Alan Wiggins
Alan Anthony Wiggins
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 17, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Hialeah (Hialeah, FL)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1981
Final Game: August 28, 1987
Died: January 6, 1991 in Los Angeles, CA
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Standard Batting

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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
1981 23 SDP NL 15 15 14 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .357 .400 .357 .757 124 5 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1982 24 SDP NL 72 274 254 40 65 3 3 1 15 33 6 13 19 .256 .295 .303 .598 71 77 4 1 6 0 0 78/94
1983 25 SDP NL 144 585 503 83 139 20 2 0 22 66 13 65 43 .276 .360 .324 .684 94 163 3 1 16 0 3 7839
1984 26 SDP NL 158 692 596 106 154 19 7 3 34 70 21 75 57 .258 .342 .329 .671 90 196 2 3 14 4 1 *4 MVP-16
1985 27 TOT MLB 86 375 335 46 87 12 4 0 21 30 14 31 20 .260 .326 .319 .645 81 107 3 2 7 0 0 4
1985 27 SDP NL 10 40 37 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 .054 .103 .081 .184 -48 3 1 0 1 0 0 /4
1985 27 BAL AL 76 335 298 43 85 11 4 0 21 30 13 29 16 .285 .353 .349 .702 96 104 2 2 6 0 0 4
1986 28 BAL AL 71 270 239 30 60 3 1 0 11 21 7 22 20 .251 .309 .272 .581 62 65 0 0 5 4 0 4/D
1987 29 BAL AL 85 342 306 37 71 4 2 1 15 20 7 28 34 .232 .298 .268 .566 54 82 6 1 6 1 0 D4/7
7 Seasons 631 2553 2247 346 581 61 19 5 118 242 68 235 193 .259 .330 .309 .639 80 695 18 8 54 9 4
162 Game Avg. 162 655 577 89 149 16 5 1 30 62 17 60 50 .259 .330 .309 .639 80 178 5 2 14 2 1
SDP (5 yrs) 399 1606 1404 236 365 43 12 4 71 171 41 156 123 .260 .335 .316 .651 85 444 10 5 37 4 4
BAL (3 yrs) 232 947 843 110 216 18 7 1 47 71 27 79 70 .256 .320 .298 .618 71 251 8 3 17 5 0
NL (5 yrs) 399 1606 1404 236 365 43 12 4 71 171 41 156 123 .260 .335 .316 .651 85 444 10 5 37 4 4
AL (3 yrs) 232 947 843 110 216 18 7 1 47 71 27 79 70 .256 .320 .298 .618 71 251 8 3 17 5 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1981 23 SDP NL 15 9 3 9.0 86 .357 .357 .254 .400 .318 .357 .364 .757 .683 124 .808 0.4 0.0 .889 .214 .000 .0
1982 24 SDP NL 274 205 25 3.3 91 .274 .256 .261 .295 .323 .303 .379 .598 .702 71 .388 -10.6 -1.1 .593 .205 .047 1.9
1983 25 SDP NL 585 396 72 4.9 94 .302 .276 .260 .360 .328 .324 .385 .684 .712 94 .565 -1.3 -0.1 .742 .282 .048 .0
1984 26 SDP NL 692 483 79 4.4 94 .280 .258 .263 .342 .328 .329 .383 .671 .711 90 .523 -6.1 -0.6 .695 .279 .070 5.8
1985 27 TOT MLB 375 272 39 3.8 96 .276 .260 .258 .326 .323 .319 .399 .645 .722 81 .423 -8.4 -0.9 .589 .200 .060 .0
1985 27 SDP NL 40 38 0 0.0 94 .061 .054 .259 .103 .327 .081 .386 .184 .712 -48 .000 -7.4 -0.8 .108 .054 .027
1985 27 BAL AL 335 234 39 4.5 96 .301 .285 .258 .353 .323 .349 .400 .702 .723 96 .487 -1.0 -0.1 .667 .218 .064 .0
1986 28 BAL AL 270 195 24 3.3 99 .269 .251 .259 .309 .327 .272 .404 .581 .731 62 .345 -12.1 -1.2 .543 .172 .021 .0
1987 29 BAL AL 342 255 26 2.7 103 .257 .232 .262 .298 .329 .268 .420 .566 .749 54 .248 -20.0 -1.9 .500 .170 .036 1.9
7 Seasons 2553 1815 268 4.0 96 .280 .259 .261 .330 .327 .309 .392 .639 .719 80 .451 -57.9 -5.8 .635 .233 .051 9.8
162 Game Avg. 655 466 69 4.0 96 .280 .259 .261 .330 .327 .309 .392 .639 .719 80 .451 -57.9 -5.8 .635 .233 .051 3
SDP (5 yrs) 1606 1131 179 4.3 93 .282 .260 .261 .335 .327 .316 .383 .651 .710 85 .506 -24.9 -2.6 .674 .260 .056 7.8
BAL (3 yrs) 947 684 89 3.5 100 .277 .256 .260 .320 .326 .298 .408 .618 .735 71 .361 -33.1 -3.2 .569 .187 .042 2.0
