Wayne Kirby
Wayne Leonard Kirby
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 22, 1964 in Williamsburg, VA
High School: Soquel (Soquel, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 8, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1991
Final Game: July 17, 1998
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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
1991 27 CLE AL 21 47 43 4 9 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 6 .209 .239 .256 .495 37 11 2 0 1 1 0 9/78
1992 28 CLE AL 21 21 18 9 3 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 2 .167 .286 .389 .675 89 7 1 0 0 0 0 /D79
1993 29 CLE AL 131 511 458 71 123 19 5 6 60 17 5 37 58 .269 .323 .371 .695 87 170 8 3 7 6 2 *98/D7 RoY-4
1994 30 CLE AL 78 207 191 33 56 6 0 5 23 11 4 13 30 .293 .341 .403 .745 93 77 1 1 2 0 0 9/78D
1995 31 CLE AL 101 205 188 29 39 10 2 1 14 10 3 13 32 .207 .260 .298 .558 45 56 4 1 1 2 0 98/D7
1996 32 TOT MLB 92 226 204 26 55 11 1 1 12 4 3 19 19 .270 .333 .348 .681 85 71 4 1 1 1 1 879
1996 32 CLE AL 27 18 16 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .250 .333 .313 .646 66 5 1 0 0 0 0 9/87
1996 32 LAD NL 65 208 188 23 51 10 1 1 11 4 2 17 17 .271 .333 .351 .684 87 66 3 1 1 1 1 8/7
1997 33 LAD NL 46 75 65 6 11 2 0 0 4 0 0 10 12 .169 .280 .200 .480 33 13 1 0 0 0 0 8/79
1998 34 NYM NL 26 33 31 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 .194 .219 .258 .477 26 8 0 0 1 0 0 9/87
8 Seasons 516 1325 1198 183 302 51 9 14 119 44 21 98 168 .252 .309 .345 .654 75 413 21 6 13 10 3
162 Game Avg. 162 416 376 57 95 16 3 4 37 14 7 31 53 .252 .309 .345 .654 75 130 7 2 4 3 1
CLE (6 yrs) 379 1009 914 149 234 39 7 13 104 39 18 70 130 .256 .310 .357 .666 77 326 17 5 11 9 2
LAD (2 yrs) 111 283 253 29 62 12 1 1 15 4 2 27 29 .245 .319 .312 .631 73 79 4 1 1 1 1
NYM (1 yr) 26 33 31 5 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 9 .194 .219 .258 .477 26 8 0 0 1 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 379 1009 914 149 234 39 7 13 104 39 18 70 130 .256 .310 .357 .666 77 326 17 5 11 9 2
NL (3 yrs) 137 316 284 34 68 12 2 1 15 5 3 28 38 .239 .309 .306 .615 68 87 4 1 2 1 1

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
1991 27 CLE AL 47 40 2 1.4 98 .237 .209 .261 .239 .330 .256 .397 .495 .727 37 .098 -3.7 -0.4 .316 .070 .047 .0
1992 28 CLE AL 21 19 1 1.4 93 .133 .167 .258 .286 .327 .389 .383 .675 .710 89 .111 -0.3 -0.0 .368 .222 .222 .0
1993 29 CLE AL 511 361 57 4.2 103 .293 .269 .267 .323 .337 .371 .408 .695 .745 87 .440 -8.9 -0.9 .638 .210 .103 8.9
1994 30 CLE AL 207 142 27 5.1 111 .327 .293 .271 .341 .343 .403 .432 .745 .776 93 .477 -2.6 -0.2 .700 .215 .110 6.9
1995 31 CLE AL 205 159 15 2.5 110 .242 .207 .272 .260 .346 .298 .429 .558 .774 45 .209 -15.9 -1.5 .494 .197 .090 1.8
1996 32 TOT MLB 226 158 24 4.1 102 .292 .270 .263 .333 .331 .348 .411 .681 .742 85 .417 -3.6 -0.3 .590 .176 .078 1.6
1996 32 CLE AL 18 14 1 1.9 115 .286 .250 .276 .333 .349 .313 .443 .646 .792 66 .124 -0.8 -0.1 .429 .125 .063
