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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Marlins/Royals 2002-2007

Final Game: July 13, 2007
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1999	22	KCR-min	Rk	2	1	.667	2.58	11	7	2	0	0	0	38.1	33	16	11	2	12	1	39	1	1	2	159		1.174	7.7	0.5	2.8	9.2	3.25	ROY · GULF
2000	23	KCR-min	A	3	0	1.000	1.14	8	7	0	0	0	0	31.2	19	6	4	0	5	0	29	3	0	1	117		0.758	5.4	0.0	1.4	8.2	5.80	CHL · SALL
2001	24	KCR-min	A+	0	2	.000	3.08	20	6	1	0	0	0	38.0	38	15	13	3	16	1	28	1	0	2	163		1.421	9.0	0.7	3.8	6.6	1.75	WMT · CARL
2002	25	KCR-min	AA,A+	14	5	.737	2.85	25	21	1	0	0	0	151.1	136	53	48	7	54	3	109	4	2	10	625		1.256	8.1	0.4	3.2	6.5	2.02	WCH,WMT · TL,CARL
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	44	2.087	16.4	3.5	2.3	5.9	2.50
2003	26	KCR-MIL-min	AAA	10	7	.588	4.44	20	20	0	2	0	0	121.2	126	70	60	12	48	1	73	7	0	1	532		1.430	9.3	0.9	3.6	5.4	1.52	OMA,INA · PCL,IL
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-min	AAA	0	3	.000	5.19	4	4	0	1	0	0	26.0	30	16	15	3	7	0	17	1	0	1	111		1.423	10.4	1.0	2.4	5.9	2.43	INA · IL
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-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.55	9	8	1	0	0	1	42.1	39	14	12	1	14	0	39	0	0	0	169		1.252	8.3	0.2	3.0	8.3	2.79	NVL · PCL
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	82	1.692	10.2	1.0	5.0	4.6	0.92

2007	30	FLA-min	AAA	4	1	.800	4.55	11	11	0	0	0	0	63.1	67	36	32	6	27	0	45	2	0	5	281		1.484	9.5	0.9	3.8	6.4	1.67	ABQ · PCL
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	67	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	75	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	75	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	44	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	67	1.831	11.0	1.1	5.5	5.3	0.97

NL (4 yrs)			NL	11	20	.355	5.67	78	46	9	1	1	0	307.2	365	210	194	39	139	9	161	18	0	14	1415	77	1.638	10.7	1.1	4.1	4.7	1.16
AL (1 yr)			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	44	2.087	16.4	3.5	2.3	5.9	2.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
2002	25	KCR	AL	7.2	2	10	5	0	.6	-5	-0.4	$
2003	26	MIL	NL	65.2	11	40	43	-2	1.1	3	0.3	$
2004	27	MIL	NL	118.0	20	80	76	-2	.9	-4	-0.5	$314,000
2005	28	MIL	NL	65.0	8	41	39	-1	.7	-2	-0.3	$342,000

2007	30	FLA	NL	59.0	7	49	37	-2	.7	-12	-1.1	$
5 Seasons				315.1	48	220	200	-7	.9	-20	-2.0	$656,000

MIL (3 yrs)				248.2	39	161	158	-5	.9	-3	-0.5	$656,000
KCR (1 yr)				7.2	2	10	5	0	.6	-5	-0.4	$
FLA (1 yr)				59.0	7	49	37	-2	.7	-12	-1.1	$

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
1999	22	KCR-min	Rk	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	ROY · GULF
2000	23	KCR-min	A	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHL · SALL
2001	24	KCR-min	A+	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WMT · CARL
2002	25	KCR-min	AA,A+	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	WCH,WMT · TL,CARL
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-KCR-min	AAA	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0	INA,OMA · IL,PCL
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-min	AAA	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500		2	1	0	0	0	0	INA · IL
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-min	AAA	9	10	9	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.556	.778		5	0	0	1	0	0	NVL · PCL
2005	28	MIL	NL	24	16	15	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.400	.600	52	6	0	0	1	0	0	1

2007	30	FLA-min	AAA	11	19	16	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.313	.313	.500	.813		8	0	0	3	0	0	ABQ · PCL
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2003	26	MIL	NL	25	-4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
2004	27	MIL	NL	42	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$314,000	1
2005	28	MIL	NL	16	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$342,000	1

2007	30	FLA	NL	19	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
4 Seasons				102	-8	0	0	0	0	12	2	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$656,000

MIL (3 yrs)				83	-4	0	0	0	0	10	2	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$656,000
FLA (1 yr)				19	-4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
2002	KCR	AL	25	P	2	2	0	7.2	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.64	1.65	0	0
2003	MIL	NL	26	P	12	11	0	65.2	25	13	12	0	1	1.000	1	3	3.43	2.08	.957	1.84	1.83	4	1	20%
2004	MIL	NL	27	P	25	20	1	118.0	23	11	12	0	0	1.000	-1	-2	1.75	0.92	.965	1.84	1.82	3	0	0%
2005	MIL	NL	28	P	23	8	0	65.0	15	4	10	1	0	.933	2	6	1.94	0.61	.960	1.74	1.73	7	1	13%
2007	FLA	NL	30	P	18	7	0	59.0	15	8	7	0	2	1.000	0	0	2.29	0.83	.965	1.68	1.67	6	2	25%
	5 Seasons			P	80	48	1	315.1	78	36	41	1	3	.987	2	1	2.20	0.96	.962	1.78	1.76	20	4	17%
	5 Seasons			TOT	80	48	1	315.1	78	36	41	1	3	.987	2	7	2.20	0.96	.962	1.78	1.76	20	4	17%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1999.
July 10, 2003: Traded by the Kansas City Royals with Alejandro Machado to the Milwaukee Brewers for Curt Leskanic.
December 7, 2005: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Atlanta Braves for Danny Kolb.
December 21, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
February 19, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
April 17, 2006: Released by the Atlanta Braves.
December 11, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	27	Milwaukee Brewers	$314,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	28	Milwaukee Brewers	$342,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$656,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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