Wayne Edwards

Wayne Maurice Edwards

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 7, 1964 in Burbank, CA
School: Azusa Pacific University (Azusa, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1989
Team: WhiteSox 1989-1991

Final Game: May 25, 1991
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1985	21	CHW-min	Rk	7	3	.700	2.49	11	11	0	3	0	0	68.2	52	26	19	0	18	0	61	3	0	2			1.019	6.8	0.0	2.4	8.0	3.39	WHS · GULF
1986	22	CHW-min	A	8	8	.500	4.21	24	21	2	0	0	0	128.1	149	80	60	10	68	1	86	2	2	8			1.691	10.4	0.7	4.8	6.0	1.26	PNS · CARL
1987	23	CHW-min	A	16	8	.667	3.61	29	28	0	15	2	0	199.2	211	91	80	4	68	3	121	9	0	17			1.397	9.5	0.2	3.1	5.5	1.78	DYB · FLOR
1988	24	CHW-min	AA,AAA	9	12	.429	4.82	29	27	1	6	1	0	170.0	176	108	91	9	92	3	138	5	7	16			1.576	9.3	0.5	4.9	7.3	1.50	BIR,VAN · SOUL,PCL
1989	25	CHW-min	AA	10	4	.714	3.19	24	19	1	5	0	1	158.0	131	69	56	6	65	1	122	5	4	6			1.241	7.5	0.3	3.7	6.9	1.88	BIR · SOUL
1989	25	CHW	AL	0	0		3.68	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	7	3	3	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	30	109	1.364	8.6	1.2	3.7	11.0	3.00
1990	26	CHW	AL	5	3	.625	3.22	42	5	8	0	0	2	95.0	81	39	34	6	41	2	63	3	0	1	396	120	1.284	7.7	0.6	3.9	6.0	1.54
1991	27	CHW-min	AAA	3	9	.250	6.26	14	12	1	0	0	0	64.2	73	50	45	4	37	0	35	5	0	4	304		1.701	10.2	0.6	5.1	4.9	0.95	VAN · PCL
1991	27	CHW	AL	0	2	.000	3.86	13	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	22	14	10	2	17	3	12	0	0	2	106	105	1.671	8.5	0.8	6.6	4.6	0.71
1992	28	TOR-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.48	41	12	10	0	0	3	130.2	127	71	65	13	76	3	108	4	0	22	583		1.554	8.7	0.9	5.2	7.4	1.42	SYR · IL
1994	30	DET-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.49	12	0	4	0	0	0	19.2	17	17	12	2	19	0	16	1	1	1	95		1.831	7.8	0.9	8.7	7.3	0.84	TOL · IL
1995	31	LAD-min	A+,AAA	10	10	.500	3.55	35	21	3	1	0	1	144.2	142	79	57	8	73	3	95	10	0	12	639		1.486	8.8	0.5	4.5	5.9	1.30	BAK,ABQ · CALL,PCL
1996	32	BAK	A+	0	2	.000	10.80	3	2	1	0	0	0	18.1	38	30	22	4	13	0	13	1	0	2	108		2.782	18.7	2.0	6.4	6.4	1.00	BAK · CALL
3 Yrs				5	5	.500	3.37	62	5	13	0	0	2	125.2	110	56	47	9	61	5	84	3	0	3	532	116	1.361	7.9	0.6	4.4	6.0	1.38
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	3.37	63	5	13	0	0	2	128	112	57	48	9	62	5	85	3	0	3	540	116	1.361	7.9	0.6	4.4	6.0	1.38

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1989	25	CHW	AL	7.1	7	0	3	3.68	4.39	-0.14	-0.34	96.7	4.05	0	0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.504	.500	$
1990	26	CHW	AL	95.0	42	5	39	3.69	4.40	0.40	-0.19	99.3	3.78	2	0.2	1.4	-0.1	0.9	11	.504	.501	$
1991	27	CHW	AL	23.1	13	0	14	5.40	4.58	0.41	-0.35	97.2	3.72	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.466	.497	$140,000
3 Seasons				125.2	62	5	56	4.01	4.43	0.37	-0.23	98.8	3.79	-3	-0.2	1.3	-0.3	0.7	11	.496	.500	$140,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1989	25	CHW	AL	7	30	26	3	7	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.269	.333	.385	.718	.353	10	2	0	0	1	0	0
1990	26	CHW	AL	42	396	346	39	81	13	1	6	9	5	41	63	.234	.319	.329	.648	.269	114	13	3	4	2	2	6
1991	27	CHW	AL	13	106	85	14	22	4	0	2	2	0	17	12	.259	.375	.376	.751	.274	32	5	0	2	2	3	3
3 Yrs				62	532	457	56	110	17	1	9	11	5	61	84	.241	.331	.341	.672	.274	156	20	3	6	5	5	9
162 Game Avg.				63	540	464	57	112	17	1	9	11	5	62	85	.241	.331	.341	.672	.274	158	20	3	6	5	5	9
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.382	.704	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1989	25	CHW	AL	0.4	0.0	30	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.74	-0.0	-0.1	1.7	0.2	0.74	0.4	2	2	3
1990	26	CHW	AL	6.2	0.6	408	0.3	6.1	-5.8	.89	0.6	-0.3	6.4	0.7	0.89	7.5	14	10	13
1991	27	CHW	AL	-0.9	-0.1	109	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.81	-0.2	-0.4	-3.2	-0.3	0.81	-4.5	3	4	6
3 Yrs				5.8	0.6	547	-0.3	7.4	-7.7	.87	0.3	-0.7	4.9	0.5	0.87	3.4	19	16	22

