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Ty Wigginton

Ty Allen Wigginton (Wiggy)

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: October 11, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High School: Chula Vista (Chula Vista, CA)
School: University of North Carolina at Asheville
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 16, 2002
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles/DevilRays/Astros/Rockies/... 2002-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (team option), 2 yrs/$8M (11-12) & 13 team option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.169, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: ACES, previously: Dan Lozano [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1528. Rick Cerone… #1529. Charlie Gelbert… #1530. Lee Tannehill… #1531. TY WIGGINTON… #1532. Rod Barajas… #1533. Brad Hawpe… #1534. Howie Shanks… 

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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
2002 24 NYM NL 46 127 116 18 35 8 0 6 18 2 1 8 19 .302 .354 .526 .880 132 61 4 2 0 1 0 534/
2003 25 NYM NL 156 633 573 73 146 36 6 11 71 12 2 46 124 .255 .318 .396 .714 88 227 15 9 1 4 2 *5 RoY-8
2004 26 TOT NL 144 545 494 63 129 30 2 17 66 7 1 45 82 .261 .324 .433 .757 95 214 15 2 1 3 6 *54/3
2004 26 NYM NL 86 339 312 46 89 23 2 12 42 6 1 23 48 .285 .334 .487 .821 110 152 11 1 1 2 4 54/3
2004 26 PIT NL 58 206 182 17 40 7 0 5 24 1 0 22 34 .220 .306 .341 .646 68 62 4 1 0 1 2 5
2005 27 PIT NL 57 171 155 20 40 9 1 7 25 0 1 14 30 .258 .324 .465 .788 105 72 3 1 1 0 0 5/34
2006 28 TBD AL 122 486 444 55 122 25 1 24 79 4 3 32 97 .275 .330 .498 .828 112 221 11 6 1 3 3 345
2007 29 TOT MLB 148 604 547 71 152 33 0 22 67 3 4 41 113 .278 .333 .459 .792 107 251 16 8 0 8 0 543D/79
2007 29 TBD AL 98 417 378 47 104 21 0 16 49 1 4 28 73 .275 .329 .458 .786 107 173 8 5 0 6 0 5453/3
2007 29 HOU NL 50 187 169 24 48 12 0 6 18 2 0 13 40 .284 .342 .462 .804 106 78 8 3 0 2 0 5453/3
2008 30 HOU NL 111 429 386 50 110 22 1 23 58 4 6 32 69 .285 .350 .526 .876 128 203 9 8 0 3 1 5
2009 31 BAL AL 122 436 410 44 112 19 0 11 41 1 2 23 57 .273 .314 .400 .714 86 164 16 2 0 1 1 35/64
2010 32 BAL AL 154 649 581 63 144 29 1 22 76 0 1 50 116 .248 .312 .415 .727 98 241 23 8 1 9 3 345 AS
2011 33 COL NL 130 446 401 52 97 21 2 15 47 8 1 38 84 .242 .315 .416 .731 87 167 10 5 1 1 4 537/9
10 Seasons 1190 4526 4107 509 1087 232 14 158 548 41 22 329 791 .265 .325 .443 .768 101 1821 122 51 6 33 20
162 Game Avg. 162 616 559 69 148 32 2 22 75 6 3 45 108 .265 .325 .443 .768 101 248 17 7 1 4 3
NYM (3 yrs) 288 1099 1001 137 270 67 8 29 131 20 4 77 191 .270 .327 .440 .767 100 440 30 12 2 7 6
TBD (2 yrs) 220 903 822 102 226 46 1 40 128 5 7 60 170 .275 .329 .479 .809 110 394 19 11 1 9 3
PIT (2 yrs) 115 377 337 37 80 16 1 12 49 1 1 36 64 .237 .314 .398 .711 85 134 7 2 1 1 2
BAL (2 yrs) 276 1085 991 107 256 48 1 33 117 1 3 73 173 .258 .313 .409 .721 93 405 39 10 1 10 4
HOU (2 yrs) 161 616 555 74 158 34 1 29 76 6 6 45 109 .285 .347 .506 .854 121 281 17 11 0 5 1
COL (1 yr) 130 446 401 52 97 21 2 15 47 8 1 38 84 .242 .315 .416 .731 87 167 10 5 1 1 4
NL (7 yrs) 694 2538 2294 300 605 138 12 85 303 35 12 196 448 .264 .328 .446 .773 101 1022 64 30 4 14 13
AL (4 yrs) 496 1988 1813 209 482 94 2 73 245 6 10 133 343 .266 .320 .441 .761 101 799 58 21 2 19 7

