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Alan Wiggins

Alan Anthony Wiggins

Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: February 17, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Hialeah HS (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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Orioles 1981-1987

Final Game: August 28, 1987
Died: January 6, 1991 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Rose Hill Memorial Park, Whittier, CA
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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
1977	19	ANA-min	Rk	63	288	225	64	61	3	1	1	23	25	5	54	29	.271	.420	.307	.727		69		4	5	0			IDF · PION
1978	20	ANA-min	A	49	206	169	30	34	3	0	1	12	26	7	37	15	.201	.345	.237	.581		40							QDS · MIDW
1979	21	LAD-min	A	95	361	296	57	76	3	1	0	27	43	14	65	40	.257	.391	.274	.664		81							CLI · MIDW
1980	22	LAD-min	A	135	609	513	108	148	10	5	0	35	120	25	82	54	.288	.390	.327	.718		168		6	4	4			LOD · CALL
1981	23	SDP-min	AAA	133	588	513	97	155	17	8	0	33	73	15	62	33	.302	.379	.366	.746		188		4	5	4	1		HAW · PCL
1981	23	SDP	NL	15	15	14	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	123	5	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1982	24	SDP-min	AAA	19	87	77	14	24	2	4	1	4	21	1	9	5	.312	.384	.481	.864		37		0	1	0	0		HAW · PCL
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	BAL-SDP-min	AAA	8	35	30	3	6	1	0	0	2	1	2	5	0	.200	.314	.233	.548		7		0	0	0	0		ROC,LVG · IL,PCL
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-min	AAA	17	47	44	2	9	2	0	0	3	3	1	1	3	.205	.217	.250	.467		11		0	1	1	0		ROC · IL
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 Yrs				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

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
1981	23	SDP	NL	15	15	1	0	0	-1	-0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/7
1982	24	SDP	NL	72	274	-8	5	-0	7	-3	1	0.2	8	10	1.0	.502	.501	0.2	0.5	3	$	78/94
1983	25	SDP	NL	144	585	-2	11	2	13	-6	18	2.0	18	36	3.8	.514	.513	2.3	0.8	23	$	7839
1984	26	SDP	NL	158	692	4	4	2	-9	4	5	0.7	21	26	2.8	.503	.503	3.6	-0.4	35	$	*4	MVP-16
1985	27	SDP	NL	10	40	-7	0	0	1	0	-6	-0.7	1	-4	-0.6	.431	.496	-0.7	0.2	-6	$512,500	/4
1985	27	BAL	AL	76	335	2	-1	0	-15	2	-12	-1.1	10	-1	-0.1	.484	.493	1.4	-1.3	14	$	4
1986	28	BAL	AL	71	270	-10	3	1	-1	1	-6	-0.6	8	2	0.2	.491	.496	0.3	0.1	3	$	4/D
1987	29	BAL	AL	85	342	-19	0	1	-0	-4	-22	-2.1	10	-12	-1.2	.474	.486	-1.1	-0.3	-11	$762,500	D4/7
7 Seasons				631	2553	-40	22	7	-5	-5	-21	-1.3	78	57	6.0	.497	.498	6.2	-0.5	62	$1,275,000

SDP (5 yrs)				399	1606	-12	20	4	12	-5	19	2.4	49	69	7.1	.505	.503	5.6	1.0	57	$512,500
BAL (3 yrs)				232	947	-28	2	3	-17	-0	-40	-3.7	29	-11	-1.1	.483	.492	0.6	-1.5	6	$762,500

