Josh Willingham Notable

b. February 17, 1979 · Florida Marlins 2004–2008, Washington Nationals 2009–2010, Oakland Athletics 2011, Minnesota Twins 2012–2014, Kansas City Royals 2014

Josh Willingham played for five clubs across 11 seasons as a left fielder, opening with the Florida Marlins in 2004 and closing with the Kansas City Royals in 2014.

Across 1,147 games he batted .253, with 988 hits and 564 runs. He finished with 195 home runs, 216 doubles, 553 walks and 35 stolen bases.

He played 938 games in the outfield, with 1,613 putouts and 25 errors.

He was born in Florence, AL, USA on February 17, 1979. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Week	2	2009, 2012
Silver Slugger	1	2012

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
2004	FLA	12	25	2	5	0	0	1	1	4	8	0	.200
2005	FLA	16	23	3	7	1	0	0	4	2	5	0	.304
2006	FLA	142	502	62	139	28	2	26	74	54	109	2	.277
2007	FLA	144	521	75	138	32	4	21	89	66	122	8	.265
2008	FLA	102	351	54	89	21	5	15	51	48	82	3	.254
2009	WSN	133	427	70	111	29	0	24	61	61	104	4	.260
2010	WSN	114	370	54	99	19	2	16	56	67	85	8	.268
2011	OAK	136	488	69	120	26	0	29	98	56	150	4	.246
2012	MIN	145	519	85	135	30	1	35	110	76	141	3	.260
2013	MIN	111	389	42	81	20	0	14	48	66	128	1	.208
2014	KCR/MIN	92	297	48	64	10	1	14	40	53	102	2	.215
Career	—	1147	3912	564	988	216	15	195	632	553	1036	35	.253

On this day & linked events

1979

Born February 17, 1979

Florence, AL, USA

2004

Major-league debut: Josh Willingham

Josh Willingham made a major-league debut on July 6, 2004.

2014

Final major-league game: Josh Willingham

Josh Willingham played a final major-league game on September 28, 2014.

Image: Keith Allison / UCinternational, CC BY-SA 2.0