John Wetteland
John Karl Wetteland
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 21, 1966 in San Mateo, CA
High School: Cardinal Newman (Santa Rosa, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary). Player signed May 25, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1989
Final Game: September 20, 2000
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1989 LAD NL 22 P 31 12 102.2 15 5 8 2 0 .867 1.14 0.42 .953 1.87 0.63
1990 LAD NL 23 P 22 5 43.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.84 0.18 .960 1.80 0.58
1991 LAD NL 24 P 6 0 9.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00 0.50 .975 1.90 0.58
1992 MON NL 25 P 67 0 83.1 14 7 6 1 0 .929 1.40 0.19 .957 1.94 0.60 MVP-22
1993 MON NL 26 P 70 0 85.1 9 1 5 3 0 .667 0.63 0.09 .967 1.84 0.54 MVP-24
1994 MON NL 27 P 52 0 63.2 8 3 4 1 0 .875 0.99 0.13 .962 1.87 0.54
1995 NYY AL 28 P 60 0 61.1 6 2 3 1 1 .833 0.73 0.08 .967 1.79 0.53
1996 NYY AL 29 P 62 0 63.2 6 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.85 0.10 .967 1.77 0.52 AS,MVP-19
1997 TEX AL 30 P 61 0 65.0 7 1 6 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.11 .957 1.72 0.49
1998 TEX AL 31 P 63 0 62.0 10 2 7 1 0 .900 1.31 0.14 .960 1.79 0.50 AS,MVP-16
1999 TEX AL 32 P 62 0 66.0 8 2 5 1 0 .875 0.95 0.11 .950 1.69 0.47 AS,CYA-6
2000 TEX AL 33 P 62 0 60.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.05 0.11 .957 1.62 0.46
12 Seasons P 618 17 765.0 99 27 60 12 2 .879 1.02 0.14 .960 1.80 0.53
12 Seasons TOT 618 17 765.0 99 27 60 12 2 .879 1.02 0.14 .838 1.80 0.53

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 LAD NL 22 31 12 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 23 22 5 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 24 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MON NL 25 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MON NL 26 70 0 70 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MON NL 27 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 NYY AL 28 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 NYY AL 29 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 30 61 0 7 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 31 63 0 8 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TEX AL 32 62 0 5 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 33 62 0 4 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 618 17 273 618 618 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1989 LAD NL 22 437 70% 21% 12 75% 0 5 1 4 8 5 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1990 LAD NL 23 205 72% 27% 6 33% 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1991 LAD NL 24 39 67% 21% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 MON NL 25 367 62% 22% 7 100% 0 7 0 5 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 MON NL 26 371 61% 17% 6 83% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1994 MON NL 27 269 66% 23% 6 67% 0 3 0 2 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1995 NYY AL 28 243 67% 20% 3 100% 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
1996 NYY AL 29 278 68% 20% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1997 TEX AL 30 266 68% 25% 6 83% 1 1 0 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1998 TEX AL 31 251 66% 24% 10 90% 1 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1999 TEX AL 32 286 72% 22% 6 100% 0 2 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 TEX AL 33 281 72% 23% 5 100% 1 2 0 2 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 3293 67% 22% 77 83% 3 27 4 20 61 43 9 12 1 1 10 2 2 1 2 0 20 75%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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