#35 Willie Aikens, First Base, 33 yrs, Brooklyn Superbas

#35 Willie Aikens, First Base, 33 yrs, Brooklyn Superbas
Friday, 8/13/1988

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Willie Aikens

10/14/1954
33
USA,SC,SENECA
6"3
230

First Base
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 4,000,000
1988
10 Year(s), 166 Days (1886 total Days)
135 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 17 Days (1909 total Days)
12 Year(s)
Not eligible

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	51	50	61	63	55
Versus LHP	37	44	55	52	48
Versus RHP	57	53	64	68	58
Talent	55	40	68	70	56

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5
19
36
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1
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Fielding Ratings
1B : 44 (Range), .990 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 2
Infield Arm : 13
Outfield Arm : 5

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
8/2	@EI	L 6-7	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	#3
8/3	@EI	W 4-0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	#8
8/4	@EI	W 5-0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#8
8/5	@ASB	W 11-2	5	2	3	1	0	2	5	0	1	#3	PoG
8/6	@ASB	L 4-5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#3
8/7	@ASB	W 6-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#3
8/8	@OKL	L 11-13	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
8/9	@OKL	W 3-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#3
8/10	@OKL	L 2-9	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
8/12	LA	L 5-6	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	#3

Batting Stats 1988

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	108	408	117	19	1	31	85	77	50	97	.287	.367	.566	.933	.944	.279
Projected	152	575	165	27	1	44	120	108	70	137	.287	.367	.566	.933	.944	.279

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	99	468	3	0	0	10	5	2	231	51	0	0	.0	85.3	7.5

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	101	21	3	1	7	17	17	15	25	1	0	1	.208	.314	.465	.779
vs. RHP	307	96	16	0	24	68	60	35	72	1	5	2	.313	.386	.599	.985
Close/Late	44	14	4	0	3	7	4	5	10	1	1	0	.318	.373	.614	.986
Scoring Position	126	30	4	0	7	51	0	15	31	2	2	0	.238	.310	.437	.747
Pinch Hitting	7	2	1	0	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.286	.444	.857	1.302

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	55	202	53	9	1	15	43	36	25	47	.262	.343	.540	.883
Road	53	206	64	10	0	16	42	41	25	50	.311	.383	.592	.975
This Week	3	12	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	.417	.462	.667	1.128
Last Week	7	26	9	1	0	4	7	6	3	8	.346	.414	.846	1.260
March/April	25	99	25	4	0	6	18	19	14	23	.253	.348	.475	.823
May	28	108	27	4	0	8	24	18	11	30	.250	.320	.509	.829
June	25	84	26	6	0	7	15	16	11	19	.310	.384	.631	1.015
July	20	79	25	4	1	5	19	17	10	15	.316	.389	.582	.971
August	10	38	14	1	0	5	9	7	4	10	.368	.429	.789	1.218

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1980	156	570	157	20	0	28	102	101	83	7	6	82	4	1	.275	.371	.458	.829	BV
1981	154	618	202	30	1	30	112	117	87	6	4	94	1	1	.327	.413	.524	.937	BV,AL
1982	162	632	188	27	2	35	126	119	83	9	4	92	0	0	.297	.385	.513	.897	BV
1983	155	601	162	26	0	33	126	111	73	5	9	107	0	0	.270	.349	.478	.826	BRO LOU CHA
1984	161	588	186	34	1	41	118	113	85	6	4	87	0	0	.316	.406	.587	.992	CHA LOU
1985	121	383	119	23	2	21	93	60	57	3	3	60	0	0	.311	.401	.546	.947	LOU PHI
1986	146	435	119	25	0	28	94	74	57	3	2	99	0	0	.274	.360	.524	.884	PHI
1987	146	498	140	22	1	31	108	95	72	5	2	105	0	0	.281	.376	.516	.892	PHI ChC
1988	108	408	117	19	1	31	85	77	50	3	2	97	0	0	.287	.367	.566	.933	BRO
Total	1309	4733	1390	226	8	278	964	867	647	47	36	823	5	2	.294	.381	.521	.902

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1981	4	17	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412
1983	10	44	21	3	0	4	13	14	4	7	0	0	.477	.521	.818	1.339
1987	18	69	9	2	0	1	4	3	11	23	1	0	.130	.250	.203	.453
Total	32	130	33	6	0	5	17	18	15	35	1	0	.254	.331	.415	.746

Fielding Stats 1988

Position

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INN

RANGE

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First Base

656

698

.989

673.0

9.33

Player History

Drafted in 8th round, 193rd overall pick, by Blackstone Valley in 1980...
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1980, off Roger Weaver (CHA)...
Drove in 7 runs against Taylor on 9/21/1980...
1/31/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,300,000 through salary arbitration...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/1981, hitting .387 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/1981, hitting .515 with 4 HR, 14 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/1981, hitting .484 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1981, hitting .355 with 10 HR, 26 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Oakville on 8/30/1981...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/1981, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 9 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Lowell on 9/20/1981...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/1981, hitting .536 with 1 HR, 4 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Player in 1981, hitting .327 with 30 HR, 112 RBI...
1/31/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,921,429 through salary arbitration...
Hit 3 homeruns against Emerald Isle, driving in 6 runs on 4/7/1982...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1982, hitting .339 with 8 HR, 31 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/7/1982, hitting .652 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
1/31/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,921,429 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Brooklyn to Louisville on 5/16/1983 (Going to BRO: 3B Bill Madlock, 2B Ray Warren, RF Britt Newman, CF Ruppert Jones, 3B Willie Palomino. Going to LOU: 1B Willie Aikens, P Paul Moskau, P
Mark Dempsey)...
Traded from Louisville to Charlotte on 6/20/1983 (Going to CHA: 1B Willie Aikens. Going to LOU: P Don Aase, 3B Darnell Coles, 3B Alfred Wilson, 1B Ken Smith)...
6/20/1983: Signed a contract extension with Charlotte, $6,930,000 per year, for 4 years.
Traded from Charlotte to Louisville on 4/29/1984 (Going to CHA: P Ron Davis. Going to LOU: 1B Willie Aikens, P Bill Gullickson, RF Paul Householder, P Jay Howell)...
Hit 3 homeruns against Death Valley, driving in 5 runs on 6/1/1984...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Emerald Isle on 9/3/1984...
Traded from Louisville to Philadelphia on 4/1/1985 (Going to LOU: 2B Mike Gates. Going to PHI: 1B Willie Aikens, 2B Dan Rohn)...
Drove in 6 runs against Emerald Isle on 4/18/1985...
Traded from Philadelphia to Charleston on 7/3/1987 (Going to PHI: P Rocky Childress, P Scott Garrelts, CF Chris James. Going to ChC: 1B Willie Aikens)...
Won World Series with Charleston in 1987...
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/6/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $4,000,000 per year...
Drove in 6 runs against Asbury Park on 4/10/1988...
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/22/1988...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1981 - .327 - 6th	OBP 1981 - .413 - 2nd 1984 - .406 - 7th	SLG 1981 - .524 - 5th 1984 - .587 - 3rd	OPS 1981 - .937 - 2nd 1984 - .992 - 4th	Hits 1981 - 202 - 3rd
Homeruns 1981 - 30 - 8th 1982 - 35 - 5th 1984 - 41 - 4th	RBI 1981 - 112 - 6th 1982 - 126 - 10th	Runs 1981 - 117 - 3rd

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