Wayne Terwilliger

Willard Wayne Terwilliger (Twig)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 27, 1925 in Clare, MI
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1949
Teams (by GP): Senators/Cubs/Giants/Athletics/Dodgers 1949-1960

Final Game: May 16, 1960
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Standard Fielding

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	Awards
1949	CHC	NL	24	2B	34	31	29		184	77	103	4	11	.978				5.29	.976		5.57
1950	CHC	NL	25	2B	126	122	115	1085.0	718	314	380	24	80	.967			5.76	5.51	.974	5.65	5.59
1950	CHC	NL	25	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		9.90	9.60
1950	CHC	NL	25	3B	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0					0.00			3.30
1950	CHC	NL	25	CF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
1950	CHC	NL	25	OF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.40	2.30
1951	TOT	NL	26	2B	73	57	54	546.2	366	167	186	13	46	.964			5.81	4.84	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	CHC	NL	26	2B	49	49	48	426.2	287	136	142	9	37	.969			5.86	5.67	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	BRO	NL	26	2B	24	8	6	120.0	79	31	44	4	9	.949			5.62	3.13	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	BRO	NL	26	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000			4.50	1.00	.950	3.15	3.40
1953	WSH	AL	28	2B	133	129	126	1132.0	741	333	395	13	108	.982	20	21	5.79	5.47	.979	5.60	5.57
1954	WSH	AL	29	2B	90	85	77	764.1	469	213	243	13	72	.972	0	1	5.37	5.07	.976	5.37	5.33
1954	WSH	AL	29	3B	10	0	0	70.0	36	11	24	1	4	.972	2	31	4.50	3.50	.959	3.48	3.46
1954	WSH	AL	29	SS	3	1	1	17.2	12	3	7	2	1	.833	-1	-48	5.09	3.33	.960	4.99	4.97
1955	NYG	NL	30	2B	78	75	65	647.0	459	212	240	7	70	.985	8	15	6.29	5.79	.974	5.48	5.43
1955	NYG	NL	30	3B	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-40	0.00	0.00		3.00	3.10
1955	NYG	NL	30	SS	1	1	1	10.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-72	0.00	0.00		5.04	5.00
1956	NYG	NL	31	2B	6	4	2	36.1	24	14	9	1	3	.958	-1	-30	5.70	3.83	.980	5.33	5.28
1959	KCA	AL	34	2B	63	51	41	462.0	319	144	166	9	42	.972	3	8	6.04	4.92	.976	5.29	5.25
1959	KCA	AL	34	SS	2	0	0	6.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	1.50	0.50	.960	4.80	4.85
1959	KCA	AL	34	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		3.60	3.20
1960	KCA	AL	35	2B	2	1	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	-0	-30	4.50	1.00	.980	5.40	5.45
	9 Seasons			2B	605	555	509	4677.1	3282	1475	1723	84	433	.974	31	8	5.81	5.29	.976	5.54	5.50
	5 Seasons			3B	14	0	0	76.0	37	11	25	1	5	.973	2	27	4.26	2.57	.959	3.46	3.40
	3 Seasons			SS	6	2	2	33.2	13	3	8	2	1	.846	-2	-57	2.94	1.83	.960	4.97	4.93
	1 Season			CF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.70	2.70
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		9.90	9.60
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		2.40	2.30
	9 Seasons			TOT	627	557	511	4791.0	3332	1489	1756	87	439	.974	31	8	5.76	5.18	.976	5.50	5.45
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1949	CHC	NL	24	2B
1950	CHC	NL	25	2B
1950	CHC	NL	25	1B
1950	CHC	NL	25	3B
1950	CHC	NL	25	CF
1951	CHC	NL	26	2B
1951	BRO	NL	26	2B
1951	BRO	NL	26	3B
1953	WSH	AL	28	2B	20	21	17	7	9	3
1954	WSH	AL	29	2B	0	1	-0	0	-1	1
1954	WSH	AL	29	3B	2	31	2	0	2	0
1954	WSH	AL	29	SS	-1	-48	-1	0	-1	0
1955	NYG	NL	30	2B	8	15	8	3	5	0
1955	NYG	NL	30	3B	-0	-40	-0	0	-0
1955	NYG	NL	30	SS	-1	-72	-1	-1	0	0
1956	NYG	NL	31	2B	-1	-30	-1	0	-1	0
1959	KCA	AL	34	2B	3	8	3	1	2	0
1959	KCA	AL	34	SS	-0	-60	-0	0	-0	0
1959	KCA	AL	34	3B	0	0	0	0	0
1960	KCA	AL	35	2B	-0	-30	-0	0	-0	0
	9 Seasons			2B	31	8	27	12	14	4
	5 Seasons			3B	2	27	2	0	2	0
	3 Seasons			SS	-2	-57	-2	-1	-1	0
	1 Season			1B
	1 Season			CF
	9 Seasons			TOT	31	8	27	11	15	4
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	CF	OF	PH	PR
1949	CHC	NL	24	36	31	36	34	0	34	0	0	0	0	3	0
1950	CHC	NL	25	133	122	133	128	1	126	1	0	1	1	6	1
1951	CHC	NL	26	50	49	50	49	0	49	0	0	0	0	0	1
1951	BRO	NL	26	37	8	37	25	0	24	1	0	0	0	10	4
1953	WSH	AL	28	134	129	134	133	0	133	0	0	0	0	1	0
1954	WSH	AL	29	106	86	106	102	0	90	10	3	0	0	1	5
1955	NYG	NL	30	80	76	80	79	0	77	1	2	0	0	0	1
1956	NYG	NL	31	14	4	14	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	4	4
1959	KCA	AL	34	74	51	74	64	0	63	1	2	0	0	6	9
1960	KCA	AL	35	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			666	557	666	622	1	604	14	7	1	1	31	25

