Don Wengert
Donald Paul Wengert
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 6, 1969 in Sioux City, IA
High School: Heelan Catholic (Sioux City, IA)
School: Iowa State University
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1995
Final Game: May 26, 2001
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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
1995 25 OAK AL 1 1 .500 3.34 19 0 10 0 0 0 29.2 30 14 11 3 12 2 16 1 0 1 129 129 1.416 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.33
1996 26 OAK AL 7 11 .389 5.58 36 25 2 1 1 0 161.1 200 102 100 29 60 5 75 6 0 4 725 91 1.612 11.2 1.6 3.3 4.2 1.25
1997 27 OAK AL 5 11 .313 6.04 49 12 16 1 0 2 134.0 177 96 90 21 41 4 68 8 0 2 612 73 1.627 11.9 1.4 2.8 4.6 1.66
1998 28 TOT NL 1 5 .167 5.26 31 6 9 0 0 1 63.1 76 38 37 10 28 0 46 3 0 1 288 81 1.642 10.8 1.4 4.0 6.5 1.64
1998 28 SDP NL 0 0 5.93 10 0 3 0 0 1 13.2 21 9 9 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 64 66 1.902 13.8 1.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
1998 28 CHC NL 1 5 .167 5.07 21 6 6 0 0 0 49.2 55 29 28 8 23 0 41 3 0 1 224 86 1.570 10.0 1.4 4.2 7.4 1.78
1999 29 KCR AL 0 1 .000 9.25 11 1 2 0 0 0 24.1 41 26 25 6 5 0 10 0 0 0 116 54 1.890 15.2 2.2 1.8 3.7 2.00
2000 30 ATL NL 0 1 .000 7.20 10 0 6 0 0 0 10.0 12 9 8 2 5 0 7 0 0 0 47 64 1.700 10.8 1.8 4.5 6.3 1.40
2001 31 PIT NL 0 2 .000 12.38 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.0 33 22 22 2 6 2 4 0 0 0 84 37 2.438 18.6 1.1 3.4 2.3 0.67
7 Seasons 14 32 .304 6.01 160 48 45 2 1 3 438.2 569 307 293 73 157 13 226 18 0 8 2001 78 1.655 11.7 1.5 3.2 4.6 1.44
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .304 6.01 52 16 15 1 0 1 143 186 100 96 24 51 4 74 6 0 3 654 78 1.655 11.7 1.5 3.2 4.6 1.44
OAK (3 yrs) 13 23 .361 5.57 104 37 28 2 1 2 325.0 407 212 201 53 113 11 159 15 0 7 1466 85 1.600 11.3 1.5 3.1 4.4 1.41
KCR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.25 11 1 2 0 0 0 24.1 41 26 25 6 5 0 10 0 0 0 116 54 1.890 15.2 2.2 1.8 3.7 2.00
PIT (1 yr) 0 2 .000 12.38 4 4 0 0 0 0 16.0 33 22 22 2 6 2 4 0 0 0 84 37 2.438 18.6 1.1 3.4 2.3 0.67
ATL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.20 10 0 6 0 0 0 10.0 12 9 8 2 5 0 7 0 0 0 47 64 1.700 10.8 1.8 4.5 6.3 1.40
SDP (1 yr) 0 0 5.93 10 0 3 0 0 1 13.2 21 9 9 2 5 0 5 0 0 0 64 66 1.902 13.8 1.3 3.3 3.3 1.00
CHC (1 yr) 1 5 .167 5.07 21 6 6 0 0 0 49.2 55 29 28 8 23 0 41 3 0 1 224 86 1.570 10.0 1.4 4.2 7.4 1.78
NL (3 yrs) 1 8 .111 6.75 45 10 15 0 0 1 89.1 121 69 67 14 39 2 57 3 0 1 419 65 1.791 12.2 1.4 3.9 5.7 1.46
AL (4 yrs) 13 24 .351 5.82 115 38 30 2 1 2 349.1 448 238 226 59 118 11 169 15 0 7 1582 82 1.620 11.5 1.5 3.0 4.4 1.43

