caleb Peiffer	2008-08-02
Doctoring The Numbers: Royals and Phillies	Rany Jazayerli	2008-03-25
Doctoring The Numbers: The Brewers and Giants	Rany Jazayerli	2008-03-12
Schrodinger's Bat: For the Sake of Completeness	Dan Fox	2008-01-17
Prospectus Matchups: Millstones and Milestones	Jim Baker	2007-07-03
Prospectus Q&A: Dan Levitt	David Laurila	2007-04-29
Who Will Rid Me of This Pestilent McCovey?: Pinch Running in the Last 50 Years	Brandon Isleib	2007-04-10
Schrodinger's Bat: Baseball's Trifecta	Dan Fox	2006-09-28
Lies, Damned Lies: Trouble in Wrigleyville	Nate Silver	2006-05-17
Prospectus Matchups: Feels Like the First Time	Jim Baker	2005-10-21
Prospectus Today: The Race to 258	Joe Sheehan	2004-08-30
Can Of Corn: The Way We Were	Dayn Perry	2004-08-25
Rogue's Gallery: The Most Efficient Base-Stealing Teams Ever	Jim Baker	2004-07-23
Teams: A Critical Guide: Mad About Beltran Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-06-25
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part III: Ghostbusters	Steven Goldman	2004-02-19
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part I: Sparky Was Watching	Steven Goldman	2004-02-17
Prospectus Today: Fumbling in the Darko	Joe Sheehan	2003-06-27
Doctoring Ichiro: More on the Mariners' Sensation	Rany Jazayerli	2001-05-18

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Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2009-10-28 17:00:00	2009 WS Game One	Three Royals, I think it was Willie Wilson, George Brett, and Dan Quisenberry, had those weird Ewing Kaufmann contracts which were like money, plus lifetime services, plus real estate equal to the state of Rhode Island. (Steven Goldman)

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