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Mike Willis Pitcher Born: December 26, 1950
Oklahoma City, OklahomaBatted: Left Threw: Left MLB debut April 13, 1977 for the Toronto Blue Jays Last MLB appearance June 11, 1981 for the Toronto Blue Jays Career statistics Win-Loss Record 7-21 Strikeouts 149 ERA 4.59 Teams - Toronto Blue Jays (1977-81)
Mike Willis is a former major league baseball player for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1977-1981. He bats and throws left-handed. He is 6'2 and weighed 210 lbs. He attended Vanderbilt University. He was born on December 26, 1950 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in 1972.
In 1978, he was one of three left-handers named "Mike" (the others being Mike Flanagan and Mike Caldwell) to defeat the New York Yankees' Ron Guidry in 1978 during Guidry's 25-3 Cy Young season. Willis and the Blue Jays beat the Yankees and Guidry 8-1 on September 20, 1978. It was Willis' only career complete game.
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Toronto Blue Jays 1977 Inaugural Season Opening Day Lineup C Rick Cerone | 1B Doug Ault | 2B Pedro García | 3B Dave McKay | SS Héctor Torres | RF Steve Bowling | CF Gary Woods | LF John Scott | DH Otto Vélez | P Bill SingerBatters C Alan Ashby | C Ernie Whitt | C Phil Roof | 2B Steve Staggs | 3B Roy Howell | 3B/DH Doug Rader | DH/1B/OF Ron Fairly | OF/SS Bob Bailor | LF Al Woods | OF/DH Sam Ewing | SS Jim Mason | SS Tim NordbrookPitchers SP Jeff Byrd | SP Jim Clancy | SP Jerry Garvin | SP Steve Hargan | SP Jesse Jefferson | SP Dave Lemanczyk | RP Dennis DeBarr | RP Tom Murphy | RP Mike Willis | RP Jerry Johnson | RP Pete Vuckovich | RP Chuck Hartenstein | RP Tom Bruno | RP Mike DarrManager and Coaches Manager Roy Hartsfield | Hitting coach Bobby Doerr | Pitching coach Bob Miller | First base coach Don Leppert | Third base coach Jackie Moore | Bullpen coach Harry WarnerCategories:- 1950 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Baseball players from Oklahoma
- American baseball pitcher, 1950s births stubs
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