Wendell Magee

Wendell Errol Magee

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 3, 1972 in Hattiesburg, MS
High School: Hattiesburg HS (Hattiesburg, MS)
School: Samford University (Birmingham, AL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 12th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1996
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies 1996-2002

Final Game: September 1, 2002
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Standard Batting

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
1994	21	PHI-min	A-	63	252	229	42	64	12	4	2	35	10	2	16	24	.279	.335	.393	.728		90	5	4	1	2	1		BAT · NYPL
1995	22	PHI-min	A+,AA	135	592	524	84	177	33	6	9	67	10	14	54	57	.338	.398	.475	.873		249	18	4	1	9	4		CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1996	23	PHI-min	AA,AAA	115	473	425	69	123	24	7	16	62	13	7	45	71	.289	.357	.492	.849		209	10	1	0	2	1		REA,SWB · EL,IL
1996	23	PHI	NL	38	151	142	9	29	7	0	2	14	0	0	9	33	.204	.252	.296	.547	45	42	2	0	0	0	0	89/7
1997	24	PHI-min	AAA	83	329	294	39	72	20	1	10	39	4	7	30	56	.245	.310	.422	.732		124	10	0	0	5	1		SWB · IL
1997	24	PHI	NL	38	126	115	7	23	4	0	1	9	1	4	9	20	.200	.254	.261	.515	36	30	8	0	0	2	1	8
1998	25	PHI-min	AAA	126	561	507	86	147	30	7	24	72	7	7	46	102	.290	.349	.519	.868		263	11	3	0	5	3		SWB · IL
1998	25	PHI	NL	20	82	75	9	22	6	1	1	11	0	0	7	11	.293	.354	.440	.794	106	33	4	0	0	0	0	7
1999	26	PHI-min	AAA	142	629	566	95	160	34	2	20	79	10	8	55	124	.283	.346	.456	.801		258	12	2	1	5	0		SWB · IL
1999	26	PHI	NL	12	15	14	4	5	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	4	.357	.400	.857	1.257	202	12	1	0	0	0	0	/879
2000	27	DET-min	AAA	2	8	7	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	.571	.625	.714	1.339		5	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2000	27	DET	AL	91	198	186	31	51	4	2	7	31	1	0	10	28	.274	.310	.430	.740	90	80	7	0	0	1	0	97/8D
2001	28	DET-min	AAA	2	9	9	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.444	.889		4	1	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2001	28	DET	AL	90	233	207	26	44	11	4	5	17	3	0	23	44	.213	.293	.377	.670	81	78	8	1	1	1	1	879D
2002	29	DET	AL	97	364	347	34	94	19	1	6	35	2	4	10	64	.271	.289	.383	.673	84	133	9	1	1	5	0	8/97D
2003	30	DET-PHI-COL-min	AAA	116	448	419	39	116	25	3	6	51	2	8	22	84	.277	.315	.394	.709		165	20	3	1	3	2		TOL,SWB,CSP · IL,PCL
7 Yrs				386	1169	1086	120	268	52	8	24	122	7	8	69	204	.247	.291	.376	.666	77	408	39	2	2	9	2
162 Game Avg.				162	491	456	50	112	22	3	10	51	3	3	29	86	.247	.291	.376	.666	77	171	16	1	1	4	1

PHI (4 yrs)				108	374	346	29	79	18	1	6	39	1	4	26	68	.228	.281	.338	.619	62	117	15	0	0	2	1
DET (3 yrs)				278	795	740	91	189	34	7	18	83	6	4	43	136	.255	.295	.393	.689	85	291	24	2	2	7	1

