Wiley was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the second round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft. After four unspectacular seasons in the Twins\' farm system, in which he went 49-44 with a 3.98 earned run average, Wiley had a breakthrough season with the Pacific Coast League\'s Tacoma Twins in 1975. He went 9-1 with a 2.15 ERA to earn a call up to Minnesota that June. Wiley went 2-3 with a 6.05 ERA mostly as a reliever his only season in Minnesota, however, he earned a complete game victory in the second game of a doubleheader with the California Angels for his first major league win.\n', '

After spending the entire 1976 season with Tacoma, he was cut during Spring training 1977. He signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres shortly afterwards, and had a PCL leading sixteen victories for the Hawaii Islanders in 1977.\n', '

He earned a call up to the majors in June 1978, and was effective in his first three appearances (1-0, 1.29 ERA, while holding batters to a .185 batting average), until a July 7 outing against the Atlanta Braves. In two thirds of an inning, he allowed four earned runs, and also allowed two inherited runners to score. He returned to Hawaii shortly afterwards.\n', '

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