Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1984
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1984
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 346
- AB
- 783
- R
- 82
- H
- 195
- HR
- 25
- RBI
- 114
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .249
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | CLE | 87 | 246 | 21 | 55 | 10 | 37 | 1 | .224 |
| 1985 | CLE | 104 | 300 | 39 | 81 | 7 | 36 | 0 | .270 |
| 1986 | ATH | 75 | 161 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 26 | 0 | .267 |
| 1987 | ATH | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| 1990 | CHW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1991 | ATL | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .214 |
| 1992 |  ATL/WSH | 47 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .229 |
| 1994 | SEA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 2
- R
- 0
- H
- 0
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .000
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 885
- TB
- 301
- XBH
- 55
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 2
- GIDP
- 18
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | CLE | 275 | 95 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | CLE | 334 | 115 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATH | 193 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATH | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL/WSH | 50 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | SEA | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.4
- RC
- 97.0
- RC/27
- 4.20
- ISOP
- .135
- SECA
- .241
- BB/K
- 0.52
- AB/HR
- 31.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | CLE | 0.5 | 27.9 | 3.8 | .163 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 24.6 | 0 |
| 1985 | CLE | 1.6 | 39.6 | 4.7 | .113 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 42.9 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATH | 0.5 | 23 | 4.7 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 40.3 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATH | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.6 | .000 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHW | -0.1 | -0.3 | -2.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | ATL | 0.1 | 2 | 4.9 | .214 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | ATL/WSH | -0.3 | 2.8 | 1.8 | .146 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | SEA | 0.1 | 1.4 | 9.1 | .600 | 0.8 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Jerry Willard's career stats?
Jerry Willard played 8 seasons for the Guardians, the Athletics, the White Sox, the Braves and the Mariners. He was a career .249 hitter with 195 hits, 25 home runs and 114 RBI. His best season was 1985: a .270 batting average, 7 home runs and 36 RBI.
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