Don Werner

Donald Paul Werner

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 8, 1953 in Appleton, WI
High School: Appleton East HS (Appleton, WI)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1975
Teams (by GP): Reds/Rangers 1975-1982

Final Game: September 19, 1982
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Standard Batting

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
1971	18	CIN-min	A,Rk	46	148	143	10	28	4	2	0	16	1	0	5	37	.196	.223	.252	.475		36							TAM,RDL · FLOR,GULF
1972	19	CIN-min	A	116	445	377	42	97	8	1	1	31	3	3	53	72	.257	.352	.292	.644		110		3	10	2			TAM · FLOR
1973	20	CIN-min	AA	110	284	284		57	9	1	5						.201	.201	.292	.493		83							TRV · EL
1974	21	CIN-min	A	120	483	397	44	92	13	1	2	38	4	1	65	60	.232	.343	.285	.627		113	10	4	13	4	1		TAM · FLOR
1975	22	CIN-min	AAA	86	273	228	39	64	11	5	9	34	5	1	41	67	.281	.397	.491	.888		112		3	1	0			INA · AA
1975	22	CIN	NL	7	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	1	0	1	0	0	0	/2
1976	23	ATL-CIN-min	AAA	87	318	263	33	63	5	2	3	33	6	4	48	73	.240	.356	.308	.664		81		2	1	4			RMD,INA · IL,AA
1976	23	CIN	NL	3	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	280	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1977	24	CIN-min	AAA	34	108	94	12	20	5	1	5	13	1	0	11	30	.213	.295	.447	.742		42		0	3	0			INA · AA
1977	24	CIN	NL	10	26	23	3	4	0	0	2	4	0	1	2	3	.174	.231	.435	.666	73	10	1	0	0	1	1	2
1978	25	CIN-min	AAA	40	140	125	14	30	6	1	3	22	1	0	13	30	.240	.314	.376	.690		47		1	0	1			INA · AA
1978	25	CIN	NL	50	132	113	7	17	2	1	0	11	1	0	14	30	.150	.242	.186	.428	22	21	1	1	0	4	2	2

1979	26	CIN-min	AAA	99	312	260	35	66	18	3	7	36	1	4	41	52	.254	.362	.427	.789		111		5	3	3			INA · AA
1980	27	CIN-min	AAA	65	254	219	32	60	10	2	6	35	3	0	30	30	.274	.358	.420	.778		92		1	0	4			INA · AA
1980	27	CIN	NL	24	73	64	2	11	2	0	0	5	1	0	7	10	.172	.260	.203	.463	31	13	2	1	0	1	0	2
1981	28	TEX-min	AAA	83	276	246	23	67	13	1	4	26	0	0	24	43	.272	.338	.382	.720		94		2	1	3	2		WCH · AA
1981	28	TEX	AL	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	49	2	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1982	29	TEX-min	AAA	8	27	16	2	7	2	0	1	2	0	1	10	2	.438	.667	.750	1.417		12		1	0	0	1		DEN · AA
1982	29	TEX	AL	22	65	59	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	7	.203	.242	.237	.479	36	14	1	0	3	0	0	2
1983	30	TEX-min	AAA	76	277	232	39	67	14	1	6	38	1	1	38	38	.289	.387	.435	.822		101		1	3	3	1		OKC · AA
1984	31	CHC-min	AAA	131	487	427	64	121	22	3	25	77	10	4	48	98	.283	.353	.525	.878		224		2	3	7	3		IWA · AA
1985	32	TEX-DET-min	AAA,AA	30	105	93	16	18	3	1	2	9	0	0	9	13	.194	.279	.312	.591		29		2	1	0	0		OKC,NVL,BIR · AA,SOUL
1986	33	TEX-min	AAA	66	216	186	28	53	5	3	6	28	1	1	27	39	.285	.381	.441	.822		82		2	1	0	1		OKC · AA
1987	34	TEX-min	AAA	54	158	142	19	29	6	0	3	13	1	0	13	30	.204	.274	.310	.584		44		1	1	1	0		OKC · AA
1988	35	TEX-min	AAA	2	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571		2		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1997	44	SDP-min	Rk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		IDF · PION
7 Yrs				118	318	279	17	49	7	1	2	24	2	2	27	53	.176	.251	.229	.480	35	64	5	3	3	6	3
162 Game Avg.				162	437	383	23	67	10	1	3	33	3	3	37	73	.176	.251	.229	.480	35	88	7	4	4	8	4

