#69 Willie Kirkland, Rightfield, 34 yrs, Philadelphia (N) Phillies Thursday, 10/19/1968 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Willie Kirkland
2/17/1934 34 USA,AL, 6"1 211
Rightfield L R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 3 / 6 (Well Known) 6 / 6 (Extremely Popular) Good Normal Prone 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 12,500,000 1969 10 Year(s), 57 Days (1777 total Days) 172 Day(s) 10 Year(s), 57 Days (1777 total Days) 10 Year(s) 3 Option Year(s) left
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Versus RHP | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Talent | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 2 2 5 3 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings LF : 3 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.) RF : 2 (Range), .971 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 5 Outfield Arm : 6
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/19 | @PIT | W 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #8 | | |
9/20 | @PIT | L 8-9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/22 | CIN | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
9/24 | @LAN | W 5-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/25 | @LAN | W 10-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #2 | | |
9/26 | HOU | L 1-5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
9/27 | HOU | W 4-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #6 | | |
10/1 | CIN | L 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #8 | | |
10/5 | @ATL | L 4-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #5 | | |
10/6 | STL | L 8-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #9 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 116 | 313 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 23 | 60 | .204 | .269 | .450 | .719 | .659 | .246 |
Projected | 116 | 313 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 23 | 60 | .204 | .269 | .450 | .719 | .659 | .246 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 75 | 347 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 141 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 35.7 | 3.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .042 | .080 | .167 | .247 |
vs. RHP | 289 | 63 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 41 | 44 | 23 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .218 | .283 | .474 | .758 |
Close/Late | 52 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .173 | .267 | .385 | .651 |
Scoring Position | 82 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .122 | .189 | .268 | .458 |
Pinch Hitting | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .174 | .333 | .348 | .681 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 61 | 171 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 35 | .199 | .261 | .444 | .705 |
Road | 55 | 142 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 25 | .211 | .277 | .458 | .734 |
March/April | 21 | 76 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 9 | .237 | .280 | .526 | .807 |
May | 26 | 85 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 19 | .224 | .256 | .506 | .761 |
June | 24 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 10 | .200 | .305 | .386 | .691 |
July | 19 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 13 | .205 | .280 | .545 | .825 |
August | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .053 | .050 | .211 | .261 |
Sept/Oct | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .158 | .304 | .158 | .462 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1958 | 49 | 178 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .253 | .332 | .472 | .804 | BAL |
1959 | 136 | 418 | 123 | 26 | 3 | 16 | 74 | 72 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 5 | .294 | .388 | .486 | .874 | BAL WS1 |
1960 | 136 | 437 | 127 | 33 | 2 | 16 | 70 | 79 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 8 | 5 | .291 | .393 | .485 | .878 | WS1 |
1961 | 135 | 331 | 69 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 45 | 32 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 64 | 3 | 1 | .208 | .292 | .396 | .688 | WS1 |
1962 | 157 | 561 | 144 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 99 | 93 | 52 | 6 | 3 | 96 | 10 | 4 | .257 | .325 | .488 | .813 | MIN |
1963 | 122 | 276 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 45 | 46 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 3 | .225 | .328 | .438 | .767 | MIN |
1964 | 122 | 356 | 112 | 27 | 4 | 27 | 90 | 76 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 8 | .315 | .394 | .640 | 1.034 | MIN |
1965 | 152 | 507 | 135 | 32 | 4 | 26 | 101 | 94 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 10 | 1 | .266 | .349 | .499 | .848 | PHI |
1966 | 159 | 543 | 167 | 37 | 3 | 42 | 124 | 104 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 64 | 3 | 4 | .308 | .393 | .619 | 1.011 | PHI,NL |
1967 | 141 | 394 | 112 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 81 | 68 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 4 | 4 | .284 | .364 | .520 | .884 | PHI |
1968 | 116 | 313 | 64 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 42 | 46 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 0 | .204 | .269 | .450 | .719 | PHI |
Total | 1425 | 4314 | 1160 | 261 | 31 | 235 | 800 | 737 | 518 | 60 | 32 | 601 | 53 | 37 | .269 | .353 | .507 | .860 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1958, AAA | 101 | 419 | 142 | 28 | 4 | 41 | 90 | 106 | 60 | 61 | 8 | 5 | .339 | .415 | .718 | 1.133 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Leftfield | 85 | 72 | 142 | 5 | 1 | 155 | 8 | .948 | 677.0 | 2.06 | | | | |
Rightfield | 15 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 56.2 | 1.91 | | | | |
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Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia (N) on 2/22/1965 to a 5-year deal worth $12,500,000 per year... Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles (N) on 9/10/1965... Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game...
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Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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SLG 1966 - .619 - 5th
| OPS 1966 - 1.011 - 6th
| Homeruns 1966 - 42 - 6th
| RBI 1966 - 124 - 6th
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