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Willie
Kirkland		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 221
 
Born: February 17, 1934 in Usa, AL, SILURIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1964    1965    1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 5 7 6 6 7 7
1959 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1960 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 6 6 6 7 7
1961 27 OAK AL $ 3,542,857   7 7 6 6 7 7 9 10 10 5 6 6 7 8 7
1962 28 OAK AL $ 3,542,857   7 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 10 4 6 5 6 7 7
1963 29 OAK AL $ 3,542,857   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 4 6 5 6 7 7
1964 30 OAK AL $ 3,990,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 8 10 10 4 6 5 6 7 7
1965 31 OAK AL $ 3,990,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 4 6 5 6 7 7
1966 32 OAK AL $ 5,510,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 7 6 6 7 7
1967 33 OAK AL $ 5,510,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 8 10 9 5 7 6 6 7 7
1968 34 OAK AL $ 5,510,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 9 5 7 6 6 7 6
1969 35 OAK AL $ 5,510,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 5 6 6 5 6 5
1970 36 COL NL     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 7 7 2 4 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 3 3 5 7 7 2 4 3 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,510,000   7 7 7 7 8 8 9 10 10 5 7 6 7 8 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 24 OAK AL 148 456 73 125 32 2 17 79 10 2 53 66 .274 .348 .465 .813 71.0 11.8
1959 25 OAK AL 146 438 81 118 38 5 22 74 9 5 41 63 .269 .331 .530 .861 71.6 14.5
1960 26 OAK AL 139 434 75 130 35 2 16 63 8 3 37 90 .300 .352 .500 .852 71.9 17.3
1961 27 OAK AL 146 466 71 106 26 7 11 64 15 4 62 82 .227 .323 .384 .707 53.8 8.7
1962 28 OAK AL 120 411 57 110 29 2 17 78 15 5 40 57 .268 .328 .472 .800 62.8 13.0
1963 29 OAK AL 151 527 65 118 30 3 14 64 20 5 46 86 .224 .286 .372 .658 53.5 8.0
1964 30 OAK AL 160 554 87 154 34 6 30 79 20 9 54 84 .278 .343 .523 .866 93.7 22.7
1965 31 OAK AL 158 585 91 153 41 4 24 92 18 6 51 90 .262 .321 .468 .790 86.0 20.1
1966 32 OAK AL 155 556 98 131 30 8 20 77 21 4 54 79 .236 .304 .426 .730 75.5 14.6
1967 33 OAK AL 143 459 82 125 38 8 15 73 17 3 50 61 .272 .341 .488 .829 72.3 17.6
1968 34 OAK AL 149 493 71 129 32 2 17 81 11 6 59 75 .262 .342 .438 .780 68.2 14.1
1969 35 OAK AL 155 524 82 135 35 7 12 63 27 7 58 91 .258 .332 .420 .752 74.1 15.3
1970 36 COL NL 100 354 38 77 22 3 9 39 4 0 19 96 .218 .257 .373 .630 32.7 4.5
13 Years Sim 1870 6257 971 1611 422 59 224 926 195 59 624 1020 .257 .325 .451 .776 887.1 182.2
162 Game Average 542 84 139 36 5 19 80 16 5 54 88 .257 .325 .451 .776 76.8  
Career Highs 160 585 98 154 41 8 30 92 27 9 62 96 .300 .352 .530 .866 93.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4790 777 1333 345 50 185 759 153 44 517 706 .278 .348 .487 .835 800.7
vs LH   1467 194 278 77 9 39 167 42 15 107 314 .190 .245 .334 .579 122.5
Home 953 3123 467 794 191 27 104 451 95 28 329 523 .254 .325 .433 .758 447.8
Away 917 3134 504 817 231 32 120 475 100 31 295 497 .261 .324 .470 .794 475.3
RISP   1497 0 403 109 15 53 627 0 0 218 234 .269 .356 .468 .824 252.5
Pinch Hitting   191 31 60 16 3 7 45 2 0 13 25 .314 .354 .539 .894 33.9
Close/Late   816 142 216 53 8 36 120 0 0 110 125 .265 .353 .482 .834 137.6
Mar/Apr 301 991 166 279 68 15 47 176 25 8 86 153 .282 .340 .523 .863 169.6
May 342 1161 198 324 86 8 42 174 38 10 105 182 .279 .338 .475 .814 183.7
June 311 1041 163 257 68 14 30 156 28 9 133 168 .247 .331 .426 .757 151.3
July 327 1099 149 247 66 5 30 129 42 12 89 204 .225 .282 .376 .657 121.1
August 313 1056 155 277 74 10 37 147 28 14 111 151 .262 .334 .456 .790 158.5
Sep/Oct 276 909 140 227 60 7 38 144 34 6 100 162 .250 .324 .457 .780 138.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 24 OAK AL LF 95 82 763.0 142 5 9 1 .942 1.73   3.4
    RF 42 27 269.3 57 1 2 0 .967 1.94    
1959 25 OAK AL LF 122 104 959.0 175 4 12 0 .937 1.68   2.2
    RF 6 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    3B 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1960 26 OAK AL LF 110 100 907.0 163 1 7 0 .959 1.63   2.8
    RF 16 4 71.3 13 0 1 0 .929 1.64    
1961 27 OAK AL LF 115 106 965.0 155 7 7 3 .959 1.51   3.7
    RF 22 16 150.0 31 3 1 1 .971 2.04    
1962 28 OAK AL 3B 93 93 828.0 55 155 9 21 .959 2.28   2.0
    LF 22 16 147.0 20 0 2 0 .909 1.22   0.2