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
1995 25 OAK AL 19 129 114 14 30 8 2 3 0 0 12 16 .263 .336 .447 .783 .281 51 3 1 1 1 2
1996 26 OAK AL 36 725 651 102 200 37 5 29 9 4 60 75 .307 .368 .513 .881 .310 334 16 6 3 5 5
1997 27 OAK AL 49 612 551 96 177 41 1 21 5 5 41 68 .321 .372 .514 .886 .333 283 15 8 5 7 4
1998 28 TOT NL 31 288 256 38 76 12 3 10 3 0 28 46 .297 .373 .484 .857 .330 124 7 3 1 0 0
1998 28 CHC NL 21 224 197 29 55 11 3 8 2 0 23 41 .279 .363 .487 .851 .318 96 5 3 1 0 0
1998 28 SDP NL 10 64 59 9 21 1 0 2 1 0 5 5 .356 .406 .475 .881 .365 28 2 0 0 0 0
1999 29 KCR AL 11 116 109 26 41 5 1 6 0 2 5 10 .376 .397 .606 1.002 .368 66 3 0 0 2 0
2000 30 ATL NL 10 47 42 9 12 1 0 2 0 0 5 7 .286 .362 .452 .814 .303 19 1 0 0 0 0
2001 31 PIT NL 4 84 77 22 33 6 1 2 1 0 6 4 .429 .470 .610 1.080 .437 47 1 0 1 0 2
7 Seasons 160 2001 1800 307 569 110 13 73 18 11 157 226 .316 .374 .513 .887 .327 924 46 18 11 15 13
162 Game Avg. 52 654 588 100 186 36 4 24 6 4 51 74 .316 .374 .513 .887 .327 302 15 6 4 5 4
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
1996 26 OAK AL 36 25 7 10 8 2 2 14 11 .560 4 4 1 1 11 44% 43 72 17 29 11 1 11 5.2 4.7 5.6 91 5 11 5 1 127
1997 27 OAK AL 49 12 2 6 4 2 2 4 8 .333 0 2 1 0 2 17% 39 61 16 23 13 2 4 4.2 3.9 4.9 86 4 5 1 0 104
1998 28 TOT NL 31 6 1 4 1 1 0 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0% 56 28 12 4 2 1 5.0 4.0 4.7 80 2 3 1 0 116
1998 28 CHC NL 21 6 1 4 1 1 0 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0% 43 56 28 10 3 2 1 5.0 4.0 4.7 80 2 3 1 0 116
1999 29 KCR AL 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 23 23 23 2 2 0 1 5.0 5.4 5.0 95 0 1 0 0 95
2001 31 PIT NL 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 2 0 0 0 0% 24 38 15 6 6 0 4 5.8 3.6 4.0 68 3 0 1 0 104
5 Seasons 121 48 10 23 15 5 4 21 27 .438 5 8 2 1 13 27% 40 72 15 70 35 5 21 5.0 4.4 5.2 86 14 20 8 1 127
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
1995 25 OAK AL 19 19 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 17 6 35% 8 0.555 4 2 12 4 2 13 10 9 11 3 11 1 4.7 25
1996 26 OAK AL 36 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 4 44% 5 0.980 4 3 3 2 3 6 6 5 8 3 8 0 5.7 32
1997 27 OAK AL 49 37 16 3 5 3 2 1 67% 3 0 36 14 39% 5 0.754 7 7 23 5 3 29 20 17 22 7 23 3 6.1 32
1998 28 TOT NL 31 25 9 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 13 7 54% 0.705 4 3 18 5 3 17 6 19 11 7 11 2 4.2 24
1998 28 SDP NL 10 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 0.548 1 1 8 4 1 5 1 9 4 2 4 1 4.1 25
1998 28 CHC NL 21 15 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 55% 8 0.750 3 2 10 1 2 12 5 10 7 5 7 1 4.3 23