1996 32 LAD NL 208 144 23 4.3 101 .292 .271 .261 .333 .329 .351 .409 .684 .738 87 .445 -2.8 -0.3 .606 .181 .080 1.6
1997 33 LAD NL 75 55 4 2.0 102 .208 .169 .262 .280 .333 .200 .411 .480 .744 33 .158 -6.0 -0.6 .418 .185 .031
1998 34 NYM NL 33 27 2 2.0 107 .273 .194 .268 .219 .338 .258 .422 .477 .760 26 .163 -3.6 -0.4 .346 .097 .065 .0
8 Seasons 1325 961 132 3.7 105 .281 .252 .267 .309 .338 .345 .415 .654 .753 75 .366 -44.5 -4.2 .576 .194 .093 21.2
162 Game Avg. 416 302 41 3.7 105 .281 .252 .267 .309 .338 .345 .415 .654 .753 75 .366 -44.5 -4.2 .576 .194 .093 7
CLE (6 yrs) 1009 735 103 3.7 106 .283 .256 .268 .310 .340 .357 .417 .666 .757 77 .371 -32.2 -3.0 .590 .200 .101 19.5
LAD (2 yrs) 283 199 27 3.6 101 .272 .245 .262 .319 .330 .312 .409 .631 .740 73 .372 -8.8 -0.8 .553 .182 .067 1.6
NYM (1 yr) 33 27 2 2.0 107 .273 .194 .268 .219 .338 .258 .422 .477 .760 26 .163 -3.6 -0.4 .346 .097 .065 .0
AL (6 yrs) 1009 735 103 3.7 106 .283 .256 .268 .310 .340 .357 .417 .666 .757 77 .371 -32.2 -3.0 .590 .200 .101 19.5
NL (3 yrs) 316 226 29 3.4 102 .272 .239 .262 .309 .331 .306 .411 .615 .742 68 .348 -12.4 -1.2 .529 .173 .067 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
1995 31 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 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
1995 31 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 1 0 1 0 0
1995 31 CLE AL WS ATL L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 32 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 3 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .125 .300 .125 .425 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (4 Series) 14 18 15 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 .200 .294 .200 .494 3 1 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 3 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 NLDS 3 10 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .125 .300 .125 .425 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 5 6 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 1 0 1 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 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
1991 27 CLE AL 47 0.0% 12.8% 4.3% 4.3% 22% 3.00 7.2 8.6 0.90 0.94 81% 18% 0.0% 35%
1992 28 CLE AL 21 4.8% 9.5% 14.3% 9.5% 67% 0.67 9.0 18.0 18.0 1.14 1.80 71% 13% 16.7% 14%
1993 29 CLE AL 511 1.2% 11.4% 7.2% 5.9% 24% 1.57 7.9 76.3 7.6 0.91 1.13 78% 20% 3.9% 22%
1994 30 CLE AL 207 2.4% 14.5% 6.3% 5.3% 20% 2.31 6.4 38.2 8.3 0.88 1.16 75% 21% 7.8% 23%
1995 31 CLE AL 205 0.5% 15.6% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 2.46 5.9 188.0 13.4 0.94 1.21 77% 19% 1.8% 30%
1996 32 TOT MLB 226 0.4% 8.4% 8.4% 5.8% 24% 1.00 10.7 204.0 17.0 0.88 1.09 82% 18% 1.5% 33%
1996 32 CLE AL 18 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 5.6% 25% 1.00 8.0 16.0 0.75 1.20 78% 21% 0.0% 13%
1996 32 LAD NL 208 0.5% 8.2% 8.2% 5.8% 24% 1.00 11.1 188.0 17.1 0.89 1.08 82% 18% 1.7% 35%
