Rick Wrona

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: December 10, 1963 in Tulsa, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wichita State University (Wichita, KS).

High School: Bishop Kelley HS (Tulsa, OK)

School: Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)

Debut: September 3, 1988 (Age 24-268d, 15,532nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 22, 1994 (Age 30-224d)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Full Name: Richard James Wrona

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

168

.244

RBI

OBP

.267

SLG

.345

OPS

.612

OPS+

Summary of 3 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead

2 Tms
CHC	2
MIL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	3

Home/Road
Away	3

Outs
2	2
1	1

3 Opps
MIN	1
ATL	1
STL	1

3 Pitchers
Marty Clary	1
Ken Hill	1
Mike Trombley	1

3 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	2
2	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	2
1-3	1

5 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	2
2 on	1
Any on	1

Inning
1	1
4	1
7	1

1-3	1
4-6	1
7-end	1

RelScore
+3	1
+2	1
+1	1

Ahead	3

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	2
1-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	3

OrderPos
8th	3

Leverage
Medium Lev	1
Low Lev	2

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-09-02	CHC	@	ATL	Marty Clary	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	2	0.139	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Dawson Scores/unER; L. Salazar Scores/unER; R. Wrona Scores/unER
2	2	2	1	1989-10-01	CHC	@	STL	Ken Hill	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	0.122	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1994-07-17	MIL	@	MIN	Mike Trombley	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.088	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)