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
1981	23	SDP	NL	15	9	3	9.0	87	.357	.357	.255	.400	.320	.357	.366	.757	.686	123	.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 Yrs				2553	1815	268	4.0	96	.280	.259	.261	.330	.327	.309	.392	.639	.719	80	.452	-58.1	-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	.452	-58.1	-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	-25.0	-2.6	.674	.260	.056	7.8
BAL (3 yrs)				947	684	89	3.5	100	.277	.256	.260	.320	.326	.298	.409	.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	-25.0	-2.6	.674	.260	.056	7.8
AL (3 yrs)				947	684	89	3.5	100	.277	.256	.260	.320	.326	.298	.409	.618	.735	71	.361	-33.1	-3.2	.569	.187	.042	2.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				2553	0.2%	7.6%	9.2%	3.3%	15%	0.82	11.6	449.4	19.0	1.74	81%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.1%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.65	6.3	40.5	8.3	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	23	SDP	NL	0.4	0.0	19	0.3	0.4	-0.1	1.03	0.1	0.2	1.3	0.1	0.93	1.0	0.66	4
1982	24	SDP	NL	-10.6	-1.1	317	1.1	5.6	-4.4	1.04	-0.3	1.4	2.0	0.2	0.95	-4.3	1.05	3
1983	25	SDP	NL	-1.3	-0.1	690	1.2	12.0	-10.7	1.14	1.0	0.1	13.4	1.4	0.95	9.0	0.58	2
1984	26	SDP	NL	-6.1	-0.6	803	1.7	13.1	-11.4	1.00	1.4	0.3	16.4	1.7	0.94	13.1	0.21	1
1985	27	TOT	MLB	-8.4	-0.9	428	-0.4	6.1	-6.6	.99	-0.8	0.3	-4.1	-0.5	0.95	-9.3		0
1985	27	SDP	NL	-7.4	-0.8	42	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.93	-0.7	-0.0	-7.3	-0.8	0.90	-7.4	3.45	0
1985	27	BAL	AL	-1.0	-0.1	386	0.2	6.0	-5.8	.99	-0.1	0.3	3.2	0.3	0.96	-1.9		0
1986	28	BAL	AL	-12.1	-1.2	303	-1.2	3.7	-4.9	.99	-1.1	-0.1	-8.9	-0.9	0.94	-12.1	1.85	1
1987	29	BAL	AL	-20.0	-1.9	379	-2.2	4.4	-6.6	1.03	-1.9	-0.3	-26.1	-2.5	0.95	-23.9	1.38	10
7 Yrs				-58.1	-5.8	2939	0.6	45.3	-44.8	1.04	-1.6	2.1	-6.1	-0.5	0.95	-26.6	1.08	21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	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
1981	23	SDP	NL	1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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 Yrs				44	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

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
1981	23	SDP	NL	15	100%	5			4	2	0	0	0.66	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	1.05	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	6	6	100%	30	4	13%	12	7	58%	115	16	14%	9	4	44%	6	5	83%	0
1983	25	SDP	NL	585	100%	139			2	0	0	0	0.58	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	19	16	84%	79	3	4%	46	27	59%	255	23	9%	17	9	53%	23	12	52%	0
1984	26	SDP	NL	692	100%	154			1	0	0	0	0.21	3	0	9	0	3	3	0	0	15	14	93%	70	2	3%	35	19	54%	263	37	14%	18	15	83%	10	8	80%	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%	8	5	63%	0
1985	27	SDP	NL	40	100%	2			0	0	0	0	3.45	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%	8	5	63%	0
1986	28	BAL	AL	270	100%	60			1	0	0	0	1.85	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	38	0	0%	18	11	61%	121	12	10%	14	8	57%	6	3	50%	0
1987	29	BAL	AL	342	100%	71			10	3	0	1	1.38	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	7	6	86%	63	6	10%	35	13	37%	170	14	8%	14	6	43%	15	10	67%	0
7 Yrs				2553	100%	581			21	5	0	1	1.08	5	0	31	1	4	4	1	0	62	54	87%	339	18	5%	171	86	50%	1086	125	12%	86	50	58%	68	43	63%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			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
1981	23	15	15	14	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.357	.400	.357	.757	123	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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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
1981	23	23	24	22	6	8	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	3	15
1982	24	72	279	258	44	69	3	3	1	17	35	14	19	.267	.308	.314	.622	25	72
1983	25	144	598	512	92	148	21	2	0	24	70	69	43	.289	.375	.338	.712	65	144
1984	26	158	704	604	116	162	20	7	3	37	74	79	57	.268	.354	.339	.693	73	158
1985	27	86	384	342	49	94	13	4	0	22	32	33	20	.275	.342	.336	.678	39	86
1986	28	71	271	240	31	61	3	1	0	11	21	22	20	.254	.312	.275	.587	21	71
1987	29	85	341	305	37	70	4	2	1	15	20	28	34	.230	.296	.266	.561	24	85
7 Yrs		639	2601	2283	375	612	64	19	5	126	255	247	193	.268	.340	.319	.660	250	631
162 Game Avg.		162	659	579	95	155	16	5	1	32	65	63	49	.268	.340	.319	.660	63	631

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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 (1177th)	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 (242nd)	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)	SB % s c a p y 1982 NL 84.62 (3rd) 1983 NL 83.54 (6th) Career 78.07 (74th)
AB per SO s c a p y 1984 NL 10.5 (5th)	Outs Made s c a p y 1984 NL 483 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 13 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1412), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 5 (2198), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Bill North (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill North (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Hick Carpenter (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Niles (952) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Harry Niles (951) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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