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Willie Aikens

Willie Mays Aikens (born October 14, 1954) is an American professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Toronto Blue Jays between 1977 and 1985. He had established himself as one of the top sluggers in the game before drugs derailed his career. In 1994, Aikens was sentenced to 20 years in prison on four counts of crack cocaine distribution and one count of use of a firearm during drug trafficking. He was released on June 4, 2008, after changes in federal drug laws, and is sometimes cited as an example of the results of mandatory maximum sentencing in drug-related crimes.

Willie Aikens
First baseman
Born: (1954-10-14) October 14, 1954 (age 69)
Seneca, South Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 17, 1977, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
April 27, 1985, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Batting average.271
Home runs110
Runs batted in415
Teams

Early years edit

Aikens grew up in poverty in the Bruce Hill community of Seneca, South Carolina. He was a standout athlete in baseball, football and basketball at Seneca High School, and attended historically black South Carolina State University on a baseball and football scholarship. When S.C. State dropped baseball after Aikens' freshman year, Willie McNeil, Aikens' high school baseball coach, helped him catch on with a semi-professional summer baseball league in Baltimore, Maryland. While playing in Baltimore, he caught the attention of California Angels scout Walter Youse and was selected by the Angels with the number two overall pick in the January 1975 MLB draft.[1]

MLB career edit

California Angels edit

Aikens soon emerged as one of the top sluggers in California's farm system, hitting a league-leading thirty home runs and driving in 117 runs for the El Paso Diablos in 1976.

He began the 1977 season at the Angels Triple-A affiliate in Salt Lake City where he hit 14 home runs and with a strong .336. batting average. He was called up to the Angels major league roster at the end of the Minor League season in September where in 91 at-bats in 42 games he hit a very unimpressive .198 and failed to hit his first major league home run.[2]

Aikens returned to his slugging ways in 1978, batting .326 with 29 home runs and 110 runs batted in (RBIs) for the Pacific Coast League's Salt Lake City Gulls. He returned to the majors in 1979, assuming DH duties and replacing Rod Carew at first base in June and July while Carew was out with a thumb injury and was very productive.[3] He batted .280 with 21 home runs and 81 RBIs his rookie season.

Kansas City Royals edit

The Angels traded Aikens and Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals for Al Cowens and Todd Cruz at the Winter Meetings on December 6, 1979,[4] with Craig Eaton being sent to California to complete the transaction four months later on April 1, 1980. Aikens inherited the first base job upon his arrival in Kansas City despite not being a very good fielder (he committed a league-leading 12 errors in 1980). Recovering from knee surgery, he got off to a slow start but hit well in the second half of the season.[5] He finished second to George Brett on his team in both home runs and RBIs with 20 and 98, respectively. The Royals won their division by 14 games to face the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series for the third time in four years. After having come up short in 1976, 1977 and 1978, the Royals swept the Yankees in three games in the 1980 American League Championship Series to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.[citation needed]

Aikens hit two home runs in Game 1 (his 26th birthday)[6] and Game 4[7] of the 1980 World Series. He was, until Chase Utley accomplished the same feat in 2009, the only player in World Series history to hit two home runs in the same game twice during the same World Series.[8] He also collected the game-winning RBI in the tenth inning of Game 3, the Royals' first-ever win of a World Series game.[9] Aikens batted .400, but the Royals lost the World Series in six games.

Aikens led the Royals in both home runs and RBIs in the strike shortened 1981 season. His Royals returned to the postseason, but were swept by the Oakland Athletics in the 1981 American League Division Series. For his part, Aikens batted .333 (three for nine) and also reached base three times via base on balls. However, he failed to score or drive in any runs.[citation needed]

Aikens batted over .300 for the first time in his career in 1983, only to see his career rapidly begin to decline afterwards. Toward the end of the 1983 season, Aikens and several of his Royals teammates were questioned by U.S. attorney Jim Marquez in connection with a federal cocaine probe. Following the season, Aikens, Jerry Martin and Willie Wilson pleaded guilty to attempting to purchase cocaine, while former teammate Vida Blue pleaded guilty to possession of three grams of cocaine.[10] Aikens, Blue, Martin and Wilson were all sentenced to three months in prison.[citation needed]

