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Rob Wilfong
Robert Donald Wilfong
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1953 in Pasadena, CA
High School: Northview (Covina, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1977
Final Game: May 8, 1987
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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
1977 23 MIN AL 73 193 171 22 42 1 1 1 13 10 4 17 26 .246 .321 .281 .602 67 48 1 2 3 0 0 4/D
1978 24 MIN AL 92 235 199 23 53 8 0 1 11 8 4 19 27 .266 .336 .322 .658 85 64 1 2 15 0 1 4/D
1979 25 MIN AL 140 485 419 71 131 22 6 9 59 11 4 29 54 .313 .352 .458 .810 114 192 2 2 25 10 3 *4/879
1980 26 MIN AL 131 466 416 55 103 16 5 8 45 10 6 34 61 .248 .308 .368 .675 79 153 8 3 11 2 3 *4/8
1981 27 MIN AL 93 339 305 32 75 11 3 3 19 2 4 29 43 .246 .311 .331 .643 81 101 1 0 5 0 1 *4
1982 28 TOT AL 80 201 183 24 38 5 2 1 16 4 2 14 30 .208 .268 .273 .541 49 50 5 1 3 0 1 4/586D7
1982 28 MIN AL 25 90 81 7 13 1 0 0 5 0 2 7 13 .160 .236 .173 .409 14 14 4 1 1 0 0 4
1982 28 CAL AL 55 111 102 17 25 4 2 1 11 4 0 7 17 .245 .294 .353 .647 77 36 1 0 2 0 1 4/586D7
1983 29 CAL AL 65 190 177 17 45 7 1 2 17 0 2 10 25 .254 .293 .339 .632 75 60 2 0 2 1 1 45/6D
1984 30 CAL AL 108 337 307 31 76 13 2 6 33 3 2 20 53 .248 .296 .362 .658 82 111 2 2 6 2 0 4/6D
1985 31 CAL AL 83 243 217 16 41 3 0 4 13 4 1 16 32 .189 .243 .258 .501 38 56 0 0 8 2 1 4/D
1986 32 CAL AL 92 316 288 25 63 11 3 3 33 1 4 16 34 .219 .263 .309 .572 56 89 4 2 8 2 2 4
1987 33 SFG NL 2 9 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .500 .722 88 4 0 0 0 0 0 /4
11 Seasons 959 3014 2690 318 668 97 23 39 261 54 33 205 387 .248 .303 .345 .648 77 928 26 14 86 19 13
162 Game Avg. 162 509 454 54 113 16 4 7 44 9 6 35 65 .248 .303 .345 .648 77 157 4 2 15 3 2
MIN (6 yrs) 554 1808 1591 210 417 59 15 22 152 41 24 135 224 .262 .322 .360 .681 85 572 17 10 60 12 8
CAL (5 yrs) 403 1197 1091 106 250 38 8 16 107 12 9 69 161 .229 .276 .323 .598 65 352 9 4 26 7 5
SFG (1 yr) 2 9 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .500 .722 88 4 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 957 3005 2682 316 667 97 23 38 259 53 33 204 385 .249 .303 .345 .648 77 924 26 14 86 19 13
NL (1 yr) 2 9 8 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .500 .722 88 4 0 0 0 0 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
1982 28 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 32 CAL AL ALCS BOS L 4 13 13 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .308 .308 .385 .692 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 6 14 14 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .357 .643 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALCS 6 14 14 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .357 .643 5 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1977 MIN AL 23 2B 66 59 459.0 290 114 164 12 40 .959 -2.5 -6.5 -4.5 -4.9 0.4 2 5.45 4.21 .978 5.42 4.76
1977 MIN AL 23 DH 1
1978 MIN AL 24 2B 80 69 583.2 353 152 196 5 37 .986 -3.4 -7.0 -4.4 -5.8 1.5 1 5.37 4.35 .980 5.47 4.74
1978 MIN AL 24 DH 5
1979 MIN AL 25 2B 133 115 1001.0 680 287 379 14 92 .979 2.6 3.1 -0.4 -1.5 1.1 3 5.99 5.01 .978 5.50 4.80
1979 MIN AL 25 OF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.13
1979 MIN AL 25 CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1979 MIN AL 25 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1979 MIN AL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
1980 MIN AL 26 2B 120 101 931.2 578 238 337 3 85 .995 4.3 5.5 1.3 -5.5 6.8 3 5.55 4.79 .981 5.60 4.91
1980 MIN AL 26 CF 6 6 46.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -1.9 -49.6 -2.9 0.0 -2.9 1 1.57 1.33 .989 2.92 2.65
1980 MIN AL 26 OF 6 6 46.0 9 7 1 1 0 .889 -1.9 -49.6 -2.9 0.0 -2.9 1 1.57 1.33 .978 2.47 2.15
