Wes Chamberlain
Wesley Polk Chamberlain
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: April 13, 1966 in Chicago, IL
High School: Simeon (Chicago, IL)
School: Jackson State University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1990
Final Game: June 7, 1995
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1990 24 PHI NL 18 47 46 9 13 3 0 2 4 4 0 1 9 .283 .298 .478 .776 111 22 0 0 0 0 0 7/9
1991 25 PHI NL 101 417 383 51 92 16 3 13 50 9 4 31 73 .240 .300 .399 .700 97 153 8 2 1 0 0 7/9 RoY-5
1992 26 PHI NL 76 289 275 26 71 18 0 9 41 4 0 10 55 .258 .285 .422 .707 98 116 7 1 1 2 2 97
1993 27 PHI NL 96 306 284 34 80 20 2 12 45 2 1 17 51 .282 .320 .493 .813 116 140 8 1 0 4 3 9
1994 28 TOT MLB 75 248 233 20 61 14 1 6 26 0 2 15 50 .262 .306 .408 .714 80 95 9 0 0 0 2 9D
1994 28 PHI NL 24 72 69 7 19 5 0 2 6 0 0 3 12 .275 .306 .435 .740 89 30 3 0 0 0 0 9
1994 28 BOS AL 51 176 164 13 42 9 1 4 20 0 2 12 38 .256 .307 .396 .703 77 65 6 0 0 0 2 9D
1995 29 BOS AL 19 45 42 4 5 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 11 .119 .178 .214 .392 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 9/D
6 Seasons 385 1352 1263 144 322 72 6 43 167 20 7 77 249 .255 .299 .424 .722 95 535 34 4 2 6 7
162 Game Avg. 162 569 531 61 135 30 3 18 70 8 3 32 105 .255 .299 .424 .722 95 225 14 2 1 3 3
PHI (5 yrs) 315 1131 1057 127 275 62 5 38 146 19 5 62 200 .260 .302 .436 .738 103 461 26 4 2 6 5
BOS (2 yrs) 70 221 206 17 47 10 1 5 21 1 2 15 49 .228 .281 .359 .640 61 74 8 0 0 0 2
NL (5 yrs) 315 1131 1057 127 275 62 5 38 146 19 5 62 200 .260 .302 .436 .738 103 461 26 4 2 6 5
AL (2 yrs) 70 221 206 17 47 10 1 5 21 1 2 15 49 .228 .281 .359 .640 61 74 8 0 0 0 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1990 24 PHI NL 47 33 7 5.7 97 .314 .283 .263 .298 .329 .478 .395 .776 .724 111 .616 0.4 0.0 .818 .304 .196 2.7
1991 25 PHI NL 417 304 45 4.0 93 .266 .240 .257 .300 .324 .399 .384 .700 .708 97 .476 -3.2 -0.3 .630 .253 .159 10.6
1992 26 PHI NL 289 214 32 4.0 92 .291 .258 .259 .285 .325 .422 .381 .707 .706 98 .490 -1.7 -0.2 .621 .215 .164 5.5
1993 27 PHI NL 306 217 43 5.3 103 .302 .282 .270 .320 .335 .493 .411 .813 .746 116 .561 5.5 0.5 .746 .275 .211 3.4
1994 28 TOT MLB 248 183 26 3.8 114 .311 .262 .278 .306 .349 .408 .440 .714 .790 80 .359 -7.9 -0.7 .590 .202 .146 .0
1994 28 PHI NL 72 53 8 4.0 111 .309 .275 .277 .306 .344 .435 .433 .740 .777 89 .412 -1.3 -0.1 .623 .203 .159 .0
1994 28 BOS AL 176 130 18 3.7 116 .311 .256 .278 .307 .352 .396 .444 .703 .795 77 .338 -6.6 -0.6 .577 .201 .140 .0
1995 29 BOS AL 45 39 1 0.7 112 .133 .119 .274 .178 .348 .214 .433 .392 .781 1 .023 -6.6 -0.6 .333 .190 .095 1.0
6 Seasons 1352 990 154 4.2 100 .286 .255 .265 .299 .332 .424 .402 .722 .734 95 .465 -13.5 -1.3 .641 .240 .169 27.3
162 Game Avg. 569 417 65 4.2 100 .286 .255 .265 .299 .332 .424 .402 .722 .734 95 .465 -13.5 -1.3 .641 .240 .169 11
PHI (5 yrs) 1131 821 135 4.4 97 .287 .260 .262 .302 .329 .436 .394 .738 .723 103 .507 -0.3 -0.1 .665 .248 .176 25.3
BOS (2 yrs) 221 169 19 3.0 115 .276 .228 .278 .281 .351 .359 .441 .640 .792 61 .260 -13.2 -1.2 .521 .199 .131 1.7
