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

Born: January 22, 1964 in Williamsburg, VA
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed May 8, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1991
Final Game: July 17, 1998
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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

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

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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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3943), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

January 11, 1983: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed May 8, 1983.

October 15, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

December 12, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

June 24, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Cleveland Indians.

October 3, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

June 10, 1998: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Mets for Shawn Gilbert.

September 16, 1998: Released by the New York Mets.

January 6, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1991Cleveland Indians$100,000
1992Cleveland Indians$119,000
1993Cleveland Indians$123,000
1994Cleveland Indians$190,000
1995Cleveland Indians$362,500
1996Cleveland Indians$437,500
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,782,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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