Toronto Blue Jays edit

Shortly after Aikens' November 17 sentencing, the Royals traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays for designated hitter Jorge Orta. Aikens was originally suspended by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for a year. Following a May 15, 1984 review, he was reinstated. In 93 games, Aikens hit 11 home runs and drove in 26.[citation needed]

The Blue Jays released Aikens a month into the 1985 season, and re-signed him to a minor league contract. In his final major league at bat, on April 27, Aikens hit a pinch-hit two-run home run in the ninth inning to tie the ballgame—the Blue Jays won the game in the tenth inning. Nevertheless, Aikens was let go and despite a healthy .311 batting average and 16 home runs with the Syracuse Chiefs, he never returned to the majors. He played four games for the New York Mets' AAA affiliate, the Tidewater Tides in 1986 before heading to Mexico to join the Mexican Pacific League's Yaquis de Obregón.

Mexican baseball edit

Aikens played for six years in the Mexican League, where he was regularly among the league's top hitters; he batted .454 in 1986, one of the highest single-season averages in professional baseball history.[11] Aikens played for the Pericos de Puebla from 1986 to 1987, Charros de Jalisco in 1988, Bravos de León from 1989 to 1990 and Industriales de Monterrey in 1991.[12]

Aikens also played winter baseball in the Mexican Pacific League, doing so with the Yaquis and the Venados de Mazatlán from 1986 to 1989. In 2012, Venados de Mazatlán retired his number.[13][14][15]

Arrest edit

Aikens was called to testify in the Pittsburgh drug trials of Curtis Strong as his major league career was winding down. His legal problems continued after his retirement, culminating in his being found guilty of selling 50 grams (1.8 oz) of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer and sentenced to 20 years and eight months in prison in 1994.[citation needed]

Aikens had developed a heavy cocaine habit and, by his own admission, was constantly using the drug from 1991 to 1994. Supposedly, a former lover tipped off the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department that Aikens was selling narcotics at his home.[16] Consequently, in December 1993, the police put Aikens' condominium under surveillance. The police observed numerous individuals entering Aikens' home and then exiting after a brief stay. On December 8, 1993, an undercover police officer named Ginger Locke approached Aikens standing in the garage of his condominium and asked for directions. After Aikens gave Locke directions, he told her that he was listed in the phone book and asked her to call him sometime. Locke called Aikens numerous times in order to establish a rapport with him. On January 18, 1994, Locke called Aikens and told him that she had loaned her car to a friend, and that the friend had been caught with some "stuff", referring to crack cocaine, in the car. Locke's story initiated a discussion about narcotics. Eventually, Aikens let Locke know that he could get her "all the stuff" she wanted.[citation needed]

Later that day, Locke drove to Aikens' home and asked him if she could buy an "eight ball", an eighth of an ounce of cocaine. Aikens asked Locke if she wanted her cocaine "hard", (crack form), or "soft", (powder form). She replied that she wanted it "hard." Aikens pointed to some crack cocaine sitting on an ottoman in his den and indicated that he did not have a full "eight ball" of crack on hand. He told Locke that he would have to make some more. Using equipment which he kept in his den, Aikens quickly proceeded to make crack by mixing powder cocaine with baking soda in a glass beaker, pouring water on it, heating it with a hand-held torch, baking it in a microwave, and then rinsing it with cold water. Aikens weighed some of the crack that he had made, along with some of the crack which he already possessed, on a dial-a-gram scale, and sold it to Locke for $200.[citation needed]

On January 24, 1994, Locke visited Aikens' home to buy more cocaine. Aikens had Locke drive him to his supplier's Kansas City home, where he used Locke's money to purchase powder cocaine. On the way back to Aikens' home, Aikens had Locke stop at stores where he could buy beakers and baking powder. When Aikens and Locke returned to Aikens' home, Aikens converted the powder cocaine into crack, and he sold the crack to Locke. On January 28 and February 23, Locke returned to Aikens' home and arranged to buy more crack. On each occasion, Aikens called a supplier and had Locke accompany him while he obtained powder cocaine. On each occasion, Aikens converted the powder into crack upon returning to his home and sold the crack cocaine to Locke. In total, Aikens ending up selling about 2.2 ounces (62 g) to the undercover cop.[citation needed]

Aikens was arrested on March 2, 1994,[17] and after a March 17 mistrial,[18] a grand jury indicted Aikens on four charges of crack cocaine distribution in violation of 21 U.S.C on March 25.[19]