1997 33 LAD NL 75 0.0% 16.0% 13.3% 2.7% 18% 1.20 5.4 16.3 1.00 0.91 71% 8% 0.0% 40%
1998 34 NYM NL 33 0.0% 27.3% 3.0% 3.0% 17% 9.00 3.4 0.73 0.89 67% 9% 0.0% 18%
8 Seasons 1325 1.1% 12.7% 7.4% 5.6% 25% 1.71 7.1 85.6 10.1 0.91 1.12 77% 19% 3.7% 27%
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
1991 27 CLE AL 0 0 36% 12 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1992 28 CLE AL 0 0 160% 12 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 75% 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1993 29 CLE AL 5 0 41% 188 17 5 77% 13 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 9 24 63% 37 14 23 5 1 4 14 6 8
1994 30 CLE AL 1 0 43% 82 11 4 73% 10 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 55% 4 3 0 7 2 5 9 3 6
1995 31 CLE AL 3 0 54% 95 10 3 77% 10 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 55% 10 6 4 2 1 1 8 1 6
1996 32 TOT MLB 0 0 34% 100 4 3 57% 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 69% 19 6 12 5 1 4 5 1 4
1996 32 CLE AL 0 0 50% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1996 32 LAD NL 0 0 32% 84 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 65% 17 6 10 5 1 4 4 1 3
1997 33 LAD NL 0 0 29% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1998 34 NYM NL 0 0 71% 13 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 9 0 43% 532 44 21 68% 38 18 6 3 0 0 5 0 20 49 59% 77 34 41 23 8 15 42 13 28
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
1991 27 CLE AL 47 85% 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 1.06 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 2 15% 5 3 60% 30 5 17% 6 4 67% 0 0 0
1992 28 CLE AL 21 90% 3 2 1 9 2 1 1 1.45 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 10 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1993 29 CLE AL 511 76% 123 33 11 7 0 0 0 1.40 6 0 14 6 0 4 2 0 14 7 50% 111 8 7% 74 28 38% 318 61 19% 27 19 70% 52 27 52% 0
1994 30 CLE AL 207 84% 56 11 1 13 4 1 2 1.26 5 0 5 5 0 3 2 0 4 2 50% 31 1 3% 24 11 46% 119 19 16% 9 5 56% 21 12 57% 0
1995 31 CLE AL 205 83% 39 9 3 24 5 0 4 2.18 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 38 4 11% 19 6 32% 119 14 12% 12 6 50% 8 4 50% 0
1996 32 TOT MLB 226 93% 55 9 3 17 3 0 2 1.28 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 38 4 11% 19 7 37% 118 11 9% 3 2 67% 12 5 42% 0
1996 32 CLE AL 18 83% 4 0 0 5 2 0 1 2.53 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 15 1 7% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1996 32 LAD NL 208 94% 51 9 3 12 1 0 1 0.75 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 36 3 8% 18 7 39% 103 10 10% 3 2 67% 11 5 45% 0
1997 33 LAD NL 75 91% 11 4 1 17 1 0 2 1.81 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 6% 5 0 0% 59 4 7% 7 3 43% 3 1 33% 0
1998 34 NYM NL 33 91% 6 3 3 9 3 0 0 0.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 16 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
8 Seasons 1325 83% 302 76 23 97 18 2 11 1.57 14 0 34 14 0 7 7 0 24 13 54% 256 21 8% 148 57 39% 789 114 14% 64 39 61% 99 50 51% 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
