Carl Willis
[edit] Biography
Born on December 28, 1960 in Danville, Virginia, Carl Willis (Carl Blake Willis) played for the Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 9 year career. Willis broke into the bigs on June 9, 1984 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.47 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched in 1986, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Carl Willis's best season was 1991, when he posted a 2.63 ERA and struck out 53 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1984
| DET
| A
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7.31
| 4
| 13
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 25
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3.72
| 3
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9.2
| 8
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| 17
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 5.96
| 7
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 25.2
| 33
| 2
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| CIN
| N
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 9.22
| 6
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13.2
| 21
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1986
| CIN
| N
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4.47
| 24
| 29
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 52.1
| 54
| 4
| 32
| 9
| 3
| 1
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.25
| 6
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 17
| 3
| 7
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1991
| MIN
| A
| 40
| 0
| 8
| 3
| 2.63
| 53
| 31
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 89
| 76
| 4
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 1
|
| 1992
| MIN
| A
| 59
| 0
| 7
| 3
| 2.72
| 45
| 25
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 79.1
| 73
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| 53
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3.10
| 44
| 23
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 58
| 56
| 2
| 17
| 5
| 3
| 0
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| 49
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 5.92
| 37
| 48
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 59.1
| 89
| 6
| 12
| 5
| 5
| 0
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 94.50
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.2
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 5.23
| 33
| 51
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 75.2
| 83
| 8
| 39
| 9
| 4
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 220
| 2
| 20
| 12
| 4.01
| 189
| 159
| 140
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 314.1
| 341
| 20
| 76
| 16
| 16
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 267
| 2
| 22
| 16
| 4.25
| 222
| 210
| 184
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 390
| 424
| 28
| 115
| 25
| 20
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1984
| DET
| A
| P
| 10
| 2
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 9.2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| P
| 17
| 2
| 25.2
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| CIN
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 13.2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .500
|
| 1986
| CIN
| N
| P
| 29
| 0
| 52.1
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1991
| MIN
| A
| P
| 40
| 0
| 89
| 4
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .923
|
| 1992
| MIN
| A
| P
| 59
| 0
| 79.1
| 6
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| .923
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| P
| 53
| 0
| 58
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| P
| 49
| 0
| 59.1
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 267
| 2
| 390
| 22
| 41
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 24
| 12
| 0
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1984
| DET
| A
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CIN
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| CIN
| N
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .500
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| CIN
| N
| 29
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1988
| CHI
| A
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| MIN
| A
| 40
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| MIN
| A
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| MIN
| A
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| MIN
| A
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| MIN
| A
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 47
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .400
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 220
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 267
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .400
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 31st round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1982).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 23rd round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1983).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Cincinnati Reds (September 1, 1984) completing trade in which Detroit Tigers traded cash and a player to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Bill Scherrer (August 27, 1984).
- Selected by California Angels from Cincinnati Reds in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 10, 1985).
- Returned to Cincinnati Reds (April 6, 1986).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Darrell Pruitt (January 19, 1988).
- Selected by California Angels from Chicago White Sox in the minor league draft (December 6, 1988).
- Granted free agency (October 22, 1989).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 20, 1989).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1990).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (December 12, 1990).
- Granted free agency (October 12, 1994).
- Signed by Minnesota Twins (April 6, 1995).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (May 4, 1995).
- Signed by California Angels (June 27, 1995).
- Granted free agency (October 16, 1995).
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