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Curt Wilkerson

Curtis Vernon Wilkerson

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: April 26, 1961 in Petersburg, VA
High Schools: Dinwiddie HS (Sutherland, VA), Dinwiddie HS (Dinwiddie, VA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1983 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs/Royals/Pirates 1983-1993

Final Game: May 16, 1993 (Age 32)
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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
1983 22 TEX AL 16 37 35 7 6 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 5 .171 .216 .229 .445 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 /645
1984 23 TEX AL 153 522 484 47 120 12 0 1 26 12 10 22 72 .248 .282 .279 .561 55 135 7 2 12 2 0 *64
1985 24 TEX AL 129 395 360 35 88 11 6 0 22 14 7 22 63 .244 .293 .308 .601 65 111 7 4 6 3 0 *64/D
1986 25 TEX AL 110 249 236 27 56 10 3 0 15 9 7 11 42 .237 .273 .305 .578 56 72 2 1 0 1 0 46/D
1987 26 TEX AL 85 146 138 28 37 5 3 2 14 6 3 6 16 .268 .308 .391 .700 84 54 2 2 0 0 0 645/D
1988 27 TEX AL 117 371 338 41 99 12 5 0 28 9 4 26 43 .293 .345 .358 .703 96 121 7 2 3 2 3 465/D
1989 28 CHC NL 77 170 160 18 39 4 2 1 10 4 2 8 33 .244 .278 .313 .591 64 50 3 0 1 1 0 54/67
1990 29 CHC NL 77 196 186 21 41 5 1 0 16 2 2 7 36 .220 .249 .258 .507 36 48 4 0 3 0 2 54/76
1991 30 PIT NL 85 210 191 20 36 9 1 2 18 2 1 15 40 .188 .243 .277 .520 47 53 2 0 0 4 0 465
1992 31 KCR AL 111 326 296 27 74 10 1 2 29 18 7 18 47 .250 .292 .311 .602 68 92 4 1 7 4 3 64/5D
1993 32 KCR AL 12 29 28 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 .143 .172 .143 .315 -16 4 1 0 0 0 0 4/6
11 Yrs 972 2651 2452 272 600 78 23 8 179 81 43 138 403 .245 .286 .305 .591 63 748 39 12 32 17 8
162 Game Avg. 162 442 409 45 100 13 4 1 30 14 7 23 67 .245 .286 .305 .591 63 125 7 2 5 3 1
TEX (6 yrs) 610 1720 1591 185 406 50 18 3 106 53 31 89 241 .255 .298 .315 .613 68 501 25 11 21 8 3
KCR (2 yrs) 123 355 324 28 78 10 1 2 29 20 7 19 53 .241 .282 .296 .578 61 96 5 1 7 4 3
CHC (2 yrs) 154 366 346 39 80 9 3 1 26 6 4 15 69 .231 .262 .283 .546 49 98 7 0 4 1 2
PIT (1 yr) 85 210 191 20 36 9 1 2 18 2 1 15 40 .188 .243 .277 .520 47 53 2 0 0 4 0
AL (8 yrs) 733 2075 1915 213 484 60 19 5 135 73 38 108 294 .253 .295 .312 .607 67 597 30 12 28 12 6
NL (3 yrs) 239 576 537 59 116 18 4 3 44 8 5 30 109 .216 .255 .281 .536 48 151 9 0 4 5 2

