Wes Obermueller
Wesley Mitchell Obermueller
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 22, 1976 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Washington (Vinton, IA)
School: University of Iowa
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
Final Game: July 13, 2007
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2002 25 KCR AL 0 2 .000 11.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 10 10 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 39 42 2.087 16.4 3.5 2.3 5.9 2.50
2003 26 MIL NL 2 5 .286 5.07 12 11 0 0 0 0 65.2 81 40 37 10 25 2 34 6 0 5 303 85 1.614 11.1 1.4 3.4 4.7 1.36
2004 27 MIL NL 6 8 .429 5.80 25 20 1 1 1 0 118.0 138 80 76 15 42 0 59 3 0 4 529 75 1.525 10.5 1.1 3.2 4.5 1.40
2005 28 MIL NL 1 4 .200 5.26 23 8 4 0 0 0 65.0 74 41 38 7 36 2 33 5 0 3 305 81 1.692 10.2 1.0 5.0 4.6 0.92
2007 30 FLA NL 2 3 .400 6.56 18 7 4 0 0 0 59.0 72 49 43 7 36 5 35 4 0 2 278 66 1.831 11.0 1.1 5.5 5.3 0.97
5 Seasons 11 22 .333 5.82 80 48 9 1 1 0 315.1 379 220 204 42 141 9 166 18 0 14 1454 74 1.649 10.8 1.2 4.0 4.7 1.18
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .333 5.82 43 26 5 1 1 0 168 201 117 108 22 75 5 88 10 0 7 772 74 1.649 10.8 1.2 4.0 4.7 1.18
MIL (3 yrs) 9 17 .346 5.47 60 39 5 1 1 0 248.2 293 161 151 32 103 4 126 14 0 12 1137 79 1.592 10.6 1.2 3.7 4.6 1.22
KCR (1 yr) 0 2 .000 11.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 10 10 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 39 42 2.087 16.4 3.5 2.3 5.9 2.50
FLA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 6.56 18 7 4 0 0 0 59.0 72 49 43 7 36 5 35 4 0 2 278 66 1.831 11.0 1.1 5.5 5.3 0.97
NL (4 yrs) 11 20 .355 5.67 78 46 9 1 1 0 307.2 365 210 194 39 139 9 161 18 0 14 1415 76 1.638 10.7 1.1 4.1 4.7 1.16
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 11.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 10 10 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 39 42 2.087 16.4 3.5 2.3 5.9 2.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 25 KCR AL 2 39 37 10 14 3 1 3 0 0 2 5 .378 .410 .757 1.167 .379 28 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 MIL NL 12 303 269 40 81 12 4 10 4 1 25 34 .301 .371 .487 .858 .313 131 6 6 1 2 2
2004 27 MIL NL 25 529 475 80 138 33 6 15 3 0 42 59 .291 .349 .480 .829 .303 228 9 3 4 5 0
2005 28 MIL NL 23 305 256 41 74 12 1 7 7 1 36 33 .289 .382 .426 .808 .305 109 5 5 4 4 2
2007 30 FLA NL 18 278 235 49 72 15 2 7 6 2 36 35 .306 .403 .477 .879 .332 112 9 4 0 3 5
5 Seasons 80 1454 1272 220 379 75 14 42 20 4 141 166 .298 .372 .478 .850 .313 608 29 18 9 14 9
162 Game Avg. 43 772 676 117 201 40 7 22 11 2 75 88 .298 .372 .478 .850 .313 323 15 10 5 7 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2002 25 KCR AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 34 24 4 1 0 2 2.5 0.0 3.8 66 2 0 0 0 69
2003 26 MIL NL 12 11 2 5 4 0 2 5 6 .455 2 0 0 0 8 73% 44 63 13 6 4 1 7 3.8 4.3 5.6 91 2 6 3 0 116
2004 27 MIL NL 25 20 6 8 6 1 0 7 13 .350 2 3 1 1 6 30% 44 77 19 24 12 2 11 4.6 4.2 5.4 88 4 12 4 0 118
2005 28 MIL NL 23 8 1 3 4 0 0 2 6 .250 0 2 0 0 2 25% 43 82 28 10 5 2 4 4.3 3.3 4.5 80 5 2 1 0 108
2007 30 FLA NL 18 7 2 3 2 1 0 3 4 .429 0 1 0 0 2 29% 43 57 16 7 1 1 4 5.0 5.1 5.4 95 0 5 2 0 111
5 Seasons 80 48 11 21 16 2 2 17 31 .354 4 6 1 1 18 38% 43 82 13 51 23 6 28 4.3 4.1 5.2 87 13 25 10 0 118
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2003 26 MIL NL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.108 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 13.0 78
2004 27 MIL NL 25 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0.892 0 2 3 0 0 5 1 4 4 0 4 0 6.0 33
2005 28 MIL NL 23 15 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 6 0.733 1 2 12 2 2 11 4 11 11 0 11 0 5.9 32
2007 30 FLA NL 18 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0.725 0 2 9 0 0 11 1 10 7 1 7 1 5.8 37
4 Seasons 78 32 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 0.871 1 7 24 3 2 27 6 26 23 1 23 1 6.1 35

