John Wockenfuss
Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 27, 1949 in Welch, WV
High School: Dickenson (Wilmington, DE)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 42nd round of the 1967 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 11, 1974
Final Game: August 15, 1985
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Standard Batting

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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
1974 25 DET AL 13 33 29 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .138 .212 .172 .385 11 5 0 0 0 1 0 2
1975 26 DET AL 35 130 118 15 27 6 3 4 13 0 0 10 15 .229 .287 .432 .719 98 51 5 0 1 1 0 2
1976 27 DET AL 60 163 144 18 32 7 2 3 10 0 3 17 14 .222 .309 .361 .670 94 52 3 1 1 0 0 2
1977 28 DET AL 53 178 164 26 45 8 1 9 25 0 0 14 18 .274 .331 .500 .831 119 82 1 0 0 0 0 2/7D9
1978 29 DET AL 71 211 187 23 53 5 0 7 22 0 1 21 14 .283 .357 .422 .780 117 79 7 1 1 1 4 9/7D
1979 30 DET AL 87 254 231 27 61 9 1 15 46 2 2 18 40 .264 .320 .506 .827 117 117 9 2 1 2 0 32D/79
1980 31 DET AL 126 444 372 56 102 13 2 16 65 1 4 68 64 .274 .390 .449 .839 128 167 7 3 0 1 4 3D27/9
1981 32 DET AL 70 202 172 20 37 4 0 9 25 0 0 28 22 .215 .322 .395 .717 103 68 5 0 0 2 1 D3/27
1982 33 DET AL 70 224 193 28 58 9 0 8 32 0 0 29 21 .301 .388 .472 .860 136 91 3 0 0 2 2 23D/975
1983 34 DET AL 92 278 245 32 66 8 1 9 44 1 1 31 37 .269 .349 .420 .769 114 103 5 0 0 2 1 D23/57
1984 35 PHI NL 86 211 180 20 52 3 1 6 24 1 0 30 24 .289 .390 .417 .807 126 75 4 0 1 0 1 32/5
1985 36 PHI NL 32 45 37 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 7 .162 .311 .162 .473 35 6 3 0 0 0 1 /32
12 Seasons 795 2373 2072 267 543 73 11 86 310 5 11 277 278 .262 .349 .432 .782 115 896 52 7 5 12 14
162 Game Avg. 162 484 422 54 111 15 2 18 63 1 2 56 57 .262 .349 .432 .782 115 183 11 1 1 2 3
DET (10 yrs) 677 2117 1855 246 485 70 10 80 284 4 11 239 247 .261 .346 .439 .785 116 815 45 7 4 12 12
PHI (2 yrs) 118 256 217 21 58 3 1 6 26 1 0 38 31 .267 .376 .373 .750 110 81 7 0 1 0 2
AL (10 yrs) 677 2117 1855 246 485 70 10 80 284 4 11 239 247 .261 .346 .439 .785 116 815 45 7 4 12 12
NL (2 yrs) 118 256 217 21 58 3 1 6 26 1 0 38 31 .267 .376 .373 .750 110 81 7 0 1 0 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1974 25 DET AL 33 26 1 1.0 91 .143 .138 .261 .212 .325 .172 .375 .385 .700 11 .073 -3.3 -0.4 .320 .138 .034
1975 26 DET AL 130 98 13 3.6 96 .230 .229 .262 .287 .333 .432 .386 .719 .719 98 .415 -1.1 -0.1 .635 .288 .203 .0
1976 27 DET AL 163 119 15 3.4 88 .228 .222 .259 .309 .324 .361 .366 .670 .690 94 .429 -1.2 -0.1 .568 .236 .139 .0