NL (4 yrs)				108	374	346	29	79	18	1	6	39	1	4	26	68	.228	.281	.338	.619	62	117	15	0	0	2	1
AL (3 yrs)				278	795	740	91	189	34	7	18	83	6	4	43	136	.255	.295	.393	.689	85	291	24	2	2	7	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1996	23	PHI	NL	38	151	-11	0	-0	-5	-1	-16	-1.7	4	-12	-1.3	.457	.490	-0.8	-0.6	-7	$109,000	89/7
1997	24	PHI	NL	38	126	-9	-2	-2	-1	1	-13	-1.4	4	-9	-1.0	.465	.492	-0.9	-0.1	-8	$150,000	8
1998	25	PHI	NL	20	82	1	0	-1	2	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.506	.501	0.2	0.1	2	$170,000	7
1999	26	PHI	NL	12	15	2	0	-0	1	-0	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.522	.502	0.2	0.1	2	$205,000	/879
2000	27	DET	AL	91	198	-3	2	-1	-4	-4	-9	-0.8	6	-3	-0.2	.491	.495	0.2	-0.6	1	$205,000	97/8D
2001	28	DET	AL	90	233	0	-0	-1	3	-2	0	0.1	8	8	0.8	.500	.500	0.5	0.2	5	$275,000	879D
2002	29	DET	AL	97	364	-9	-2	-0	4	0	-7	-0.6	12	5	0.5	.493	.496	0.1	0.5	1	$425,000	8/97D
7 Seasons				386	1169	-28	-2	-4	1	-7	-41	-4.0	37	-4	-0.6	.489	.496	-0.5	-0.4	-5	$1,539,000

PHI (4 yrs)				108	374	-17	-1	-2	-3	-1	-25	-2.7	10	-15	-1.7	.476	.496	-1.3	-0.5	-12	$634,000
DET (3 yrs)				278	795	-12	-0	-2	4	-6	-16	-1.3	26	10	1.1	.495	.497	0.8	0.1	7	$905,000

Advanced Batting

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
1996	23	PHI	NL	151	115	11	2.6	106	.252	.204	.269	.252	.338	.296	.420	.547	.758	45	.239	-11.7	-1.1	.443	.155	.092	.0
1997	24	PHI	NL	126	106	5	1.3	108	.229	.200	.271	.254	.342	.261	.424	.515	.767	36	.078	-11.0	-1.1	.346	.113	.061	1.0
1998	25	PHI	NL	82	57	11	5.2	109	.333	.293	.271	.354	.342	.440	.428	.794	.770	106	.529	0.6	0.1	.702	.240	.147	.0
1999	26	PHI	NL	15	10	4	10.7	119	.375	.357	.280	.400	.357	.857	.452	1.257	.808	202	.783	2.0	0.2	1.300	.571	.500	.0
2000	27	DET	AL	198	143	23	4.3	110	.289	.274	.269	.310	.341	.430	.432	.740	.773	90	.387	-3.6	-0.3	.641	.215	.156	1.8
2001	28	DET	AL	233	173	22	3.4	101	.245	.213	.259	.293	.325	.377	.416	.670	.740	81	.326	-5.6	-0.5	.614	.290	.164	3.8
2002	29	DET	AL	364	272	35	3.4	98	.312	.271	.255	.289	.321	.383	.410	.673	.731	84	.340	-7.8	-0.7	.534	.135	.112	3.0
7 Yrs				1169	876	111	3.4	104	.281	.247	.263	.291	.331	.376	.420	.666	.751	77	.326	-37.0	-3.6	.553	.192	.129	10.8
162 Game Avg.				491	368	47	3.4	104	.281	.247	.263	.291	.331	.376	.420	.666	.751	77	.326	-37.0	-3.6	.553	.192	.129	5

PHI (4 yrs)				374	288	31	2.9	108	.266	.228	.270	.281	.341	.338	.425	.619	.766	62	.277	-20.0	-2.0	.490	.176	.110	1.7
DET (3 yrs)				795	588	80	3.6	102	.288	.255	.259	.295	.327	.393	.417	.689	.744	85	.348	-17.0	-1.6	.584	.199	.138	9.0

NL (4 yrs)				374	288	31	2.9	108	.266	.228	.270	.281	.341	.338	.425	.619	.766	62	.277	-20.0	-2.0	.490	.176	.110	1.7
AL (3 yrs)				795	588	80	3.6	102	.288	.255	.259	.295	.327	.393	.417	.689	.744	85	.348	-17.0	-1.6	.584	.199	.138	9.0

