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Willie Aikens
Willie Mays Aikens

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.
School South Carolina State University

Debut May 17, 1977
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Final Game April 27, 1985
Born October 14, 1954 in Seneca, SC

Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting Glossary / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 22 CAL AL  42   91    5   18   4  0   0    6   1  2  10  23  .198  .277  .242   46   22   0   0   2   0   1
 1979 24 CAL AL 116  379   59  106  18  0  21   81   1  3  61  79  .280  .376  .493  137  187   0   6   8   1  10
 1980 25 KCR AL 151  543   70  151  24  0  20   98   1  0  64  88  .278  .356  .433  116  235   0   9   3   7  23
 1981 26 KCR AL 101  349   45   93  16  0  17   53   0  0  62  47  .266  .377  .458  142  160   0   5  12   3  11
 1982 27 KCR AL 134  466   50  131  29  1  17   74   0  1  45  70  .281  .345  .457  119  213   0   5   7   3  19
 1983 28 KCR AL 125  410   49  124  26  1  23   72   0  0  45  75  .302  .373  .539  149  221   0   1   9   2  16
 1984 29 TOR AL  93  234   21   48   7  0  11   26   0  0  29  56  .205  .298  .376   83   88   0   0   1   2   6
 1985 30 TOR AL  12   20    2    4   1  0   1    5   0  0   3   6  .200  .292  .400   85    8   0   1   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      774 2492  301  675 125  2 110  415   3  6 319 444  .271  .354  .455  123 1134   0  27  42  18  87
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        522   63  141  26  0  23   87   1  1  67  93  .271  .354  .455  123  237   0   6   9   4  18
 Career High    151  543   70  151  29  1  23   98   1  3  64  88  .302  .377  .539  149  235   0   9  12   7  23

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 22 CAL AL  101   76    6   2.1    96| .198  .261| .277  .325| .242  .398| .519  .723|  46  .193  -6.5  -0.6  33%
 1979 24 CAL AL  447  292   71   6.5    98| .280  .265| .376  .329| .493  .401| .869  .730| 137  .642  21.9   2.1  25%
 1980 25 KCR AL  623  424   82   5.2    99| .278  .269| .356  .331| .433  .399| .789  .730| 116  .557  13.9   1.4 100%
 1981 26 KCR AL  419  272   62   6.1    88| .266  .255| .377  .319| .458  .371| .835  .690| 142  .677  21.6   2.2   0%
 1982 27 KCR AL  519  360   69   5.2    98| .281  .264| .345  .328| .457  .402| .802  .730| 119  .552  12.7   1.2   0%
 1983 28 KCR AL  458  303   78   6.9    98| .302  .266| .373  .328| .539  .401| .912  .728| 149  .682  27.2   2.7   0%
 1984 29 TOR AL  265  192   26   3.6   100| .205  .268| .298  .332| .376  .405| .674  .736|  83  .401  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1985 30 TOR AL   24   18    2   3.0   102| .200  .266| .292  .332| .400  .413| .692  .745|  85  .311  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2856 1937  396   5.5    97| .271  .265| .354  .328| .455  .397| .809  .725| 123  .587  84.4   8.4  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1977 22 CAL AL  1B   13     94    8    3   10  .971  .990  7.85  8.79  9.27 10.02   12   99.0
                 DH   13
 1979 24 CAL AL  1B   55    462   31    2   49  .996  .992  8.96  8.85  9.01 10.08   55  492.7
                 DH   51
 1980 25 KCR AL  1B  138   1081   65   12   95  .990  .992  8.30  7.25  9.48  8.27  137 1088.0
                 DH   13
 1981 26 KCR AL  1B   99    844   56    7   79  .992  .993  9.09  8.57  9.48 10.06   96  854.3
 1982 27 KCR AL  1B  128   1048   75    7   95  .994  .992  8.77  7.81  9.56  8.51  122 1057.7
 1983 28 KCR AL  1B  112    884   64   11  101  .989  .992  8.46  8.24  9.86  9.90  109  865.0
                 DH    6
 1984 29 TOR AL  DH   81
                 1B    2     12    1    0    1 1.000  .992  6.50  8.25 10.64  9.74    1   11.0
 1985 30 TOR AL  DH   11
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1977 22 CAL AL  1B   13     94    8    3   10  .971  .990  7.85  8.79  9.27 10.02   12   99.0
 1979 24 CAL AL  1B   55    462   31    2   49  .996  .992  8.96  8.85  9.01 10.08   55  492.7
 1980 25 KCR AL  1B  138   1081   65   12   95  .990  .992  8.30  7.25  9.48  8.27  137 1088.0
 1981 26 KCR AL  1B   99    844   56    7   79  .992  .993  9.09  8.57  9.48 10.06   96  854.3
 1982 27 KCR AL  1B  128   1048   75    7   95  .994  .992  8.77  7.81  9.56  8.51  122 1057.7
 1983 28 KCR AL  1B  112    884   64   11  101  .989  .992  8.46  8.24  9.86  9.90  109  865.0
 1984 29 TOR AL  1B    2     12    1    0    1 1.000  .992  6.50  8.25 10.64  9.74    1   11.0

 1977 22 CAL AL  DH   13
 1979 24 CAL AL  DH   51
 1980 25 KCR AL  DH   13
 1983 28 KCR AL  DH    6
 1984 29 TOR AL  DH   81
 1985 30 TOR AL  DH   11
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total  1B* 547   4425  300   42  430  .991  .992  8.64  8.02  9.52  9.23  532 4467.7
                 DH  175   Games not counted in Overall Total below            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       547   4425  300   42  430  .991  .992  8.64  8.02  9.52  9.23  532   4468

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1980   ALCS  KCR NYY     W   3  11   0   4  0  0  0   2   0   1  .364  .364  .364   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    KCR PHI     L   6  20   5   8  0  1  4   8   6   8  .400  .538 1.100   0  0   0   0   0 
 1981   ALDS  KCR OAK     L   3   9   0   3  0  0  0   0   3   2  .333  .500  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   1-2  12  40   5  15  0  1  4  10   9  11  .375  .490  .725   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Home Runs
1981 AL-17-7

Bases on Balls
1981 AL-62-5

Hit By Pitch
1980 AL-7-8

Sac. Flies
1980 AL-9-5

Intentional Walks
1981 AL-12-1

Grounded into Double Plays
1980 AL-23-6
1982 AL-19-10

At Bats per Home Run
1981 AL-20.5-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1642) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.0 (1186) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
January 9, 1975: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.
December 6, 1979: Traded by the California Angels with Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later, Al Cowens, and Todd Cruz. The Kansas City Royals sent Craig Eaton (April 1, 1980) to the California Angels to complete the trade.
December 20, 1983: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jorge Orta.
May 9, 1985: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 19, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Home Runs 1981 AL-17-7	Bases on Balls 1981 AL-62-5	Hit By Pitch 1980 AL-7-8	Sac. Flies 1980 AL-9-5	Intentional Walks 1981 AL-12-1	Grounded into Double Plays 1980 AL-23-6 1982 AL-19-10
At Bats per Home Run 1981 AL-20.5-9