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Wayne Comer

Harry Wayne Comer

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 3, 1944 in Shenandoah, VA
High School: Page County (Shenandoah, VA)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1967
Teams (by GP): Pilots/Tigers/Senators/Brewers 1967-1972

Final Game: August 2, 1972
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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
1962	18	TEX-min	B	78	297	267	29	61	9	5	3	28	1		26	46	.228	.297	.333	.631		89		1	1	2	2	RAL · CARL
1963	19	DET-min	A	120	417	417		110	15	3	2						.264	.264	.329	.592		137						LAK · FLOR
1964	20	DET-min	A	99	351	351		98	19	1	6						.279	.279	.390	.670		137						DSU · NORL
1965	21	DET-min	AA	123	510	446	57	127	14	1	9	54	31	14	64	70	.285	.375	.381	.756		170						MTG · SOUL
1966	22	NYY-DET-min	AAA	131	528	477	59	127	17	1	11	52	14	7	46	80	.266	.333	.375	.708		179		2	2	1		TOL,SYR · IL
1967	23	DET-min	AAA	137	587	520	86	151	29	8	11	58	14	10	57	59	.290	.363	.440	.803		229		4	3	3		TOL · IL
1967	23	DET	AL	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	96	1	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1968	24	DET-min	AAA	36	156	138	22	38	4	2	1	9	5	3	17	19	.275	.359	.355	.714		49		1	0	0		TOL · IL
1968	24	DET	AL	48	51	48	8	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	7	.125	.160	.229	.389	16	11	4	0	1	0	0	7/29
1969	25	SEP	AL	147	572	481	88	118	18	1	15	54	18	7	82	79	.245	.354	.380	.735	109	183	10	1	5	3	2	*897/52
1970	26	TOT	AL	90	171	146	22	31	4	0	0	9	4	1	22	19	.212	.318	.240	.557	60	35	3	1	1	1	0	897/5
1970	26	MIL	AL	13	17	17	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.059	.059	.059	.118	-67	1	1	0	0	0	0	/897
1970	26	WSA	AL	77	154	129	21	30	4	0	0	8	4	1	22	16	.233	.346	.264	.610	75	34	2	1	1	1	0	897/5

1972	28	DET-min	AAA	67	275	227	31	70	8	1	6	33	7	2	42	20	.308	.417	.432	.849		98		1	4	1		TOL · IL
1972	28	DET	AL	27	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.111	.100	.111	.211	-38	1	0	0	0	1	0	7/89
1973	29	DET-min	AAA	123	496	422	50	120	13	2	6	46	6	7	60	39	.284	.378	.367	.745		155		4	9	1		TOL · IL
1974	30	PHI-min	AA	102	375	315	47	82	11	3	4	17	3	6	57	34	.260	.375	.352	.728		111		1	2	0		REA · EL
5 Seasons				316	807	687	119	157	22	2	16	67	22	9	106	106	.229	.331	.336	.667	91	231	17	2	7	5	2
162 Game Avg.				162	414	352	61	80	11	1	8	34	11	5	54	54	.229	.331	.336	.667	91	118	9	1	4	3	1

DET (3 yrs)				79	64	60	9	8	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	8	.133	.159	.217	.375	11	13	4	0	1	1	0
MIL (2 yrs)				160	589	498	89	119	18	1	15	55	18	7	82	82	.239	.346	.369	.715	103	184	11	1	5	3	2
WSA (1 yr)				77	154	129	21	30	4	0	0	8	4	1	22	16	.233	.346	.264	.610	75	34	2	1	1	1	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1967	23	DET	AL	3	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$	/8
1968	24	DET	AL	51	-5	1	1	-1	-1	-1	1	-5	-0.6	-4	-0.5	-0.1	$	7/29
1969	25	SEP	AL	573	8	4	2	0	1	-3	16	28	3.0	27	3.0	0.0	$11,000	*897/52
1970	26	MIL	AL	17	-4	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.4	-3	-0.3	-0.1	$	/897
1970	26	WSA	AL	154	-4	2	-2	1	0	-1	5	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$18,000	897/5

1972	28	DET	AL	10	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	7/89
5 Seasons				808	-6	7	1	0	-0	-5	23	19	1.9	20	2.2	-0.3	$29,000