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
1983 22 TEX AL 16 37 -4 1 0 1 1 -2 -0.1 1 -0 0.0 .490 .499 -0.1 0.2 -1 /645
1984 23 TEX AL 153 522 -27 -2 2 -6 8 -26 -2.6 16 -10 -1.1 .482 .483 -0.4 0.2 -3 *64
1985 24 TEX AL 129 395 -15 -1 0 -2 6 -12 -1.1 12 -0 0.0 .490 .492 0.3 0.5 2 *64/D
1986 25 TEX AL 110 249 -11 -2 1 1 5 -6 -0.6 8 1 0.2 .494 .496 0.1 0.6 0 $165,000 46/D
1987 26 TEX AL 85 146 -4 1 1 -2 2 -1 -0.1 4 3 0.4 .499 .499 0.6 0.1 5 $230,000 645/D
1988 27 TEX AL 117 371 -1 0 1 3 4 7 0.9 11 18 2.0 .506 .505 1.7 0.8 16 $252,500 465/D
1989 28 CHC NL 77 170 -6 0 0 0 1 -5 -0.6 5 0 0.0 .493 .497 -0.1 0.2 0 $500,000 54/67
1990 29 CHC NL 77 196 -17 0 0 -2 1 -18 -1.9 5 -13 -1.4 .474 .488 -1.2 -0.1 -11 $400,000 54/76
1991 30 PIT NL 85 210 -13 1 0 -1 2 -12 -1.3 6 -6 -0.7 .485 .492 -0.6 0.1 -4 $450,000 465
1992 31 KCR AL 111 326 -10 1 2 2 5 -1 0.0 11 10 1.0 .499 .500 0.8 0.8 8 $400,000 64/5D
1993 32 KCR AL 12 29 -5 0 -0 1 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .472 .498 -0.4 0.2 -4 $400,000 4/6
11 Seasons 972 2651 -113 0 7 -5 33 -78 -7.6 81 3 0.2 .491 .495 0.7 3.7 8 $2,797,500
TEX (6 yrs) 610 1720 -62 -2 5 -6 25 -40 -3.6 53 13 1.5 .493 .496 2.2 2.5 19 $647,500
KCR (2 yrs) 123 355 -15 1 1 4 5 -4 -0.3 12 8 0.8 .497 .499 0.4 1.0 5 $800,000
CHC (2 yrs) 154 366 -24 1 0 -2 2 -23 -2.5 11 -12 -1.4 .483 .492 -1.3 0.1 -11 $900,000
PIT (1 yr) 85 210 -13 1 0 -1 2 -12 -1.3 6 -6 -0.7 .485 .492 -0.6 0.1 -4 $450,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1989 28 CHC NL NLCS SFG L 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 30 PIT NL NLCS ATL L 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 7 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 7 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