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2002 24 NYM NL 127 6 -1 0 -1 -1 0 4 7 0.7 8 0.8 -0.1 $ 534/
2003 25 NYM NL 633 -7 -1 7 -1 -28 2 18 -10 -1.0 18 1.9 -2.9 $302,500 *5 RoY-8
2004 26 NYM NL 339 1 1 1 0 -7 1 10 7 0.7 14 1.4 -0.7 $316,000 54/3
2004 26 PIT NL 206 -8 -1 0 0 0 1 6 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 5
2005 27 PIT NL 171 0 -2 1 0 -9 0 5 -5 -0.5 4 0.4 -0.9 $342,000 5/34
2006 28 TBD AL 486 4 -3 1 -1 -11 -2 17 4 0.4 16 1.6 -1.2 $675,000 345
2007 29 TBD AL 417 0 -3 2 1 -8 -1 14 5 0.5 13 1.3 -0.8 $2,700,000 5453/3
2007 29 HOU NL 187 1 1 1 -1 -4 1 5 4 0.4 8 0.8 -0.4 $ 5453/3
2008 30 HOU NL 429 16 -1 -1 0 -3 0 12 23 2.4 26 2.7 -0.3 $4,350,000 5
2009 31 BAL AL 436 -8 -3 -2 -2 -19 -4 15 -22 -2.1 -4 -0.3 -1.8 $2,500,000 35/64
2010 32 BAL AL 649 -4 -0 2 -2 -8 -6 22 4 0.4 12 1.3 -0.9 $3,500,000 345 AS
2011 33 COL NL 446 -9 -0 0 -1 -12 -2 12 -11 -1.1 1 0.1 -1.2 $3,500,000 537/9
10 Seasons 4526 -7 -14 13 -8 -110 -9 140 4 0.6 115 11.8 -11.2 $18,185,500
NYM (3 yrs) 1099 0 -1 8 -2 -36 3 32 4 0.4 40 4.1 -3.7 $618,500
TBD (2 yrs) 903 4 -6 3 0 -19 -3 31 9 0.9 29 2.9 -2.0 $3,375,000
PIT (2 yrs) 377 -8 -3 1 0 -9 1 11 -7 -0.7 2 0.2 -0.9 $342,000
BAL (2 yrs) 1085 -12 -4 0 -4 -27 -10 37 -18 -1.7 9 1.0 -2.7 $6,000,000
HOU (2 yrs) 616 17 0 0 -1 -7 1 17 27 2.8 34 3.5 -0.7 $4,350,000
COL (1 yr) 446 -9 -0 0 -1 -12 -2 12 -11 -1.1 1 0.1 -1.2 $3,500,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2002 NYM NL 24 3B 14 30 7 20 3 3 .900 -3 1.93 .957 2.69
2002 NYM NL 24 1B 13 61 56 5 0 4 1.000 0 4.69 .992 9.31
2002 NYM NL 24 2B 12 58 22 34 2 4 .966 2 4.67 .981 4.92
2002 NYM NL 24 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.15
2002 NYM NL 24 LF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
2002 NYM NL 24 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2003 NYM NL 25 3B 155 426 117 293 16 27 .962 -28 -18 2.65 .955 2.72 RoY-8
2004 TOT NL 26 3B 122 104 93 931.4 289 63 208 18 16 .938 -8 -5 -10 -6 2.62 2.22 .956 0.00 2.75
2004 NYM NL 26 3B 66 54 47 488.2 157 29 116 12 8 .924 -8 -2 -20 -5 2.67 2.20 .956 0.00 2.75
2004 NYM NL 26 2B 25 22 11 183.2 101 30 68 3 12 .970 1 -3 7 -20 4.80 3.92 .982 0.00 4.97
2004 NYM NL 26 1B 5 5 4 41.0 56 48 7 1 9 .982 0 1 3 29 12.07 11.00 .993 0.00 9.44
2004 PIT NL 26 3B 56 50 46 442.2 132 34 92 6 8 .955 0 -3 1 -8 2.56 2.25 .956 0.00 2.75
2005 PIT NL 27 3B 40 85 19 57 9 5 .894 -10 -15 1.90 .958 2.74
2005 PIT NL 27 1B 3 24 22 2 0 1 1.000 1 1 8.00 .993 9.53
2005 PIT NL 27 2B 1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.00 .980 4.90
2006 TBD AL 28 1B 45 331 302 28 1 26 .997 -1 -1 7.33 .994 9.40
2006 TBD AL 28 2B 43 182 66 116 0 31 1.000 2 4 4.23 .986 4.85
2006 TBD AL 28 3B 34 84 16 63 5 7 .940 -12 -9 2.32 .960 2.80
2006 TBD AL 28 OF 12 23 19 2 2 0 .913 -0 1 1.75 .986 2.27
2006 TBD AL 28 RF 7 5 3 45.2 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 34 53 2.36 1.71 .984 2.21 2.17
2006 TBD AL 28 LF 5 5 3 39.0 11 9 0 2 0 .818 -2 -1 -49 -31 2.08 1.80 .986 2.05 2.02
2006 TBD AL 28 DH 1 1
2007 TOT MLB 29 3B 80 205 57 140 8 6 .961 -5 -8 2.46 .955 2.64
2007 TOT MLB 29 1B 18 134 119 15 0 14 1.000 -3 -3 7.44 .995 9.27
2007 HOU NL 29 3B 48 125 34 88 3 3 .976 -4 -2 2.54 .954 2.67
2007 TBD AL 29 2B 39 166 74 89 3 24 .982 -4 -5 4.18 .985 4.92
2007 TBD AL 29 3B 32 80 23 52 5 3 .938 -1 -6 2.34 .957 2.60
2007 TBD AL 29 1B 17 131 116 15 0 14 1.000 -3 -3 7.71 .995 9.27
2007 HOU NL 29 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
2007 HOU NL 29 1B 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 3.00 .993 9.20
2007 TBD AL 29 DH 15 15
2007 HOU NL 29 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.00
2007 HOU NL 29 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20
2008 HOU NL 30 3B 82 196 46 144 6 11 .969 -3 -6 2.32 .956 2.58
2008 HOU NL 30 OF 30 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 -0 5 1.60 .985 2.20
2008 HOU NL 30 LF 31 31 15 247.0 48 46 2 0 0 1.000 -0 5 -2 24 1.75 1.55 .983 1.90 1.89
