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Dennis Werth

Dennis Dean Werth

Positions: First Baseman, Outfielder and Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 29, 1952 in Lincoln, IL
School: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1979
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Royals 1979-1982

Final Game: September 27, 1982
Relatives: Stepfather of Jayson Werth
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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
1979 26 NYY AL 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1980 27 NYY AL 39 78 65 15 20 3 0 3 12 0 1 12 19 .308 .416 .492 .908 151 32 3 0 1 0 0 3D/9752
1981 28 NYY AL 34 71 55 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 12 .109 .269 .127 .396 19 7 4 0 4 0 2 3/7D92
1982 29 KCR AL 41 19 15 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .133 .316 .133 .449 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 3/2
4 Yrs 117 172 139 28 29 4 0 3 15 1 1 28 33 .209 .341 .302 .643 83 42 8 0 5 0 2
162 Game Avg. 162 238 192 39 40 6 0 4 21 1 1 39 46 .209 .341 .302 .643 83 58 11 0 7 0 3
NYY (3 yrs) 76 153 124 23 27 4 0 3 13 1 1 24 31 .218 .345 .323 .667 90 40 7 0 5 0 2
KCR (1 yr) 41 19 15 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 .133 .316 .133 .449 29 2 1 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 Awards
1979 26 NYY AL 3 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /3
1980 27 NYY AL 39 78 5 -0 -1 2 -2 4 0.4 2 6 0.7 .510 .503 0.4 0.1 4 $ 3D/9752
1981 28 NYY AL 34 71 -7 -0 -1 1 -2 -9 -1.0 2 -7 -0.8 .470 .494 -0.9 -0.1 -7 $ 3/7D92
1982 29 KCR AL 41 19 -1 -1 -0 2 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.3 0.2 -3 $ 3/2
4 Seasons 117 172 -4 -2 -2 5 -4 -7 -0.8 5 -1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.8 0.1 -6 $
NYY (3 yrs) 76 153 -2 -0 -1 3 -4 -5 -0.6 5 -0 -0.1 .492 .499 -0.5 -0.0 -4 $
KCR (1 yr) 41 19 -1 -1 -0 2 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.3 0.2 -3 $

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
1979 26 NYY AL 4 3 0 0.0 100 .250 .250 .267 .250 .332 .250 .405 .500 .736 37 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1980 27 NYY AL 78 50 13 7.0 97 .395 .308 .267 .416 .329 .492 .396 .908 .724 151 .683 5.1 0.5 .878 .354 .185 .0
1981 28 NYY AL 71 57 2 0.9 87 .140 .109 .254 .269 .318 .127 .369 .396 .687 19 .063 -5.3 -0.6 .377 .255 .018 .0
1982 29 KCR AL 19 14 1 1.9 99 .154 .133 .264 .316 .328 .133 .403 .449 .731 29 .169 -1.3 -0.1 .429 .267 .000
4 Yrs 172 124 16 3.5 93 .252 .209 .261 .341 .324 .302 .386 .643 .711 83 .393 -1.9 -0.2 .588 .295 .094 1.5
162 Game Avg. 238 172 22 3.5 93 .252 .209 .261 .341 .324 .302 .386 .643 .711 83 .393 -1.9 -0.2 .588 .295 .094 2
NYY (3 yrs) 153 110 15 3.7 93 .267 .218 .261 .345 .324 .323 .384 .667 .708 90 .421 -0.6 -0.1 .610 .298 .105 1.5
KCR (1 yr) 19 14 1 1.9 99 .154 .133 .264 .316 .328 .133 .403 .449 .731 29 .169 -1.3 -0.1 .429 .267 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1979 26 NYY AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 100%
1980 27 NYY AL 78 3.9% 24.4% 15.4% 7.7% 30% 1.58 3.4 21.7 5.4 1.73 55%
1981 28 NYY AL 71 0.0% 16.9% 16.9% 1.4% 17% 1.00 4.6 55.0 1.50 61%
1982 29 KCR AL 19 0.0% 10.5% 21.1% 0.0% 0% 0.50 7.5 7.5 1.00 68%
4 Yrs 172 1.7% 19.2% 16.3% 4.1% 24% 1.18 4.2 46.3 9.3 1.43 60%
MLB Averages 2.0% 12.7% 8.3% 6.5% 28% 1.53 7.0 45.0 8.5 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
1979 26 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.20 -0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 1.23 -0.2 2.38 2
1980 27 NYY AL 5.1 0.5 80 -0.1 1.6 -1.7 1.14 0.3 -0.4 5.1 0.5 1.03 3.9 1.53 9
1981 28 NYY AL -5.3 -0.6 72 -0.6 0.7 -1.3 .99 -0.6 0.0 -7.2 -0.8 0.95 -6.3 0.80 5
1982 29 KCR AL -1.3 -0.1 20 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.10 -0.2 -0.1 -2.7 -0.3 1.14 -1.8 0.21 1
4 Yrs -1.9 -0.2 176 -1.0 2.6 -3.6 1.07 -0.5 -0.5 -5.1 -0.6 1.01 -4.4 1.34 17

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1979 26 NYY AL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 27 NYY AL 0 0 41% 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 77% 5 1 4 2 2 0 6 0 6
1981 28 NYY AL 0 0 39% 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 29% 2 2 0 4 2 2 1 1 0
1982 29 KCR AL 0 0 83% 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 27% 7 7 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
4 Yrs 0 0 46% 103 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 50% 14 10 4 8 5 3 10 1 9

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
1979 26 NYY AL 4 50% 1 2 0 0 0 2.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1980 27 NYY AL 78 77% 20 9 1 1 2 1.53 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 1 100% 24 3 13% 9 1 11% 60 9 15% 9 1 11% 3 2 67% 0
1981 28 NYY AL 71 80% 6 5 0 0 0 0.80 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 14 4 29% 9 4 44% 40 1 3% 3 0 0% 4 4 100% 0
1982 29 KCR AL 19 68% 2 1 0 0 0 0.21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 18 2 11% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
4 Yrs 172 77% 29 17 1 1 2 1.34 3 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 5 5 100% 42 8 19% 23 6 26% 122 12 10% 13 1 8% 9 8 89% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 36% 15% 52% 55%

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
1979 26 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 42 82 69 16 21 3 0 3 12 0 1 12 19 .304 .407 .478 .886 145 33 3 0 1 0 0
1981 28 76 153 124 23 27 4 0 3 13 1 1 24 31 .218 .345 .323 .667 90 40 7 0 5 0 2
1982 29 117 172 139 28 29 4 0 3 15 1 1 28 33 .209 .341 .302 .643 83 42 8 0 5 0 2

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1979 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1980 27 39 80 66 16 21 3 0 3 13 0 13 19 .318 .430 .500 .930 14 39
1981 28 51 107 83 11 9 2 0 0 2 2 18 18 .108 .267 .133 .400 3 34
1982 29 41 22 16 8 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 2 .188 .409 .188 .597 1 41
4 Yrs 134 213 169 35 33 5 0 3 18 2 37 39 .195 .340 .278 .618 18 117
162 Game Avg. 162 258 204 42 40 6 0 4 22 2 45 47 .195 .340 .278 .618 22 117

* 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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