Wade Rowdon

Wade Lee Rowdon

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 7, 1960 in Riverhead, NY
High School: Palmetto HS (Miami, FL)
School: Stetson University (DeLand, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1984
Teams (by GP): Reds/Orioles/Cubs 1984-1988

Final Game: June 19, 1988
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Lou Gehrig… #4. Willie Mays… #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Hank Aaron… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
1981	20	CHW-min	Rk	3	8	6	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.500	.625	.500	1.125		3		0	0	0	0		WHS · GULF
1982	21	CHW-min	A	126	500	433	75	123	19	8	12	79	5	5	55	101	.284	.366	.448	.814		194		4	3	5	3		APP · MIDW
1983	22	CIN-min	AA	135	535	480	62	112	29	1	21	76	6	3	47	119	.233	.304	.429	.733		206		3	2	3	0		WBY · EL
1984	23	CIN-min	AAA	144	535	479	78	120	30	4	16	72	9	9	41	95	.251	.313	.430	.743		206		5	4	6	1		WCH · AA
1984	23	CIN	NL	4	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	59	2	0	0	0	0	0	/56
1985	24	CIN-min	AAA	128	515	457	61	132	31	5	19	78	7	10	48	81	.289	.359	.503	.863		230		4	3	3	5		DEN · AA
1985	24	CIN	NL	5	11	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	.222	.364	.222	.586	66	2	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1986	25	CIN-min	AAA	55	203	180	36	60	12	4	8	37	5	1	20	16	.333	.396	.578	.974		104		0	1	2	0		DEN · AA
1986	25	CIN	NL	38	92	80	9	20	5	1	0	10	2	0	9	17	.250	.330	.338	.667	82	27	0	1	1	1	0	/5764
1987	26	CHC-min	AAA	132	552	483	91	163	35	8	18	113	8	6	59	67	.337	.404	.555	.959		268		1	0	9	6		IWA · AA
1987	26	CHC	NL	11	34	31	2	7	1	1	1	4	0	2	3	10	.226	.294	.419	.713	85	13	1	0	0	0	0	/5
1988	27	BAL-min	AAA	86	355	329	41	83	17	4	7	33	3	2	16	58	.252	.288	.392	.680		129		3	1	6	2		ROC · IL
1988	27	BAL	AL	20	30	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	3	3	0	0	0	0	/5D7
1989	28	HIR	Fgn																										HIR · JPCL
1990	29	HIR	Fgn																										HIR · JPCL
5 Yrs				78	174	157	14	34	6	2	1	16	3	3	14	35	.217	.283	.299	.583	59	47	4	1	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	361	326	29	71	12	4	2	33	6	6	29	73	.217	.283	.299	.583	59	98	8	2	2	2	0

CIN (3 yrs)				47	110	96	11	24	5	1	0	12	2	0	11	19	.250	.330	.323	.653	79	31	0	1	1	1	0
CHC (1 yr)				11	34	31	2	7	1	1	1	4	0	2	3	10	.226	.294	.419	.713	85	13	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				20	30	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	3	3	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				58	144	127	13	31	6	2	1	16	2	2	14	29	.244	.322	.346	.668	81	44	1	1	1	1	0
AL (1 yr)				20	30	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	3	3	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
1984	23	CIN	NL	4	7	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/56
1985	24	CIN	NL	5	11	-0	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.482	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/5
1986	25	CIN	NL	38	92	-2	0	0	-4	0	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.484	.496	0.2	-0.4	2	$	/5764
1987	26	CHC	NL	11	34	-1	-1	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/5
1988	27	BAL	AL	20	30	-6	-0	-0	1	-1	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.465	.496	-0.7	0.0	-6	$72,500	/5D7
5 Seasons				78	174	-9	-1	0	-5	-0	-16	-1.7	5	-11	-1.2	.478	.498	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$72,500

CIN (3 yrs)				47	110	-3	-0	0	-4	0	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.486	.499	0.2	-0.4	1	$
CHC (1 yr)				11	34	-1	-1	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$
BAL (1 yr)				20	30	-6	-0	-0	1	-1	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.465	.496	-0.7	0.0	-6	$72,500

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1984	CIN	NL	23	3B	1	1	0	9.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.00	2.00	.945	2.80	2.80
1984	CIN	NL	23	SS	1	1	1	9.0	6	2	4	0	1	1.000	0	67	6.00	6.00	.965	4.90	4.90
1985	CIN	NL	24	3B	4	2	1	20.0	6	1	3	2	0	.667	-0	-6	1.80	1.00	.948	2.88	2.88
1986	CIN	NL	25	3B	7	5	5	50.0	18	3	13	2	1	.889	-1	-17	2.88	2.29	.946	2.72	2.71
1986	CIN	NL	25	LF	6	4	0	25.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-34	0.72	0.33	.975	1.98	1.97
1986	CIN	NL	25	SS	6	6	5	56.0	28	11	14	3	4	.893	-2	-54	4.02	4.17	.963	4.76	4.77
1986	CIN	NL	25	OF	5	4	0	25.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-34	0.72	0.40	.980	2.20	2.20
1986	CIN	NL	25	2B	3	3	1	24.0	14	6	7	1	2	.929	-1	-30	4.88	4.33	.980	5.21	5.23
1987	CHC	NL	26	3B	9	7	7	68.0	22	3	15	4	0	.818	-2	-28	2.38	2.00	.951	2.82	2.80
1988	BAL	AL	27	3B	8	4	2	35.0	19	5	13	1	1	.947	1	38	4.63	2.25	.954	2.70	2.69
1988	BAL	AL	27	DH	5	1
1988	BAL	AL	27	LF	5	3	0	19.0	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-19	1.89	0.80	.978	2.27	2.24
1988	BAL	AL	27	OF	5	3	0	19.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-19	1.42	0.60	.980	2.46	2.44
	5 Seasons			3B	29	19	15	182.0	67	13	45	9	2	.866	-1	-9	2.87	2.00	.950	2.77	2.76
	2 Seasons			LF	11	7	0	44.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-27	1.23	0.55	.977	2.11	2.09
	2 Seasons			OF	10	7	0	44.0	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-27	1.02	0.50	.980	2.31	2.32
	2 Seasons			SS	7	7	6	65.0	34	13	18	3	5	.912	-2	-37	4.29	4.43	.963	4.78	4.79
	1 Season			2B	3	3	1	24.0	14	6	7	1	2	.929	-1	-30	4.88	4.33	.980	5.21	5.23
	5 Seasons			TOT	49	36	22	315.0	120	36	71	13	9	.892	-5	-19	3.06	2.18	.959	3.31	3.11

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 8th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
September 7, 1982: the Chicago White Sox sent Leo Garcia and Wade Rowdon to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on August 23, 1982. August 23, 1982: The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for Jim Kern.
February 17, 1987: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Chicago Cubs for Guy Hoffman.
March 29, 1988: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles for Nick Ramirez (minors) and Tom Michno (minors).
November 14, 1988: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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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
1988	27	Baltimore Orioles	$72,500	USA Today, 4/1/88

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$72,500

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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