Dontrelle Willis: 2008 / 2009 spring training stats
Dontrelle Willis had another decent / solid outing yesterday. The way the Atlanta radio announcers called the walk he issued to Jason Heyward, it sounded as if Willis was pitching around Heyward after his monster home run off of Scherzer in the first.
Kurt didn’t have Dontrelle’s previous spring stats to see how 2010 stands… so I spent the morning digging them up. I remembered attending the March 21, 2008 game, and how unbearable it was sitting through 3 1/3 innings of Dontrelle allowing baserunners, taking his time on the mound, throwing over to first (though he did have at least one pickoff).. game felt like it took six hours. It does appear Willis started strong in 2008, however, before quickly falling off.
So, here are your Dontrelle Willis spring training stats for 2008 and 2009. I also included Dontrelle’s magical first start in the regular season in 2008… for the memories.
Dontrelle Willis, Spring 2008
Date Opponent Innings Pitched Hits Runs Earned Runs Walks Strike Outs Home Runs
3/1/2008 Cleveland 2 3 1 1 0 1 1
3/6/2008 Atlanta 3 2 0 0 1 3 0
3/11/2008 Cincinnati 2 1/3 2 1 1 4 3 0
3/16/2008 Tampa Bay 3 3 3 3 2 1 0
3/21/2008 Toronto 3 1/3 7 5 5 4 1 0
3/26/2008 Pittsburgh 3 8 7 6 4 3 0
4/5/2008 Chicago White Sox (1st Regular Season Game) 5 1 3 3 7 0 0
Dontrelle Willis, Spring 2009
Date Opponent Innings Pitched Hits Runs Earned Runs Walks Strike Outs Home Runs
2/27/2009 Toronto 1 3 4 2 1 0 0
3/3/2009 Venezuela 3 2 2 1 3 1 0
3/8/2009 New York Yankees 2 3 2 2 2 2 0
3/14/2009 Toronto 3 4 4 4 2 1 0
3/19/2009 Atlanta 2 2/3 7 5 4 2 1 0