NL (5 yrs) 1131 821 135 4.4 97 .287 .260 .262 .302 .329 .436 .394 .738 .723 103 .507 -0.3 -0.1 .665 .248 .176 25.3
AL (2 yrs) 221 169 19 3.0 115 .276 .228 .278 .281 .351 .359 .441 .640 .792 61 .260 -13.2 -1.2 .521 .199 .131 1.7

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 27 PHI NL NLCS ATL W 4 13 11 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .364 .385 .636 1.021 7 0 0 0 1 1
1993 27 PHI NL WS TOR L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 6 15 13 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .308 .333 .538 .872 7 1 0 0 1 1
1 NLCS 4 13 11 1 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .364 .385 .636 1.021 7 0 0 0 1 1
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1990 24 PHI NL 47 4.3% 19.2% 2.1% 10.6% 39% 9.00 5.1 23.0 11.5 1.18 1.44 74% 19% 15.4% 24%
1991 25 PHI NL 417 3.1% 17.5% 7.4% 7.7% 35% 2.35 5.2 29.5 7.7 0.72 0.96 71% 22% 9.1% 21%
1992 26 PHI NL 289 3.1% 19.0% 3.5% 9.3% 38% 5.50 5.0 30.6 6.7 0.71 0.90 74% 20% 8.5% 18%
1993 27 PHI NL 306 3.9% 16.7% 5.6% 11.1% 43% 3.00 5.6 23.7 6.3 0.81 1.17 74% 17% 10.5% 13%
1994 28 TOT MLB 248 2.4% 20.2% 6.1% 8.5% 34% 3.33 4.7 38.8 9.0 0.90 1.19 71% 19% 7.6% 18%
1994 28 PHI NL 72 2.8% 16.7% 4.2% 9.7% 37% 4.00 5.8 34.5 11.5 1.00 1.22 76% 21% 8.3% 14%
1994 28 BOS AL 176 2.3% 21.6% 6.8% 8.0% 33% 3.17 4.3 41.0 8.2 0.85 1.17 69% 18% 7.3% 19%
1995 29 BOS AL 45 2.2% 24.4% 6.7% 4.4% 40% 3.67 3.8 42.0 42.0 1.07 1.25 67% 26% 7.1% 7%
6 Seasons 1352 3.2% 18.4% 5.7% 9.0% 38% 3.23 5.1 29.4 7.6 0.79 1.05 72% 20% 9.2% 18%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1990 24 PHI NL 2 0 58% 16 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
1991 25 PHI NL 5 0 34% 137 9 4 69% 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 39% 24 13 10 6 4 2 6 3 2
1992 26 PHI NL 4 0 23% 78 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 50% 9 4 5 3 2 1 4 2 2
1993 27 PHI NL 2 0 26% 92 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 12 44% 13 8 4 3 1 2 7 2 4
1994 28 TOT MLB 3 0 20% 93 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 25% 13 10 3 0 0 0 7 4 2
1994 28 PHI NL 1 0 25% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 25% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1994 28 BOS AL 2 0 18% 64 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 25% 9 6 3 0 0 0 3 2 0
1995 29 BOS AL 1 0 43% 17 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
6 Seasons 17 0 28% 433 20 7 74% 17 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 41 39% 64 40 22 13 7 6 28 12 13
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1990 24 PHI NL 47 53% 13 2 0 8 0 0 0 0.64 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 0% 7 2 29% 21 2 10% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1991 25 PHI NL 417 37% 92 33 0 3 0 0 0 1.76 13 0 6 6 7 9 4 0 1 1 100% 92 8 9% 38 9 24% 255 41 16% 30 14 47% 30 12 40% 0
1992 26 PHI NL 289 38% 71 24 0 4 1 0 0 1.78 9 1 11 6 3 3 6 0 1 1 100% 69 7 10% 33 12 36% 212 33 16% 20 9 45% 14 6 43% 0
1993 27 PHI NL 306 48% 80 8 0 20 4 0 1 1.25 12 0 11 3 9 5 7 0 0 0 55 8 15% 32 11 34% 208 36 17% 18 11 61% 18 4 22% 0
