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Willie Kirkland
	Willie Charles Kirkland


	Born: February 17, 1934 in Siluria, AL
	79 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: R	Ht: 6'1"	Wt: 206

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the New York Giants as an Amateur Free Agent in 1953
- High School: Northwestern (Detroit, MI)

Comparison

Right Fielders				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	NgLg	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Hank Aaron	1954 - 1976	RF	142.4	Pl		Y	131.6	-4.8	0.0	-15.6
2	Frank Robinson	1956 - 1976	RF	107.1	Pl			106.6	-15.0	0.0	-15.6
3	Roberto Clemente	1955 - 1972	RF	94.3	Pl			70.8	12.1	0.0	-11.4
4	Al Kaline	1953 - 1974	RF	92.7	Pl			78.1	2.5	0.0	-12.1
5	Rusty Staub	1963 - 1985	RF	45.8				50.5	-21.2	0.0	-16.5
6	Rocky Colavito	1955 - 1968	RF	45.0				40.4	-4.7	0.3	-8.9
7	Tony Oliva	1962 - 1976	RF	43.1				38.2	-4.6	0.0	-9.5
8	Felipe Alou	1958 - 1974	RF	42.1				35.8	-3.2	0.0	-9.5
9	Johnny Callison	1958 - 1973	RF	38.5				32.2	-2.8	0.0	-9.2
10	Roger Maris	1957 - 1968	RF	38.3				34.4	-1.7	0.0	-5.6
11	Bob Allison	1958 - 1970	RF	34.0				32.4	-5.3	0.0	-6.8
12	Elmer Valo	1940 - 1961	RF	28.4		WW2		28.3	-6.4	0.0	-6.5
13	Jackie Jensen	1950 - 1961	RF	27.6				25.3	-4.0	0.0	-6.4
14	Vic Wertz	1947 - 1963	RF	27.3		WW2		28.2	-9.1	0.0	-8.2
15	Hank Bauer	1948 - 1961	RF	26.5		WW2		23.8	-4.1	0.0	-6.8
16	Al Smith	1953 - 1964	RF	20.2			Y	25.1	-9.5	0.0	-4.6
17	Wally Post	1949 - 1964	RF	18.3				18.6	-4.8	0.0	-4.4
18	Floyd Robinson	1960 - 1968	RF	17.7				18.4	-5.3	0.0	-4.7
19	Jim Hickman	1962 - 1974	RF	13.3				16.6	-8.1	-0.0	-4.8
20	George Altman	1959 - 1967	RF	12.9		MIL	Y	13.0	-3.6	0.0	-3.5
21	Jim King	1955 - 1967	RF	11.2				10.0	-2.6	0.0	-3.8
22	Walt Moryn	1954 - 1961	RF	10.0		WW2		9.6	-2.7	0.0	-3.0
23	Willie Kirkland	1958 - 1966	RF	9.4				7.8	-2.8	0.0	-4.4
24	Ed Kirkpatrick	1962 - 1977	RF	8.1				7.9	-1.4	0.0	-1.6
25	Lee Walls	1952 - 1964	RF	7.9				8.4	-3.0	0.0	-2.4
26	Dave Philley	1941 - 1962	RF	7.4		WW2		8.1	-6.5	0.0	-5.8
27	Jim Rivera	1952 - 1961	RF	6.9				5.9	-2.9	0.0	-4.0
28	Jim Lemon	1950 - 1963	RF	6.8				12.0	-9.8	0.0	-4.6
29	Bubba Morton	1961 - 1969	RF	4.3				3.6	-0.5	0.0	-1.2
30	Bobby Darwin	1962 - 1977	RF	4.1				7.3	-5.2	-0.4	-2.4
31	Lou Clinton	1960 - 1967	RF	3.9				3.3	-2.1	0.0	-2.7
32	Fred Valentine	1959 - 1968	RF	3.6				6.3	-4.4	0.0	-1.7
33	Whitey Herzog	1956 - 1963	RF	3.0	Ma			3.9	-2.9	0.0	-1.9
34	Lee Thomas	1961 - 1968	RF	3.0				4.2	-6.2	0.0	-5.0
35	Walt Bond	1960 - 1967	RF	2.4		MIL	Y	5.1	-4.6	0.0	-1.8
36	Mike Hershberger	1961 - 1971	RF	2.4				2.0	-4.0	0.0	-4.3
37	Earl Robinson	1958 - 1964	RF	2.3				1.1	0.7	0.0	-0.5
38	Al Pilarcik	1956 - 1961	RF	1.8				2.6	-2.7	0.0	-1.8
39	Gene Green	1957 - 1963	RF	1.7				3.6	-1.7	0.0	0.1
40	Gino Cimoli	1956 - 1965	RF	1.3				0.9	-2.9	0.0	-3.3
41	Roman Mejias	1955 - 1964	RF	1.3				2.6	-3.2	0.0	-1.9
42	Carl Warwick	1961 - 1966	RF	0.9				1.7	-2.3	0.0	-1.5
43	Joe Gaines	1960 - 1966	RF	0.9				3.0	-3.1	0.0	-1.0
44	Jesus Alou	1963 - 1979	RF	0.9				0.8	-6.4	0.0	-6.5
45	Leo Burke	1958 - 1965	RF	0.6				0.8	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
46	Doug Clemens	1960 - 1968	RF	0.3				0.1	-1.0	0.0	-1.2
47	John Paciorek	1963 - 1963	RF	0.2				0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Jim McAnany	1958 - 1962	RF	0.1				-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.3
49	Joe Christopher	1959 - 1966	RF	0.1				3.6	-5.8	0.0	-2.2
50	Sam Bowens	1963 - 1969	RF	0.0			Y	-0.3	-1.8	0.0	-2.1

	Willie Kirkland	1958 - 1966	RF	9.4				7.8	-2.8	0.0	-4.4

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com