CIN (5 yrs)				94	245	212	12	35	5	1	2	21	2	1	24	44	.165	.253	.226	.479	34	48	4	3	0	6	3
TEX (2 yrs)				24	73	67	5	14	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	9	.209	.243	.239	.482	38	16	1	0	3	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				94	245	212	12	35	5	1	2	21	2	1	24	44	.165	.253	.226	.479	34	48	4	3	0	6	3
AL (2 yrs)				24	73	67	5	14	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	9	.209	.243	.239	.482	38	16	1	0	3	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
1975	22	CIN	NL	7	9	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.460	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	/2
1976	23	CIN	NL	3	5	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/2
1977	24	CIN	NL	10	26	-2	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.487	.499	0.0	0.0	-0	$	2
1978	25	CIN	NL	50	132	-12	-0	1	-1	2	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.8	.477	.493	-0.7	0.2	-5	$	2

1980	27	CIN	NL	24	73	-6	0	0	-6	1	-10	-1.2	2	-8	-1.0	.451	.493	-0.3	-0.5	-2	$	2
1981	28	TEX	AL	2	8	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.436	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/D
1982	29	TEX	AL	22	65	-5	0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.475	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	2
7 Seasons				118	318	-25	-0	1	-12	5	-31	-3.4	10	-21	-2.5	.471	.497	-1.2	-0.7	-9	$

CIN (5 yrs)				94	245	-19	-0	1	-10	4	-24	-2.7	7	-17	-2.1	.471	.497	-1.0	-0.6	-7	$
TEX (2 yrs)				24	73	-5	-0	0	-2	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.472	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1975	22	CIN	NL	9	7	0	0.0	98	.125	.125	.268	.222	.339	.125	.387	.347	.726	-2	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.286	.000	.000
1976	23	CIN	NL	5	2	2	26.9	93	.667	.500	.265	.600	.332	.750	.378	1.350	.709	280	.969	1.1	0.1	2.000	.500	.250
1977	24	CIN	NL	26	22	2	2.5	105	.105	.174	.272	.231	.340	.435	.414	.666	.754	73	.239	-1.1	-0.1	.524	.304	.261	.0
1978	25	CIN	NL	132	101	6	1.6	95	.195	.150	.262	.242	.330	.186	.385	.428	.715	22	.146	-11.6	-1.2	.381	.168	.035	.0

1980	27	CIN	NL	73	56	4	1.9	96	.200	.172	.268	.260	.330	.203	.389	.463	.719	31	.192	-5.8	-0.6	.400	.156	.031	.0
1981	28	TEX	AL	8	7	0	0.0	84	.333	.250	.249	.250	.313	.250	.362	.500	.675	49	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.143	-.125	.000
1982	29	TEX	AL	65	51	4	2.1	93	.231	.203	.257	.242	.320	.237	.392	.479	.711	36	.194	-5.0	-0.5	.354	.085	.034
7 Yrs				318	246	18	2.0	95	.204	.176	.263	.251	.329	.229	.389	.480	.718	35	.193	-24.1	-2.5	.397	.151	.054	2.0
162 Game Avg.				437	338	25	2.0	95	.204	.176	.263	.251	.329	.229	.389	.480	.718	35	.193	-24.1	-2.5	.397	.151	.054	3

CIN (5 yrs)				245	188	14	2.0	96	.192	.165	.265	.253	.331	.226	.389	.479	.721	34	.202	-18.5	-1.9	.418	.179	.061	2.0
TEX (2 yrs)				73	58	4	1.9	92	.241	.209	.256	.243	.319	.239	.388	.482	.707	38	.163	-5.6	-0.6	.327	.060	.030

NL (5 yrs)				245	188	14	2.0	96	.192	.165	.265	.253	.331	.226	.389	.479	.721	34	.202	-18.5	-1.9	.418	.179	.061	2.0
AL (2 yrs)				73	58	4	1.9	92	.241	.209	.256	.243	.319	.239	.388	.482	.707	38	.163	-5.6	-0.6	.327	.060	.030

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	22	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					2.50	89%
1976	23	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	20.0%	50%	1.00	4.0		4.0	0.00	60%
1977	24	CIN	NL	26	7.7%	11.5%	7.7%	7.7%	50%	1.50	7.7	11.5	5.8	0.50	73%
1978	25	CIN	NL	132	0.0%	22.7%	10.6%	2.3%	18%	2.14	3.8		10.3	0.78	66%

