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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 CLE AL 27 OF 21 13 126.1 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 11.4 -0.8 -0.3 -0.5 2 2.92 1.95 .983 2.37 2.03
1991 CLE AL 27 RF 17 13 118.0 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 1.2 12.2 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 2 2.90 2.24 .979 2.19 1.76
1991 CLE AL 27 LF 5 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -94.7 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 1.42 0.20 1.000 2.13 1.72
1991 CLE AL 27 CF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.40
1992 CLE AL 28 DH 4
1992 CLE AL 28 OF 2 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -60.0 -0.3 -0.8 0.5 0 4.50 1.50 .967 2.40 2.15
1992 CLE AL 28 LF 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.00 1.00 1.000 2.40 1.90
1992 CLE AL 28 RF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -320.0 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.90
1993 CLE AL 29 OF 123 112 996.1 297 273 19 5 5 .983 20.2 24.3 14.2 8.6 5.6 6 2.64 2.37 .983 2.41 2.09 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 RF 113 98 859.1 243 225 13 5 5 .979 12.7 17.7 9.7 4.6 5.1 3 2.49 2.11 .978 2.23 1.85 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 CF 15 12 120.0 41 37 4 0 0 1.000 6.4 64.0 4.4 4.0 0.4 2 3.08 2.73 .985 2.76 2.45 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 DH 5 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 LF 2 2 17.0 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 1.1 77.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 1 6.35 6.00 .983 2.22 1.85 RoY-4
1994 CLE AL 30 OF 68 42 421.0 98 92 2 4 1 .959 -3.5 -10.0 -2.5 -2.2 -0.3 -1 2.01 1.38 .983 2.37 2.09
1994 CLE AL 30 RF 55 34 341.0 73 69 2 2 1 .973 -2.1 -7.4 -1.1 -1.8 0.7 -1 1.87 1.29 .981 2.20 1.88
1994 CLE AL 30 LF 8 6 55.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -1.7 -37.1 -1.7 -0.6 -1.1 0 2.45 1.88 .982 2.16 1.80
1994 CLE AL 30 CF 6 2 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 14.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 2.88 1.33 .988 2.77 2.43
1994 CLE AL 30 DH 2
1995 CLE AL 31 OF 68 36 379.2 97 94 2 1 1 .990 7.1 22.4 8.1 7.4 0.7 -1 2.28 1.41 .982 2.33 1.99
1995 CLE AL 31 RF 35 14 141.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 7.6 0.9 0.8 0.1 0 1.78 0.80 .979 2.05 1.63
1995 CLE AL 31 CF 34 22 236.0 69 66 2 1 1 .986 6.5 33.1 7.5 6.6 0.9 -1 2.59 2.00 .987 2.73 2.38
1995 CLE AL 31 DH 7
1995 CLE AL 31 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1996 TOT MLB 32 OF 71 47 435.1 109 104 2 3 0 .972 -5.1 -14.1 -5.1 -0.3 -4.8 0 2.19 1.49 .979 2.15 1.86
1996 TOT MLB 32 CF 53 45 377.0 90 88 1 1 0 .989 -4.4 -14.0 -4.4 0.7 -5.1 0 2.12 1.68 .983 2.50 2.15
1996 TOT MLB 32 LF 10 2 44.1 14 11 1 2 0 .857 -0.2 -5.4 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 0 2.44 1.20 .979 1.87 1.51
1996 CLE AL 32 OF 18 1 37.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -25.9 -0.8 -0.1 -0.7 0 1.95 0.44 .988 2.36 2.02
1996 CLE AL 32 RF 10 0 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -42.9 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 1.29 0.20 1.000 2.19 1.72
1996 CLE AL 32 CF 6 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -40.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 0 1.71 0.67 1.000 2.79 2.35
1996 CLE AL 32 LF 2 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 240.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.75
1996 LAD NL 32 OF 53 46 398.1 101 96 2 3 0 .970 -4.3 -13.0 -4.3 -0.2 -4.1 0 2.21 1.85 .978 2.13 1.80
1996 LAD NL 32 CF 47 44 356.0 86 84 1 1 0 .988 -3.7 -12.5 -3.7 0.6 -4.3 0 2.15 1.81 .983 2.48 2.13
1996 LAD NL 32 LF 8 2 42.1 12 9 1 2 0 .833 -0.6 -17.0 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 2.13 1.25 .975 1.85 1.45
1997 LAD NL 33 OF 26 11 123.1 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -23.4 -2.4 -1.1 -1.3 0 2.63 1.38 .981 2.13 1.77
1997 LAD NL 33 CF 16 9 88.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -31.2 -2.3 -1.0 -1.3 0 2.45 1.50 .983 2.39 2.03
1997 LAD NL 33 LF 9 1 26.0 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 0.6 27.7 0.6 0.2 0.4 0 2.77 0.89 .975 1.94 1.48
1997 LAD NL 33 RF 2 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 5.00 2.50 .980 2.00 1.65
1998 NYM NL 34 OF 19 4 56.2 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -14.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.1 0 2.54 0.84 .981 2.18 1.78
1998 NYM NL 34 RF 12 2 33.1 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 -1.0 -36.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 3.24 1.00 .975 2.08 1.66
