Wayne Causey
James Wayne Causey
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 26, 1936 in Ruston, LA
High School: Neville (Monroe, LA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1955
Final Game: September 20, 1968
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 BAL AL 18 3B 55 41 377.0 114 25 79 10 10 .912 -4.4 -14.0 -4.4 -1.4 -3.0 0 2.48 1.89 .952 3.17 2.73
1955 BAL AL 18 2B 7 0 24.0 12 5 5 2 0 .833 -2.6 -130.0 -2.6 -0.7 -1.9 0 3.75 1.43 .983 5.36 4.87
1955 BAL AL 18 SS 1 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 4.80 4.00
1956 BAL AL 19 3B 30 13 145.1 50 13 36 1 4 .980 -2.5 -20.6 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 -1 3.03 1.63 .948 3.22 2.78
1956 BAL AL 19 2B 7 4 46.0 30 13 16 1 0 .967 -0.3 -7.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 -1 5.67 4.14 .973 5.44 4.74
1957 BAL AL 20 2B 6 2 30.0 25 12 12 1 2 .960 0.8 32.0 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 7.20 4.00 .980 5.40 4.83
1957 BAL AL 20 3B 5 0 7.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 3.86 0.60 .933 3.21 2.76
1961 KCA AL 24 3B 88 77 655.1 309 102 193 14 20 .955 1.4 2.6 2.4 -0.3 2.7 -1 4.05 3.35 .950 3.18 2.79
1961 KCA AL 24 SS 11 6 67.0 40 14 25 1 3 .975 1.0 17.9 1.0 -0.1 1.1 0 5.24 3.55 .955 4.84 4.37
1961 KCA AL 24 2B 9 4 47.0 28 17 10 1 2 .964 -2.1 -53.6 -2.1 -1.6 -0.5 0 5.17 3.00 .979 5.25 4.72
1962 KCA AL 25 SS 51 48 419.1 257 108 137 12 22 .953 -6.7 -19.2 -5.7 -2.7 -3.0 -1 5.26 4.80 .962 4.84 4.47
1962 KCA AL 25 3B 26 21 203.0 71 22 48 1 3 .986 2.9 17.1 2.9 0.1 2.8 0 3.10 2.69 .951 3.08 2.79
1962 KCA AL 25 2B 9 5 53.2 29 13 15 1 0 .966 0.1 2.2 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 4.70 3.11 .979 5.25 4.87
1963 KCA AL 26 SS 135 135 1189.0 683 266 402 15 81 .978 10.4 10.5 10.4 5.7 4.7 0 5.06 4.95 .965 4.78 4.56 MVP-21
1963 KCA AL 26 3B 2 2 18.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.00 2.00 .950 3.00 2.85 MVP-21
1964 KCA AL 27 SS 131 128 1125.2 639 266 352 21 75 .967 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 5.1 -6.0 0 4.94 4.72 .968 4.78 4.55 MVP-25
1964 KCA AL 27 2B 17 16 156.0 108 48 58 2 13 .981 -0.8 -6.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 -1 6.12 6.24 .980 5.17 4.54 MVP-25
1964 KCA AL 27 3B 9 8 68.0 24 9 13 2 3 .917 -1.5 -26.5 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 0 2.91 2.44 .958 3.03 2.76 MVP-25
1965 KCA AL 28 SS 62 59 533.2 281 111 162 8 34 .972 -1.7 -3.8 -2.7 -0.3 -2.4 1 4.60 4.40 .962 4.74 4.38
1965 KCA AL 28 2B 45 40 339.0 165 75 89 1 21 .994 -3.8 -13.5 -2.8 -0.9 -1.9 -1 4.35 3.64 .978 5.07 4.38
1965 KCA AL 28 3B 35 33 292.2 103 35 62 6 5 .942 -2.2 -9.0 -2.2 0.2 -2.4 0 2.98 2.77 .961 3.13 2.87
1966 TOT AL 29 3B 16 13 123.0 33 15 14 4 3 .879 -3.7 -36.1 -3.7 -2.5 -1.1 0 2.12 1.81 .958 3.03 2.80
1966 TOT AL 29 SS 11 8 72.0 43 14 26 3 3 .930 2.5 41.7 2.5 2.2 0.3 0 5.00 3.64 .963 4.80 4.41
1966 KCA AL 29 3B 15 13 120.0 31 15 12 4 3 .871 -3.8 -38.0 -3.8 -2.6 -1.1 0 2.02 1.80 .958 3.03 2.80
1966 KCA AL 29 SS 10 8 70.0 41 14 25 2 3 .951 2.8 48.0 2.8 2.5 0.3 0 5.01 3.90 .961 4.80 4.41
1966 CHW AL 29 2B 60 43 356.1 200 86 110 4 15 .980 4.7 15.8 5.7 0.7 5.0 -1 4.95 3.27 .975 5.09 4.38
1966 CHW AL 29 3B 1 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 .950 3.00 2.80