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1949	CHC	NL	24	959	62%	84%	27%	106	92%	0	55	17	17	21	82	67	15	0	2	5	0	4	1	2	8	1	3	4	0	8	4	4	0	0	0
1950	CHC	NL	25	3651	66%	84%	31%	375	92%	4	226	97	86	45	291	240	40	1	4	19	3	16	0	13	59	23	8	17	2	52	19	31	5	3	2
1951	CHC	NL	26	1671	66%	84%	28%	158	92%	0	122	40	52	30	126	107	18	0	4	8	1	6	1	6	34	12	6	8	2	30	10	20	1	0	1
1951	BRO	NL	26	535	54%	80%	30%	57	95%	0	29	12	13	4	43	33	10	0	1	4	0	3	1	3	9	1	0	6	2	9	8	1	0	0	0
1953	WSH	AL	28	4790	60%	84%	26%	513	94%	2	334	148	123	63	395	321	60	1	5	12	1	8	3	10	108	32	14	36	6	95	44	50	10	5	5
1954	WSH	AL	29	3293	71%	83%	28%	265	93%	1	210	60	115	36	245	224	14	1	4	13	1	11	1	11	72	33	13	9	7	67	16	49	4	1	2
1955	NYG	NL	30	2295	66%	79%	28%	234	94%	1	177	61	85	32	197	162	31	0	1	7	3	2	2	2	59	21	13	14	1	53	15	38	4	1	3
1956	NYG	NL	31	161	56%	76%	30%	14	93%	0	14	4	7	3	9	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	0
1959	KCA	AL	34	2005	66%	82%	28%	185	90%	2	140	36	79	25	165	143	16	0	2	9	1	8	0	8	42	24	6	5	3	39	8	31	2	0	2
1960	KCA	AL	35	16	69%	75%	25%	1	0%	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	9 Seasons			19376	65%	83%	28%	1908	93%	10	1308	475	578	259	1554	1305	206	3	23	78	10	59	9	56	395	148	63	100	25	357	127	225	26	10	15
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1950	CHC	NL	25	2	100%	100%	0%	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%
1951	BRO	NL	26	7	86%	86%	57%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1954	WSH	AL	29	304	69%	83%	22%	35	91%	0	11	9	1	1	23	12	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	5	0	0	0	1	100%
1955	NYG	NL	30	9	67%	89%	33%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	KCA	AL	34	4	75%	75%	50%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5 Seasons			326	70%	83%	24%	38	87%	0	11	9	1	1	24	12	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	6	4	0	6	0	0	0	2	50%
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		89%																								65%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1954	WSH	AL	29	85	65%	80%	29%	11	73%	0	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1955	NYG	NL	30	39	56%	74%	26%	1	100%	0	3	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
1959	KCA	AL	34	31	61%	81%	23%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			155	62%	79%	27%	13	77%	0	6	2	3	1	10	6	3	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1950	CHC	NL	25	4	50%	75%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1 Season			4	50%	75%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		93%																											86%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1950	CHC	NL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	13	54%	92%	15%	0
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	13	54%	92%	15%	0
	MLB Averages																														44.6%			2.6%			63%	81%	30%		58%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y 1953 AL 20 (1st)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 126 (5th) 1953 AL 133 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1953 AL 333 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 380 (5th) 1953 AL 395 (3rd) 1954 AL 243 (5th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 24 (2nd) 1951 NL 13 (5th) 1953 AL 13 (5th) 1954 AL 13 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y 1953 AL 20 (1st) 1955 NL 8 (4th) Career 31 (44th)	Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y 1950 NL 5.76 (4th) 1953 AL 5.79 (2nd) 1954 AL 5.37 (5th) 1955 NL 6.29 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1950 NL 5.51 (3rd) 1953 AL 5.47 (4th) 1954 AL 5.07 (4th) 1955 NL 5.79 (2nd) Career 5.29 (89th)
Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1953 AL .982 (4th) 1955 NL .985 (2nd)

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