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Wayne Causey
James Wayne Causey

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 175 lb.

Debut June 5, 1955
Final Game September 20, 1968
Born December 26, 1936 in Ruston, LA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1955 18 BAL AL  68  175   14   34   2  1   1    9   0  1  17  25  .194  .269  .234   41   41   3   0   1   1   1
 1956 19 BAL AL  53   88    7   15   0  1   1    4   0  0   8  23  .170  .237  .227   28   20   0   1   0   0   2
 1957 20 BAL AL  14   10    2    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   5   2  .200  .471  .200   97    2   0   1   2   1   0
 1961 24 KCA AL 104  312   37   86  14  1   8   49   0  0  37  28  .276  .348  .404  100  126   8   4   0   0   5
 1962 25 KCA AL 117  305   40   77  14  1   4   38   2  0  41  30  .252  .340  .344   82  105   1   5   5   2   8
 1963 26 KCA AL 139  554   72  155  32  4   8   44   4  2  56  54  .280  .345  .395  102  219   7   2   3   0   9 MVP-21
 1964 27 KCA AL 157  604   82  170  31  4   8   49   0  1  88  65  .281  .377  .386  110  233   2   4   3   7  19 MVP-25
 1965 28 KCA AL 144  513   48  134  17  8   3   34   1  3  61  48  .261  .341  .343   96  176   9   2   4   2   7
 1966 29 TOT AL 106  243   24   58   8  2   0   18   3  0  31  19  .239  .318  .288   81   70   4   6   1   0   5
         KCA AL  28   79    1   18   0  0   0    5   1  0   7   6  .228  .284  .228   52   18   0   2   1   0   3
         CHW AL  78  164   23   40   8  2   0   13   2  0  24  13  .244  .333  .317   95   52   4   4   0   0   2
 1967 30 CHW AL 124  292   21   66  10  3   1   28   2  5  32  35  .226  .302  .291   82   85   5   3   4   1   2
 1968 31 TOT     79  148   10   22   2  1   1   11   0  0  14  12  .149  .223  .196   26   29   2   3   2   1   1
         TOT AL  63  111    8   18   2  0   0    7   0  0  14   8  .162  .260  .180   33   20   2   1   2   1   1
         CHW AL  59  100    8   18   2  0   0    7   0  0  14   7  .180  .284  .200   46   20   2   1   2   1   0
         CAL AL   4   11    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
         ATL NL  16   37    2    4   0  1   1    4   0  0   0   4  .108  .103  .243    1    9   0   2   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1105 3244  357  819 130 26  35  285  12 12 390 341  .252  .333  .341   89 1106  41  31  25  15  59
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        476   52  120  19  4   5   42   2  2  57  50  .252  .333  .341   89  162   6   5   4   2   9
 Career High    157  604   82  170  32  8   8   49   4  5  88  65  .281  .377  .404  110  233   9   6   5   7  19
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1955 18 BAL AL  196  146   12   2.2    96| .194  .258| .269  .336| .234  .384| .503  .720|  41  .207 -14.3  -1.4   0%
 1956 19 BAL AL   97   76    5   1.8    99| .170  .258| .237  .338| .227  .393| .464  .731|  28  .137  -9.1  -0.9   0%
 1957 20 BAL AL   17    9    2   6.0    93| .200  .255| .471  .326| .200  .384| .671  .710|  97  .640   0.8   0.1   0%
 1961 24 KCA AL  361  243   46   5.0   105| .276  .265| .348  .340| .404  .412| .752  .753| 100  .538   0.8   0.1   0%
 1962 25 KCA AL  354  242   38   4.2   106| .252  .268| .340  .341| .344  .417| .684  .758|  82  .466  -6.3  -0.6 100%
 1963 26 KCA AL  619  419   77   5.0    99| .280  .262| .345  .329| .395  .404| .740  .734| 102  .576   2.7   0.3  66%
 1964 27 KCA AL  705  460   90   5.3    99| .281  .260| .377  .329| .386  .404| .763  .733| 110  .598  12.5   1.3   0%
 1965 28 KCA AL  587  400   63   4.2    91| .261  .250| .341  .319| .343  .382| .684  .702|  96  .523  -1.4  -0.1  25%
 1966 29 TOT AL  284  200   25   3.4    85| .239  .242| .318  .307| .288  .373| .606  .680|  81  .432  -4.2  -0.4 100%
         KCA AL   88   66    5   2.0    87| .228  .245| .284  .311| .228  .378| .512  .689|  52  .233  -4.7  -0.5 100%
