Wayne Nordhagen

Wayne Oren Nordhagen

Positions: Outfielder, Designated Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 4, 1948 in Thief River Falls, MN
High School: Glide HS (Glide, OR)
Schools: Portland State University (Portland, OR), Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR)
Drafted
by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1976
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/BlueJays/Cubs/Pirates 1976-1983

Final Game: May 30, 1983
Relatives: Uncle of Kevin Millar
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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
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 78 207 193 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 7D9
1981 32 CHW AL 65 222 208 19 64 8 1 6 33 0 1 10 25 .308 .338 .442 .780 127 92 8 1 0 3 0 97/D
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 66 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 76 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
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 Yrs 502 1500 1423 147 401 77 8 39 205 1 5 54 162 .282 .306 .429 .735 102 611 48 3 2 18 6
162 Game Avg. 162 484 459 47 129 25 3 13 66 0 2 17 52 .282 .306 .429 .735 102 197 15 1 1 6 2
CHW (6 yrs) 408 1262 1199 134 344 70 8 37 179 1 3 44 134 .287 .310 .451 .761 110 541 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 66 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) 480 1459 1384 146 394 76 8 38 199 1 5 54 156 .285 .309 .434 .742 104 600 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

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 Awards
1976 27 CHW AL 22 61 -5 -0 -0 1 -1 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .473 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4 $ 9/D2
1977 28 CHW AL 52 128 4 0 -0 -9 -2 -7 -0.7 4 -3 -0.3 .486 .495 0.6 -1.1 5 $ 97/28D
1978 29 CHW AL 68 216 4 1 -1 -6 -3 -4 -0.4 7 3 0.3 .493 .497 0.9 -0.9 9 $ 79D2
1979 30 CHW AL 78 207 3 -1 -2 -0 -4 -4 -0.3 7 3 0.3 .495 .498 0.4 -0.5 4 $ D/9721
1980 31 CHW AL 123 428 -1 0 -2 -6 -7 -16 -1.5 13 -3 -0.3 .486 .489 0.3 -1.3 3 $ 7D9
1981 32 CHW AL 65 222 7 -2 -1 -3 -3 -2 -0.2 7 4 0.4 .496 .498 0.8 -0.7 8 $160,000 97/D
1982 33 TOR AL 72 197 -8 -3 -0 -0 -6 -18 -1.9 6 -12 -1.3 .473 .488 -1.2 -0.7 -12 $ D7/9
1982 33 PIT NL 1 4 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .532 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ /7
1983 34 CHC NL 21 37 -3 0 -0 -1 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .477 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $ /7
8 Seasons 502 1500 2 -4 -6 -25 -27 -61 -6.0 47 -14 -1.7 .487 .496 1.1 -5.1 11 $160,000
CHW (6 yrs) 408 1262 13 -2 -6 -23 -20 -39 -3.7 40 1 0.0 .490 .496 2.5 -4.3 25 $160,000
PIT (1 yr) 1 4 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .532 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $
CHC (1 yr) 21 37 -3 0 -0 -1 -0 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .477 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -2 $
TOR (1 yr) 72 197 -8 -3 -0 -0 -6 -18 -1.9 6 -12 -1.3 .473 .488 -1.2 -0.7 -12 $

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
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 98 .280 .277 .268 .294 .330 .458 .397 .752 .728 104 .474 -0.1 -0.0 .637 .202 .181 .0
1981 32 CHW AL 222 156 29 5.0 86 .322 .308 .253 .338 .317 .442 .368 .780 .684 127 .590 6.5 0.7 .667 .178 .135 .0
1982 33 TOT MLB 201 147 17 3.1 106 .305 .275 .274 .308 .339 .323 .417 .631 .757 68 .330 -8.7 -0.9 .476 .090 .048 .0
1982 33 TOT AL 197 145 16 3.0 106 .299 .270 .274 .305 .340 .319 .418 .623 .758 66 .309 -9.1 -0.9 .469 .092 .049 .0
1982 33 TOR AL 125 90 11 3.3 106 .304 .278 .274 .328 .340 .330 .418 .658 .758 76 .351 -4.0 -0.4 .506 .113 .052 .0
1982 33 PIT NL 4 2 1 13.5 98 .667 .500 .270 .500 .334 .500 .393 1.000 .726 177 .894 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1982 33 TOR AL 72 55 5 2.4 106 .290 .257 .274 .264 .340 .300 .418 .564 .758 49 .239 -5.1 -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 -4.4 -0.4 .313 .114 .114 .0
8 Yrs 1500 1095 174 4.3 97 .292 .282 .265 .306 .329 .429 .395 .735 .724 102 .479 -1.8 -0.2 .618 .183 .148 2.0
162 Game Avg. 484 353 56 4.3 97 .292 .282 .265 .306 .329 .429 .395 .735 .724 102 .479 -1.8 -0.2 .618 .183 .148 1
CHW (6 yrs) 1262 915 156 4.6 96 .294 .287 .264 .310 .328 .451 .391 .761 .719 110 .512 11.2 1.1 .651 .199 .164 1.9
TOR (1 yr) 197 145 16 3.0 106 .299 .270 .274 .305 .340 .319 .418 .623 .758 66 .310 -9.1 -0.9 .469 .092 .049 .0
PIT (1 yr) 4 2 1 13.5 98 .667 .500 .270 .500 .334 .500 .393 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 -4.4 -0.4 .313 .114 .114 .0
AL (7 yrs) 1459 1060 172 4.4 97 .295 .285 .265 .309 .329 .434 .395 .742 .724 104 .488 2.2 0.2 .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*

