Willie Aikens
Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left • Throws: Right
6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)
Born: October 14, 1954 in Seneca, SC us
Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, SC).
High School: Seneca HS (Seneca, SC)
School: South Carolina State University (Orangeburg, SC)
Debut: May 17, 1977 (13,890th in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Last Game: April 27, 1985
vs. TEX 1 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Full Name: Willie Mays Aikens
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Nine Players Who Debuted in 1977
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In 1980 Aikens became the first player ever to have two multiple home run games in the same World Series when he blasted a pair in Game One for the Royals and repeated in Game Four. Named Willie Mays Aikens for the Hall of Famer, the 220-pound slugger topped 20 homers three times. Aikens’s lack of fielding skills was legendary, and he should have been a DH, but Hal McRae already filled that role for the Royals. Aikens’s involvement with drugs led to his suspension by the Royals and a 1984 trade to Toronto, where he DHed with little success.
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