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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 SDP NL 23 LF 4 1 0 23.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -1 -47 2.35 1.50 .975 2.11 2.12
1981 SDP NL 23 OF 4 1 0 23.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -1 -47 2.35 1.50 .980 2.35 2.35
1982 SDP NL 24 OF 68 59 51 539.0 153 140 8 5 2 .967 7 15 2.47 2.18 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 SDP NL 24 LF 50 37 34 347.2 87 78 5 4 1 .954 5 16 2.15 1.66 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 SDP NL 24 CF 19 19 15 163.1 54 52 1 1 0 .981 2 11 2.92 2.79 .983 2.66 2.67
1982 SDP NL 24 RF 6 3 2 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1 26 2.25 1.17 .979 2.02 2.02
1982 SDP NL 24 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.40
1983 SDP NL 25 OF 105 86 60 810.0 250 242 6 2 1 .992 14 20 2.76 2.36 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 SDP NL 25 LF 63 31 28 344.0 100 95 4 1 1 .990 6 22 2.59 1.57 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 SDP NL 25 CF 49 44 26 376.0 126 122 2 2 0 .984 5 16 2.97 2.53 .983 2.78 2.77
1983 SDP NL 25 1B 45 44 28 360.1 365 330 29 6 30 .984 -0 -1 8.97 7.98 .992 9.96 9.92
1983 SDP NL 25 RF 13 11 6 90.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2 31 2.40 1.85 .979 2.01 2.00
1984 SDP NL 26 2B 157 155 139 1346.2 833 391 410 32 95 .962 -9 -8 5.35 5.10 .979 5.41 5.39 MVP-16
1985 TOT MLB 27 2B 85 83 76 729.0 391 170 207 14 62 .964 -14 -23 4.65 4.44 .982 5.31 5.26
1985 SDP NL 27 2B 9 9 9 82.0 43 22 21 0 4 1.000 1 19 4.72 4.78 .982 5.47 5.47
1985 BAL AL 27 2B 76 74 67 647.0 348 148 186 14 58 .960 -15 -28 4.65 4.39 .982 5.29 5.24
1986 BAL AL 28 2B 66 59 39 512.0 278 121 151 6 40 .978 -1 -3 4.78 4.12 .981 5.10 5.05
1986 BAL AL 28 DH 1 0
1987 BAL AL 29 DH 44 36
1987 BAL AL 29 2B 33 33 29 290.2 179 78 98 3 21 .983 -1 -5 5.45 5.33 .980 5.12 5.06
1987 BAL AL 29 LF 5 2 2 23.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1 41 3.04 1.60 .974 2.13 2.08
1987 BAL AL 29 OF 5 2 2 23.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1 41 3.04 1.60 .980 2.32 2.28
5 Seasons 2B 342 330 283 2879.1 1681 760 866 55 218 .967 -25 -10 5.08 4.75 .980 5.30 5.26
4 Seasons OF 182 148 113 1395.2 420 396 14 10 3 .976 20 17 2.64 2.25 .979 2.26 2.26
4 Seasons LF 122 71 64 738.1 204 187 9 8 2 .961 11 18 2.39 1.61 .975 2.06 2.05
2 Seasons CF 68 63 41 539.1 180 174 3 3 0 .983 6 14 2.95 2.60 .983 2.74 2.74
1 Season 1B 45 44 28 360.1 365 330 29 6 30 .984 -0 -1 8.97 7.98 .992 9.96 9.92
2 Seasons RF 19 14 8 118.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 3 29 2.36 1.63 .979 2.01 2.01
7 Seasons TOT 569 522 424 4635.1 2466 1486 909 71 251 .971 -5 -1 4.65 4.21 .982 4.75 4.67
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1981 SDP NL 23 LF -1 -47 0 0 0 -1
1982 SDP NL 24 LF 5 16 4 5 -2 1
1982 SDP NL 24 CF 2 11 2 2 -1 0
1982 SDP NL 24 RF 1 26 1 0 0 0
1982 SDP NL 24 2B 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 25 LF 6 22 6 3 3 0
1983 SDP NL 25 CF 5 16 4 4 -0 1
1983 SDP NL 25 1B -0 -1 -0 1 -1 0
1983 SDP NL 25 RF 2 31 1 1 -0 1
1984 SDP NL 26 2B -9 -8 -9 -8 -1 0
1985 SDP NL 27 2B 1 19 1 1 0 0
1985 BAL AL 27 2B -15 -28 -17 -9 -8 2
1986 BAL AL 28 2B -1 -3 -1 -0 -1 0
1987 BAL AL 29 2B -1 -5 -1 0 -2 0
1987 BAL AL 29 LF 1 41 1 0 1 0
5 Seasons 2B -25 -10 -27 -16 -11 2
4 Seasons LF 11 18 11 8 3 0
2 Seasons CF 6 14 6 6 -1 1
1 Season 1B -0 -1 -0 1 -1 0
2 Seasons RF 3 29 2 2 0 1
7 Seasons TOT -5 -1 -9 1 -10 2 2