1999 29 KCR AL 11 10 2 0 0 3 0 3 0% 4 1 9 6 67% 6 0.834 3 5 2 5 0 5 5 5 8 2 8 0 5.8 33
2000 30 ATL NL 10 10 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 7 0.168 1 1 8 2 1 7 2 8 3 5 3 3 3.0 19
6 Seasons 156 112 45 4 9 7 3 4 43% 11 4 88 39 44% 0.809 23 21 66 23 12 77 49 63 63 27 64 9 5.1 28

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%
1995 25 OAK AL 129 48% 2.3% 12.4% 9.3% 10.1% 43% 0.55 0.74 74% 29% 5.6% 16% 23 3 13%
1996 26 OAK AL 725 53% 4.0% 10.3% 8.3% 9.8% 36% 0.73 1.05 76% 24% 11.1% 20% 145 16 11%
1997 27 OAK AL 612 49% 3.4% 11.1% 6.7% 10.3% 36% 0.88 1.22 77% 21% 10.0% 16% 125 15 12%
1998 28 TOT NL 288 43% 3.5% 16.0% 9.7% 8.7% 33% 0.86 1.53 69% 25% 10.2% 12% 49 7 14%
1998 28 SDP NL 64 45% 3.1% 7.8% 7.8% 4.7% 14% 0.96 1.77 81% 28% 8.0% 7% 16 2 13%
1998 28 CHC NL 224 42% 3.6% 18.3% 10.3% 9.8% 40% 0.83 1.45 66% 24% 11.0% 13% 33 5 15%
1999 29 KCR AL 116 53% 5.2% 8.6% 4.3% 10.3% 29% 1.08 1.26 82% 20% 13.3% 6% 35 3 9%
2000 30 ATL NL 47 21% 4.3% 14.9% 10.6% 6.4% 25% 0.60 0.92 70% 29% 12.5% 20% 14 1 7%
2001 31 PIT NL 84 58% 2.4% 4.8% 7.1% 10.7% 27% 0.68 1.10 85% 31% 5.3% 7% 22 1 5%
7 Seasons 2001 50% 3.7% 11.3% 7.9% 9.8% 34% 0.79 1.14 76% 24% 10.1% 16% 413 46 11%
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
1995 25 OAK AL 121 441 3.64 269 61% 32% 9% 24% 34% 68% 5% 41% 86% 64% 5% 6 2 17% 21 10 2 38% 3 2 8 0 0
1996 26 OAK AL 634 2358 3.72 1423 60% 26% 10% 29% 35% 74% 2% 45% 87% 57% 5% 31 15 16% 103 40 8 29% 6 11 91 5 0
1997 27 OAK AL 555 2021 3.64 1232 61% 26% 10% 27% 37% 74% 2% 45% 86% 60% 5% 29 18 13% 74 27 3 32% 8 7 57 0 0
1998 28 TOT NL 288 1063 3.69 656 62% 28% 13% 27% 32% 72% 0% 44% 82% 58% 3% 9 2 15% 43 20 2 26% 9 7 0 0 0
1998 28 SDP NL 64 224 3.50 137 61% 25% 9% 26% 39% 75% 0% 46% 87% 55% 2% 1 1 9% 6 2 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 CHC NL 224 839 3.75 519 62% 29% 13% 27% 30% 71% 0% 44% 81% 59% 4% 8 1 17% 37 18 1 29% 9 7 0 0 0
1999 29 KCR AL 116 422 3.64 257 61% 23% 12% 26% 39% 77% 0% 47% 85% 58% 8% 9 6 13% 15 3 0 40% 1 3 0 0 0
2000 30 ATL NL 47 188 4.00 115 61% 34% 10% 26% 30% 66% 0% 40% 86% 55% 0% 0 0 23% 11 5 0 14% 1 0 0 0 0
2001 31 PIT NL 84 273 3.25 167 61% 29% 7% 20% 44% 71% 8% 43% 91% 60% 5% 4 1 12% 10 4 1 75% 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1845 6766 3.67 4119 61% 27% 10% 27% 36% 73% 2% 44% 86% 59% 5% 88 44 15% 277 109 16 31% 28 31 156 5 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
1995 25 OAK AL 129 30 2 0 3 0 6 1 2 3 0 10 5 0 50% 2 1 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 26 OAK AL 725 200 26 5 29 0 10 11 18 18 11 39 20 3 51% 4 4 1 276 9 4 69% 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 12 0
