Fred Wenz

Frederick Charles Wenz (Fireball)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 214 lb.

Born: August 26, 1941 in Bound Brook, NJ
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1968
Teams (by GP): Phillies/RedSox 1968-1970

Final Game: September 29, 1970
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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…

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…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1959	17	SFG-min	D-	3	5	.375	6.88	9	9					51.0	58	44	39	3	34								1.804	10.2	0.5	6.0			HAS · NESL
1960	18	SFG-min	D	4	9	.308	6.03	22	19					91.0	96	87	61	10	87								2.011	9.5	1.0	8.6			ART · SOPH
1961	19	OAK/SFG-BOS-SFG-min	C,D	2	11	.154	8.02	25	15					83.0	97	97	74	8	89								2.241	10.5	0.9	9.7			PCT,OLE,BLM · PION,NYPL,WCAR
1962	20	BOS-min	C	3	9	.250	7.43	31	16		1	1		109.0	112	112	90	12	142	1	139	6	0	25			2.330	9.2	1.0	11.7	11.5	0.98	PCT · PION
1963	21	BOS-min	A	4	3	.571	6.06	13	10					52.0	59	43	35	6	39								1.885	10.2	1.0	6.8			WLO,WSM · MIDW,CARL
1964	22	BOS-min	AA	4	7	.364	4.01	24	17					92.0	80	56	41	6	67		87						1.598	7.8	0.6	6.6	8.5	1.30	REA · EL
1965	23	BOS-min	AA	10	9	.526	2.38	55	0					102.0	69	36	27	6	40		129						1.069	6.1	0.5	3.5	11.4	3.23	PFD · EL
1966	24	BOS-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.16	42	0		0	0		67.0	64	42	31	10	32	4	51	3	0	2			1.433	8.6	1.3	4.3	6.9	1.59	TTO · IL
1967	25	BOS-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.30	44	0		0	0		60.0	46	25	22	4	34	5	76	2	0	7			1.333	6.9	0.6	5.1	11.4	2.24	TTO · IL
1968	26	BOS-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.06	30	0		0	0		34.0	15	5	4	2	13	4	46	1	0	9			0.824	4.0	0.5	3.4	12.2	3.54	LOU · IL
1968	26	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	5		2.000	0.0	0.0	18.0	27.0	1.50
1969	27	BOS-min	AAA,AA	1	0	1.000	2.31	33	0		0	0	15	39.0	23	10	10	2	22	4	42	2	0	3			1.154	5.3	0.5	5.1	9.7	1.91	LOU,PFD · IL,EL
1969	27	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	5.73	8	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	9	7	7	7	10	3	11	0	0	1	50	70	1.727	7.4	5.7	8.2	9.0	1.10
1970	28	PHI-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.81	13	0		0	0	1	16.0	9	5	5	0	9	2	14	0	0	2			1.125	5.1	0.0	5.1	7.9	1.56	EUG · PCL
1970	28	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	4.45	22	0	11	0	0	1	30.1	27	16	15	2	13	0	24	1	0	2	133	91	1.319	8.0	0.6	3.9	7.1	1.85
3 Seasons				3	0	1.000	4.68	31	0	13	0	0	1	42.1	36	23	22	9	25	3	38	1	0	3	188	87	1.441	7.7	1.9	5.3	8.1	1.52
162 Game Avg.				7	0	1.000	4.68	68	0	29	0	0	2	93	79	50	48	20	55	7	83	2	0	7	412	87	1.441	7.7	1.9	5.3	8.1	1.52

BOS (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	5.25	9	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	9	7	7	7	12	3	14	0	0	1	55	77	1.750	6.8	5.3	9.0	10.5	1.17
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	4.45	22	0	11	0	0	1	30.1	27	16	15	2	13	0	24	1	0	2	133	91	1.319	8.0	0.6	3.9	7.1	1.85

AL (2 yrs)			AL	1	0	1.000	5.25	9	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	9	7	7	7	12	3	14	0	0	1	55	77	1.750	6.8	5.3	9.0	10.5	1.17
NL (1 yr)			NL	2	0	1.000	4.45	22	0	11	0	0	1	30.1	27	16	15	2	13	0	24	1	0	2	133	91	1.319	8.0	0.6	3.9	7.1	1.85

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
1968	26	BOS	AL	1.0	0	0	1	0	.3	1	0.0	$
1969	27	BOS	AL	11.0	0	7	6	0	1.1	-1	-0.2	$
1970	28	PHI	NL	30.1	0	16	20	-1	.4	4	0.1	$
3 Seasons				42.1	0	23	27	-1	.6	4	-0.1	$

BOS (2 yrs)				12.0	0	7	7	0	1.0	0	-0.2	$
PHI (1 yr)				30.1	0	16	20	-1	.4	4	0.1	$

Standard Batting

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
1959	17	SFG-min	D-	9	17	17		0									.000	.000										HAS · NESL
1960	18	SFG-min	D	23	31	31		3	1	0	0						.097	.097	.129	.226		4						ART · SOPH
1961	19	OAK/SFG-BOS-SFG-min	C,D	26	29	29		2	0	0	0						.069	.069	.034	.103		1						PCT,OLE,BLM · PION,NYPL,WCAR
1962	20	BOS-min	C	32	43	41	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	26	.098	.140	.098	.237		4		0	0	0		PCT · PION
1963	21	BOS-min	A	13	17	17		1	0	0	0						.059	.059	.059	.118		1						WLO,WSM · MIDW,CARL
1964	22	BOS-min	AA	24	29	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.074	.138	.074	.212		2						REA · EL
1965	23	BOS-min	AA	55	25	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18	.000	.080	.000	.080		0						PFD · EL
1966	24	BOS-min	AAA	42	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.000	.077	.000	.077		0		0	0	0		TTO · IL
1967	25	BOS-min	AAA	44	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0		TTO · IL
1968	26	BOS-min	AAA	30	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	0	0		LOU · IL
1968	26	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	27	BOS-min	AAA,AA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		LOU,PFD · IL,EL
1969	27	BOS	AL	8	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	28	PHI-min	AAA	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	1	0		EUG · PCL
1970	28	PHI	NL	22	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3 Seasons				31	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	31	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	26	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0	0	0

BOS (2 yrs)				9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				22	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				22	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1969	27	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$13,000	/1
1970	28	PHI	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
2 Seasons				6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$13,000

PHI (1 yr)				5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$13,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%
1968	BOS	AL	26	P	1	1.0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90	0
1969	BOS	AL	27	P	8	11.0	2	1	1	1.000	1.64	0.25	.950	1.88	1.88	0
1970	PHI	NL	28	P	22	30.1	2	1	1	1.000	0.59	0.09	.950	1.84	1.84	3	0%
	3 Seasons			P	31	42.1	4	2	2	1.000	0.85	0.13	.950	1.85	1.85	3	0%
	3 Seasons			TOT	31	42.1	4	2	2	1.000	0.85	0.13	.950	1.85	1.85	3	0%

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.
June, 1961: Sent from the San Francisco Giants to the Boston Red Sox in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
November 25, 1969: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Boston Red Sox.

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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
1969	27	Boston Red Sox	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$13,000

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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