1998 NYM NL 34 CF 4 2 17.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 20.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 2.08 1.00 .975 2.54 2.15
1998 NYM NL 34 LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.37
8 Seasons OF 398 265 2544.2 697 656 28 13 8 .981 16.5 7.8 10.5 10.7 -0.2 6 2.42 1.72 .982 2.33 1.99
8 Seasons RF 245 162 1519.1 403 379 17 7 7 .983 9.7 7.7 5.7 1.2 4.5 4 2.35 1.62 .979 2.20 1.80
7 Seasons CF 129 92 865.2 238 229 7 2 1 .992 7.3 10.1 6.3 11.3 -5.0 1 2.45 1.83 .985 2.60 2.25
8 Seasons LF 39 11 159.2 53 45 4 4 0 .925 -0.5 -3.8 -1.5 -1.8 0.3 1 2.76 1.26 .981 2.05 1.61
4 Seasons DH 18
8 Seasons TOT 403 265 2544.2 695 654 28 13 8 .981 16.5 7.8 10.5 10.7 -0.2 6 2.41 1.69 .964 2.40 2.02
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1991 CLE AL 27 21 13 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17 21 0 1 1
1992 CLE AL 28 21 1 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 10 8
1993 CLE AL 29 131 112 131 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 113 123 0 12 3
1994 CLE AL 30 78 42 78 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 55 68 0 19 4
1995 CLE AL 31 101 36 101 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 35 68 0 30 13
1996 LAD NL 32 65 46 65 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 47 0 53 0 14 0
1996 CLE AL 32 27 1 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 18 0 6 6
1997 LAD NL 33 46 11 46 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 16 2 26 0 22 1
1998 NYM NL 34 26 4 26 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 12 19 0 10 3
8 Seasons 516 266 516 398 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 129 245 398 1 124 39
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 14 11 78.6% 3 0 0.0% 1 524 54% 80% 41% 68 54%
1992 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 15 53% 60% 33% 3 67%
1993 CLE AL 29 5 0 2 3 0 13 0 4 1 6 45 20 1 28 8 1 11 7 2 16 4 3 26 19 0 126 58 46.0% 61 7 5.6% 6 3886 57% 76% 40% 433 54%
1994 CLE AL 30 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 15 6 0 11 2 0 4 3 0 5 1 0 8 5 1 43 17 39.5% 25 1 2.3% 1 1517 50% 78% 36% 162 43%
1995 CLE AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 581 47% 75% 39% 49 57%
1996 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 62 50% 69% 39% 7 29%
1997 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 43 60% 70% 42% 8 63%
1998 NYM NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20.0% 3 1 20.0% 0 156 54% 78% 42% 16 69%
8 Seasons 7 0 3 4 1 17 0 6 1 8 69 34 1 46 13 1 22 14 2 28 8 4 39 28 1 204 97 47.5% 98 9 4.4% 8 6784 54% 77% 39% 746 52%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 71% 100% 57% 2 100%
1993 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 8 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 21 8 38.1% 13 0 0.0% 4 540 58% 79% 44% 72 57%
1994 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 120 55% 71% 42% 13 62%
1995 CLE AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 4 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 19 7 36.8% 11 1 5.3% 1 1033 47% 73% 34% 112 60%
1996 LAD NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 10 7 0 39 16 41.0% 23 0 0.0% 1 1561 56% 74% 37% 172 51%
1996 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 86 50% 77% 34% 7 57%
1997 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 389 52% 73% 35% 51 47%
1998 NYM NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 85 53% 73% 35% 8 50%
7 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 7 1 0 3 1 22 15 0 31 5 1 6 1 0 14 1 0 25 17 0 98 39 39.8% 58 1 1.0% 6 3821 53% 74% 37% 437 54%
MLB Averages 40.6% 1.8% 56% 75% 38% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1991 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 55% 79% 36% 3 33%
1992 CLE AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75% 75% 44% 1 100%
1993 CLE AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 0 2 40.0% 0 79 81% 77% 58% 19 63%
1994 CLE AL 30 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 7 63.6% 4 0 0.0% 0 270 50% 71% 38% 35 43%
1995 CLE AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 100% 43% 0
1996 LAD NL 32 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 1 192 44% 73% 42% 22 50%
1996 CLE AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 43% 71% 71% 3 67%
1997 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 99 54% 75% 34% 11 64%
1998 NYM NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 58% 67% 33% 1 0%
8 Seasons 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 2 1 1 11 10 1 7 3 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 27 17 63.0% 8 2 7.4% 2 727 54% 73% 41% 95 52%
MLB Averages 59.8% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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