    RF 5 0 10.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 29 OAK AL LF 99 96 844.7 131 6 8 1 .945 1.46   2.1
    RF 45 40 360.3 58 3 2 1 .968 1.52    
1964 30 OAK AL LF 123 119 1069.7 199 4 14 3 .935 1.71   2.7
    3B 24 24 211.7 11 29 7 3 .851 1.70   0.2
    RF 11 0 26.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
1965 31 OAK AL RF 149 146 1324.7 240 11 10 1 .962 1.71   3.0
    LF 6 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1966 32 OAK AL RF 109 108 963.0 175 10 4 4 .979 1.73   2.2
    LF 44 32 322.3 57 3 5 0 .923 1.68    
1967 33 OAK AL RF 114 108 953.7 161 3 3 0 .982 1.55   2.3
    LF 22 8 95.7 25 1 1 1 .963 2.45    
1968 34 OAK AL RF 126 120 1092.7 204 12 5 4 .977 1.78   2.8
    LF 15 1 39.7 6 1 2 1 .778 1.59    
1969 35 OAK AL RF 147 139 1244.7 217 7 5 3 .978 1.62   2.6
    LF 6 0 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69    
1970 36 COL NL RF 93 93 801.3 171 4 16 1 .916 1.97   0.8
    LF 7 0 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
  RF 885 801 7282.0 1335 54 49 15 .966 1.72   13.7
  LF 786 664 6147.0 1077 32 67 10 .943 1.62   17.1
  3B 118 117 1043.7 67 184 16 24 .940 2.16   2.3
Career Totals   1789 1582 14472.6 2479 270 132 49 .954 1.71   33.1
Career Highs   158 146 1333.7 242 155 21 21 .979 2.10    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1959 25 OAK AL 6 15 4 4 0 0 3 5 2 0 4 0 .267 .421 .867 1.288
1961 27 OAK AL 9 22 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .091 .200 .182 .382
1962 28 OAK AL 5 20 3 5 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 .250 .286 .300 .586
1967 33 OAK AL 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .273 .111 .384
Career Post-Season Batting 23 66 8 12 3 0 3 10 4 0 10 6 .182 .289 .364 .653
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1959-9-.504*
1964-2-.523
1965-10-.468
1967-8-.488
 OPS
1964-7-.866
 XR
1964-6-93.7
 Games
1964-1-160
1965-3-158
 At-Bats
1965-7-585
 Runs
1964-7-87
1965-8-91
1966-7-98
Total Bases
1964-5-290
1965-6-274
 Doubles
1959-3-38
1960-7-35
1964-6-34
1965-3-41
1967-5-38
1968-9-32
1969-8-35
 Triples
1961-4-7
1964-9-6
1966-3-8
1967-4-8
1969-3-7
 Homeruns
1964-3-30
1965-8-24
 RBIs
1964-10-79
1965-6-92
 Stolen Bases
1958-7-10
1959-9-9
1960-9-8
1961-6-15
1962-9-15
Caught Stealing
1959-4-5
1960-10-3
1961-8-4
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 69    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Kirk Gibson (930)
  2. Reggie Smith (920)
  3. George Hendrick (904)
  4. Cliff Cook (900)
  5. Al Ferrara (898)
  6. Bob Nieman (884)
  7. Bob Watson (881)
  8. Ron Swoboda (881)
  9. Bobby Thomson (879)
  10. Benny Ayala (878)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Oakland in 1958
Had first career hit on 4/2/1958, off Ralph Beard (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1958, off Don Mcmahon (SEM)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 4/22/1959
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 5/13/1960
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 6/1/1960
Injured on 6/2/1960 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/22/1962 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1963: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $3,990,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1964, hitting .524 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1964, hitting .330 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1964, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/7/1964
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 4/16/1965
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
7/31/1965: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,510,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1965, hitting .414 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 6/1/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1967, hitting .556 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1967, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 8/11/1967
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 5/9/1968
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,510,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1969, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1969, hitting .330 with 6 HR, 19 RBI
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Traded from Oakland to Colorado on 3/3/1970 (Going to COL: RF Willie Kirkland. Going to OAK: 1B Don Mincher)
Released by Colorado on 7/31/1970
 
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