         CHW AL  196  134   20   4.0    84| .244  .240| .333  .306| .317  .370| .650  .676|  95  .513   0.5   0.1 100%
 1967 30 CHW AL  333  241   27   3.0    79| .226  .235| .302  .303| .291  .353| .593  .656|  82  .405  -5.4  -0.6  28%
 1968 31 TOT     168  132    8   1.6    83| .149  .246| .223  .313| .196  .359| .419  .672|  26  .196 -13.5  -1.5   0%
         TOT AL  129   97    7   1.9    83| .162  .243| .260  .313| .180  .360| .440  .673|  33  .253  -8.8  -1.0   0%
         CHW AL  118   85    7   2.2    84| .180  .244| .284  .314| .200  .362| .484  .676|  46  .300  -6.2  -0.7   0%
         CAL AL   11   12    0   0.0    76| .000  .232| .000  .301| .000  .344| .000  .645|-100  .000  -2.6  -0.3   0%
         ATL NL   39   35    1   0.8    82| .108  .253| .103  .311| .243  .357| .346  .668|   1  .057  -4.7  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3721 2568  393   4.1    95| .252  .255| .333  .326| .341  .392| .674  .718|  89  .491 -37.4  -3.7  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1955 18 BAL AL 3B 55 25 79 10 10 .912 .950 1.89 2.73 2B 7 5 5 2 0 .833 .980 1.43 4.87 SS 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.00 1956 19 BAL AL 3B 30 13 36 1 4 .980 .950 1.63 2.78 3.04 3.22 13 145.3 2B 7 13 16 1 0 .967 .973 4.14 4.74 5.67 5.44 4 46.0 1957 20 BAL AL 2B 6 12 12 1 2 .960 .980 4.00 4.83 7.20 5.40 2 30.0 3B 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 0.60 2.76 3.86 3.21 0 7.0 1961 24 KCA AL 3B 88 102 193 14 20 .955 .950 3.35 2.79 4.05 3.18 77 655.3 SS 11 14 25 1 3 .975 .956 3.55 4.37 5.24 4.84 6 67.0 2B 9 17 10 1 2 .964 .978 3.00 4.72 5.17 5.25 4 47.0 1962 25 KCA AL SS 51 108 137 12 22 .953 .962 4.80 4.47 5.26 4.84 48 419.3 3B 26 22 48 1 3 .986 .952 2.69 2.79 3.10 3.08 21 203.0 2B 9 13 15 1 0 .966 .979 3.11 4.87 4.69 5.25 5 53.7 1963 26 KCA AL SS 135 266 402 15 81 .978 .965 4.95 4.56 5.06 4.78 135 1189.0 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.85 2.00 3.00 2 18.0 1964 27 KCA AL SS 131 266 352 21 75 .967 .968 4.72 4.55 4.94 4.78 128 1125.7 2B 17 48 58 2 13 .981 .980 6.24 4.54 6.12 5.17 16 156.0 3B 9 9 13 2 3 .917 .957 2.44 2.76 2.91 3.03 8 68.0 1965 28 KCA AL SS 62 111 162 8 34 .972 .962 4.40 4.38 4.60 4.74 59 533.7 2B 45 75 89 1 21 .994 .978 3.64 4.38 4.35 5.07 40 339.0 3B 35 35 62 6 5 .942 .960 2.77 2.87 2.98 3.13 33 292.7 1966 29 TOT AL 3B 16 15 14 4 3 .879 .954 1.81 2.80 2.12 3.03 13 123.0 TOT AL SS 11 14 26 3 3 .930 .962 3.64 4.41 5.00 4.80 8 72.0 KCA AL 3B 15 15 12 4 3 .871 .954 1.80 2.80 2.02 3.03 13 120.0 SS 10 14 25 2 3 .951 .961 3.90 4.41 5.01 4.80 8 70.0 CHW AL 2B 60 86 110 4 15 .980 .975 3.27 4.38 4.95 5.09 43 356.3 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 6.00 3.00 0 3.0 SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.40 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1967 30 CHW AL 2B 96 153 199 8 36 .978 .979 3.67 4.19 4.85 4.95 75 653.0 SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.10 2.25 4.73 0 4.0 1968 31 TOT 2B 51 62 75 3 16 .979 .977 2.69 4.39 4.57 5.13 25 269.7 TOT AL 2B 45 51 64 3 14 .975 .977 2.56 4.34 4.77 5.11 20 217.0 CHW AL 2B 41 47 54 3 11 .971 .977 2.46 4.34 4.74 5.11 18 191.7 CAL AL 2B 4 4 10 0 3 1.000 .979 3.50 4.35 4.98 5.12 2 25.3 ATL NL 2B 6 11 11 0 2 1.000 .978 3.67 4.73 3.76 5.21 5 52.7 3B 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.00 0 3.0 SS 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.50 3.00 5.