Wayne Nordhagen
Wayne Oren Nordhagen
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 4, 1948 in Thief River Falls, MN
High School: Glide (Glide, OR)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1976
Final Game: May 30, 1983
Relatives: Uncle of Kevin Millar
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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
1976 27 CHW AL 22 61 53 6 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 12 .189 .233 .226 .460 35 12 1 0 1 3 0 9/D2
1977 28 CHW AL 52 128 124 16 39 7 3 4 22 1 0 2 12 .315 .323 .516 .839 125 64 3 0 1 1 0 97/28D
1978 29 CHW AL 68 216 206 28 62 16 0 5 35 0 1 5 18 .301 .310 .451 .762 112 93 6 0 0 5 0 79D2
1979 30 CHW AL 76 207 193 20 54 15 0 7 25 0 0 13 22 .280 .324 .466 .790 111 90 9 0 0 1 2 D/9721
1980 31 CHW AL 123 428 415 45 115 22 4 15 59 0 1 10 45 .277 .294 .458 .752 104 190 13 1 0 2 3 79D
1981 32 CHW AL 65 222 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 0 1 10 25 .308 .338 .442 .780 126 92 8 1 0 3 0 97
1982 33 TOT MLB 73 201 189 12 52 6 0 1 22 0 2 10 23 .275 .308 .323 .631 68 61 6 0 0 2 1 D7/9
1982 33 TOT AL 72 197 185 12 50 6 0 1 20 0 2 10 22 .270 .305 .319 .623 65 59 6 0 0 2 1 D7/9
1982 33 TOR AL 44 125 115 8 32 3 0 1 14 0 2 9 13 .278 .328 .330 .658 75 38 4 0 0 1 1 D7/9
1982 33 PIT NL 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 2 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1982 33 TOR AL 28 72 70 4 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 .257 .264 .300 .564 49 21 2 0 0 1 0 D
1983 34 CHC NL 21 37 35 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .143 .162 .257 .419 13 9 2 1 0 1 0 /7
8 Seasons 500 1500 1423 147 401 77 8 39 205 1 5 54 162 .282 .306 .429 .735 101 611 48 3 2 18 6
162 Game Avg. 162 486 461 48 130 25 3 13 66 0 2 17 52 .282 .306 .429 .735 101 198 16 1 1 6 2
CHW (6 yrs) 406 1262 1199 134 344 70 8 37 179 1 3 44 134 .287 .310 .451 .761 109 541 40 2 2 15 5
TOR (1 yr) 72 197 185 12 50 6 0 1 20 0 2 10 22 .270 .305 .319 .623 65 59 6 0 0 2 1
PIT (1 yr) 1 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 177 2 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 21 37 35 1 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .143 .162 .257 .419 13 9 2 1 0 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 478 1459 1384 146 394 76 8 38 199 1 5 54 156 .285 .309 .434 .742 103 600 46 2 2 17 6
NL (2 yrs) 22 41 39 1 7 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 6 .179 .195 .282 .477 29 11 2 1 0 1 0

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
1976 27 CHW AL 61 48 3 1.7 87 .227 .189 .257 .233 .322 .226 .362 .460 .684 35 .171 -4.1 -0.4 .364 .113 .038
1977 28 CHW AL 128 90 20 6.0 100 .321 .315 .266 .323 .330 .516 .405 .839 .735 125 .613 3.4 0.3 .761 .226 .202 1.6
1978 29 CHW AL 216 156 27 4.6 94 .303 .301 .262 .310 .328 .451 .386 .762 .714 112 .532 2.9 0.3 .642 .170 .150 .0
1979 30 CHW AL 207 149 26 4.6 102 .285 .280 .270 .324 .334 .466 .408 .790 .743 111 .494 2.6 0.3 .696 .254 .187 .0
1980 31 CHW AL 428 316 51 4.4 99 .280 .277 .269 .294 .331 .458 .399 .752 .730 104 .474 -0.6 -0.1 .637 .202 .181 .0
1981 32 CHW AL 222 156 29 5.0 87 .322 .308 .254 .338 .318 .442 .369 .780 .687 126 .590 6.3 0.6 .667 .178 .135 .0
1982 33 TOT MLB 201 147 17 3.1 106 .305 .275 .275 .308 .340 .323 .419 .631 .759 68 .330 -8.9 -0.9 .476 .090 .048 .0