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 SDP NL 23 15 1 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 8
1982 SDP NL 24 72 59 72 69 0 0 0 1 0 0 50 19 6 75 0 3 5
1983 SDP NL 25 144 130 144 140 0 0 46 0 0 0 63 49 13 125 0 4 1
1984 SDP NL 26 158 155 158 157 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1985 BAL AL 27 76 74 76 76 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SDP NL 27 10 9 10 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 BAL AL 28 71 59 71 66 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7
1987 BAL AL 29 85 71 85 37 0 0 0 33 0 0 5 0 0 5 44 10 4
7 Seasons 631 558 631 558 0 0 46 342 0 0 122 68 19 209 45 24 27
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1982 SDP NL 24 3 100% 33% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SDP NL 26 5700 64% 81% 24% 532 95% 1 380 158 153 70 412 360 43 1 4 32 1 29 2 22 97 41 18 25 5 89 30 59 7 4 3
1985 BAL AL 27 2828 56% 81% 24% 196 94% 2 147 37 84 26 185 153 26 1 4 14 0 9 5 9 58 23 11 16 3 54 19 34 3 2 1
1985 SDP NL 27 318 64% 86% 29% 28 100% 0 21 8 8 5 23 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 0 0
1986 BAL AL 28 2166 62% 79% 27% 170 96% 0 119 43 53 23 151 128 17 0 5 6 0 4 2 5 38 14 6 10 2 35 13 22 3 2 0
1987 BAL AL 29 1253 58% 82% 29% 114 94% 0 76 27 40 9 98 92 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 3 21 8 5 0 5 19 5 14 2 1 1
5 Seasons 12268 61% 81% 25% 1040 95% 3 743 273 338 133 869 753 92 2 14 55 1 45 9 39 218 88 41 52 15 201 68 132 15 9 5
MLB Averages 59% 81% 28% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 SDP NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 98 66% 78% 20% 17 35%
1982 SDP NL 24 4 0 4 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 16 13 0 13 3 1 6 3 1 5 1 1 12 11 0 52 31 59.6% 18 3 5.8% 2 1438 69% 83% 25% 165 49%
1983 SDP NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 21 16 0 10 3 1 3 0 0 5 1 0 9 8 1 48 28 58.3% 18 2 4.2% 2 1404 59% 84% 30% 190 51%
1987 BAL AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 99 59% 77% 40% 10 80%
4 Seasons 8 0 8 0 2 9 0 4 0 5 42 33 0 25 6 2 10 3 1 10 2 1 21 19 1 108 63 58.3% 40 5 4.6% 4 3039 64% 83% 28% 382 50%
MLB Averages 60.0% 3.0% 59% 81% 28% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 SDP NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 8 5 0 19 9 47.4% 10 0 0.0% 1 712 66% 83% 29% 77 69%
1983 SDP NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 15 10 0 7 0 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 21 17 0 50 28 56.0% 21 1 2.0% 1 1551 68% 82% 30% 198 63%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 21 13 0 9 0 1 2 1 0 8 1 0 29 22 0 69 37 53.6% 31 1 1.4% 2 2263 67% 82% 29% 275 64%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.4% 59% 81% 28% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1983 SDP NL 25 1546 66% 80% 24% 80 91% 1 330 15 308 7 34 30 13 7 0 1 5 1 4 0 2 31 2 1 0 30 3 1 1 0 7 86%
1 Season 1546 66% 80% 24% 80 91% 1 330 15 308 7 34 30 13 7 0 1 5 1 4 0 2 31 2 1 0 30 3 1 1 0 7 86%
MLB Averages 59% 81% 28% 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 SDP NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 124 58% 84% 27% 14 50%
1983 SDP NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83.3% 1 0 0.0% 0 398 74% 79% 28% 37 65%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 8 66.7% 4 0 0.0% 0 522 70% 80% 28% 51 61%
MLB Averages 42.3% 3.2% 59% 81% 28% 61%

* 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.

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1984 NL  32 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1983 NL  13 (5th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1984 NL  157 (2nd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1984 NL  391 (1st)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1984 NL  32 (2nd)
1985 AL  14 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1982 NL  5 (3rd)
1983 NL  6 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1983 NL  14 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1983 NL  .992 (3rd)

                                         

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