Wayne Kirby

Wayne Leonard Kirby

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 22, 1964 in Williamsburg, VA
High School: Soquel HS (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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Dodgers/Mets 1991-1998

Final Game: July 17, 1998
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 CLE AL 27 OF 21 13 9 126.1 41 40 1 0 0 1.000 1 11 2.92 1.95 .983 2.37 2.37
1991 CLE AL 27 RF 17 13 9 118.0 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 1 12 2.90 2.24 .980 2.19 2.19
1991 CLE AL 27 LF 5 0 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -95 1.42 0.20 .980 2.13 2.16
1991 CLE AL 27 CF 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 300 9.00 2.00 .990 2.70 2.80
1992 CLE AL 28 DH 4 1
1992 CLE AL 28 OF 2 0 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 4.50 1.50 .983 2.40 2.45
1992 CLE AL 28 LF 1 0 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 200 3.00 1.00 .980 2.40 2.30
1992 CLE AL 28 RF 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -320 6.00 2.00 .980 2.10 2.20
1993 CLE AL 29 OF 123 112 86 996.1 297 273 19 5 5 .983 20 24 2.64 2.37 .983 2.41 2.39 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 RF 113 98 77 859.1 243 225 13 5 5 .979 13 18 2.49 2.11 .978 2.23 2.21 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 CF 15 12 8 120.0 41 37 4 0 0 1.000 6 64 3.08 2.73 .986 2.76 2.73 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 DH 4 0 RoY-4
1993 CLE AL 29 LF 2 2 1 17.0 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 1 78 6.35 6.00 .984 2.22 2.20 RoY-4
1994 CLE AL 30 OF 68 42 35 421.0 98 92 2 4 1 .959 -4 -10 2.01 1.38 .982 2.37 2.35
1994 CLE AL 30 RF 55 34 29 341.0 73 69 2 2 1 .973 -2 -7 1.87 1.29 .980 2.20 2.18
1994 CLE AL 30 LF 8 6 5 55.0 17 15 0 2 0 .882 -2 -37 2.45 1.88 .978 2.16 2.14
1994 CLE AL 30 CF 6 2 1 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.88 1.33 .988 2.77 2.73
1994 CLE AL 30 DH 2 0
1995 CLE AL 31 OF 68 36 32 379.2 97 94 2 1 1 .990 7 22 2.28 1.41 .983 2.33 2.31
1995 CLE AL 31 RF 35 14 10 141.2 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 1 8 1.78 0.80 .979 2.05 2.03
1995 CLE AL 31 CF 34 22 22 236.0 69 66 2 1 1 .986 6 33 2.59 2.00 .987 2.73 2.70
1995 CLE AL 31 DH 7 0
1995 CLE AL 31 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -180 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1996 TOT MLB 32 OF 71 47 25 435.1 106 101 2 3 0 .972 -5 -14 2.13 1.45 .978 2.15 2.18
1996 TOT MLB 32 CF 53 45 23 377.0 92 90 1 1 0 .989 -4 -14 2.17 1.72 .984 2.51 2.50
1996 TOT MLB 32 LF 10 2 2 44.1 15 12 1 2 0 .867 -0 -5 2.64 1.30 .976 1.87 1.89
1996 CLE AL 32 OF 18 1 1 37.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -26 1.95 0.44 .982 2.38 2.36
1996 CLE AL 32 RF 10 0 0 14.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -43 1.29 0.20 .980 2.19 2.16
1996 CLE AL 32 CF 6 1 1 21.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -40 1.71 0.67 .990 2.79 2.77
1996 CLE AL 32 DH 3 0
1996 CLE AL 32 LF 2 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 240 9.00 1.00 .980 2.25 2.15
1996 LAD NL 32 OF 53 46 24 398.1 98 93 2 3 0 .969 -4 -13 2.15 1.79 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 LAD NL 32 CF 47 44 22 356.0 88 86 1 1 0 .989 -4 -12 2.20 1.85 .984 2.49 2.47
1996 LAD NL 32 LF 8 2 2 42.1 13 10 1 2 0 .846 -1 -17 2.34 1.38 .975 1.85 1.82
1997 LAD NL 33 OF 26 11 7 123.1 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -23 2.70 1.42 .980 2.13 2.12
1997 LAD NL 33 CF 16 9 6 88.1 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -31 2.45 1.50 .983 2.40 2.39
1997 LAD NL 33 LF 9 1 1 26.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 28 2.42 0.78 .980 1.94 1.93
1997 LAD NL 33 RF 2 1 0 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -93 5.00 2.50 .976 2.00 2.05
1998 NYM NL 34 OF 19 4 2 56.2 16 15 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -15 2.54 0.84 .980 2.18 2.16
1998 NYM NL 34 RF 12 2 1 33.1 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 -1 -36 3.24 1.00 .976 2.08 2.07
1998 NYM NL 34 CF 4 2 1 17.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 21 2.08 1.00 .988 2.54 2.52
1998 NYM NL 34 LF 3 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 1.87
8 Seasons OF 398 265 196 2544.2 695 654 28 13 8 .981 17 8 2.41 1.71 .982 2.33 2.30
8 Seasons RF 245 162 126 1519.1 403 379 17 7 7 .983 10 8 2.35 1.62 .979 2.20 2.17
7 Seasons CF 129 92 61 865.2 240 231 7 2 1 .992 7 10 2.47 1.84 .985 2.60 2.58
8 Seasons LF 39 11 9 159.2 53 45 4 4 0 .925 -1 -4 2.76 1.26 .979 2.05 2.02
8 Seasons TOT 398 265 196 2544.2 695 654 28 13 8 .981 17 8 2.41 1.71 .982 2.33 2.30
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1991 CLE AL 27 RF 1 12 -1 -1 -0 2
1991 CLE AL 27 LF -0 -95 -0 0 -1 0
1991 CLE AL 27 CF 0 300 0 0 0 0
1992 CLE AL 28 LF 0 200 0 0 0 0
1992 CLE AL 28 RF -1 -320 -1 0 -1 0
1993 CLE AL 29 RF 13 18 10 5 5 3
1993 CLE AL 29 CF 6 64 4 0 4 2
1993 CLE AL 29 LF 1 78 0 0 0 1
1994 CLE AL 30 RF -2 -7 -1 1 -2 -1
1994 CLE AL 30 LF -2 -37 -2 -1 -1 0
1994 CLE AL 30 CF 0 14 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 31 RF 1 8 1 0 1 0
1995 CLE AL 31 CF 6 33 8 1 7 -1
1995 CLE AL 31 LF -0 -180 -0 -0 0
1996 CLE AL 32 RF -0 -43 -0 -0 -0 0
1996 CLE AL 32 CF -1 -40 -1 -1 0 0
1996 CLE AL 32 LF 0 240 0 0 0 0
1996 LAD NL 32 CF -4 -12 -4 -4 1 0
1996 LAD NL 32 LF -1 -17 -1 0 -1 0
1997 LAD NL 33 CF -2 -31 -2 -1 -1 0
1997 LAD NL 33 LF 1 28 1 0 0 0
1997 LAD NL 33 RF -1 -93 -1 -0 -0 0
1998 NYM NL 34 RF -1 -36 -1 -0 -1 0
1998 NYM NL 34 CF 0 21 0 0 0 0
1998 NYM NL 34 LF 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons RF 10 8 6 4 1 4
7 Seasons CF 7 10 6 -5 11 1
8 Seasons LF -1 -4 -2 0 -2 1
8 Seasons TOT 17 8 11 -0 11 6
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