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 Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1983 TEX AL 22 SS 9 7 7 65.0 36 11 25 0 3 1.000 2 37 4.98 4.00 .963 4.75 4.72
1983 TEX AL 22 2B 2 2 2 17.0 13 7 6 0 2 1.000 -0 -28 6.88 6.50 .981 5.35 5.30
1983 TEX AL 22 3B 2 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0 -150 0.00 0.00 .960 3.15 3.05
1984 TEX AL 23 SS 116 102 81 902.0 462 151 285 26 50 .944 -4 -6 4.35 3.76 .962 4.76 4.72
1984 TEX AL 23 2B 47 42 32 367.2 186 76 106 4 23 .978 -2 -7 4.46 3.87 .980 5.24 5.21
1985 TEX AL 24 SS 110 93 77 813.2 417 125 274 18 50 .957 -0 -0 4.41 3.63 .964 4.64 4.60
1985 TEX AL 24 2B 19 18 16 158.0 97 40 54 3 15 .969 -2 -18 5.35 4.95 .982 5.29 5.24
1985 TEX AL 24 DH 2 0
1986 TEX AL 25 2B 60 35 24 342.2 186 66 114 6 30 .968 2 7 4.73 3.00 .981 5.10 5.05
1986 TEX AL 25 SS 56 28 22 293.0 151 59 85 7 26 .954 -1 -5 4.42 2.57 .967 4.53 4.49
1986 TEX AL 25 DH 2 0
1987 TEX AL 26 SS 33 15 7 163.0 93 41 47 5 8 .946 -2 -18 4.86 2.67 .970 4.59 4.54
1987 TEX AL 26 2B 28 15 10 146.1 77 31 46 0 9 1.000 1 11 4.74 2.75 .980 5.12 5.06
1987 TEX AL 26 3B 18 2 1 42.2 13 7 5 1 1 .923 -1 -25 2.53 0.67 .952 2.76 2.74
1987 TEX AL 26 DH 4 0
1988 TEX AL 27 2B 87 77 62 671.0 405 153 240 12 52 .970 2 3 5.27 4.52 .982 5.12 5.08
1988 TEX AL 27 SS 24 14 13 143.1 77 29 46 2 6 .974 1 10 4.71 3.13 .971 4.69 4.65
1988 TEX AL 27 3B 11 4 1 42.1 18 4 13 1 0 .944 0 3 3.61 1.55 .954 2.70 2.69
1988 TEX AL 27 DH 1 0
1989 CHC NL 28 3B 26 16 15 171.2 59 14 38 7 2 .881 1 10 2.73 2.00 .943 2.71 2.71
1989 CHC NL 28 2B 15 8 7 106.0 77 26 50 1 7 .987 -0 -1 6.45 5.07 .981 5.12 5.12
1989 CHC NL 28 SS 7 0 0 12.0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -100 3.75 0.71 .966 4.50 4.51
1989 CHC NL 28 LF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.20 2.20
1989 CHC NL 28 OF 1 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.30 2.30
1990 CHC NL 29 3B 52 36 26 313.0 98 25 62 11 4 .888 -1 -4 2.50 1.67 .947 2.73 2.71
1990 CHC NL 29 2B 14 7 4 83.0 56 24 29 3 3 .946 -1 -13 5.75 3.79 .983 5.01 4.98
1990 CHC NL 29 LF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1990 CHC NL 29 OF 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.40
1990 CHC NL 29 SS 1 0 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 2.00 .965 4.50 4.60
1991 PIT NL 30 2B 30 23 12 211.0 131 50 80 1 15 .992 0 2 5.55 4.33 .982 5.14 5.12
1991 PIT NL 30 SS 15 6 3 67.0 29 9 20 0 5 1.000 1 23 3.90 1.93 .966 4.67 4.65
1991 PIT NL 30 3B 14 8 7 84.1 39 14 24 1 4 .974 -3 -41 4.06 2.71 .950 2.74 2.73
1992 KCR AL 31 SS 69 46 41 449.1 222 73 142 7 27 .968 0 1 4.31 3.12 .969 4.71 4.69
1992 KCR AL 31 2B 39 31 28 295.2 180 71 107 2 28 .989 3 13 5.42 4.56 .983 5.25 5.23
1992 KCR AL 31 3B 5 3 1 32.0 13 4 8 1 1 .923 -1 -41 3.38 2.40 .950 2.78 2.76
1992 KCR AL 31 DH 1 1
1993 KCR AL 32 2B 10 4 3 39.1 21 5 16 0 3 1.000 1 24 4.81 2.10 .981 5.15 5.11
1993 KCR AL 32 SS 4 4 0 29.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1 25 3.68 3.00 .973 4.69 4.65
11 Seasons SS 444 315 251 2940.2 1506 503 938 65 176 .957 -4 -1 4.41 3.25 .965 4.68 4.63
11 Seasons 2B 351 262 200 2437.2 1429 549 848 32 187 .978 3 2 5.16 3.98 .982 5.16 5.12
7 Seasons 3B 128 69 51 690.0 241 68 150 23 12 .905 -5 -9 2.84 1.70 .948 2.73 2.72
2 Seasons OF 2 1 1 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.35
2 Seasons LF 2 1 1 9.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.22 2.20
11 Seasons TOT 925 647 503 6077.2 3176 1120 1936 120 375 .962 -5 -1 4.53 3.30 .971 4.65 4.55
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  12 (4th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1984 AL  30 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1988 AL  12 (4th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1984 AL  26 (3rd)

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198625Texas Rangers$165,0001986 USA Today survey
198726Texas Rangers$230,000Proofing corrections
198827Texas Rangers$252,500USA Today, 4/1/88
198928Chicago Cubs$500,0001989 USA Today survey
199029Chicago Cubs$400,000USA Today
199130Pittsburgh Pirates$450,000USA Today survey
199231Kansas City Royals$400,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $200,000 earned bonus
199332Kansas City Royals$400,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,797,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
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