Reggie Willits

Reggie Willits

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=Reggie Willits
position=Outfielder
team=Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
number=77
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1981|5|30
debutdate=April 26
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
statyear=July 7, 2008
stat3label=Home runs
stat3value=0
stat1label=Batting Average
stat1value=.277
stat2label=OPS
stat2value=.707
stat4label=RBIs
stat4value=40
stat5label=Stolen bases
stat5value=32
teams=
*Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (by|2006-present)

Reggie Gene Willits (born May 30, 1981, in Chickasha, Oklahoma) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma, and he played Junior College Baseball at Seminole State in Seminole, OK.

Willits made his Major League Baseball debut with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 26, 2006.

Reggie is the son of Gene and Judy Willits of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. He attended junior high and high school at Fort Cobb-Broxton. Willits married Amber Klugh of Fort Cobb; they have two children, Jaxon and Eli. Reggie has one sister, Wendi, who won a championship playing for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

Willits and his wife began building a home in 2003 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, with the first completed structure a standalone 90-by-35 foot batting cage. Willits decided to save money and work on his game by moving the family into the batting cage, outfitted with an . In 2007, the home was finally completed. Reggie was named after Reggie Jackson. Coincidently, Willits' first son is named Jaxon. Reggie and his wife have a second son Eli Willits born December 9, 2007. [cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/sports/01cage.html?hp
title=Life in a Cage: Baby Sleeps, Mom Cooks, Dad Bats
author=Lee Jenkins
date=July 1 2007
publisher=The New York Times
accessdate=2007-07-01
] He is a member of the "Reggie Cleveland All-Stars", a list by ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Bill Simmons of players named as though they belonged to a different race.

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