1982 33 TOT AL 197 145 16 3.0 107 .299 .270 .275 .305 .341 .319 .419 .623 .760 65 .309 -9.3 -0.9 .469 .092 .049 .0
1982 33 TOR AL 125 90 11 3.3 107 .304 .278 .275 .328 .341 .330 .419 .658 .760 75 .351 -4.1 -0.4 .506 .113 .052 .0
1982 33 PIT NL 4 2 1 13.5 98 .667 .500 .270 .500 .334 .500 .392 1.000 .726 177 .894 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1982 33 TOR AL 72 55 5 2.4 107 .290 .257 .275 .264 .341 .300 .420 .564 .760 49 .239 -5.2 -0.5 .407 .057 .043
1983 34 CHC NL 37 33 1 0.8 100 .133 .143 .268 .162 .337 .257 .397 .419 .734 13 .046 -4.3 -0.4 .313 .114 .114 .0
8 Seasons 1500 1095 174 4.3 98 .292 .282 .266 .306 .330 .429 .396 .735 .726 101 .479 -2.8 -0.3 .618 .183 .148 2.0
162 Game Avg. 486 355 56 4.3 98 .292 .282 .266 .306 .330 .429 .396 .735 .726 101 .479 -2.8 -0.3 .618 .183 .148 1
CHW (6 yrs) 1262 915 156 4.6 96 .294 .287 .265 .310 .328 .451 .392 .761 .721 109 .512 10.5 1.0 .651 .199 .164 1.9
TOR (1 yr) 197 145 16 3.0 107 .299 .270 .275 .305 .341 .319 .419 .623 .760 65 .310 -9.3 -0.9 .469 .092 .049 .0
PIT (1 yr) 4 2 1 13.5 98 .667 .500 .270 .500 .334 .500 .392 1.000 .726 177 .894 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 37 33 1 0.8 100 .133 .143 .268 .162 .337 .257 .397 .419 .734 13 .047 -4.3 -0.4 .313 .114 .114 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1459 1060 172 4.4 97 .295 .285 .266 .309 .330 .434 .396 .742 .726 103 .488 1.2 0.1 .626 .185 .149 1.9
NL (2 yrs) 41 35 2 1.5 100 .182 .179 .268 .195 .337 .282 .396 .477 .733 29 .135 -4.0 -0.4 .353 .103 .103 .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
1976 27 CHW AL 61 0.0% 19.7% 6.6% 3.3% 20% 3.00 4.4 10.6 1.25 72%
1977 28 CHW AL 128 3.1% 9.4% 1.6% 10.9% 36% 6.00 10.3 31.0 5.6 1.34 85%
1978 29 CHW AL 216 2.3% 8.3% 2.3% 9.7% 34% 3.60 11.4 41.2 5.9 0.82 87%
1979 30 CHW AL 207 3.4% 10.6% 6.3% 10.6% 41% 1.69 8.8 27.6 7.7 1.30 80%
1980 31 CHW AL 428 3.5% 10.5% 2.3% 9.6% 36% 4.50 9.2 27.7 7.0 1.17 83%
1981 32 CHW AL 222 2.7% 11.3% 4.5% 6.8% 23% 2.50 8.3 34.7 6.3 1.00 81%
1982 33 TOT MLB 201 0.5% 11.4% 5.0% 3.5% 14% 2.30 8.2 189.0 8.6 1.13 83%
1982 33 TOR AL 197 0.5% 11.2% 5.1% 3.6% 14% 2.20 8.4 185.0 9.3 1.15 83%
1982 33 PIT NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 2.0 0.00 75%
1983 34 CHC NL 37 2.7% 13.5% 0.0% 5.4% 40% 7.0 35.0 8.8 0.73 81%
8 Seasons 1500 2.6% 10.8% 3.6% 8.3% 31% 3.00 8.8 36.5 6.9 1.10 83%
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
1976 27 CHW AL 0 0 43% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 33% 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1977 28 CHW AL 2 0 32% 48 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 69% 6 2 4 3 1 2 4 1 3
1978 29 CHW AL 6 0 37% 74 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 9 48% 14 9 5 1 0 1 6 2 4
1979 30 CHW AL 4 0 22% 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 27% 5 3 1 5 5 0 5 2 3
1980 31 CHW AL 3 0 27% 117 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 47% 16 9 7 3 2 1 11 4 6
1981 32 CHW AL 3 0 19% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 38% 12 8 4 1 1 0 3 1 2
1982 33 TOT MLB 3 0 18% 78 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 6% 9 9 0 1 1 0 7 4 1
1982 33 TOR AL 3 0 19% 77 0 2 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 6% 9 9 0 1 1 0 7 4 1