Ratio Batting*

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
1996	23	PHI	NL	151	1.3%	21.9%	6.0%	6.0%	31%	3.67	4.3	71.0	10.1	1.14	1.10	71%	16%	4.4%	12%
1997	24	PHI	NL	126	0.8%	15.9%	7.1%	4.0%	22%	2.22	5.8	115.0	12.8	0.96	1.36	76%	21%	2.8%	25%
1998	25	PHI	NL	82	1.2%	13.4%	8.5%	9.8%	36%	1.57	6.8	75.0	6.8	0.64	0.78	77%	22%	3.4%	26%
1999	26	PHI	NL	15	13.3%	26.7%	6.7%	20.0%	60%	4.00	3.5	7.0	2.8	0.43	1.00	53%	20%	28.6%	0%
2000	27	DET	AL	198	3.5%	14.1%	5.1%	6.6%	26%	2.80	6.6	26.6	6.0	0.67	1.02	77%	24%	10.3%	23%
2001	28	DET	AL	233	2.2%	18.9%	9.9%	8.6%	46%	1.91	4.7	41.4	12.2	0.86	1.40	68%	23%	7.1%	17%
2002	29	DET	AL	364	1.7%	17.6%	2.8%	7.1%	28%	6.40	5.4	57.8	9.9	0.82	1.18	77%	26%	4.7%	16%
7 Yrs				1169	2.1%	17.5%	5.9%	7.2%	31%	2.96	5.3	45.3	8.9	0.83	1.16	74%	23%	6.3%	18%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.5	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	23	PHI	NL	-11.9	-1.2	152	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	.99	-0.6	0.1	-8.3	-0.8	0.95	-8.2	0.64	1
1997	24	PHI	NL	-11.0	-1.1	133	-0.8	1.6	-2.4	.90	-0.8	-0.1	-10.6	-1.0	0.92	-10.0		0
1998	25	PHI	NL	0.6	0.1	82	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	1.07	0.3	-0.5	-0.7	-0.1	0.99	2.8	1.83	1
1999	26	PHI	NL	2.0	0.2	15	0.2	0.5	-0.3	.96	0.1	0.1	3.4	0.3	0.96	2.1	1.06	9
2000	27	DET	AL	-3.9	-0.4	200	-0.5	3.2	-3.7	.94	-0.5	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.92	-4.1	1.03	26
2001	28	DET	AL	-5.6	-0.5	237	-1.1	3.1	-4.1	.90	-0.5	-0.7	-5.5	-0.5	0.93	-3.9	0.78	8
2002	29	DET	AL	-7.8	-0.7	376	-0.2	6.5	-6.7	1.00	-1.3	1.1	-14.2	-1.4	0.92	-16.5	2.39	5
7 Yrs				-37.5	-3.6	1195	-3.0	18.7	-21.7	.96	-3.3	0.1	-37.3	-3.7	0.93	-37.8	1.14	50

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	23	PHI	NL	2	0	19%	44	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	1	20%	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1997	24	PHI	NL	4	0	19%	46	1	4	20%	1	4	1	0	1	1	22%	6	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2
1998	25	PHI	NL	1	0	29%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	4	3	25%	4	3	1	1	0	0	3	2	1
1999	26	PHI	NL	0	0	50%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	27	DET	AL	2	1	44%	79	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	5	43%	22	15	7	4	1	3	4	1	3
2001	28	DET	AL	10	0	33%	81	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	5	1	36%	12	9	2	4	2	2	6	2	4
2002	29	DET	AL	2	0	28%	130	2	4	33%	2	4	1	1	4	8	46%	15	10	5	3	2	1	8	2	6
7 Yrs				21	1	31%	421	7	8	47%	7	8	2	1	17	20	38%	63	46	15	14	6	7	23	7	16

