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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 SDP NL 23 LF 4 1 23.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -0.9 -47.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 -1 2.35 1.50 .975 2.11 1.80
1981 SDP NL 23 OF 4 1 23.0 8 6 0 2 0 .750 -0.9 -47.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 -1 2.35 1.50 .988 2.35 2.02
1982 SDP NL 24 OF 68 59 539.0 153 140 8 5 2 .967 6.8 15.1 5.8 -1.8 7.6 1 2.47 2.18 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 SDP NL 24 LF 50 37 347.2 87 78 5 4 1 .954 4.7 16.2 3.7 -1.5 5.2 1 2.15 1.66 .974 2.08 1.60
1982 SDP NL 24 CF 19 19 163.1 54 52 1 1 0 .981 1.5 11.0 1.5 -0.6 2.1 0 2.92 2.79 .983 2.66 2.30
1982 SDP NL 24 RF 6 3 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 25.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0 2.25 1.17 .971 2.02 1.65
1982 SDP NL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.80
1983 SDP NL 25 OF 105 86 810.0 250 242 6 2 1 .992 13.6 20.1 11.6 3.0 8.6 2 2.76 2.36 .980 2.27 1.92
1983 SDP NL 25 LF 63 31 344.0 100 95 4 1 1 .990 6.3 22.0 6.3 3.2 3.1 0 2.59 1.57 .977 2.03 1.60
1983 SDP NL 25 CF 49 44 376.0 126 122 2 2 0 .984 5.0 16.0 4.0 -0.1 4.1 1 2.97 2.53 .983 2.78 2.38
1983 SDP NL 25 1B 45 44 360.1 365 330 29 6 30 .984 -0.3 -1.0 -0.3 -1.3 1.0 0 8.97 7.98 .992 9.96 8.39
1983 SDP NL 25 RF 13 11 90.0 24 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.3 30.7 1.3 -0.1 1.4 1 2.40 1.85 .979 2.01 1.64
1984 SDP NL 26 2B 157 155 1346.2 833 391 410 32 95 .962 -8.7 -7.8 -8.7 -0.7 -7.9 0 5.35 5.10 .979 5.41 4.71 MVP-16
1985 TOT MLB 27 2B 85 83 729.0 391 170 207 14 62 .964 -13.9 -22.9 -15.9 -8.0 -7.9 2 4.65 4.44 .982 5.31 4.52
1985 SDP NL 27 2B 9 9 82.0 43 22 21 0 4 1.000 1.3 19.0 1.3 0.0 1.3 0 4.72 4.78 .981 5.47 4.82
1985 BAL AL 27 2B 76 74 647.0 348 148 186 14 58 .960 -15.2 -28.2 -17.2 -8.0 -9.2 2 4.65 4.39 .982 5.29 4.48
1986 BAL AL 28 2B 66 59 512.0 278 121 151 6 40 .978 -1.2 -2.8 -1.2 -1.0 -0.2 0 4.78 4.12 .981 5.10 4.34
1986 BAL AL 28 DH 1
1987 BAL AL 29 DH 44
1987 BAL AL 29 2B 33 33 290.2 179 78 98 3 21 .983 -1.3 -5.4 -1.3 -1.5 0.1 0 5.45 5.33 .980 5.12 4.48
1987 BAL AL 29 LF 5 2 23.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.8 40.6 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.04 1.60 .978 2.13 1.72
1987 BAL AL 29 OF 5 2 23.2 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.8 40.6 0.8 0.8 0.0 0 3.04 1.60 .978 2.32 2.00
5 Seasons 2B 342 330 2879.1 1681 760 866 55 218 .967 -25.1 -10.5 -27.1 -11.2 -15.9 2 5.08 4.75 .980 5.30 4.57
4 Seasons OF 182 148 1395.2 420 396 14 10 3 .976 20.3 17.5 18.3 2.2 16.2 2 2.64 2.25 .979 2.26 1.92
4 Seasons LF 122 71 738.1 204 187 9 8 2 .961 10.9 17.7 10.9 2.7 8.3 0 2.39 1.61 .975 2.06 1.61
2 Seasons CF 68 63 539.1 180 174 3 3 0 .983 6.5 14.5 5.5 -0.7 6.2 1 2.95 2.60 .983 2.74 2.36
1 Season 1B 45 44 360.1 365 330 29 6 30 .984 -0.3 -1.0 -0.3 -1.3 1.0 0 8.97 7.98 .992 9.96 8.39
2 Seasons DH 45
2 Seasons RF 19 14 118.0 31 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.9 29.5 1.9 0.2 1.7 1 2.36 1.63 .977 2.01 1.64
7 Seasons TOT 569 522 4635.1 2466 1486 909 71 251 .971 -5.1 -1.3 -9.1 -10.3 1.3 2 2 4.65 4.21 .953 4.75 4.02
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
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 68 0 3 5
1983 SDP NL 25 144 130 144 140 0 0 46 0 0 0 63 49 13 105 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 0 1 7
1987 BAL AL 29 85 71 85 37 0 0 0 33 0 0 5 0 0 5 36 10 4
7 Seasons 631 558 631 558 0 0 46 342 0 0 122 68 19 182 36 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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 5928 62% 78% 23% 531 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 2928 54% 78% 23% 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 27 326 62% 83% 28% 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 2263 59% 75% 25% 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 1312 55% 79% 28% 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 12760 59% 78% 24% 1039 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 56% 78% 27% 95%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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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 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 103 63% 74% 19% 17 35%
1982 SDP NL 24 4 0 4 0 1 5 0 2 0 3 10 10 0 13 3 1 6 3 1 5 1 1 8 7 0 42 24 57.1% 15 3 7.1% 2 1494 66% 80% 24% 165 49%
1983 SDP NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 2 17 13 0 10 3 1 3 0 0 5 1 0 8 7 1 43 24 55.8% 17 2 4.7% 2 1461 57% 80% 28% 190 51%
1987 BAL AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 103 56% 74% 39% 10 80%
4 Seasons 8 0 8 0 2 9 0 4 0 5 30 26 0 25 6 2 10 3 1 10 2 1 16 14 1 91 51 56.0% 35 5 5.5% 4 3161 61% 80% 27% 382 50%
MLB Averages 58.6% 2.8% 56% 78% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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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 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 3 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 751 62% 79% 27% 77 69%
1983 SDP NL 25 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 12 8 0 7 0 1 2 1 0 5 0 0 18 14 0 44 23 52.3% 20 1 2.3% 1 1614 65% 79% 28% 198 63%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 17 11 0 9 0 1 2 1 0 8 1 0 24 17 0 60 30 50.0% 29 1 1.7% 2 2365 64% 79% 28% 275 64%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.2% 56% 78% 27% 65%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 1632 63% 76% 23% 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 1632 63% 76% 23% 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 56% 78% 27% 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 126 57% 83% 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% 0 410 71% 77% 27% 37 65%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 8 72.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 536 68% 78% 27% 51 61%
MLB Averages 43.7% 3.1% 56% 78% 27% 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 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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