Wayne Twitchell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-6, 215lb (198cm, 97kg)

Born: March 10, 1948 in Portland, OR us

Died: September 16, 2010 in Portland, OR

Buried: Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR

Draft: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (3rd) of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR).

High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: September 7, 1970 (Age 22-181d, 13,053rd in major league history)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1979 (Age 31-201d)
vs. MIL 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Full Name: Wayne Lee Twitchell

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

3.98

282

133

1063.0

789

WHIP

1.430

Summary of 92 Home Runs Allowed

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

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 10 tying, 32 go ahead

4 Tms
PHI	50
MON	34
NYM	6
SEA	2

Platoon
vs LHB	54
vs RHB	38

Home/Road
Home	51
Away	41

Outs
2	35
1	34
0	23

14 Opps
NYM	18
ATL	12
PIT	11
SFG	7
STL	7
CIN	7
MON	7
CHC	6
PHI	5
LAD	4
SDP	4
HOU	2
CLE	1
TOR	1

64 Batters
Willie Stargell	5
Rusty Staub	4
Joe Morgan	4
Willie McCovey	3
Ron Fairly	3
John Milner	3
Wayne Garrett	2
Jerry Morales	2
Rick Monday	2
Cleon Jones	2
Jeff Burroughs	2
Henry Aaron	2
Ted Simmons	2
Bake McBride	2
Bill Robinson	2
Willie Montañez	2
Earl Williams	2
Ralph Garr	2
Tommy Helms	1
Mike Schmidt	1
Andre Dawson	1
Gene Tenace	1
Dan Driessen	1
Dave Rader	1
Fred Kendall	1
Lee May	1
Gary Alexander	1
Tim McCarver	1
Mike Jorgensen	1
Roy Howell	1
Ed Kranepool	1
Steve Garvey	1
Ken Boswell	1
Garry Templeton	1
Greg Luzinski	1
Omar Moreno	1
Dave Parker	1
Toby Harrah	1
Johnny Bench	1
John Stearns	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Davey Johnson	1
Darrell Evans	1
Al Oliver	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Jay Johnstone	1
Vic Correll	1
Lee Mazzilli	1
Derrel Thomas	1
Jim Dwyer	1
Dusty Baker	1
Ron Cey	1
George Hendrick	1
Steve Yeager	1
Bruce Boisclair	1
Joe Ferguson	1
Richie Hebner	1
Dave Roberts	1
Denis Menke	1
Phil Garner	1
Mike Vail	1
Dave Kingman	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
Dave Winfield	1

15 Parks
VeteransStad (PHI)	30
Stade Olymp. (MON)	20
Shea Stad (NYC)	9
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	7
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	6
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	4
Busch Stad (STL)	3
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	19
9	15
8	3

5 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	69
2·HR gms	10
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	40
1--	23
-2-	9
1-3	8
12-	6
123	3
--3	3

164 Runs
RISP	29
0 on	40
1 on	35
2 on	14
3 on	3
Any on	52

Inning
1	8
2	8
3	11
4	13
5	19
6	14
7	8
8	6
9	5

1-3	27
4-6	46
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	5
+2	10
+1	13
Tied	27
-1	9
-2	9
-3	4
-4..	8

Ahead	35
Tied	27
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	24
LF	14
RF	13
CF	12
3B	11
C	10
2B	6
SS	2

OrderPos
4th	24
3rd	17
5th	15
6th	13
1st	8
7th	7
2nd	5
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	38
Low Lev	35

