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Jesse Orosco League
7-31-2215
Bill Willis Catcher
Retired (1968, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .267 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .759 Status Deceased (2004) Option Years 0  
H 910 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 12-26-1932
HR 104 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(1953)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(49 games)
RBI 474
SB 37
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range D+ WS Rings 1
1B A+ (98.9%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 6
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 9
3B --- RF A+ (92.5%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1957 Away 71 252 0 62 12 1 6 19 25 41 0 0 0 .687 .314 .373 .127 .246
1957 Home 74 259 0 69 16 0 10 34 38 39 0 0 0 .809 .365 .444 .178 .266
1958 Away 22 56 0 15 2 1 3 14 5 8 0 0 0 .828 .328 .500 .232 .268
1958 Home 24 62 0 17 3 1 4 13 5 5 0 0 0 .896 .348 .548 .274 .274
1959 Away 56 115 0 23 5 0 3 8 17 17 0 0 0 .633 .311 .322 .122 .200
1959 Home 52 120 0 26 4 0 3 10 13 23 0 0 0 .626 .301 .325 .108 .217
1960 Away 55 124 0 34 7 0 4 24 10 25 0 0 0 .753 .326 .427 .153 .274
1960 Home 60 148 0 46 9 2 6 24 17 28 0 0 0 .900 .380 .520 .209 .311
1961 Away 48 117 0 26 1 2 5 15 11 22 0 0 0 .682 .289 .393 .171 .222
1961 Home 52 136 0 39 6 0 4 23 20 22 0 0 0 .801 .382 .419 .132 .287
1962 Away 41 205 0 66 10 0 5 31 20 33 0 0 0 .823 .379 .444 .122 .322
1962 Home 29 147 0 36 6 1 5 20 21 30 0 0 0 .744 .343 .401 .156 .245
1963 Away 2 110 0 34 9 1 2 20 15 10 0 0 0 .856 .392 .464 .155 .309
1963 Home 5 125 0 27 2 0 3 14 12 17 0 0 0 .587 .283 .304 .088 .216
1964 Away 40 61 0 17 0 0 1 6 12 9 0 0 0 .725 .397 .328 .049 .279
1964 Home 39 63 0 20 5 0 4 12 6 12 0 0 0 .964 .377 .587 .270 .317
1965 Away 41 81 2 18 6 1 1 10 6 14 0 0 0 .634 .276 .358 .136 .222
1965 Home 36 70 5 19 4 0 5 13 10 15 0 0 1 .913 .370 .543 .271 .271
1966 Away 34 71 13 24 5 0 3 17 7 7 0 0 3 .933 .397 .535 .197 .338
1966 Home 32 70 6 17 2 0 2 8 6 16 0 0 1 .660 .303 .357 .114 .243
1967 Away 23 55 6 15 4 1 2 6 6 10 0 0 0 .835 .344 .491 .218 .273
1967 Home 24 47 5 12 4 0 1 5 6 9 0 0 2 .744 .340 .404 .149 .255
1968 Away 14 44 4 11 3 0 0 3 4 9 0 0 1 .658 .340 .318 .068 .250
1968 Home 17 53 6 20 3 1 2 12 4 11 0 0 0 .999 .414 .585 .208 .377
Total Away 447 1291 25 345 64 7 35 173 138 205 0 0 4 .748 .339 .409 .142 .267
Total Home 444 1300 22 348 64 5 49 188 158 227 0 0 4 .788 .350 .438 .170 .268
Total 1235 3412 434 910 172 20 104 474 360 570 37 46 64 .759 .339 .420 .154 .267
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Bill Willis has retired from the Texas Rangers
1958-06-04Bill Willis of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1958-06-01The Texas Rangers have promoted Bill Willis to the major league team.
1958-04-01The Texas Rangers have promoted Tim Pippen to the major league team. The Texas Rangers have sent Bill Willis to the minors.
1956-07-22Bill Willis of the Texas Rangers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1955-06-15A trade has been completed between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Stomping Wampas. The Los Angeles Stomping Wampas receive Benny Rios, Fred Luebber, Moon Cummings, Joe Conine from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Bill Willis, Bruce Rodriguez, Alan Brantley, Draft Pick 1957 Round 1 LAN (March Birkbeck), Draft Pick 1958 Round 1 LAN (Elias Kirke).