Willis was born on December 28, 1960, in Danville, Virginia. He grew up in Yanceyville, North Carolina. After high school, he attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. As a major leaguer, Willis was a member of one World Series championship team: the Twins in the 1991 World Series.[2] In nine seasons he had a 22–16 win–loss record, 267 games, 2 games started, 81 games finished, 13 saves, 390 innings pitched, 424 hits allowed, 210 runs allowed, 184 earned runs allowed, 28 home runs allowed, 115 walks allowed, 222 strikeouts, 2 hit batsmen, 20 wild pitches, 1,668 batters faced, 25 intentional walks, 3 balks and a 4.25 ERA. He was worth 1.9 career WAR according to Baseball Reference.
On November 30, 2009, Willis was named the Seattle Mariners minor-league pitching coordinator.[4] On August 9, 2010, Willis was promoted to the Seattle Mariners coaching staff as the new pitching coach, replacing Rick Adair who was fired along with manager Don Wakamatsu and bench coach Ty Van Burkleo. He served in this capacity until 2013.
In May 2022, Willis assumed managerial duties for a few games after a COVID-19 outbreak within the team sidelined multiple coaches, including manager Terry Francona.[8]
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^"This coach is a Cy Young-producing machine". MLB.com.
^. Cleveland Indians. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
^Hoynes, Paul (November 25, 2009). "Seattle hires former Indians pitching coach Carl Willis". cleveland.com.
^Dispatch, Jim Massie, The Columbus. "Baseball: Clippers pitching coach Carl Willis leaving for Red Sox". The Columbus Dispatch.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Hoynes, Paul (October 26, 2017). "Cleveland Indians hire Carl Willis as their new pitching coach". cleveland.com.
^@JonHeyman (November 11, 2020). "Indians pitching coach Carl Willis has now had 5 Cy Young winners: Bieber joins Felix Hernandez, CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee and Rick Porcello" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^"Most of Guardians coaching staff in health protocols; Carl Willis to manage Twins series".
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This article is about the baseball player For the Australian footballer and cricketer see Carl Willis Australian sportsman Carl Blake Willis born December 28 1960 is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball MLB He was previously the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners Carl WillisWillis with the Boston Red Sox in 2017Cleveland Guardians No 51Pitcher Pitching coachBorn 1960 12 28 December 28 1960 age 63 Danville Virginia U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutJune 9 1984 for the Detroit TigersLast MLB appearanceMay 3 1995 for the Minnesota TwinsMLB statisticsWin loss record22 16Earned run average4 25Strikeouts222TeamsAs player Detroit Tigers 1984 Cincinnati Reds 1984 1986 Chicago White Sox 1988 Minnesota Twins 1991 1995 As coach Cleveland Indians 2003 2009 Seattle Mariners 2010 2013 Boston Red Sox 2015 2017 Cleveland Indians Guardians 2018 present Career highlights and awardsWorld Series champion 1991 Willis played for nine seasons in the majors as a relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers Cincinnati Reds Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins with whom he won the 1991 World Series He is best known as a pitching coach for five Cy Young winners the second most in MLB history 1 Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksPlaying career editWillis was born on December 28 1960 in Danville Virginia He grew up in Yanceyville North Carolina After high school he attended the University of North Carolina at Wilmington As a major leaguer Willis was a member of one World Series championship team the Twins in the 1991 World Series 2 In nine seasons he had a 22 16 win loss record 267 games 2 games started 81 games finished 13 saves 390 innings pitched 424 hits allowed 210 runs allowed 184 earned runs allowed 28 home runs allowed 115 walks allowed 222 strikeouts 2 hit batsmen 20 wild pitches 1 668 batters faced 25 intentional walks 3 balks and a 4 25 ERA He was worth 1 9 career WAR according to Baseball Reference Coaching career editFrom 2003 to 2009 he served as the pitching coach for the Cleveland Indians 3 On November 30 2009 Willis was named the Seattle Mariners minor league pitching coordinator 4 On August 9 2010 Willis was promoted to the Seattle Mariners coaching staff as the new pitching coach replacing Rick Adair who was fired along with manager Don Wakamatsu and bench coach Ty Van Burkleo He served in this capacity until 2013 In 2015 Willis was named to be the pitching coach for the Columbus Clippers in the Cleveland Indians organization On May 9 2015 Willis was named as the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox replacing Juan Nieves 5 On October 26 2017 Willis was re hired by the Indians as pitching coach replacing Mickey Callaway 6 Willis has had five pitchers win Cy Young Awards during his time as their pitching coach CC Sabathia in 2007 Cliff Lee in 2008 Felix Hernandez in 2010 Rick Porcello in 2016 and Shane Bieber in 2020 7 In May 2022 Willis assumed managerial duties for a few games after a COVID 19 outbreak within the team sidelined multiple coaches including manager Terry Francona 8 References edit This coach is a Cy Young producing machine MLB com Carl Willis Stats Fantasy amp News MLB com Manager and Coaches Cleveland Indians Archived from the original on 2011 05 19 Retrieved 2007 02 27 Hoynes Paul November 25 2009 Seattle hires former Indians pitching coach Carl Willis cleveland com Dispatch Jim Massie The Columbus Baseball Clippers pitching coach Carl Willis leaving for Red Sox The Columbus Dispatch a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Hoynes Paul October 26 2017 Cleveland Indians hire Carl Willis as their new pitching coach cleveland com JonHeyman November 11 2020 Indians pitching coach Carl Willis has now had 5 Cy Young winners Bieber joins Felix Hernandez CC Sabathia Cliff Lee and Rick Porcello Tweet via Twitter Most of Guardians coaching staff in health protocols Carl Willis to manage Twins series Further reading editMcClary Mike Carl Willis SABR External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carl Willis Career statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet Preceded byMike BrownMickey Callaway Cleveland Indians pitching coach2003 20092018 present Succeeded byTim Belcherincumbent Preceded byRick Adair Seattle Mariners pitching coach2010 2013 Succeeded byRick Waits Preceded byJuan Nieves Boston Red Sox pitching coach2015 2017 Succeeded byDana LeVangie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carl Willis amp oldid 1219971944, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
