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Wes Obermueller

Wesley Mitchell Obermueller

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 22, 1976 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Washington HS (Vinton, IA)
School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 2002
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Marlins/Royals 2002-2007

Final Game: July 13, 2007
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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
2002 25 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2003 26 MIL NL 12 25 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .130 .130 .130 .261 -31 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
2004 27 MIL NL 26 42 39 2 15 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 14 .385 .400 .462 .862 123 18 1 0 2 0 0 1
2005 28 MIL NL 24 16 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 53 6 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 30 FLA NL 19 19 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .125 .188 -52 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
5 Yrs 83 102 93 5 22 5 1 0 6 0 0 1 26 .237 .245 .312 .557 44 29 1 0 8 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 199 182 10 43 10 2 0 12 0 0 2 51 .237 .245 .312 .557 44 57 2 0 16 0 0
MIL (3 yrs) 62 83 77 4 21 4 1 0 6 0 0 1 22 .273 .282 .351 .633 64 27 1 0 5 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FLA (1 yr) 19 19 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .125 .188 -52 2 0 0 3 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 81 102 93 5 22 5 1 0 6 0 0 1 26 .237 .245 .312 .557 44 29 1 0 8 0 0
AL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2002 25 KCR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2003 26 MIL NL 12 25 -5 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
2004 27 MIL NL 26 42 1 -0 -0 0 6 7 0.7 1 8 0.7 .526 .504 0.7 0.0 8 $314,000 1
2005 28 MIL NL 24 16 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $342,000 1
2007 30 FLA NL 19 19 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
5 Seasons 83 102 -9 -1 0 0 15 5 0.5 3 8 0.5 .506 .501 0.5 0.0 8 $656,000
MIL (3 yrs) 62 83 -5 -1 0 0 12 6 0.7 2 9 0.7 .510 .501 0.7 0.0 9 $656,000
KCR (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
FLA (1 yr) 19 19 -4 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $

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
2003 26 MIL NL 25 22 0 0.0 108 .176 .130 .266 .130 .338 .130 .427 .261 .765 -31 .000 -4.5 -0.4 .150 .000 .000
2004 27 MIL NL 42 27 7 7.0 111 .600 .385 .269 .400 .341 .462 .437 .862 .778 123 .644 1.3 0.1 .760 .103 .077
2005 28 MIL NL 16 13 1 2.0 108 .231 .200 .269 .200 .339 .400 .428 .600 .767 53 .172 -1.2 -0.1 .500 .200 .200
2007 30 FLA NL 19 18 0 0.0 108 .083 .063 .269 .063 .338 .125 .430 .188 .768 -52 .000 -3.6 -0.3 .133 .063 .063
5 Yrs 102 80 8 2.7 109 .328 .237 .268 .245 .340 .312 .432 .557 .771 44 .243 -7.9 -0.8 .417 .086 .075
162 Game Avg. 199 156 16 2.7 109 .328 .237 .268 .245 .340 .312 .432 .557 .771 44 .243 -7.9 -0.8 .417 .086 .075
MIL (3 yrs) 83 62 8 3.5 109 .382 .273 .268 .282 .340 .351 .432 .633 .772 64 .340 -4.4 -0.4 .491 .091 .078
FLA (1 yr) 19 18 0 0.0 108 .083 .063 .269 .063 .338 .125 .430 .188 .768 -52 .000 -3.6 -0.3 .133 .063 .063

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
2003 26 MIL NL 25 0.0% 24.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.8 23.0 2.75 4.67 68% 5% 0.0% 0%
2004 27 MIL NL 42 0.0% 33.3% 2.4% 7.1% 20% 14.00 2.8 7.8 1.08 3.33 60% 33% 0.0% 0%
2005 28 MIL NL 16 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 12.5% 67% 7.5 0.71 1.75 81% 29% 0.0% 0%
2007 30 FLA NL 19 0.0% 21.1% 0.0% 5.3% 100% 4.0 3.00 3.33 63% 7% 0.0% 0%
5 Yrs 102 0.0% 25.5% 1.0% 5.9% 27% 26.00 3.6 15.5 1.46 3.15 66% 20% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.8% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.97 5.3 32.2 7.6 0.79 1.08 70% 20% 7.8% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2002 25 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
2003 26 MIL NL -4.5 -0.4 25 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.17 -0.4 0.1 -4.6 -0.4 1.09 -4.8 0
2004 27 MIL NL 1.3 0.1 42 0.1 0.7 -0.6 .81 0.1 0.0 2.4 0.2 0.89 1.1 0.52 1
2005 28 MIL NL -1.2 -0.1 16 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .72 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.79 -1.8 0.60 1
2007 30 FLA NL -3.6 -0.3 19 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .85 -0.3 0.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.96 -3.8 0.49 1
5 Yrs -8.0 -0.8 102 -0.7 1.1 -1.7 .89 -0.8 0.0 -7.1 -0.7 0.94 -9.3 0.54 3

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
2003 26 MIL NL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2004 27 MIL NL 0 0 13% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 1 1
2005 28 MIL NL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 30 FLA NL 0 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 0 0 22% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13% 3 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 1

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
2003 26 MIL NL 25 32% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 6 0 0% 5 2 40% 23 1 4% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
2004 27 MIL NL 42 10% 15 2 0 1 0 0 0 0.52 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 23 6 26% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
2005 28 MIL NL 16 6% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 5 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
2007 30 FLA NL 19 32% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 6 2 33% 12 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 102 19% 22 2 0 3 0 0 0 0.54 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 8 73% 17 1 6% 18 5 28% 63 7 11% 4 1 25% 3 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 33% 15% 52% 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
2003 26 MIL NL 25 78 3.12 58 74% 33% 9% 26% 33% 67% 0% 50% 87% 36% 0% 0 0 4% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
2004 27 MIL NL 42 141 3.36 108 77% 32% 21% 21% 25% 68% 0% 52% 68% 29% 2% 1 0 12% 5 3 2% 1 0 29% 0 0 0
2005 28 MIL NL 16 50 3.13 36 72% 25% 8% 28% 39% 75% 0% 54% 89% 25% 0% 0 0 6% 1 1 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 30 FLA NL 19 62 3.26 48 77% 27% 13% 29% 31% 73% 0% 56% 83% 26% 0% 0 0 5% 1 0 5% 1 1 25% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 102 331 3.25 250 76% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 0% 53% 79% 29% 1% 1 0 8% 8 5 2% 2 1 27% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.75 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
2003 26 14 25 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .130 .130 .130 .261 -31 3 0 0 2 0 0
2004 27 40 67 62 3 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .290 .302 .339 .640 67 21 1 0 4 0 0
2005 28 64 83 77 4 21 4 1 0 6 0 0 1 22 .273 .282 .351 .633 64 27 1 0 5 0 0
2006 29 64 83 77 4 21 4 1 0 6 0 0 1 22 .273 .282 .351 .633 64 27 1 0 5 0 0
2007 30 83 102 93 5 22 5 1 0 6 0 0 1 26 .237 .245 .312 .557 44 29 1 0 8 0 0

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
2003 26 12 25 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
2004 27 26 42 39 2 15 3 0 0 5 0 1 14 .385 .400 .462 .862 7 26
2005 28 24 16 15 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 1 24
2007 30 19 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 19
4 Yrs 81 102 93 3 18 4 1 0 5 0 1 26 .194 .202 .258 .460 8 81
162 Game Avg. 162 204 186 6 36 8 2 0 10 0 2 52 .194 .202 .258 .460 16 81

* 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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