Frank Wills

Full Name: Frank Lee Wills	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: July 31, 1983
Birthdate: October 26, 1958	Final Game: April 30, 1991
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana	MLB Experience: 9 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 26, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Frank Wills (Frank Lee Wills) played for the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays over the course of his 9 year career. Wills broke into the bigs on July 31, 1983 with the Kansas City Royals, and put up a 6.00 ERA in 123 innings pitched in 1985, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Frank Wills's best season was 1990, when he posted a 4.73 ERA and struck out 72 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1983	KC	A	6	4	2	1	4.15	23	17	16	0	0	34.2	35	2	15	0	3	0
1984	KC	A	10	5	2	3	5.11	21	21	21	0	0	37	39	3	13	0	2	0
1985	SEA	A	24	18	5	11	6.00	67	85	82	1	1	123	122	18	68	3	9	3
1986	CLE	A	26	0	4	4	4.91	32	23	22	0	4	40.1	43	6	16	4	2	0
1987	CLE	A	6	0	0	1	5.06	4	3	3	0	1	5.1	3	0	7	0	0	0
1988	TOR	A	10	0	0	0	5.23	19	12	12	0	0	20.2	22	2	6	2	1	0
1989	TOR	A	24	4	3	1	3.66	41	31	29	0	0	71.1	65	4	30	2	4	1
1990	TOR	A	44	4	6	4	4.73	72	54	52	0	0	99	101	13	38	7	1	1
1991	TOR	A	4	0	0	1	16.62	2	8	8	0	0	4.1	8	2	5	0	0	1
Total			154	35	22	26	5.06	281	254	245	1	6	435.2	438	50	198	18	22	6

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	AVG
1983	KC	A	P	6	4	34.2	1	3	1	1	0	4	1	.800
1984	KC	A	P	10	5	37	3	2	2	0	0	4	3	.714
1985	SEA	A	P	24	18	123	9	17	0	1	2	9	9	1.000
1986	CLE	A	P	26	0	40.1	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	.900
1987	CLE	A	P	6	0	5.1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1988	TOR	A	P	10	0	20.2	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
1989	TOR	A	P	24	4	71.1	5	10	0	0	1	1	6	1.000
1990	TOR	A	P	44	4	99	9	10	0	2	0	8	4	1.000
1991	TOR	A	P	4	0	4.1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	154	35	435.2	31	57	4	4	4	31	23	.957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AVG	OBP	SLG
1983	KC	A	6	.000	.000	.000
1984	KC	A	10	.000	.000	.000
1985	SEA	A	24	.000	.000	.000
1986	CLE	A	26	.000	.000	.000
1987	CLE	A	6	.000	.000	.000
1988	TOR	A	10	.000	.000	.000
1989	TOR	A	24	.000	.000	.000
1990	TOR	A	44	.000	.000	.000
1991	TOR	A	4	.000	.000	.000
Total			154	.000	.000	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980).
Traded by Kansas City Royals to New York Mets as part of 4-team trade in which Milwaukee Brewers sent Jim Sundberg to Kansas City Royals; Kansas City Royals sent Don Slaught to Texas Rangers; New York Mets sent Tim Leary to Milwaukee Brewers; Texas Rangers sent Danny Darwin to Milwaukee Brewers (January 18, 1985); and Texas Rangers sent Bill Nance to Milwaukee Brewers (January 30, 1985).
Traded by New York Mets to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Wray Bergendahl (March 29, 1985).
Released by Seattle Mariners (March 20, 1986).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (March 27, 1986).
Released by Cleveland Indians (March 29, 1988).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (April 7, 1988).
Released by Toronto Blue Jays (October 28, 1988).
Signed by Toronto Blue Jays (January 12, 1989).
Granted free agency (October 26, 1991).

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