1966 CHW AL 29 SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.40
1967 CHW AL 30 2B 96 75 653.0 360 153 199 8 36 .978 5.8 10.7 6.8 4.3 2.5 -1 4.85 3.67 .979 4.95 4.19
1967 CHW AL 30 SS 2 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 4.73 4.10
1968 TOT MLB 31 2B 51 25 269.2 140 62 75 3 16 .979 -2.0 -8.9 -2.0 0.3 -2.3 0 4.57 2.69 .977 5.13 4.39
1968 TOT AL 31 2B 45 20 217.0 118 51 64 3 14 .975 -0.4 -2.2 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 0 4.77 2.56 .977 5.11 4.34
1968 CHW AL 31 2B 41 18 191.2 104 47 54 3 11 .971 -0.4 -2.5 -0.4 1.0 -1.4 0 4.74 2.46 .977 5.11 4.34
1968 CAL AL 31 2B 4 2 25.1 14 4 10 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.97 3.50 .979 5.12 4.35
1968 ATL NL 31 2B 6 5 52.2 22 11 11 0 2 1.000 -1.6 -36.5 -1.6 -0.7 -0.9 0 3.76 3.67 .977 5.21 4.73
1968 ATL NL 31 3B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.6 -240.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 3.00 2.70
1968 ATL NL 31 SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.1 40.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 5.10 4.50
9 Seasons SS 406 384 3416.2 1946 779 1107 60 220 .969 5.0 1.8 5.0 9.9 -5.0 0 4.97 4.65 .965 4.78 4.50
10 Seasons 2B 307 214 1974.2 1097 484 589 24 105 .978 -0.2 -0.1 4.8 2.6 2.1 -5 4.89 3.50 .978 5.08 4.38
10 Seasons 3B 268 208 1892.1 712 224 449 39 48 .945 -10.9 -6.9 -8.9 -5.2 -3.6 -2 3.20 2.51 .952 3.15 2.79
11 Seasons TOT 981 806 7283.2 3755 1487 2145 123 373 .967 -6.1 -1.0 0.9 7.3 -6.5 -7 4.49 3.70 .933 4.44 4.00
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 BAL AL 18 68 41 68 68 0 0 0 7 55 1 0 0 0 0 9 3
1956 BAL AL 19 53 17 53 53 0 0 0 7 30 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
1957 BAL AL 20 14 2 14 14 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1961 KCA AL 24 104 87 104 104 0 0 0 9 88 11 0 0 0 0 2 2
1962 KCA AL 25 117 74 117 117 0 0 0 9 26 51 0 0 0 0 34 0
1963 KCA AL 26 139 137 139 139 0 0 0 0 2 135 0 0 0 0 2 0
1964 KCA AL 27 157 152 157 157 0 0 0 17 9 131 0 0 0 0 3 1
1965 KCA AL 28 144 132 144 144 0 0 0 45 35 62 0 0 0 0 9 0
1966 CHW AL 29 78 43 78 78 0 0 0 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 6
1966 KCA AL 29 28 21 28 28 0 0 0 0 15 10 0 0 0 0 5 0
1967 CHW AL 30 124 75 124 124 0 0 0 96 0 2 0 0 0 0 39 0
1968 CHW AL 31 59 18 59 59 0 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
1968 ATL NL 31 16 5 16 16 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 0
1968 CAL AL 31 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1105 806 1105 1105 0 0 0 307 268 406 0 0 0 0 188 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 BAL AL 18 14 50% 86% 21% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 24 297 67% 77% 20% 29 93% 0 11 4 4 3 22 13 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 25 1947 55% 77% 24% 186 91% 1 101 53 42 6 132 104 24 0 1 12 0 9 3 11 21 5 2 12 0 0 20 7 12 0 0 0
1963 KCA AL 26 5254 56% 77% 25% 542 95% 2 266 158 85 24 393 288 89 2 9 14 0 11 3 11 82 34 6 19 2 2 69 42 23 10 4 4
1964 KCA AL 27 5099 59% 75% 24% 511 93% 4 250 143 81 26 361 262 90 3 6 21 1 17 3 17 77 40 3 20 4 4 72 43 28 4 2 1
1965 KCA AL 28 2400 57% 77% 23% 217 94% 1 112 62 39 11 160 118 36 1 2 8 0 7 1 8 35 14 0 11 1 1 30 14 14 2 0 2