Because of the tougher federal guidelines for crack, he was sentenced as if he had sold 15 pounds (6.8 kg) of powder cocaine. He received the maximum sentence of 15 years and eight months, and received an additional five years because he allegedly had a loaded gun in the room where the drugs were sold.[20]

Life after prison edit

Aikens served his prison sentence in United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, and was scheduled to be released in 2012. He was released on June 4, 2008, three months after Congress approved new guidelines in the federal drug laws and made them retroactive. Hal McRae, the only former Royals teammate with whom Aikens corresponded while in prison, set Aikens up with a job in road construction, working in manholes.[21]

Since his release, Aikens has spoken at schools about his experiences and to the Royals' young players, always hoping to return to baseball.[22] In November 2008, he apologized to Royals fans and the people of Kansas City in the Kansas City Star.[23]

On February 1, 2011, the Royals announced that they had hired Aikens as a minor league coach who will be based at the franchise's complex at Surprise, Arizona.[24] The employment was delayed when his wife, Sara, suffered a stroke,[25] believed to have been a complication of lupus.

Aikens has three daughters: Nicole and Sarita with Sara, and Lucia from a previous relationship.[26]

References edit

  1. ^ Patrick Obley (October 10, 2004). . The State. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "1977 California Angels Schedule". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Rod Carew to Be Sidelined 4 Weeks by Thumb Injury". New York Times. June 4, 1979.
  4. ^ Durso, Joseph. "Angels Get Cowens In Deal With Royals," The New York Times, Friday, December 7, 1979. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  5. ^ Echlin, Greg (September 20, 2010). "Willie Aikens hopes for return to baseball". Fox Sports. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "1980 World Series, Game One". Baseball-Reference.com. October 14, 1980.
  7. ^ "1980 World Series, Game Four". Baseball-Reference.com. October 18, 1980.
  8. ^ "BASEBALL; Aikens Gets 20-Year Term", The New York Times December 13, 1994.
  9. ^ "1980 World Series, Game Three". Baseball-Reference.com. October 17, 1980.
  10. ^ Frank Litsky (October 18, 1986). "Blue Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charge". New York Times.
  11. ^ Welsch, Jeff (September 1, 2014). "Where Are They Now: Gary Redus". Billings Gazette. Billings, Montana. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  12. ^ Castro, Rubén (July 24, 2019). "Chris Carter y Willie Aikens, únicos en la LMB". Beisbol Puro (in Spanish). Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  13. ^ Castro, Rubén (December 12, 2012). "Venados retira número 24 de Aikens". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  14. ^ Castro, Rubén (December 14, 2012). "Willie Aikens y su nuevo legado". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  15. ^ Flores, Andrés (August 8, 2019). "75 peloteros emblemáticos de la LMP: Willie Aikens". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  16. ^ Mike Fish (December 19, 2003). "From big time to big house". Sports Illustrated.
  17. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; Aikens Arrested". New York Times. March 3, 1994.
  18. ^ "Ex-Royal Aikens Gets Mistrial". Bangor Daily News. March 18, 1994.
  19. ^ "64 F.3d 372: United States of America, Appellee, v. Willie M. Aikens, Appellant". United States Court of Appeals. August 23, 1995.
  20. ^ "Ex-major leaguer Aikens released after nearly 14 years". ESPN. June 4, 2008.
  21. ^ Elizabeth Merrill. "Outside the Lines: Gaps in the Road". ESPN.
  22. ^ "For The Record". Sports Illustrated. February 14, 2011.
  23. ^ Willie Mays Aikens (2008-11-16). "Willie Aikens' words to Kansas City". Kansas City Star. royalsblog.kansascity.com.
  24. ^ "Royals hire Willie Aikens as minor league coach". Sports Illustrated. 2011-02-11.
  25. ^ Dick Kaegel (February 10, 2011). "Aikens takes leave to be with ailing wife". MLB.com.
  26. ^ Sam Mellinger (March 24, 2011). "In a life defined by choices, Aikens chooses to believe". Kansas City Star.

Further reading edit

  • Jordan, Gregory (2012). Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home. Triumph Books. ISBN 978-1600786969.
  • Willie Mays Aikens: Safe At Home - Full Nelson. SB Nation. May 2, 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved May 17, 2017 – via YouTube. Amy K. Nelson tells the story of former Kansas City Royals first baseman Willie Mays Aikens.