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 Yrs 1500 2.6% 10.8% 3.6% 8.3% 31% 3.00 8.8 36.5 6.9 1.10 83%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.9% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.54 6.9 45.6 8.5 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 27 CHW AL -4.1 -0.4 63 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .83 -0.4 -0.3 -3.7 -0.4 1.00 -4.0 0.60 3
1977 28 CHW AL 3.4 0.3 130 1.0 3.0 -2.0 .98 0.7 0.3 5.0 0.5 1.00 6.0 2.36 7
1978 29 CHW AL 2.9 0.3 223 1.2 5.3 -4.1 1.07 0.3 0.8 4.1 0.4 0.99 3.1 2.63 15
1979 30 CHW AL 2.6 0.3 208 -0.8 3.4 -4.2 1.01 0.1 -0.9 -4.4 -0.4 0.97 0.1 1.85 21
1980 31 CHW AL -0.6 -0.1 432 0.2 8.5 -8.3 1.06 -0.3 0.5 -2.1 -0.2 0.94 -3.7 1.61 21
1981 32 CHW AL 6.3 0.6 226 0.8 4.5 -3.8 1.02 0.8 -0.0 9.6 1.0 1.02 8.5 2.28 7
1982 33 TOT MLB -8.9 -0.9 205 -0.8 3.1 -3.9 .98 -0.8 -0.0 -7.5 -0.7 0.92 -8.7 2.22 26
1982 33 TOR AL -9.3 -0.9 201 -0.9 3.1 -3.9 .99 -0.9 0.0 -9.2 -0.9 0.92 -9.6 2.22 26
1982 33 PIT NL 0.4 0.0 4 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .41 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.2 0.82 0.9 0
1983 34 CHC NL -4.4 -0.4 37 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 1.34 -0.3 -0.0 -1.6 -0.2 1.01 -1.9 1.97 15
8 Yrs -2.8 -0.3 1524 0.6 28.9 -28.2 1.03 0.1 0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.97 -0.8 2.03 115

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 6% 9 9 0 1 1 0 7 4 1
1982 33 TOR AL 3 0 19% 77 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 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 Yrs 23 0 26% 473 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 31 39% 65 42 22 15 11 4 38 15 20

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
1976 27 CHW AL 61 54% 10 3 0 0 0 0.60 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 7 4 57% 38 5 13% 5 4 80% 0 0 0
1977 28 CHW AL 128 74% 39 7 2 0 3 2.36 4 0 6 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 100% 28 3 11% 10 5 50% 97 18 19% 9 6 67% 6 4 67% 0
1978 29 CHW AL 216 68% 62 15 6 2 2 2.63 5 0 5 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 45 6 13% 19 6 32% 157 32 20% 17 10 59% 4 3 75% 0
1979 30 CHW AL 207 77% 54 21 7 0 3 1.85 7 1 2 1 6 4 3 0 0 0 42 9 21% 16 2 13% 135 18 13% 12 6 50% 8 5 63% 0
1980 31 CHW AL 428 45% 115 21 5 0 4 1.61 15 0 4 6 9 10 5 0 0 0 69 13 19% 35 10 29% 280 44 16% 19 12 63% 15 7 47% 0
1981 32 CHW AL 222 34% 64 7 1 0 0 2.28 6 0 7 5 1 3 3 1 0 0 47 8 17% 13 5 38% 159 28 18% 10 8 80% 4 2 50% 0
1982 33 TOT MLB 201 77% 52 26 11 0 7 2.22 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 6 18% 18 5 28% 118 22 19% 13 6 46% 6 5 83% 0
1982 33 TOR AL 197 77% 50 26 11 0 7 2.22 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 33 6 18% 18 5 28% 116 20 17% 13 6 46% 6 5 83% 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 1.97 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 Yrs 1500 59% 401 115 34 2 20 2.03 39 1 29 15 24 22 17 1 2 2 100% 285 48 17% 122 38 31% 1012 171 17% 87 53 61% 43 26 60% 0
MLB Averages 56% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
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 30 220 612 576 70 165 40 3 16 87 1 1 24 64 .286 .310 .450 .759 108 259 19 0 2 10 2
1980 31 343 1040 991 115 280 62 7 31 146 1 2 34 109 .283 .303 .453 .757 106 449 32 1 2 12 5
1981 32 408 1262 1199 134 344 70 8 37 179 1 3 44 134 .287 .310 .451 .761 110 541 40 2 2 15 5
1982 33 481 1463 1388 146 396 76 8 38 201 1 5 54 157 .285 .309 .434 .743 104 602 46 2 2 17 6
1983 34 502 1500 1423 147 401 77 8 39 205 1 5 54 162 .282 .306 .429 .735 102 611 48 3 2 18 6

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1976 27 22 61 53 6 10 2 0 0 5 0 4 12 .189 .233 .226 .460 3 22
1977 28 52 129 125 17 40 7 3 4 23 1 2 12 .320 .328 .520 .848 22 52
1978 29 68 220 210 31 66 17 0 5 39 0 5 18 .314 .323 .467 .789 33 68
1979 30 78 209 195 21 55 15 0 7 26 0 13 22 .282 .325 .467 .792 30 78
1980 31 123 432 419 48 119 23 4 16 62 0 10 45 .284 .301 .473 .773 59 123
1981 32 98 349 325 34 107 13 2 10 59 0 17 38 .329 .361 .474 .835 56 65
1982 33 73 201 189 12 52 6 0 1 22 0 10 23 .275 .308 .323 .631 19 73
1983 34 21 36 34 1 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 .118 .139 .235 .374 1 21
8 Yrs 535 1637 1550 170 453 84 9 44 239 1 61 175 .292 .317 .443 .760 223 502
162 Game Avg. 162 496 469 51 137 25 3 13 72 0 18 53 .292 .317 .443 .760 68 502

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