1982 33 PIT NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 CHC NL 2 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 23 0 26% 473 1 5 17% 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 3 15 31 39% 65 42 22 15 11 4 38 15 20
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
1976 27 CHW AL 61 54% 10 2 0 0 0 0.69 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 7 4 57% 38 5 13% 5 4 80% 4 3 75% 0
1977 28 CHW AL 128 74% 39 7 2 0 3 2.38 4 0 6 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 10 5 50% 97 18 19% 9 6 67% 10 6 60% 0
1978 29 CHW AL 216 68% 62 11 2 2 2 2.65 5 0 5 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 45 6 13% 19 6 32% 157 32 20% 17 10 59% 14 5 36% 0
1979 30 CHW AL 207 77% 54 12 4 0 1 1.86 7 1 2 1 6 4 3 0 0 0 42 9 21% 16 2 13% 135 18 13% 12 6 50% 14 6 43% 0
1980 31 CHW AL 428 45% 115 15 3 0 3 1.70 15 0 4 6 9 10 5 0 0 0 69 13 19% 35 10 29% 280 44 16% 19 12 63% 29 13 45% 0
1981 32 CHW AL 222 34% 64 6 1 0 0 2.41 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 1 0 0 47 8 17% 13 5 38% 159 28 18% 10 8 80% 9 3 33% 0
1982 33 TOT MLB 201 77% 52 1 1 0 1 2.21 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 6 18% 18 5 28% 118 22 19% 13 6 46% 15 8 53% 0
1982 33 TOR AL 197 77% 50 1 1 0 1 2.21 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 6 18% 18 5 28% 116 20 17% 13 6 46% 15 8 53% 0
1982 33 PIT NL 4 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 34 CHC NL 37 65% 5 15 2 0 1 2.04 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 18% 4 1 25% 28 4 14% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1500 59% 401 69 15 2 11 2.06 39 1 29 15 24 22 17 1 2 2 100% 285 48 17% 122 38 31% 1012 171 17% 87 53 61% 95 44 46% 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
1976 27 22 61 53 6 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 12 .189 .233 .226 .460 35 12 1 0 1 3 0
1977 28 74 189 177 22 49 9 3 4 27 1 0 6 24 .277 .294 .429 .723 99 76 4 0 2 4 0
1978 29 142 405 383 50 111 25 3 9 62 1 1 11 42 .290 .303 .441 .744 106 169 10 0 2 9 0
1979 30 218 612 576 70 165 40 3 16 87 1 1 24 64 .286 .310 .450 .759 108 259 19 0 2 10 2
1980 31 341 1040 991 115 280 62 7 31 146 1 2 34 109 .283 .303 .453 .757 106 449 32 1 2 12 5
1981 32 406 1262 1199 134 344 70 8 37 179 1 3 44 134 .287 .310 .451 .761 109 541 40 2 2 15 5
1982 33 479 1463 1388 146 396 76 8 38 201 1 5 54 157 .285 .309 .434 .743 103 602 46 2 2 17 6
1983 34 500 1500 1423 147 401 77 8 39 205 1 5 54 162 .282 .306 .429 .735 101 611 48 3 2 18 6

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
1976 27 22 63 55 7 12 2 0 0 6 0 5 12 .218 .270 .255 .524 4 22
1977 28 52 126 123 16 38 7 3 4 22 1 2 12 .309 .317 .512 .830 20 52
1978 29 68 217 207 31 63 16 0 5 39 0 5 18 .304 .313 .454 .767 30 68
1979 30 76 204 191 20 51 14 0 7 25 0 12 22 .267 .309 .450 .759 26 76
1980 31 123 424 411 47 111 21 4 14 62 0 10 45 .270 .288 .443 .731 53 123
1981 32 98 343 320 34 102 13 2 10 59 0 16 38 .319 .350 .466 .815 51 65
1982 33 73 197 186 12 49 6 0 1 21 0 9 23 .263 .294 .312 .606 17 73
1983 34 21 37 35 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 .000 .027 .000 .027 1 21
8 Seasons 533 1611 1528 168 426 79 9 41 238 1 59 175 .279 .304 .423 .726 202 500
162 Game Avg. 162 490 464 51 129 24 3 12 72 0 18 53 .279 .304 .423 .726 61 500

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