1994 28 TOT MLB 248 37% 61 7 0 12 1 0 1 1.91 6 1 7 4 2 3 3 0 1 0 0% 44 9 20% 24 5 21% 164 20 12% 16 9 56% 14 4 29% 0
1994 28 PHI NL 72 47% 19 2 0 7 0 0 0 1.95 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0% 14 3 21% 10 2 20% 45 4 9% 5 3 60% 5 1 20% 0
1994 28 BOS AL 176 33% 42 5 0 5 1 0 1 1.85 4 1 7 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 30 6 20% 14 3 21% 119 16 13% 11 6 55% 9 3 33% 0
1995 29 BOS AL 45 49% 5 1 0 2 1 1 1 2.96 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 1 17% 34 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
6 Seasons 1352 41% 322 75 0 49 7 1 3 1.46 43 2 37 21 22 21 22 0 3 2 67% 277 34 12% 140 40 29% 894 132 15% 87 43 49% 81 29 36% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 24 PHI NL 46 147 3.20 99 67% 20% 21% 21% 37% 80% 0% 54% 73% 37% 4% 2 1 13% 6 3 4% 2 1 25% 1 0 0
1991 25 PHI NL 417 1502 3.60 972 65% 19% 19% 30% 32% 81% 0% 53% 77% 41% 4% 16 2 12% 51 20 7% 31 16 15% 0 0 0
1992 26 PHI NL 289 921 3.19 652 71% 17% 23% 27% 34% 83% 3% 59% 73% 44% 2% 6 0 9% 27 13 3% 8 4 11% 0 0 0
1993 27 PHI NL 297 1064 3.58 690 65% 21% 17% 29% 33% 79% 3% 51% 79% 31% 4% 12 1 13% 40 22 6% 17 10 28% 9 0 1
1994 28 TOT MLB 236 839 3.56 534 64% 19% 21% 27% 33% 81% 2% 52% 74% 37% 4% 9 0 12% 28 13 6% 13 5 14% 12 0 0
1994 28 PHI NL 70 209 2.99 140 67% 19% 23% 18% 41% 81% 0% 55% 72% 40% 1% 1 0 10% 7 4 6% 4 2 20% 2 0 0
1994 28 BOS AL 166 630 3.80 394 63% 19% 21% 30% 30% 81% 2% 51% 74% 36% 5% 8 0 13% 21 9 5% 9 3 12% 10 0 0
1995 29 BOS AL 45 171 3.80 111 65% 18% 25% 29% 28% 82% 0% 53% 69% 38% 2% 1 0 16% 7 5 7% 3 1 18% 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1330 4644 3.49 3058 66% 19% 20% 28% 33% 81% 2% 54% 75% 39% 3% 46 4 12% 159 76 6% 74 37 17% 22 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1990 24 18 47 46 9 13 3 0 2 4 4 0 1 9 .283 .298 .478 .776 111 22 0 0 0 0 0
1991 25 119 464 429 60 105 19 3 15 54 13 4 32 82 .245 .300 .408 .708 98 175 8 2 1 0 0
1992 26 195 753 704 86 176 37 3 24 95 17 4 42 137 .250 .294 .413 .708 98 291 15 3 2 2 2
1993 27 291 1059 988 120 256 57 5 36 140 19 5 59 188 .259 .302 .436 .738 104 431 23 4 2 6 5
1994 28 366 1307 1221 140 317 71 6 42 166 19 7 74 238 .260 .303 .431 .733 99 526 32 4 2 6 7
1995 29 385 1352 1263 144 322 72 6 43 167 20 7 77 249 .255 .299 .424 .722 95 535 34 4 2 6 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1990 24 18 49 48 10 15 3 0 2 4 5 1 9 .313 .327 .500 .827 8 18
1991 25 101 421 387 55 96 17 3 14 54 9 32 73 .248 .309 .416 .725 49 101
1992 26 76 293 279 30 75 19 0 10 47 4 11 55 .269 .297 .444 .741 36 76
1993 27 96 304 282 34 78 20 2 12 45 2 17 51 .277 .316 .489 .805 43 96
1994 28 106 337 319 25 75 17 1 7 33 0 18 71 .235 .276 .361 .636 33 75
1995 29 21 48 46 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 2 12 .087 .125 .174 .299 1 19
6 Seasons 418 1452 1361 157 343 77 6 46 184 21 81 271 .252 .295 .419 .714 170 385
162 Game Avg. 162 563 527 61 133 30 2 18 71 8 31 105 .252 .295 .419 .714 66 385

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2537), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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