Wayne Cage

Wayne Levell Cage

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 23, 1951 in Monroe, LA
High School: Ruston (Ruston, LA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1978
Team: Indians 1978-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1971	19	CLE-min	Rk	3	4	4		2	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000		2						INS · GULF
1972	20	CLE-min	Rk,A	28	31	31	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.258	.258	.290	.548		9						INS,REN · GULF,CALL
1973	21	-min	A	128	440	440		133	30	5	18						.302	.302	.516	.818		227						KEY · FLOR
1974	22	CLE-min	A,AA	124	490	449	52	113	13	6	7	47	7	2	37	90	.252	.310	.354	.664		159	3	2	0	2	8	REN,SAN · CALL,TL
1975	23	CLE-min	A,AA	133	509	461	59	118	19	6	6	60	12	4	40	129	.256	.315	.362	.677		167	5	2	1	5	8	SJO,SAN · CALL,TL
1976	24	CLE-min	AA	117	465	416	46	119	11	3	10	42	9	3	46	72	.286	.356	.399	.755		166		0	2	1		WPT · EL
1977	25	CLE-min	AAA	119	507	452	62	136	30	5	13	77	15	2	50	109	.301	.373	.476	.848		215		3	0	2		TOL · IL
1978	26	CLE-min	AAA	77	315	277	59	102	23	2	18	69	1	3	32	68	.368	.431	.661	1.092		183		1	2	3		POR · PCL
1978	26	CLE	AL	36	108	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	1	2	9	28	.245	.308	.449	.757	112	44	2	0	1	0	0	D3
1979	27	CLE-min	AAA	86	362	315	47	87	14	3	13	55	1	2	42	77	.276	.359	.463	.823		146		0	3	2		TAC · PCL
1979	27	CLE	AL	29	61	56	6	13	2	0	1	6	0	2	5	16	.232	.295	.321	.617	66	18	1	0	0	0	0	/D3
1980	28	CLE-min	AAA	122	467	409	65	126	26	3	19	89	1	2	54	98	.308	.385	.526	.911		215		0	0	4		TAC · PCL
2 Seasons				65	169	154	17	37	8	1	5	19	1	4	14	44	.240	.304	.403	.706	95	62	3	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	421	384	42	92	20	2	12	47	2	10	35	110	.240	.304	.403	.706	95	155	7	0	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rroe	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1978	26	CLE	AL	108	1	-1	-0	-3	4	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	D3
1979	27	CLE	AL	61	-2	1	1	-1	2	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.1	$	/D3
2 Seasons				169	-1	0	1	-4	6	2	0.2	1	0.1	0.1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1978	26	CLE	AL	108	79	13	4.4	93	.303	.245	.260	.308	.325	.449	.383	.757	.708	112	.508	1.2	0.1	.667	.286	.204	1.6
1979	27	CLE	AL	61	46	5	2.9	103	.308	.232	.271	.295	.336	.321	.410	.617	.746	66	.292	-2.8	-0.3	.457	.143	.089	.0
2 Seasons				169	125	18	3.8	96	.305	.240	.264	.304	.329	.403	.393	.706	.722	95	.433	-1.6	-0.2	.589	.234	.162	1.7
162 Game Avg.				421	312	45	3.8	96	.305	.240	.264	.304	.329	.403	.393	.706	.722	95	.433	-1.6	-0.2	.589	.234	.162	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	26	CLE	AL	108	3.7%	25.9%	8.3%	10.2%	46%	3.11	3.5	24.5	7.5	1.08	61%
1979	27	CLE	AL	61	1.6%	26.2%	8.2%	4.9%	23%	3.20	3.5	56.0	9.3	1.27	64%
2 Seasons				169	3.0%	26.0%	8.3%	8.3%	38%	3.14	3.5	30.8	8.1	1.14	62%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.48	7.1	44.5	8.4	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	26	CLE	AL	1.2	0.1	111	-0.1	1.8	-1.9	.96	0.2	-0.2	2.1	0.2	0.93	1.4	1.65	6
1979	27	CLE	AL	-2.8	-0.3	63	-0.3	1.1	-1.4	1.20	-0.2	0.0	-3.5	-0.3	1.03	-2.8	1.96	12
2 Seasons				-1.6	-0.2	174	-0.3	3.0	-3.3	1.04	-0.1	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.97	-1.4	1.86	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	26	CLE	AL	0	24%	33	1	2	33%	1	2	0	1	3	38%	6	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	1
1979	27	CLE	AL	2	29%	15	0	2	0%	0	1	1	1	0	71%	4	0	4	2	1	1	1	1	0
2 Seasons				2	26%	48	1	4	20%	1	3	1	2	3	53%	10	4	6	2	1	1	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	26	CLE	AL	108	86%	24			6	0	0	0	1.65	4	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	1	1	100%	17	2	12%	9	3	33%	60	10	17%	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	0
1979	27	CLE	AL	61	93%	13			12	1	0	1	1.96	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		17	1	6%	7	0	0%	48	5	10%	5	2	40%	3	0	0%	0
2 Seasons				169	89%	37			18	1	0	1	1.86	5	0	1	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	100%	34	3	9%	16	3	19%	108	15	14%	7	3	43%	8	2	25%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	26	36	108	98	11	24	6	1	4	13	1	2	9	28	.245	.308	.449	.757	112	44	2	0	1	0	0
1979	27	65	169	154	17	37	8	1	5	19	1	4	14	44	.240	.304	.403	.706	95	62	3	0	1	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	26	36	108	99	12	25	6	1	4	14	1	9	28	.253	.315	.455	.769	15	36
1979	27	29	61	56	6	13	2	0	1	6	0	5	16	.232	.295	.321	.617	5	29
2 Seasons		65	169	155	18	38	8	1	5	20	1	14	44	.245	.308	.406	.714	20	65
162 Game Avg.		162	421	386	45	95	20	2	12	50	2	35	110	.245	.308	.406	.714	50	65

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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