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1971-09-04 (1)	Cleon Jones	NYM	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	7	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Garrett Scores/unER; C. Jones Scores/unER
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1972-06-10	Earl Williams	ATL	@	PHI	ahead 5-1	t 5	1	1--	2	5	5	5%	97%		Home Run; R. Carty Scores
3	3	2	2	1972-06-10	Henry Aaron	ATL	@	PHI	ahead 7-1	t 6	1	123	4	3	3	1%	100%		Home Run; M. Perez Scores; T. Kelley Scores/unER; R. Garr Scores
4	4	3	1	1972-07-07 (2)	Fred Kendall	SDP	@	PHI	ahead 5-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	2	2%	98%		Home Run
5	5	4	1	1972-08-01 (1)	Cleon Jones	NYM		PHI	tied 1-1	b 8	2	---	1	5	7	34%	86%		Home Run
6	6	5	1	1972-08-23	Dusty Baker	ATL	@	PHI	ahead 5-0	t 5	1	1--	2	3	8	3%	98%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores
7	7	6	1	1972-08-27	Denis Menke	CIN		PHI	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	--3	2	6	5	11%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Bench Scores
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1973-04-17	Ron Fairly	MON		PHI	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---	1	4	7	5%	93%		Home Run
9	9	2	1	1973-05-27 (1)	Dave Roberts	SDP		PHI	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	1	7	5	9%	22%		Home Run
10	10	3	1	1973-06-01	Willie McCovey	SFG		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	4	3	14%	51%		Home Run
11	11	4	1	1973-06-15	Bobby Bonds	SFG	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 7	2	---	1	1	9	23%	66%		Home Run
12	12	5	1	1973-06-20	Wayne Garrett	NYM	@	PHI	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	12%	71%		Home Run
13	13	6	1	1973-06-25	Tim McCarver	STL	@	PHI	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--	2	3	3	10%	94%		Home Run; T. Sizemore Scores
14	14	7	1	1973-07-13	Tommy Helms	HOU	@	PHI	behind 1-5	t 9	1	1--	2	7	4	2%	3%		Home Run; D. Rader Scores
15	15	8	1	1973-07-20	Henry Aaron	ATL		PHI	behind 0-5	b 7	1	12-	3	4	7	12%	18%		Home Run; M. Perez Scores; D. Evans Scores
16	16	9	2	1973-07-20	Davey Johnson	ATL		PHI	behind 3-5	b 7	2	---	1	6	4	13%	28%		Home Run
17	17	10	1	1973-08-10	Joe Ferguson	LAD		PHI	behind 0-1	b 4	1	12-	3	6	2	32%	79%		Home Run (Deep CF); S. Garvey Scores; W. Crawford Scores
18	18	11	1	1973-08-15	Willie McCovey	SFG		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	3	4	3	19%	80%		Home Run; G. Maddox Scores; B. Bonds Scores
19	19	12	1	1973-09-01	Ron Fairly	MON	@	PHI	ahead 3-2	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	10%	72%		Home Run
20	20	13	2	1973-09-01	Mike Jorgensen	MON	@	PHI	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	1--	2	1	3	15%	87%		Home Run; T. Scott Scores
21	21	14	1	1973-09-05	Rusty Staub	NYM		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	11%	62%		Home Run
22	22	15	1	1973-09-12	Wayne Garrett	NYM	@	PHI	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	1	5	12%	50%		Home Run
23	23	16	2	1973-09-12	John Milner	NYM	@	PHI	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	18%	65%		Home Run
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1974-06-09	Johnny Bench	CIN	@	PHI	behind 3-4	t 7	1	1--	2	3	2	37%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Rose Scores
25	25	2	1	1974-06-22 (2)	Ken Boswell	NYM	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	5	19%	69%		Home Run; J. Milner Scores
26	26	3	2	1974-06-22 (2)	John Milner	NYM	@	PHI	behind 2-8	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	2%	4%		Home Run
27	27	4	1	1974-07-09	Steve Garvey	LAD	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	57%		Home Run
28	28	5	1	1974-08-01	Ron Fairly	MON	@	PHI	behind 2-6	t 5	0	---	1	7	3	6%	15%		Home Run
29	29	6	1	1974-08-05	Ted Simmons	STL		PHI	behind 0-2	b 9	0	1--	2	4	2	46%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. McBride Scores
30	30	7	1	1974-08-10	Ralph Garr	ATL	@	PHI	behind 1-2	t 5	2	---	1	1	9	15%	45%		Home Run
31	31	8	1	1974-08-19	Joe Morgan	CIN		PHI	ahead 2-0	b 2	1	12-	3	2	4	14%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Foster Scores; D. Gullett Scores/unER