NL (5 yrs) 1606 1131 179 4.3 93 .282 .260 .261 .335 .327 .316 .383 .651 .710 85 .506 -24.9 -2.6 .674 .260 .056 7.8
AL (3 yrs) 947 684 89 3.5 100 .277 .256 .260 .320 .326 .298 .408 .618 .735 71 .361 -33.1 -3.2 .569 .187 .042 2.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 26 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 5 22 19 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .316 .381 .316 .697 6 2 0 1 0 0
1984 26 SDP NL WS DET L 5 22 22 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .364 .364 .409 .773 9 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 10 44 41 6 14 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 4 .341 .372 .366 .738 15 2 0 1 0 0
1 NLCS 5 22 19 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 .316 .381 .316 .697 6 2 0 1 0 0
1 WS 5 22 22 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .364 .364 .409 .773 9 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1981 23 SDP NL 15 0.0% 0.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.60 93%
1982 24 SDP NL 274 0.4% 6.9% 4.7% 2.6% 11% 1.46 13.4 254.0 16.9 2.45 85%
1983 25 SDP NL 585 0.0% 7.4% 11.1% 3.8% 16% 0.66 11.7 22.9 2.15 79%
1984 26 SDP NL 692 0.4% 8.2% 10.8% 4.2% 19% 0.76 10.5 198.7 17.5 1.87 78%
1985 27 TOT MLB 375 0.0% 5.3% 8.3% 4.3% 18% 0.65 16.8 16.0 1.49 84%
1985 27 SDP NL 40 0.0% 10.0% 5.0% 2.5% 50% 2.00 9.3 2.00 83%
1985 27 BAL AL 335 0.0% 4.8% 8.7% 4.5% 18% 0.55 18.6 14.2 1.42 84%
1986 28 BAL AL 270 0.0% 7.4% 8.2% 1.5% 7% 0.91 12.0 21.7 1.40 83%
1987 29 BAL AL 342 0.3% 9.9% 8.2% 2.1% 10% 1.21 9.0 306.0 20.4 1.27 80%
7 Seasons 2553 0.2% 7.6% 9.2% 3.3% 15% 0.82 11.6 449.4 19.0 1.74 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1981 23 SDP NL 1 0 67% 16 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 57% 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
1982 24 SDP NL 4 0 50% 89 33 6 85% 29 6 4 0 0 0 4 4 2 11 61% 12 6 6 1 1 0 10 2 8
1983 25 SDP NL 5 0 41% 224 66 13 84% 55 10 11 2 0 1 12 1 8 32 56% 30 17 13 8 0 6 32 11 20
1984 26 SDP NL 20 0 45% 235 70 21 77% 56 17 12 3 2 1 9 1 9 23 66% 45 13 30 7 3 4 27 6 18
1985 27 TOT MLB 6 0 38% 117 30 14 68% 25 11 5 3 0 0 7 3 4 11 37% 22 15 7 3 3 0 13 6 7
1985 27 SDP NL 0 0 75% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 27 BAL AL 6 0 37% 112 30 13 70% 25 10 5 3 0 0 7 3 4 9 33% 21 15 6 3 3 0 12 6 6
1986 28 BAL AL 5 0 37% 93 21 7 75% 19 7 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 12 58% 18 7 11 2 1 1 6 2 3
1987 29 BAL AL 3 0 36% 138 20 7 74% 19 6 1 1 0 0 5 2 6 10 46% 20 11 9 7 6 1 10 3 7
7 Seasons 44 0 42% 912 242 68 78% 205 57 35 9 2 2 41 11 34 102 55% 150 70 78 28 14 12 102 32 65
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1981 23 SDP NL 15 100% 5 4 2 0 0 0.87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 24 SDP NL 274 100% 65 3 0 0 0 1.18 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 100% 30 4 13% 12 7 58% 115 16 14% 9 4 44% 13 6 46% 0
1983 25 SDP NL 585 100% 139 2 0 0 0 0.67 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 16 84% 79 3 4% 46 27 59% 255 23 9% 17 9 53% 51 26 51% 0
1984 26 SDP NL 692 100% 154 1 0 0 0 0.26 3 0 9 0 3 3 0 0 15 14 93% 70 2 3% 35 19 54% 263 37 14% 18 15 83% 30 14 47% 0
1985 27 TOT MLB 375 100% 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 57 3 5% 25 9 36% 159 23 14% 14 8 57% 17 9 53% 0
1985 27 SDP NL 40 100% 2 0 0 0 0 3.41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 3 1 33% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1985 27 BAL AL 335 100% 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 51 2 4% 22 8 36% 148 23 16% 13 8 62% 17 9 53% 0