External links edit

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)
  • Willie Aikens on Twitter

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For the railroad entrepreneur see William Aiken Willie Mays Aikens born October 14 1954 is an American professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays between 1977 and 1985 He had established himself as one of the top sluggers in the game before drugs derailed his career In 1994 Aikens was sentenced to 20 years in prison on four counts of crack cocaine distribution and one count of use of a firearm during drug trafficking He was released on June 4 2008 after changes in federal drug laws and is sometimes cited as an example of the results of mandatory maximum sentencing in drug related crimes Willie AikensFirst basemanBorn 1954 10 14 October 14 1954 age 69 Seneca South Carolina U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutMay 17 1977 for the California AngelsLast MLB appearanceApril 27 1985 for the Toronto Blue JaysMLB statisticsBatting average 271Home runs110Runs batted in415TeamsCalifornia Angels 1977 1979 Kansas City Royals 1980 1983 Toronto Blue Jays 1984 1985 Contents 1 Early years 2 MLB career 2 1 California Angels 2 2 Kansas City Royals 2 3 Toronto Blue Jays 2 4 Mexican baseball 3 Arrest 4 Life after prison 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly years editAikens grew up in poverty in the Bruce Hill community of Seneca South Carolina He was a standout athlete in baseball football and basketball at Seneca High School and attended historically black South Carolina State University on a baseball and football scholarship When S C State dropped baseball after Aikens freshman year Willie McNeil Aikens high school baseball coach helped him catch on with a semi professional summer baseball league in Baltimore Maryland While playing in Baltimore he caught the attention of California Angels scout Walter Youse and was selected by the Angels with the number two overall pick in the January 1975 MLB draft 1 MLB career editCalifornia Angels edit Aikens soon emerged as one of the top sluggers in California s farm system hitting a league leading thirty home runs and driving in 117 runs for the El Paso Diablos in 1976 He began the 1977 season at the Angels Triple A affiliate in Salt Lake City where he hit 14 home runs and with a strong 336 batting average He was called up to the Angels major league roster at the end of the Minor League season in September where in 91 at bats in 42 games he hit a very unimpressive 198 and failed to hit his first major league home run 2 Aikens returned to his slugging ways in 1978 batting 326 with 29 home runs and 110 runs batted in RBIs for the Pacific Coast League s Salt Lake City Gulls He returned to the majors in 1979 assuming DH duties and replacing Rod Carew at first base in June and July while Carew was out with a thumb injury and was very productive 3 He batted 280 with 21 home runs and 81 RBIs his rookie season Kansas City Royals edit The Angels traded Aikens and Rance Mulliniks to the Kansas City Royals for Al Cowens and Todd Cruz at the Winter Meetings on December 6 1979 4 with Craig Eaton being sent to California to complete the transaction four months later on April 1 1980 Aikens inherited the first base job upon his arrival in Kansas City despite not being a very good fielder he committed a league leading 12 errors in 1980 Recovering from knee surgery he got off to a slow start but hit well in the second half of the season 5 He finished second to George Brett on his team in both home runs and RBIs with 20 and 98 respectively The Royals won their division by 14 games to face the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series for the third time in four years After having come up short in 1976 1977 and 1978 the Royals swept the Yankees in three games in the 1980 American League Championship Series to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series citation needed Aikens hit two home runs in Game 1 his 26th birthday 6 and Game 4 7 of the 1980 World Series He was until Chase Utley accomplished the same feat in 2009 the only player in World Series history to hit two home runs in the same game twice during the same World Series 8 He also collected the game winning RBI in the tenth inning of Game 3 the Royals first ever win of a World Series game 9 Aikens batted 400 but the Royals lost the World Series in six games Aikens led the Royals in both home runs and RBIs in the strike shortened 1981 season His Royals returned to the postseason but were swept by the Oakland Athletics in the 1981 American League Division Series For his part Aikens batted 333 three for nine and also reached base three times via base on balls However he failed to score or drive in any runs citation needed Aikens batted over 300 for the first time in his career in 1983 only to see his career rapidly begin