1991 27 CLE AL 47 156 3.32 104 67% 21% 13% 28% 38% 79% 0% 53% 83% 45% 2% 1 0 4% 2 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1992 28 CLE AL 21 76 3.62 49 64% 20% 10% 37% 33% 80% 0% 51% 87% 48% 0% 0 0 10% 2 1 14% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 29 CLE AL 482 1707 3.54 1099 64% 25% 12% 27% 35% 75% 1% 48% 84% 32% 6% 30 2 15% 73 17 9% 44 18 17% 29 0 0
1994 30 CLE AL 187 704 3.76 461 65% 26% 10% 32% 32% 74% 0% 49% 87% 29% 4% 7 0 14% 26 11 7% 14 5 31% 20 0 0
1995 31 CLE AL 195 706 3.62 463 66% 24% 13% 30% 32% 76% 0% 50% 83% 28% 5% 9 1 12% 23 9 9% 17 10 16% 10 0 0
1996 32 TOT MLB 195 765 3.92 488 64% 30% 8% 29% 33% 70% 0% 45% 89% 27% 5% 9 0 15% 29 5 8% 16 7 20% 31 1 0
1996 32 CLE AL 18 67 3.72 41 61% 22% 7% 37% 34% 78% 0% 48% 91% 50% 6% 1 0 11% 2 1 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
1996 32 LAD NL 177 698 3.94 447 64% 30% 8% 28% 33% 70% 0% 45% 88% 24% 5% 8 0 15% 27 4 9% 16 7 15% 31 1 0
1997 33 LAD NL 65 227 3.49 140 62% 26% 14% 27% 33% 74% 0% 45% 82% 34% 6% 4 0 17% 11 1 9% 6 2 10% 10 0 0
1998 34 NYM NL 33 118 3.58 81 69% 31% 19% 22% 28% 69% 0% 47% 73% 30% 6% 2 0 18% 6 0 9% 3 1 0% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1225 4459 3.64 2885 65% 26% 12% 29% 34% 74% 1% 48% 84% 31% 5% 62 3 14% 172 44 8% 103 43 18% 100 1 0
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
1991 27 21 47 43 4 9 2 0 0 5 1 2 2 6 .209 .239 .256 .495 37 11 2 0 1 1 0
1992 28 42 68 61 13 12 3 0 1 6 1 5 5 8 .197 .254 .295 .549 52 18 3 0 1 1 0
1993 29 173 579 519 84 135 22 5 7 66 18 10 42 66 .260 .315 .362 .677 83 188 11 3 8 7 2
1994 30 251 786 710 117 191 28 5 12 89 29 14 55 96 .269 .322 .373 .695 86 265 12 4 10 7 2
1995 31 352 991 898 146 230 38 7 13 103 39 17 68 128 .256 .309 .357 .667 77 321 16 5 11 9 2
1996 32 444 1217 1102 172 285 49 8 14 115 43 20 87 147 .259 .314 .356 .669 78 392 20 6 12 10 3
1997 33 490 1292 1167 178 296 51 8 14 119 43 20 97 159 .254 .312 .347 .659 76 405 21 6 12 10 3
1998 34 516 1325 1198 183 302 51 9 14 119 44 21 98 168 .252 .309 .345 .654 75 413 21 6 13 10 3

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
1991 27 21 45 42 4 8 2 0 0 5 1 2 6 .190 .222 .238 .460 2 21
1992 28 21 19 17 12 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 .118 .211 .353 .563 1 21
1993 29 131 508 461 71 126 19 5 6 60 17 38 58 .273 .329 .375 .704 57 131
1994 30 111 289 270 43 78 8 0 7 30 15 18 43 .289 .336 .396 .732 36 78
1995 31 114 228 211 31 43 11 2 1 15 11 14 36 .204 .254 .289 .543 16 101
1996 32 92 226 205 26 56 11 1 1 12 4 19 19 .273 .336 .351 .688 24 92
1997 33 46 77 66 6 12 2 0 0 4 0 11 12 .182 .299 .212 .511 4 46
1998 34 26 32 31 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 .194 .219 .258 .477 2 26
8 Seasons 562 1424 1303 199 331 54 9 16 127 49 105 185 .254 .310 .346 .657 142 516
162 Game Avg. 162 410 376 57 95 16 3 5 37 14 30 53 .254 .310 .346 .657 41 516

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