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2002 25 KCR AL 39 62% 7.7% 12.8% 5.1% 18.0% 50% 0.71 1.25 74% 38% 23.1% 24% 6 0 0%
2003 26 MIL NL 303 41% 3.3% 11.2% 8.3% 8.6% 32% 0.83 1.22 75% 25% 8.5% 6% 72 6 8%
2004 27 MIL NL 529 47% 2.8% 11.2% 7.9% 10.2% 39% 0.94 1.34 77% 20% 7.5% 7% 85 9 11%
2005 28 MIL NL 305 42% 2.3% 10.8% 11.8% 6.6% 27% 0.79 1.06 72% 22% 6.0% 8% 61 5 8%
2007 30 FLA NL 278 51% 2.5% 12.6% 13.0% 8.6% 33% 0.70 0.87 71% 21% 6.6% 10% 67 9 13%
5 Seasons 1454 45% 2.9% 11.4% 9.7% 9.0% 35% 0.83 1.16 74% 22% 7.6% 8% 291 29 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 25 KCR AL 39 131 3.36 83 63% 28% 10% 24% 39% 72% 0% 46% 87% 62% 5% 2 2 10% 4 1 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 MIL NL 303 1076 3.55 683 63% 24% 12% 29% 35% 76% 1% 48% 84% 62% 5% 16 8 18% 56 35 6 18% 8 7 0 0 0
2004 27 MIL NL 529 1921 3.63 1173 61% 27% 12% 25% 36% 73% 0% 44% 84% 59% 6% 33 25 16% 83 41 4 27% 12 8 0 0 0
2005 28 MIL NL 305 1116 3.66 646 58% 26% 12% 26% 36% 74% 1% 43% 83% 57% 8% 25 14 18% 55 32 4 15% 4 9 0 0 0
2007 30 FLA NL 278 1073 3.86 624 58% 28% 12% 28% 33% 72% 4% 42% 83% 53% 6% 18 7 18% 51 27 2 29% 6 6 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1454 5317 3.66 3209 60% 26% 12% 26% 35% 74% 1% 44% 84% 58% 6% 94 56 17% 249 136 17 23% 30 30 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2002 25 KCR AL 39 14 2 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 33% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 MIL NL 303 81 9 3 10 0 13 7 3 5 5 27 11 3 41% 2 5 2 119 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2004 27 MIL NL 529 138 12 2 15 1 6 9 6 9 6 29 17 5 59% 3 4 0 192 3 0 100% 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0
2005 28 MIL NL 305 74 4 0 7 0 7 4 3 4 3 17 11 0 65% 4 3 0 126 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
2007 30 FLA NL 278 72 7 0 7 0 12 1 6 4 3 21 11 3 52% 2 2 1 110 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
5 Seasons 1454 379 34 5 42 1 38 22 20 24 18 97 51 11 53% 11 14 3 559 20 4 83% 18 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 39 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2002 25 0 2 .000 11.74 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 14 10 10 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 39 42 2.087 16.4 3.5 2.3 5.9 2.50 42
2003 26 2 7 .222 5.77 14 13 0 0 0 0 73.1 95 50 47 13 27 2 39 6 0 5 342 76 1.664 11.7 1.6 3.3 4.8 1.44 76
2004 27 8 15 .348 5.79 39 33 1 1 1 0 191.1 233 130 123 28 69 2 98 9 0 9 871 75 1.578 11.0 1.3 3.2 4.6 1.42 75
2005 28 9 19 .321 5.65 62 41 5 1 1 0 256.1 307 171 161 35 105 4 131 14 0 12 1176 77 1.607 10.8 1.2 3.7 4.6 1.25 77
2006 29 9 19 .321 5.65 62 41 5 1 1 0 256.1 307 171 161 35 105 4 131 14 0 12 1176 77 1.607 10.8 1.2 3.7 4.6 1.25 77
2007 30 11 22 .333 5.82 80 48 9 1 1 0 315.1 379 220 204 42 141 9 166 18 0 14 1454 74 1.649 10.8 1.2 4.0 4.7 1.18 74

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2002 25 0 0 10.12 8.0 14 10 9 3 2 5 0 2.000 15.8 2.3 5.6 2.50 3.4 2
2003 26 3 4 .429 4.92 64.0 80 39 35 10 25 33 6 1.641 11.3 3.5 4.6 1.32 1.4 12
2004 27 4 8 .333 5.46 117.0 135 79 71 15 41 58 3 1.504 10.4 3.2 4.5 1.41 1.2 25
2005 28 2 5 .286 5.43 63.0 74 42 38 7 36 32 5 1.746 10.6 5.1 4.6 0.89 1.0 23
2007 30 2 4 .333 6.59 56.0 70 46 41 7 35 33 4 1.875 11.3 5.6 5.3 0.94 1.1 18
5 Seasons 11 21 .344 5.67 308.0 373 216 194 42 139 161 18 1.662 10.9 4.7 1.16 1.2 80

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
2004 NL  1 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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