1980	27	CIN	NL	73	0.0%	13.7%	9.6%	2.7%	18%	1.43	6.4		12.8	1.88	75%
1981	28	TEX	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.00	75%
1982	29	TEX	AL	65	0.0%	10.8%	4.6%	3.1%	17%	2.33	8.4		19.7	1.87	80%
7 Yrs				318	0.6%	16.7%	8.5%	3.1%	20%	1.96	5.3	139.5	11.6	1.16	72%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.51	7.0	46.3	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	22	CIN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.59	-0.1	-0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.97	-0.9	0.03	0
1976	23	CIN	NL	1.1	0.1	5	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.29	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.94	0.5		0
1977	24	CIN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	28	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.78	0.2	-0.1	-1.8	-0.2	1.00	0.5		0
1978	25	CIN	NL	-11.6	-1.2	132	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	1.07	-1.2	0.5	-11.2	-1.2	1.01	-12.1	6.30	1

1980	27	CIN	NL	-5.8	-0.6	75	-0.8	0.8	-1.6	1.03	-0.6	-0.1	-9.1	-1.0	1.04	-7.7	0.13	1
1981	28	TEX	AL	-0.6	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	1.32	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.2	0.75	-1.1		0
1982	29	TEX	AL	-5.1	-0.5	66	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.87	-0.6	0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.92	-5.8		0
7 Yrs				-24.2	-2.5	324	-2.1	3.6	-5.7	.99	-2.5	0.4	-27.9	-2.9	0.99	-26.6	3.22	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1975	22	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	23	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	24	CIN	NL	0	0	25%	4	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	25	CIN	NL	2	0	22%	41	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60%	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0

1980	27	CIN	NL	0	0	11%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	33%	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1981	28	TEX	AL	0	0	50%	1	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	29	TEX	AL	1	0	27%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	40%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
7 Yrs				3	0	20%	96	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	46%	7	3	3	1	0	1	5	3	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1975	22	CIN	NL	9	11%	1			0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	23	CIN	NL	5	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	24	CIN	NL	26	62%	4			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		7	1	14%	3	2	67%	19	2	11%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1978	25	CIN	NL	132	41%	17			1	1	0	1	6.30	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	23	1	4%	13	7	54%	95	11	12%	12	9	75%	6	3	50%	0

1980	27	CIN	NL	73	33%	11			1	1	0	0	0.13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	2	15%	9	2	22%	54	5	9%	9	3	33%	2	2	100%	0
1981	28	TEX	AL	8	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	29	TEX	AL	65	31%	12			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	14	1	7%	6	3	50%	38	3	8%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
7 Yrs				318	40%	49			2	2	0	1	3.22	2	0	9	0	2	0	2	0	6	3	50%	59	5	8%	31	14	45%	219	22	10%	26	16	62%	10	6	60%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			15%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1975	22	7	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	-2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1976	23	10	14	12	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.357	.333	.690	93	4	0	1	0	0	0
1977	24	20	40	35	3	7	1	0	2	5	0	1	3	4	.200	.275	.400	.675	80	14	1	1	0	1	1
1978	25	70	172	148	10	24	3	1	2	16	1	1	17	34	.162	.250	.236	.486	36	35	2	2	0	5	3
1979	26	70	172	148	10	24	3	1	2	16	1	1	17	34	.162	.250	.236	.486	36	35	2	2	0	5	3
1980	27	94	245	212	12	35	5	1	2	21	2	1	24	44	.165	.253	.226	.479	34	48	4	3	0	6	3
1981	28	96	253	220	13	37	5	1	2	21	2	2	24	46	.168	.253	.227	.480	35	50	4	3	0	6	3
1982	29	118	318	279	17	49	7	1	2	24	2	2	27	53	.176	.251	.229	.480	35	64	5	3	3	6	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1975	22	7	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	7
1976	23	3	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.500	.600	.750	1.350	2	3
1977	24	10	26	23	2	4	0	0	2	3	0	2	3	.174	.231	.435	.666	2	10
1978	25	50	136	115	8	19	2	1	0	13	1	16	30	.165	.265	.200	.465	6	50

1980	27	24	75	65	2	12	2	0	0	6	1	8	10	.185	.280	.215	.495	4	24
1981	28	3	14	14	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.357	.357	.357	.714	2	2
1982	29	22	66	60	5	13	2	0	0	4	0	3	7	.217	.254	.250	.504	4	22
7 Yrs		119	331	289	20	55	7	1	2	27	2	30	54	.190	.268	.242	.511	20	118
162 Game Avg.		162	451	393	27	75	10	1	3	37	3	41	74	.190	.268	.242	.511	27	118

* 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.

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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