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1990	26	CHW	AL	42	5	3	1	1	2	0	3	2	.600	0	1	0	0	1	20%	48.6	59	36	29	7	1	2	3.8	3.9	5.6	82	2	2	1	0	100
1 Yr				42	5	3	1	1	2	0	3	2	.600	0	1	0	0	1	20%	49	59	36	29	7	1	2	3.8	3.9	5.6	82	2	2	1	0	100
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	103	-4					4.3	4.2	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1989	25	CHW	AL	7	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	7	2	29%	8	.741	2	2	3	3	0	4	3	4	2	2	3	1	3.1	17
1990	26	CHW	AL	42	37	8	2	2	2	2	0	100%	9	4	35	11	31%	7	.894	14	10	13	13	4	20	25	12	23	9	26	2	5.4	26
1991	27	CHW	AL	13	13	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	1	18	5	28%	4	.815	3	4	6	3	3	7	9	4	7	6	7	4	5.4	30
3 Yrs				62	57	13	2	4	3	2	1	67%	12	5	60	18	30%		.870	19	16	22	19	7	31	37	20	32	17	36	7	5.1	26

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1989	25	CHW	AL	30	37%	3.3%	30.0%	10.0%	3.3%	14%	0.55	1.17	57%	22%	11.1%	18%	10	2	20%
1990	26	CHW	AL	396	27%	1.5%	15.9%	10.4%	5.1%	25%	1.29	1.92	70%	18%	5.4%	10%	81	13	16%
1991	27	CHW	AL	106	30%	1.9%	11.3%	16.0%	5.7%	27%	1.59	2.47	69%	10%	9.1%	24%	26	5	19%
3 Yrs				532	28%	1.7%	15.8%	11.5%	5.1%	25%	1.29	1.97	69%	16%	6.3%	13%	117	20	17%
MLB Averages					39%	2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.0%	18%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	25	CHW	AL	30	116	3.87	73	63%	29%	29%	18%	25%	71%	0%	45%	60%	67%	7%	2	0	30%	9	2	0	11%	1	2	0	0	0
1990	26	CHW	AL	392	1379	3.52	848	61%	26%	19%	21%	34%	74%	1%	45%	75%	55%	6%	22	9	19%	76	49	9	18%	8	11	4	0	0
1991	27	CHW	AL	106	387	3.65	223	58%	26%	16%	24%	35%	74%	7%	43%	79%	50%	9%	10	3	15%	16	5	0	8%	1	4	0	0	0
3 Yrs				528	1882	3.56	1144	61%	26%	19%	22%	33%	74%	2%	45%	74%	54%	6%	34	12	19%	101	56	9	16%	10	17	4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1989	25	CHW	AL	30	7	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1990	26	CHW	AL	396	81	9	1	6	0	11	5	1	3	3	23	9	5	39%	6	1	0	148	9	5	64%	5	4	3	0	1	1	1	0	5	0
1991	27	CHW	AL	106	22	4	0	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	12	8	0	67%	3	2	0	42	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3 Yrs				532	110	14	2	9	0	18	8	1	4	5	36	18	5	50%	9	3	0	206	11	5	69%	7	4	3	0	1	1	1	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1989	25	0	0		3.68	7	0	2	0	7.1	7	3	3	1	3	0	9	0	0	30	109	1.364	8.6	1.2	3.7	11.0	3.00	109
1990	26	5	3	.625	3.25	49	5	10	2	102.1	88	42	37	7	44	2	72	3	1	426	119	1.290	7.7	0.6	3.9	6.3	1.64	119
1991	27	5	5	.500	3.37	62	5	13	2	125.2	110	56	47	9	61	5	84	3	3	532	116	1.361	7.9	0.6	4.4	6.0	1.38	116

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1989	25	0	0		3.86	7.0	7	3	3	1	3	8	0	1.429	9.0	3.9	10.3	2.67	1.3	7
1990	26	5	4	.556	3.89	88.0	86	42	38	6	44	58	3	1.477	8.8	4.5	5.9	1.32	0.6	42
1991	27	1	1	.500	4.50	22.0	23	12	11	2	18	11	0	1.864	9.4	7.4	4.5	0.61	0.8	13
3 Yrs		6	5	.545	4.00	117.0	116	57	52	9	65	77	3	1.547	8.9		5.9	1.18	0.7	62

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