1966 KCA AL 29 296 49% 76% 30% 34 94% 0 15 9 4 2 27 22 4 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1966 CHW AL 29 9 44% 89% 56% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 30 21 57% 62% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 ATL NL 31 11 64% 73% 36% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 15348 57% 76% 24% 1525 94% 8 755 429 255 72 1100 810 254 6 19 59 1 47 11 51 221 96 11 64 7 7 197 110 79 16 6 7
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1955 BAL AL 18 132 64% 77% 24% 8 75% 0 7 3 2 2 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 BAL AL 19 207 64% 73% 30% 18 100% 0 12 4 7 1 16 13 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 BAL AL 20 134 63% 72% 22% 18 94% 1 13 6 4 3 12 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1
1961 KCA AL 24 230 61% 80% 24% 19 84% 0 17 9 6 2 9 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1962 KCA AL 25 235 60% 83% 26% 25 100% 0 16 8 5 3 20 15 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1964 KCA AL 27 740 58% 75% 24% 68 97% 1 53 14 23 16 60 50 6 1 2 2 0 2 0 2 14 4 2 3 0 10 3 7 2 0 1
1965 KCA AL 28 1502 56% 78% 23% 109 96% 0 78 29 31 18 91 77 12 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 21 7 4 5 0 19 5 13 2 0 2
1966 CHW AL 29 1461 66% 79% 31% 131 95% 0 82 27 38 17 110 90 16 0 2 4 0 4 0 3 15 4 5 4 0 13 4 9 2 0 1
1967 CHW AL 30 2760 66% 78% 29% 247 95% 0 152 61 58 34 199 176 19 0 1 8 1 6 1 5 37 13 7 8 0 34 8 22 2 0 2
1968 CHW AL 31 833 63% 77% 28% 70 91% 0 50 17 21 12 58 51 4 1 1 3 0 3 0 3 12 5 2 1 0 12 2 9 0 0 0
1968 ATL NL 31 191 61% 80% 22% 12 83% 0 7 3 2 2 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1968 CAL AL 31 111 59% 79% 25% 9 100% 0 2 0 2 0 10 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
10 Seasons 8536 63% 78% 27% 734 95% 2 489 181 199 110 596 510 64 2 11 24 1 21 2 17 110 36 22 24 2 98 27 65 9 0 7
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1955 BAL AL 18 1668 65% 81% 25% 115 85% 0 25 17 2 6 84 62 17 1 2 9 0 9 0 9 11 6 0 9 1 1 0 8 38%
1956 BAL AL 19 656 68% 80% 27% 52 87% 0 13 10 2 1 36 26 9 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 80%
1957 BAL AL 20 33 79% 70% 18% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KCA AL 24 2896 63% 77% 24% 254 89% 4 86 64 9 13 173 127 33 4 9 14 0 12 2 13 20 10 1 15 5 5 0 10 90%
1962 KCA AL 25 923 57% 76% 27% 66 95% 0 20 17 2 1 49 43 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 3 67%
1963 KCA AL 26 86 55% 81% 29% 6 67% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1964 KCA AL 27 308 48% 76% 24% 21 86% 0 8 6 1 1 12 5 7 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 100%
1965 KCA AL 28 1307 54% 76% 22% 96 91% 0 35 29 4 2 60 50 7 1 0 6 0 5 1 6 5 3 1 4 1 1 0 3 67%
1966 KCA AL 29 529 51% 77% 25% 26 85% 0 16 11 2 3 12 7 3 1 1 4 0 4 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0%
1966 CHW AL 29 13 92% 92% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 ATL NL 31 13 54% 85% 46% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 8432 61% 78% 25% 641 89% 4 205 156 22 27 432 326 81 8 13 38 0 35 3 35 49 27 3 39 8 8 0 32 66%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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