32	32	9	1	1974-08-25	Lee May	HOU		PHI	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	3	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	10	1	1974-09-08	Rick Monday	CHC		PHI	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	11	1	1974-09-25 (2)	Rusty Staub	NYM	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1975-04-11	Bake McBride	STL	@	PHI	tied 0-0	t 3	0	12-	3	3	8	20%	81%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; L. Brock Scores; T. Sizemore Scores
36	36	2	1	1975-04-17	Rick Monday	CHC	@	PHI	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1-3	3	4	8	33%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cardenal Scores; B. Madlock Scores
37	37	3	1	1975-04-26	Willie Stargell	PIT		PHI	behind 0-3	b 4	2	1--	2	4	3	20%	36%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hebner Scores
38	38	4	1	1975-05-02	Dave Parker	PIT	@	PHI	behind 0-8	t 5	1	---	1	6	9	1%	1%		Home Run
39	39	5	1	1975-05-11	Earl Williams	ATL		PHI	tied 2-2	b 1	2	1--	2	6	3	19%	72%		Home Run; M. Lum Scores/unER; E. Williams Scores/unER
40	40	6	2	1975-05-11	Ralph Garr	ATL		PHI	ahead 4-3	b 4	1	1-3	3	1	7	16%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Blanks Scores; B. Capra Scores/unER
41	41	7	1	1975-06-27	Dave Kingman	NYM		PHI	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	2	6	7	14%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Kranepool Scores
42	42	8	1	1975-07-06	Rusty Staub	NYM	@	PHI	behind 0-3	t 5	2	12-	3	4	9	30%	45%		Home Run; F. Millán Scores; J. Torre Scores
43	43	9	1	1975-07-31	Jim Dwyer	MON		PHI	ahead 6-4	b 7	0	---	1	2	7	5%	95%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
44	44	10	1	1975-08-26	Ron Cey	LAD		PHI	ahead 3-1	b 5	1	1-3	3	5	5	9%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Wynn Scores; S. Garvey Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1976-08-15	Darrell Evans	SFG	@	PHI	ahead 6-5	t 9	2	1-3	3	6	3	14%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Perez Scores; G. Matthews Scores
46	46	2	1	1976-08-25	Vic Correll	ATL		PHI	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	-2-	2	8	2	17%	91%		Home Run; D. Chaney Scores
47	47	3	1	1976-09-16	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	PHI	ahead 4-0	t 5	2	---	1	4	3	4%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1977-04-11	Bobby Murcer	CHC	@	PHI	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	8%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
49	49	2	1	1977-05-29	John Milner	NYM	@	PHI	behind 4-7	t 9	0	-2-	2	4	3	9%	17%		Home Run; E. Kranepool Scores
50	50	3	1	1977-06-13	Dan Driessen	CIN		PHI	tied 4-4	b 9	0	---	1	7	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	4	1	1977-06-24	Al Oliver	PIT		MON	behind 0-5	b 8	0	1--	2	5	8	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Robinson Scores
52	52	5	1	1977-06-28	Jerry Morales	CHC	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	5	8	12%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	6	1	1977-07-03	Ed Kranepool	NYM	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	7	11%	58%		Home Run
54	54	7	2	1977-07-03	Mike Vail	NYM	@	MON	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	3	9	12%	73%		Home Run
55	55	8	1	1977-07-12	Phil Garner	PIT	@	MON	behind 1-3	t 8	2	-2-	2	1	5	32%	42%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Moreno Scores
56	56	9	1	1977-07-24 (1)	Derrel Thomas	SFG		MON	ahead 1-0	b 8	2	--3	2	2	8	10%	97%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; R. Andrews Scores
57	57	10	1	1977-08-01	Gary Alexander	SFG	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	21%	68%		Home Run; V. Harris Scores
58	58	11	2	1977-08-01	Willie McCovey	SFG	@	MON	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	123	4	5	3	20%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Thomas Scores; J. Clark Scores; G. Thomasson Scores
59	59	12	1	1977-08-05	Willie Montañez	ATL		MON	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	3	3	11%	40%		Home Run
60	60	13	2	1977-08-05	Jeff Burroughs	ATL		MON	behind 1-3	b 6	1	--3	2	4	9	22%	54%		Home Run; B. Bonnell Scores
61	61	14	1	1977-08-09	Gene Tenace	SDP	@	MON	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	6	2	17%	67%		Home Run
62	62	15	1	1977-08-18	Richie Hebner	PHI	@	MON	behind 2-3	t 5	1	123	4	5	3	34%	84%		Home Run; B. McBride Scores; L. Bowa Scores; M. Schmidt Scores