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 23 0 1 1
1992 CLE AL 28 21 1 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 10 8
1993 CLE AL 29 131 112 131 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 113 130 4 12 3
1994 CLE AL 30 78 42 78 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 55 69 2 19 4
1995 CLE AL 31 101 36 101 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 35 70 7 30 13
1996 LAD NL 32 65 46 65 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 47 0 55 0 14 0
1996 CLE AL 32 27 1 27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 10 18 3 6 6
1997 LAD NL 33 46 11 46 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 16 2 27 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 39 129 245 413 20 124 39
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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% 1 510 56% 83% 42% 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 54 23 1 28 8 1 11 7 2 16 4 3 32 21 0 141 63 44.7% 71 7 5.0% 6 3748 59% 79% 42% 433 54%
1994 CLE AL 30 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 19 7 0 11 2 0 4 3 0 5 1 0 9 5 1 48 18 37.5% 29 1 2.1% 1 1462 52% 81% 37% 162 43%
1995 CLE AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 566 48% 77% 40% 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 61 51% 70% 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 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 14.3% 5 1 14.3% 0 148 57% 82% 44% 16 69%
8 Seasons 7 0 3 4 1 17 0 6 1 8 84 39 1 46 13 1 22 14 2 28 8 4 47 30 1 227 104 45.8% 114 9 4.0% 8 6553 56% 80% 41% 746 52%
MLB Averages 43.0% 2.5% 58% 78% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 11 5 3 8 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 27 11 40.7% 13 3 11.1% 1 524 60% 81% 45% 72 57%
1994 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 116 57% 73% 43% 13 62%
1995 CLE AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 11 6 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 0 25 10 40.0% 14 1 4.0% 1 993 49% 75% 35% 112 60%
1996 LAD NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 11 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 16 11 0 46 20 43.5% 26 0 0.0% 1 1497 59% 77% 39% 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 85 51% 78% 34% 7 57%
1997 LAD NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 376 54% 75% 37% 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 82 55% 76% 37% 8 50%
7 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 7 1 0 3 1 37 22 3 31 5 1 6 1 0 14 1 0 34 24 0 122 53 43.4% 65 4 3.3% 3 3680 55% 77% 38% 437 54%
MLB Averages 42.3% 2.0% 58% 78% 40% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 77 83% 79% 60% 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% 0 255 53% 75% 40% 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% 1 189 45% 74% 43% 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 96 55% 77% 35% 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% 2 704 55% 76% 42% 95 52%
MLB Averages 61.0% 2.7% 58% 78% 40% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runss c a p y
1993 AL  20 (3rd)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  13 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1993 AL  19 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  13 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)s c a p y
1993 AL  2.49 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  2.11 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1993 AL  .979 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1993 AL  20 (1st)

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