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1955 18 BAL AL 2B 7 5 5 2 0 .833 .980 1.43 4.87 1956 19 BAL AL 2B 7 13 16 1 0 .967 .973 4.14 4.74 5.67 5.44 4 46.0 1957 20 BAL AL 2B 6 12 12 1 2 .960 .980 4.00 4.83 7.20 5.40 2 30.0 1961 24 KCA AL 2B 9 17 10 1 2 .964 .978 3.00 4.72 5.17 5.25 4 47.0 1962 25 KCA AL 2B 9 13 15 1 0 .966 .979 3.11 4.87 4.69 5.25 5 53.7 1964 27 KCA AL 2B 17 48 58 2 13 .981 .980 6.24 4.54 6.12 5.17 16 156.0 1965 28 KCA AL 2B 45 75 89 1 21 .994 .978 3.64 4.38 4.35 5.07 40 339.0 1966 29 CHW AL 2B 60 86 110 4 15 .980 .975 3.27 4.38 4.95 5.09 43 356.3 1967 30 CHW AL 2B 96 153 199 8 36 .978 .979 3.67 4.19 4.85 4.95 75 653.0 1968 31 TOT 2B 51 62 75 3 16 .979 .977 2.69 4.39 4.57 5.13 25 269.7 TOT AL 2B 45 51 64 3 14 .975 .977 2.56 4.34 4.77 5.11 20 217.0 CHW AL 2B 41 47 54 3 11 .971 .977 2.46 4.34 4.74 5.11 18 191.7 CAL AL 2B 4 4 10 0 3 1.000 .979 3.50 4.35 4.98 5.12 2 25.3 ATL NL 2B 6 11 11 0 2 1.000 .978 3.67 4.73 3.76 5.21 5 52.7 1955 18 BAL AL 3B 55 25 79 10 10 .912 .950 1.89 2.73 1956 19 BAL AL 3B 30 13 36 1 4 .980 .950 1.63 2.78 3.04 3.22 13 145.3 1957 20 BAL AL 3B 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 0.60 2.76 3.86 3.21 0 7.0 1961 24 KCA AL 3B 88 102 193 14 20 .955 .950 3.35 2.79 4.05 3.18 77 655.3 1962 25 KCA AL 3B 26 22 48 1 3 .986 .952 2.69 2.79 3.10 3.08 21 203.0 1963 26 KCA AL 3B 2 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.85 2.00 3.00 2 18.0 1964 27 KCA AL 3B 9 9 13 2 3 .917 .957 2.44 2.76 2.91 3.03 8 68.0 1965 28 KCA AL 3B 35 35 62 6 5 .942 .960 2.77 2.87 2.98 3.13 33 292.7 1966 29 TOT AL 3B 16 15 14 4 3 .879 .954 1.81 2.80 2.12 3.03 13 123.0 KCA AL 3B 15 15 12 4 3 .871 .954 1.80 2.80 2.02 3.03 13 120.0 CHW AL 3B 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.80 6.00 3.00 0 3.0 1968 31 ATL NL 3B 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.00 0 3.0 1955 18 BAL AL SS 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.00 1961 24 KCA AL SS 11 14 25 1 3 .975 .956 3.55 4.37 5.24 4.84 6 67.0 1962 25 KCA AL SS 51 108 137 12 22 .953 .962 4.80 4.47 5.26 4.84 48 419.3 1963 26 KCA AL SS 135 266 402 15 81 .978 .965 4.95 4.56 5.06 4.78 135 1189.0 1964 27 KCA AL SS 131 266 352 21 75 .967 .968 4.72 4.55 4.94 4.78 128 1125.7 1965 28 KCA AL SS 62 111 162 8 34 .972 .962 4.40 4.38 4.60 4.74 59 533.7 1966 29 TOT AL SS 11 14 26 3 3 .930 .962 3.64 4.41 5.00 4.80 8 72.0 KCA AL SS 10 14 25 2 3 .951 .961 3.90 4.41 5.01 4.80 8 70.0 CHW AL SS 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 1.00 4.40 4.50 4.95 0 2.0 1967 30 CHW AL SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.10 2.25 4.73 0 4.0 1968 31 ATL NL SS 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.50 3.00 5.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 406 779 1107 60 220 .969 .965 4.65 4.50 384 3413.7 2B* 307 484 589 24 105 .978 .978 3.50 4.38 214 1950.7 3B* 268 224 449 39 48 .945 .952 2.51 2.79 167 1515.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 981 1487 2145 123 373 .967 .966 3.70 4.00
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1963-AL-21-0.02
1964-AL-25-0.01
Car-1205-0.03 shares

On-base %
1964 AL-.377-7

At Bats
1964 AL-604-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1964 AL-705-6

Hits
1964 AL-170-6

Doubles
1963 AL-32-3
1964 AL-31-5

Triples
1965 AL-8-5

Bases on Balls
1964 AL-88-5

Singles
1964 AL-127-5

Times on Base
1964 AL-265-1

Hit By Pitch
1964 AL-7-4

Sac. Hits
1965 AL-9-10

Sac. Flies
1966 AL-6-8

Grounded into Double Plays
1964 AL-19-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1965 AL-10.7-7

Outs
1964 AL-460-10

Youngest Player
1955 AL-18-8
1956 AL-19-9

 

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1309) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1114) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 4, 1955: Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

January 24, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Jim Archer, Bob Boyd, Clint Courtney, and Al Pilarcik to the Kansas City Athletics for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog. Clint Courtney returned to original teams on April 14, 1961.

May 27, 1966: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Chicago White Sox for Danny Cater.

July 20, 1968: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the California Angels for Woodie Held.

July 29, 1968: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the California Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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