63	63	16	1	1977-08-31	Joe Morgan	CIN	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	4	9%	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	17	1	1977-09-05	Lee Mazzilli	NYM		MON	behind 0-4	b 6	2	1--	2	2	8	12%	18%		Home Run; L. Randle Scores
65	65	18	1	1977-09-15	Jerry Morales	CHC	@	MON	tied 3-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	8	17%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
66	66	19	1	1977-09-21 (1)	Dave Rader	STL	@	MON	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	15%	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	20	1	1977-09-26	Garry Templeton	STL		MON	behind 0-2	b 6	2	1--	2	3	6	31%	52%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; J. Mumphrey Scores
68	68	21	1	1977-10-01	Jay Johnstone	PHI		MON	behind 1-3	b 8	2	1--	2	5	9	41%	53%		Home Run; J. Morrison Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1978-04-09 (1)	Bruce Boisclair	NYM		MON	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	7	19%	74%		Home Run; T. Foli Scores
70	70	2	1	1978-04-15	Willie Montañez	NYM	@	MON	ahead 2-0	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	7%	91%		Home Run
71	71	3	1	1978-04-22 (1)	Greg Luzinski	PHI	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	14%	62%		Home Run
72	72	4	1	1978-05-07 (1)	Joe Morgan	CIN		MON	behind 0-6	b 3	1	1--	2	3	4	7%	12%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Griffey Scores
73	73	5	1	1978-05-16	Joe Morgan	CIN	@	MON	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	1-3	3	3	4	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Rose Scores; K. Griffey Scores
74	74	6	1	1978-05-20	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	5	3	26%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); O. Moreno Scores; D. Parker Scores
75	75	7	2	1978-05-20	Willie Stargell	PIT	@	MON	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	1--	2	5	3	8%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Milner Scores
76	76	8	1	1978-06-10	Steve Yeager	LAD	@	MON	ahead 2-1	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	11%	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	9	1	1978-06-14 (1)	Dave Winfield	SDP		MON	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	---	1	4	8	8%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	10	1	1978-07-04 (2)	Willie Stargell	PIT		MON	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	5	3	11%	43%		Home Run (Deep CF)
79	79	11	2	1978-07-04 (2)	Omar Moreno	PIT		MON	behind 1-2	b 3	1	---	1	2	8	13%	53%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
80	80	12	3	1978-07-04 (2)	Bill Robinson	PIT		MON	tied 2-2	b 3	1	1--	2	4	9	20%	76%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Milner Scores
81	81	13	1	1978-07-19 (2)	Jeff Burroughs	ATL	@	MON	tied 0-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	4	7	25%	79%		Home Run; G. Matthews Scores
82	82	14	1	1978-08-09	John Stearns	NYM	@	MON	tied 3-3	t 7	0	-2-	2	4	2	22%	84%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores
83	83	15	1	1978-09-15	Bill Robinson	PIT		MON	ahead 4-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	4	7	5%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Parker Scores
84	84	16	1	1978-09-30	Ted Simmons	STL		MON	ahead 4-1	b 5	1	---	1	4	7	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
85	85	1	1	1979-04-15 (2)	Mike Schmidt	PHI	@	NYM	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	12-	3	5	5	5%	99%		Home Run; L. Bowa Scores; D. Unser Scores
86	86	2	1	1979-05-24 (1)	Steve Ontiveros	CHC	@	NYM	ahead 6-1	t 5	1	1--	2	7	5	3%	98%		Home Run; J. Martin Scores
87	87	3	1	1979-07-03	Bake McBride	PHI		NYM	tied 1-1	b 7	2	-2-	2	1	9	31%	88%		Home Run; M. Trillo Scores
88	88	4	1	1979-08-05 (2)	Rusty Staub	MON		NYM	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	43%		Home Run
89	89	5	1	1979-08-08	George Hendrick	STL	@	NYM	ahead 5-4	t 5	1	-2-	2	5	9	17%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Simmons Scores
90	90	6	1	1979-08-10 (2)	Andre Dawson	MON	@	NYM	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	1--	2	3	8	13%	91%		Home Run; R. Scott Scores
91	91	7	1	1979-08-29 (2)	Toby Harrah	CLE		SEA	behind 0-1	b 3	2	1--	2	4	6	23%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Manning Scores
92	92	8	1	1979-09-02	Roy Howell	TOR		SEA	tied 1-1	b 4	2	1-3	3	6	5	28%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailor Scores; J. Mayberry Scores