Situational Hitting*

						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
1996	23	PHI	NL	151	8%	29	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.64	2	0	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		22	2	9%	11	4	36%	96	13	14%	4	4	100%	6	2	33%	0
1997	24	PHI	NL	126	19%	23	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		21	8	38%	10	5	50%	66	9	14%	4	4	100%	6	2	33%	0
1998	25	PHI	NL	82	40%	22	9	0	1	0	0	0	1.83	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		17	4	24%	9	2	22%	57	10	18%	4	1	25%	7	4	57%	0
1999	26	PHI	NL	15	47%	5	0	0	9	3	2	3	1.06	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	8	3	38%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
2000	27	DET	AL	198	70%	51	9	4	26	10	1	4	1.03	7	0	8	5	2	2	5	0	0	0		46	7	15%	18	4	22%	129	24	19%	13	9	69%	11	5	45%	0
2001	28	DET	AL	233	47%	44	3	2	8	1	0	1	0.78	5	0	5	0	5	3	2	0	3	1	33%	51	8	16%	21	3	14%	135	13	10%	15	4	27%	7	4	57%	0
2002	29	DET	AL	364	25%	94	12	1	5	1	0	0	2.39	6	0	5	5	1	3	3	1	3	1	33%	62	9	15%	29	11	38%	197	31	16%	23	14	61%	9	3	33%	0
7 Yrs				1169	36%	268	42	7	50	15	3	8	1.14	24	0	28	14	10	11	13	1	6	2	33%	222	39	18%	100	29	29%	688	103	15%	64	36	56%	47	20	43%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1996	23	PHI	NL	143	522	3.65	350	67%	27%	17%	27%	30%	73%	0%	49%	77%	26%	3%	4	0	8%	12	6	6%	8	4	27%	8	0	0
1997	24	PHI	NL	114	375	3.29	237	63%	27%	13%	22%	37%	72%	0%	45%	81%	34%	6%	7	0	12%	14	5	8%	9	5	35%	12	0	2
1998	25	PHI	NL	82	318	3.88	187	59%	32%	12%	21%	34%	68%	0%	40%	82%	12%	10%	8	2	24%	20	4	11%	9	7	45%	0	0	0
1999	26	PHI	NL	15	75	5.00	44	59%	27%	23%	27%	23%	73%	0%	43%	69%	20%	7%	1	0	13%	2	0	13%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
2000	27	DET	AL	198	756	3.82	481	64%	25%	13%	29%	33%	75%	0%	48%	83%	27%	6%	11	1	16%	31	15	7%	14	9	43%	0	0	0
2001	28	DET	AL	234	887	3.79	552	62%	28%	15%	26%	30%	72%	1%	45%	79%	28%	4%	10	1	15%	34	16	8%	19	12	25%	-1	0	0
2002	29	DET	AL	366	1319	3.60	897	68%	22%	16%	30%	32%	78%	0%	53%	80%	34%	2%	9	0	12%	45	26	6%	22	19	17%	-2	0	0
7 Yrs				1152	4252	3.69	2748	65%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	0%	48%	80%	29%	4%	50	4	14%	158	72	7%	83	58	27%	17	0	2
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

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
1996	23	38	151	142	9	29	7	0	2	14	0	0	9	33	.204	.252	.296	.547	45	42	2	0	0	0	0
1997	24	76	277	257	16	52	11	0	3	23	1	4	18	53	.202	.253	.280	.533	41	72	10	0	0	2	1
1998	25	96	359	332	25	74	17	1	4	34	1	4	25	64	.223	.276	.316	.592	56	105	14	0	0	2	1
1999	26	108	374	346	29	79	18	1	6	39	1	4	26	68	.228	.281	.338	.619	62	117	15	0	0	2	1
2000	27	199	572	532	60	130	22	3	13	70	2	4	36	96	.244	.291	.370	.661	72	197	22	0	0	3	1
2001	28	289	805	739	86	174	33	7	18	87	5	4	59	140	.235	.291	.372	.664	74	275	30	1	1	4	2
2002	29	386	1169	1086	120	268	52	8	24	122	7	8	69	204	.247	.291	.376	.666	77	408	39	2	2	9	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	23	38	150	141	9	28	7	0	2	13	0	9	33	.199	.247	.291	.537	10	38
1997	24	38	125	114	6	22	4	0	1	8	1	9	20	.193	.248	.254	.502	7	38
1998	25	20	81	74	8	21	6	1	1	10	0	7	11	.284	.346	.432	.778	11	20
1999	26	12	14	13	3	4	1	0	2	4	0	1	4	.308	.357	.846	1.203	4	12
2000	27	91	196	185	30	50	4	2	7	30	1	10	28	.270	.306	.427	.733	24	91
2001	28	90	235	208	27	45	11	4	5	18	3	24	44	.216	.299	.380	.679	24	90
2002	29	97	367	350	36	97	20	1	6	37	2	10	64	.277	.295	.391	.687	41	97
7 Yrs		386	1168	1085	119	267	53	8	24	120	7	70	204	.246	.291	.376	.667	121	386
162 Game Avg.		162	490	455	50	112	22	3	10	50	3	29	86	.246	.291	.376	.667	51	386

* 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.

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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