to decline afterwards Toward the end of the 1983 season Aikens and several of his Royals teammates were questioned by U S attorney Jim Marquez in connection with a federal cocaine probe Following the season Aikens Jerry Martin and Willie Wilson pleaded guilty to attempting to purchase cocaine while former teammate Vida Blue pleaded guilty to possession of three grams of cocaine 10 Aikens Blue Martin and Wilson were all sentenced to three months in prison citation needed Toronto Blue Jays edit Shortly after Aikens November 17 sentencing the Royals traded him to the Toronto Blue Jays for designated hitter Jorge Orta Aikens was originally suspended by Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for a year Following a May 15 1984 review he was reinstated In 93 games Aikens hit 11 home runs and drove in 26 citation needed The Blue Jays released Aikens a month into the 1985 season and re signed him to a minor league contract In his final major league at bat on April 27 Aikens hit a pinch hit two run home run in the ninth inning to tie the ballgame the Blue Jays won the game in the tenth inning Nevertheless Aikens was let go and despite a healthy 311 batting average and 16 home runs with the Syracuse Chiefs he never returned to the majors He played four games for the New York Mets AAA affiliate the Tidewater Tides in 1986 before heading to Mexico to join the Mexican Pacific League s Yaquis de Obregon Mexican baseball edit Aikens played for six years in the Mexican League where he was regularly among the league s top hitters he batted 454 in 1986 one of the highest single season averages in professional baseball history 11 Aikens played for the Pericos de Puebla from 1986 to 1987 Charros de Jalisco in 1988 Bravos de Leon from 1989 to 1990 and Industriales de Monterrey in 1991 12 Aikens also played winter baseball in the Mexican Pacific League doing so with the Yaquis and the Venados de Mazatlan from 1986 to 1989 In 2012 Venados de Mazatlan retired his number 13 14 15 Arrest editThis article may lend undue weight to certain ideas incidents or controversies Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Aikens was called to testify in the Pittsburgh drug trials of Curtis Strong as his major league career was winding down His legal problems continued after his retirement culminating in his being found guilty of selling 50 grams 1 8 oz of crack cocaine to an undercover police officer and sentenced to 20 years and eight months in prison in 1994 citation needed Aikens had developed a heavy cocaine habit and by his own admission was constantly using the drug from 1991 to 1994 Supposedly a former lover tipped off the Kansas City Missouri Police Department that Aikens was selling narcotics at his home 16 Consequently in December 1993 the police put Aikens condominium under surveillance The police observed numerous individuals entering Aikens home and then exiting after a brief stay On December 8 1993 an undercover police officer named Ginger Locke approached Aikens standing in the garage of his condominium and asked for directions After Aikens gave Locke directions he told her that he was listed in the phone book and asked her to call him sometime Locke called Aikens numerous times in order to establish a rapport with him On January 18 1994 Locke called Aikens and told him that she had loaned her car to a friend and that the friend had been caught with some stuff referring to crack cocaine in the car Locke s story initiated a discussion about narcotics Eventually Aikens let Locke know that he could get her all the stuff she wanted citation needed Later that day Locke drove to Aikens home and asked him if she could buy an eight ball an eighth of an ounce of cocaine Aikens asked Locke if she wanted her cocaine hard crack form or soft powder form She replied that she wanted it hard Aikens pointed to some crack cocaine sitting on an ottoman in his den and indicated that he did not have a full eight ball of crack on hand He told Locke that he would have to make some more Using equipment which he kept in his den Aikens quickly proceeded to make crack by mixing powder cocaine with baking soda in a glass beaker pouring water on it heating it with a hand held torch baking it in a microwave and then rinsing it with cold water Aikens weighed some of the crack that he had made along with some of the crack which he already possessed on a dial a gram scale and sold it to Locke for 200 citation needed On January 24 1994 Locke visited Aikens home to buy more cocaine Aikens had Locke drive him to his supplier s Kansas City home where he used Locke s money to purchase powder cocaine On the way back to Aikens home Aikens had Locke stop at stores where he could buy beakers and baking powder When Aikens and Locke returned to Aikens home Aikens converted the powder cocaine into crack and he sold the crack to Locke On January 28 and February 23 Locke