1997 27 OAK AL 612 177 16 0 21 1 21 12 9 11 10 48 20 5 42% 7 2 0 238 5 5 50% 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 14 0
1998 28 TOT NL 288 76 15 1 10 0 10 6 4 6 4 15 8 0 53% 1 1 0 101 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 SDP NL 64 21 9 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 CHC NL 224 55 6 1 8 0 6 5 3 5 3 13 6 0 46% 1 1 0 76 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 29 KCR AL 116 41 6 1 6 0 2 3 3 2 4 9 9 0 100% 1 0 0 55 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2000 30 ATL NL 47 12 2 1 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 4 1 0 25% 1 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 31 PIT NL 84 33 2 1 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 9 4 0 44% 0 0 0 37 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2001 569 69 9 73 1 59 36 37 40 33 134 67 8 50% 16 8 1 773 18 11 62% 15 7 3 3 0 1 1 1 30 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+
1995 25 1 1 .500 3.34 19 0 10 0 0 0 29.2 30 14 11 3 12 2 16 1 0 1 129 129 1.416 9.1 0.9 3.6 4.9 1.33 129
1996 26 8 12 .400 5.23 55 25 12 1 1 0 191.0 230 116 111 32 72 7 91 7 0 5 854 95 1.581 10.8 1.5 3.4 4.3 1.26 95
1997 27 13 23 .361 5.57 104 37 28 2 1 2 325.0 407 212 201 53 113 11 159 15 0 7 1466 85 1.600 11.3 1.5 3.1 4.4 1.41 85
1998 28 14 28 .333 5.52 135 43 37 2 1 3 388.1 483 250 238 63 141 11 205 18 0 8 1754 85 1.607 11.2 1.5 3.3 4.8 1.45 85
1999 29 14 29 .326 5.74 146 44 39 2 1 3 412.2 524 276 263 69 146 11 215 18 0 8 1870 82 1.624 11.4 1.5 3.2 4.7 1.47 82
2000 30 14 30 .318 5.77 156 44 45 2 1 3 422.2 536 285 271 71 151 11 222 18 0 8 1917 81 1.625 11.4 1.5 3.2 4.7 1.47 81
2001 31 14 32 .304 6.01 160 48 45 2 1 3 438.2 569 307 293 73 157 13 226 18 0 8 2001 78 1.655 11.7 1.5 3.2 4.6 1.44 78

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
1995 25 2 1 .667 3.66 32.0 34 14 13 3 14 17 1 1.500 9.6 3.9 4.8 1.21 0.8 19
1996 26 7 10 .412 4.81 159.0 186 94 85 27 56 74 6 1.522 10.5 3.2 4.2 1.32 1.5 36
1997 27 4 10 .286 6.21 129.0 177 99 89 21 41 65 8 1.690 12.3 2.9 4.5 1.59 1.5 49
1998 28 2 4 .333 5.16 61.0 74 39 35 10 27 44 3 1.656 10.9 4.0 6.5 1.63 1.5 31
1999 29 0 2 .000 8.62 24.0 39 26 23 6 5 10 0 1.833 14.6 1.9 3.8 2.00 2.3 11
2000 30 0 1 .000 6.30 10.0 11 8 7 2 5 7 0 1.600 9.9 4.5 6.3 1.40 1.8 10
2001 31 0 1 .000 11.25 16.0 31 22 20 2 6 4 0 2.313 17.4 3.4 2.3 0.67 1.1 4
7 Seasons 15 29 .341 5.68 431.0 552 302 272 71 154 221 18 1.638 11.5 4.6 1.44 1.5 160

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y
1996 AL--1--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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