1981 MIN AL 27 2B 93 81 724.0 460 183 268 9 52 .980 -2.2 -3.6 -2.2 0.3 -2.5 0 5.61 4.85 .982 5.54 4.93
1982 TOT AL 28 2B 50 34 344.4 209 66 139 4 32 .981 8.4 29.3 6.4 3.5 2.9 2 5.36 4.10 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 MIN AL 28 2B 22 21 184.2 100 31 67 2 19 .980 3.3 21.4 2.3 1.9 0.4 1 4.78 4.45 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 CAL AL 28 2B 28 13 159.2 109 35 72 2 13 .982 5.1 38.3 4.1 1.6 2.5 1 6.03 3.82 .981 5.35 4.70
1982 CAL AL 28 3B 5 4 40.0 15 1 13 1 0 .933 0.2 6.0 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 3.15 2.80 .953 3.06 2.62
1982 CAL AL 28 OF 3 1 6.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0 3.00 0.67 1.000 2.40 2.13
1982 CAL AL 28 CF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.50
1982 CAL AL 28 SS 2 0 7.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -85.7 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0 3.86 1.50 .967 4.89 4.15
1982 CAL AL 28 DH 1
1982 CAL AL 28 LF 1 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.90
1983 CAL AL 29 2B 39 30 299.1 203 92 110 1 26 .995 -3.2 -12.8 -3.2 -0.6 -2.6 0 6.07 5.18 .981 5.36 4.77
1983 CAL AL 29 3B 13 9 86.0 45 11 33 1 6 .978 0.6 8.4 0.6 -0.8 1.4 0 4.60 3.38 .953 3.07 2.57
1983 CAL AL 29 SS 6 0 13.0 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -64.6 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 3.46 0.83 .960 4.78 4.15
1983 CAL AL 29 DH 1
1984 CAL AL 30 2B 97 71 683.1 438 161 266 11 48 .975 3.4 6.0 4.4 3.4 1.0 -1 5.62 4.40 .980 5.24 4.45
1984 CAL AL 30 SS 4 0 6.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1.0 -189.5 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 0 4.26 0.75 .975 4.69 3.92
1984 CAL AL 30 DH 1
1985 CAL AL 31 2B 69 53 503.0 345 124 216 5 45 .986 8.4 20.0 7.4 4.5 2.9 1 6.08 4.93 .982 5.29 4.48
1985 CAL AL 31 DH 2
1986 CAL AL 32 2B 90 79 686.2 399 135 257 7 48 .982 9.9 17.3 7.9 3.1 4.8 2 5.14 4.36 .981 5.10 4.34
1987 SFG NL 33 2B 2 2 16.0 6 2 3 1 2 .833 -0.7 -52.5 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 2.81 2.50 .983 5.18 4.45
11 Seasons 2B 839 694 6232.0 3961 1554 2335 72 507 .982 25.0 4.8 12.0 -3.5 15.6 13 5.62 4.64 .980 5.41 4.70
2 Seasons 3B 18 13 126.0 60 12 46 2 6 .967 0.8 7.6 0.8 -1.4 2.2 0 4.14 3.22 .953 3.06 2.58
3 Seasons OF 12 7 55.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 -1.9 -41.5 -2.9 -0.1 -2.8 1 1.64 0.83 .982 2.45 2.14
3 Seasons SS 12 0 26.1 12 6 5 1 1 .917 -2.2 -100.3 -2.2 -1.5 -0.6 0 3.76 0.92 .967 4.78 4.08
6 Seasons DH 11
3 Seasons CF 9 6 49.0 10 8 1 1 0 .900 -1.8 -44.1 -2.8 0.0 -2.8 1 1.65 1.00 .990 2.90 2.61
2 Seasons LF 2 1 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -48.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.85
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 120.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.90
11 Seasons TOT 881 714 6439.1 4044 1580 2388 76 514 .981 21.7 4.0 7.7 -6.5 14.4 1 13 5.55 4.50 .961 5.33 4.61
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 AL--15--7th
1979 AL--25--1st

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL--10--4th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1673), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

May 12, 1982: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Doug Corbett to the California Angels for Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters and $400,000.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

April 6, 1987: Released by the California Angels.

May 5, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

May 13, 1987: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$266,667
1986California Angels$416,667
Career (may be incomplete)$683,334
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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