returned to Aikens home and arranged to buy more crack On each occasion Aikens called a supplier and had Locke accompany him while he obtained powder cocaine On each occasion Aikens converted the powder into crack upon returning to his home and sold the crack cocaine to Locke In total Aikens ending up selling about 2 2 ounces 62 g to the undercover cop citation needed Aikens was arrested on March 2 1994 17 and after a March 17 mistrial 18 a grand jury indicted Aikens on four charges of crack cocaine distribution in violation of 21 U S C on March 25 19 Because of the tougher federal guidelines for crack he was sentenced as if he had sold 15 pounds 6 8 kg of powder cocaine He received the maximum sentence of 15 years and eight months and received an additional five years because he allegedly had a loaded gun in the room where the drugs were sold 20 Life after prison editAikens served his prison sentence in United States Penitentiary Atlanta and was scheduled to be released in 2012 He was released on June 4 2008 three months after Congress approved new guidelines in the federal drug laws and made them retroactive Hal McRae the only former Royals teammate with whom Aikens corresponded while in prison set Aikens up with a job in road construction working in manholes 21 Since his release Aikens has spoken at schools about his experiences and to the Royals young players always hoping to return to baseball 22 In November 2008 he apologized to Royals fans and the people of Kansas City in the Kansas City Star 23 On February 1 2011 the Royals announced that they had hired Aikens as a minor league coach who will be based at the franchise s complex at Surprise Arizona 24 The employment was delayed when his wife Sara suffered a stroke 25 believed to have been a complication of lupus Aikens has three daughters Nicole and Sarita with Sara and Lucia from a previous relationship 26 References edit Patrick Obley October 10 2004 From the archives A royal downfall The State Archived from the original on June 6 2011 Retrieved September 2 2011 1977 California Angels Schedule Baseball Reference com Retrieved 21 July 2022 Rod Carew to Be Sidelined 4 Weeks by Thumb Injury New York Times June 4 1979 Durso Joseph Angels Get Cowens In Deal With Royals The New York Times Friday December 7 1979 Retrieved May 25 2022 Echlin Greg September 20 2010 Willie Aikens hopes for return to baseball Fox Sports Retrieved January 20 2020 1980 World Series Game One Baseball Reference com October 14 1980 1980 World Series Game Four Baseball Reference com October 18 1980 BASEBALL Aikens Gets 20 Year Term The New York Times December 13 1994 1980 World Series Game Three Baseball Reference com October 17 1980 Frank Litsky October 18 1986 Blue Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Charge New York Times Welsch Jeff September 1 2014 Where Are They Now Gary Redus Billings Gazette Billings Montana Retrieved January 7 2018 Castro Ruben July 24 2019 Chris Carter y Willie Aikens unicos en la LMB Beisbol Puro in Spanish Retrieved May 1 2023 Castro Ruben December 12 2012 Venados retira numero 24 de Aikens ESPN com mx in Spanish Retrieved May 1 2023 Castro Ruben December 14 2012 Willie Aikens y su nuevo legado ESPN com mx in Spanish Retrieved May 1 2023 Flores Andres August 8 2019 75 peloteros emblematicos de la LMP Willie Aikens AS com in Spanish Retrieved May 1 2023 Mike Fish December 19 2003 From big time to big house Sports Illustrated SPORTS PEOPLE BASEBALL Aikens Arrested New York Times March 3 1994 Ex Royal Aikens Gets Mistrial Bangor Daily News March 18 1994 64 F 3d 372 United States of America Appellee v Willie M Aikens Appellant United States Court of Appeals August 23 1995 Ex major leaguer Aikens released after nearly 14 years ESPN June 4 2008 Elizabeth Merrill Outside the Lines Gaps in the Road ESPN For The Record Sports Illustrated February 14 2011 Willie Mays Aikens 2008 11 16 Willie Aikens words to Kansas City Kansas City Star royalsblog kansascity com Royals hire Willie Aikens as minor league coach Sports Illustrated 2011 02 11 Dick Kaegel February 10 2011 Aikens takes leave to be with ailing wife MLB com Sam Mellinger March 24 2011 In a life defined by choices Aikens chooses to believe Kansas City Star Further reading editJordan Gregory 2012 Willie Mays Aikens Safe at Home Triumph Books ISBN 978 1600786969 Willie Mays Aikens Safe At Home Full Nelson SB Nation May 2 2012 Archived from the original on 2021 12 13 Retrieved May 17 2017 via YouTube Amy K Nelson tells the story of former Kansas City Royals first baseman Willie Mays Aikens External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet or Pelota Binaria Venezuelan Winter League Willie Aikens on Twitter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willie Aikens amp oldid 1174655568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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