DET (3 yrs)				64	-6	1	1	-1	-2	-1	1	-7	-0.8	-5	-0.6	-0.2	$
MIL (2 yrs)				590	4	4	2	0	1	-3	17	25	2.6	24	2.7	-0.1	$11,000
WSA (1 yr)				154	-4	2	-2	1	0	-1	5	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$18,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1968	24	DET	AL	WS	STL	W	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1967	DET	AL	23	CF	1	1	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		2.52	2.50
1967	DET	AL	23	OF	1	1	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.98	2.10
1968	DET	AL	24	OF	27	4	3	89.0	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-1	2.02	0.74	.981	2.08	2.07
1968	DET	AL	24	LF	26	3	3	84.0	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-7	1.71	0.62	.978	1.85	1.84
1968	DET	AL	24	C	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-600	9.00	2.00	.990	6.75	6.90	0	2	0	0		0
1968	DET	AL	24	RF	1	1	0	5.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	96	3.60	2.00	.975	1.80	1.90
1969	SEP	AL	25	OF	139	128	103	1141.1	307	287	14	6	6	.980	2	2	2.37	2.17	.978	2.13	2.13
1969	SEP	AL	25	CF	91	85	68	741.0	210	196	11	3	4	.986	-0	-1	2.51	2.27	.982	2.50	2.50
1969	SEP	AL	25	RF	46	40	32	349.0	80	74	4	2	2	.975	2	7	2.01	1.70	.974	1.91	1.91
1969	SEP	AL	25	LF	23	3	3	51.1	13	11	1	1	0	.923	0	5	2.10	0.52	.978	1.98	1.99
1969	SEP	AL	25	3B	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-180	0.00	0.00		3.15	3.20
1969	SEP	AL	25	C	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	6.60	0	0	0	0		0
1970	TOT	AL	26	OF	63	36	22	329.2	80	75	2	3	0	.963	1	2	2.10	1.22	.980	2.14	2.13
1970	TOT	AL	26	CF	23	19	13	160.1	41	40	0	1	0	.976	-0	-4	2.25	1.74	.985	2.62	2.61
1970	TOT	AL	26	RF	22	16	8	126.0	25	22	2	1	0	.960	1	10	1.71	1.09	.975	1.99	1.97
1970	TOT	AL	26	LF	19	1	1	43.1	8	7	0	1	0	.875	0	3	1.45	0.37	.978	1.81	1.80
1970	MIL	AL	26	OF	5	2	1	19.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.37	1.00	.980	2.13	2.12
1970	MIL	AL	26	CF	2	1	1	10.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1	84	3.60	2.00	.985	2.61	2.60
1970	MIL	AL	26	RF	2	1	0	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-105	1.12	0.50	.980	2.02	1.95
1970	MIL	AL	26	LF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80
1970	WSA	AL	26	OF	58	34	21	310.2	75	70	2	3	0	.960	1	2	2.09	1.24	.980	2.14	2.13
1970	WSA	AL	26	CF	21	18	12	150.1	37	36	0	1	0	.973	-1	-10	2.16	1.71	.985	2.62	2.61
1970	WSA	AL	26	RF	20	15	8	118.0	24	21	2	1	0	.958	2	17	1.75	1.15	.975	1.98	1.97
1970	WSA	AL	26	LF	18	1	1	42.1	8	7	0	1	0	.875	0	3	1.49	0.39	.978	1.81	1.80
1970	WSA	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-0	-200	0.00	0.00	.950	3.00	3.10
1972	DET	AL	28	OF	17	0	0	35.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-10	1.29	0.29	.984	2.21	2.21
1972	DET	AL	28	LF	15	0	0	30.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.80	0.40	.980	1.89	1.89
1972	DET	AL	28	CF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-80	0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
1972	DET	AL	28	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-60	0.00	0.00		2.25	2.10
	5 Seasons			OF	247	169	128	1600.0	412	387	16	9	6	.978	1	1	2.27	1.63	.979	2.13	2.13
	4 Seasons			CF	116	105	81	909.1	251	236	11	4	4	.984	-2	-2	2.44	2.13	.982	2.52	2.52
	4 Seasons			LF	83	7	7	208.2	43	40	1	2	0	.953	-0	-1	1.77	0.49	.978	1.88	1.88
	4 Seasons			RF	70	57	40	482.0	107	98	6	3	2	.972	3	8	1.94	1.49	.974	1.93	1.93
	2 Seasons			3B	2	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-192	0.00	0.00	.950	3.06	3.15
	2 Seasons			C	2	0	0	3.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-400	6.00	1.00	.990	6.60	6.75	0	2	0	0		0
	5 Seasons			TOT	251	169	128	1608.0	415	389	16	10	6	.976	-0	-0	2.27	1.61	.979	2.14	2.17	0	2	0	0		0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Power-Speed # s c a p y 1969 AL 16.4 (8th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1969 AL 14 (2nd)	Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y 1969 AL 2.51 (5th)	Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1969 AL .986 (5th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1969 AL 16.4 (8th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1969 AL 14 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1969 AL 2.51 (5th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1969 AL .986 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.
March 23, 1963: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Bobo Osborne.
October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Detroit Tigers as the 41st pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
May 11, 1970: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Washington Senators for Hank Allen and Ron Theobald.
December 5, 1970: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Washington Senators.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1969	25	Seattle Pilots	$11,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1970	26	Washington Senators	$18,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1971	27	Washington Senators	$15,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$44,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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