1986 28 BAL AL 270 100% 60 1 0 0 0 1.98 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 38 0 0% 18 11 61% 121 12 10% 14 8 57% 9 4 44% 0
1987 29 BAL AL 342 100% 71 2 1 0 0 1.35 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 6 86% 63 6 10% 35 13 37% 170 14 8% 14 6 43% 19 10 53% 0
7 Seasons 2553 100% 581 13 3 0 0 1.02 5 0 31 1 4 4 1 0 62 54 87% 339 18 5% 171 86 50% 1086 125 12% 86 50 58% 139 69 50% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1981 23 15 15 14 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .357 .400 .357 .757 124 5 0 0 0 0 0
1982 24 87 289 268 44 70 3 3 1 15 35 6 14 19 .261 .300 .306 .606 74 82 4 1 6 0 0
1983 25 231 874 771 127 209 23 5 1 37 101 19 79 62 .271 .340 .318 .658 87 245 7 2 22 0 3
1984 26 389 1566 1367 233 363 42 12 4 71 171 40 154 119 .266 .341 .323 .664 89 441 9 5 36 4 4
1985 27 475 1941 1702 279 450 54 16 4 92 201 54 185 139 .264 .338 .322 .660 87 548 12 7 43 4 4
1986 28 546 2211 1941 309 510 57 17 4 103 222 61 207 159 .263 .335 .316 .651 84 613 12 7 48 8 4
1987 29 631 2553 2247 346 581 61 19 5 118 242 68 235 193 .259 .330 .309 .639 80 695 18 8 54 9 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1981 23 23 26 24 7 10 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 .417 .462 .417 .878 5 15
1982 24 72 281 265 46 76 4 4 1 17 39 15 19 .287 .327 .343 .671 29 72
1983 25 144 613 533 93 169 24 2 0 25 80 79 43 .317 .406 .370 .776 80 144
1984 26 158 715 621 115 179 22 8 3 37 81 87 57 .288 .376 .364 .740 86 158
1985 27 86 383 346 49 98 14 5 0 22 34 35 20 .283 .352 .353 .705 42 86
1986 28 71 276 247 31 68 3 1 0 11 24 25 20 .275 .337 .296 .633 25 71
1987 29 85 340 309 37 74 4 2 1 15 21 29 34 .239 .306 .275 .581 26 85
7 Seasons 639 2634 2345 378 674 71 22 5 127 283 272 193 .287 .362 .343 .705 293 631
162 Game Avg. 162 668 595 96 171 18 6 1 32 72 69 49 .287 .362 .343 .705 74 631

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1984-NL-16-4%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Games Played s c a p y
1984 NL--158--8th

At Bats s c a p y
1984 NL--596--10th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1984 NL--692--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1984 NL--106--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1984 NL--75--7th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 NL--66--2nd
1984 NL--70--3rd
1985 AL--30--8th
Career--242--241st

Singles s c a p y
1984 NL--125--10th

Times On Base s c a p y
1984 NL--232--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1983 NL--16--3rd
1984 NL--14--2nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1984 NL--21--1st
1985 AL--13--4th

AB per SO s c a p y
1984 NL--10.456--5th

Outs Made s c a p y
1984 NL--483--3rd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1096), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Charlie Reilly (930)
  8. Ernie Courtney (929)
  9. Thurman Tucker (929)
  10. Gerald Young (928)
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  1. Billy North (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Billy North (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Hick Carpenter (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harry Niles (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Niles (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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