2009 BAL AL 31 1B 40 349 315 30 4 30 .989 -12 -4 8.63 .994 9.02
2009 BAL AL 31 3B 39 82 24 54 4 4 .951 -7 -7 2.00 .957 2.65
2009 BAL AL 31 SS 9 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 1 1 1.22 .972 4.31
2009 BAL AL 31 2B 8 19 8 11 0 2 1.000 -0 1 2.38 .986 4.70
2009 BAL AL 31 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.50 .990 2.30
2009 BAL AL 31 DH 23 23
2009 BAL AL 31 LF 2 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 100 0 1.50 0.50 .990 2.10 2.10
2010 BAL AL 32 1B 98 831 748 73 10 75 .988 -1 3 8.38 .994 9.23 AS
2010 BAL AL 32 2B 40 169 66 97 6 13 .964 -3 -7 4.08 .984 4.75 AS
2010 BAL AL 32 3B 22 51 13 33 5 3 .902 -4 -1 2.09 .956 2.61 AS
2010 BAL AL 32 DH 7 7 AS
2011 COL NL 33 3B 68 62 39 520.1 133 33 96 4 15 .970 -6 -1 -13 -2 2.23 1.90 .954 2.53 2.53
2011 COL NL 33 1B 36 17 13 191.0 193 181 12 0 10 1.000 -2 -4 -12 -25 9.09 5.36 .994 9.33 9.31
2011 COL NL 33 OF 27 21 11 185.2 27 24 1 2 0 .926 -5 0 -31 0 1.21 0.93 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 COL NL 33 LF 21 16 7 139.0 18 16 0 2 0 .889 -2 -2 -17 -17 1.04 0.76 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 COL NL 33 RF 6 5 4 46.2 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 -3 2 -71 51 1.74 1.50 .983 2.04 2.03
10 Seasons 3B 656 166 132 1451.2 1581 395 1108 78 97 .951 -85 -70 -70 -57 2.48 2.29 .956 0.91 2.68
8 Seasons 1B 258 22 17 232.0 1979 1791 172 16 169 .992 -18 -7 -93 -36 9.62 7.61 .994 7.68 9.25
7 Seasons 2B 168 22 11 183.2 700 269 417 14 86 .980 -3 -10 -16 -65 4.80 4.08 .984 0.00 4.86
6 Seasons OF 75 21 11 185.2 99 90 5 4 0 .960 -5 6 -34 13 1.21 1.27 .986 2.16 2.20
6 Seasons LF 61 52 25 435.0 78 72 2 4 0 .949 -4 2 -10 5 1.53 1.21 .984 1.91 1.90
4 Seasons RF 15 10 7 94.1 21 18 3 0 0 1.000 -1 4 -19 51 2.00 1.40 .984 2.12 2.11
1 Season SS 9 11 3 8 0 1 1.000 1 1 1.22 .972 4.31
10 Seasons TOT 1166 231 171 2053.0 4370 2548 1710 112 353 .974 -110 -74 -64 -43 3.38 3.65 .978 1.70 4.43
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/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.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010 *

Triples s c a p y
2003 NL  6 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2010 AL  9 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2010 AL  23 (4th)
Active  122 (49th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
2004 NL  22 (5th)
2010 AL  21 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2010 AL  10 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
2003 NL  155 (3rd)
Active  656 (15th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
2003 NL  117 (1st)
Active  395 (17th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
2003 NL  293 (5th)
Active  1,108 (15th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
2003 NL  16 (5th)
2004 NL  18 (4th)
Active  78 (16th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
Active  2.48 (12th)
Career  2.48 (36th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
Active  2.29 (18th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
2008 NL  .969 (4th)
Active  .951 (17th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1672), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1328), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200325New York Mets$302,5004/3/03 AP
200426New York Mets$316,0004/7/04 AP
200527Pittsburgh Pirates$342,000
200628Tampa Bay Devil Rays$675,000
200729Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,700,000
200830Houston Astros$4,350,000
200931Baltimore Orioles$2,500,000
201032Baltimore Orioles$3,500,000
201133Colorado Rockies$3,500,000
201234Philadelphia Phillies$4,000,000 $2M paid by Colorado Rockies
201335Philadelphia Phillies*$4,000,000$4M Team Option, $500k Buyout
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,185,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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