1977 28 DET AL 178 120 28 6.3 104 .263 .274 .272 .331 .337 .500 .414 .831 .751 119 .634 3.6 0.4 .800 .311 .226 .0
1978 29 DET AL 211 144 27 5.0 96 .275 .283 .265 .357 .330 .422 .390 .780 .720 117 .567 4.1 0.4 .704 .246 .139 .0
1979 30 DET AL 254 184 34 4.9 104 .258 .264 .273 .320 .338 .506 .414 .827 .752 117 .521 4.3 0.4 .757 .320 .242 3.5
1980 31 DET AL 444 282 68 6.5 100 .294 .274 .271 .390 .334 .449 .403 .839 .737 128 .653 16.7 1.6 .836 .349 .175 1.9
1981 32 DET AL 202 142 23 4.4 92 .196 .215 .261 .322 .326 .395 .379 .717 .705 103 .528 0.9 0.1 .686 .343 .180 .0
1982 33 DET AL 224 140 37 7.1 98 .301 .301 .264 .388 .328 .472 .402 .860 .730 136 .690 10.6 1.0 .870 .321 .171 .0
1983 34 DET AL 278 187 37 5.3 95 .284 .269 .262 .349 .324 .420 .395 .769 .719 114 .569 5.2 0.5 .724 .278 .151 1.8
1984 35 PHI NL 211 133 31 6.3 95 .307 .289 .266 .390 .331 .417 .386 .807 .717 126 .677 7.0 0.7 .803 .300 .128 1.7
1985 36 PHI NL 45 34 2 1.6 97 .200 .162 .263 .311 .332 .162 .393 .473 .724 35 .144 -3.0 -0.3 .412 .216 .000
12 Seasons 2373 1609 316 5.3 98 .266 .262 .266 .349 .331 .432 .395 .782 .726 115 .580 43.7 4.3 .737 .301 .170 9.5
162 Game Avg. 484 328 64 5.3 98 .266 .262 .266 .349 .331 .432 .395 .782 .726 115 .580 9 1 .737 .301 .170 2
DET (10 yrs) 2117 1442 283 5.3 98 .263 .261 .266 .346 .331 .439 .396 .785 .727 116 .576 39.8 3.9 .739 .303 .178 7.6
PHI (2 yrs) 256 167 33 5.3 96 .289 .267 .265 .376 .331 .373 .387 .750 .718 110 .608 3.9 0.4 .723 .286 .106 1.7
AL (10 yrs) 2117 1442 283 5.3 98 .263 .261 .266 .346 .331 .439 .396 .785 .727 116 .576 39.8 3.9 .739 .303 .178 7.6
NL (2 yrs) 256 167 33 5.3 96 .289 .267 .265 .376 .331 .373 .387 .750 .718 110 .608 3.9 0.4 .723 .286 .106 1.7

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1974 25 DET AL 33 0.0% 6.1% 9.1% 3.0% 25% 0.67 14.5 14.5 1.00 85%
1975 26 DET AL 130 3.1% 11.5% 7.7% 10.0% 48% 1.50 7.9 29.5 9.1 0.74 77%
1976 27 DET AL 163 1.8% 8.6% 10.4% 7.4% 38% 0.82 10.3 48.0 14.4 0.75 78%
1977 28 DET AL 178 5.1% 10.1% 7.9% 10.1% 40% 1.29 9.1 18.2 6.6 1.08 77%
1978 29 DET AL 211 3.3% 6.6% 10.0% 5.7% 23% 0.67 13.4 26.7 8.5 1.40 79%
1979 30 DET AL 254 5.9% 15.8% 7.1% 9.8% 41% 2.22 5.8 15.4 5.0 1.11 70%
1980 31 DET AL 444 3.6% 14.4% 15.3% 7.0% 30% 0.94 5.8 23.3 5.7 0.90 66%
1981 32 DET AL 202 4.5% 10.9% 13.9% 6.4% 35% 0.79 7.8 19.1 6.9 1.11 71%
1982 33 DET AL 224 3.6% 9.4% 13.0% 7.6% 29% 0.72 9.2 24.1 6.0 1.38 74%
1983 34 DET AL 278 3.2% 13.3% 11.2% 6.5% 27% 1.19 6.6 27.2 5.6 0.92 72%
1984 35 PHI NL 211 2.8% 11.4% 14.2% 4.7% 19% 0.80 7.5 30.0 7.5 1.50 71%
1985 36 PHI NL 45 0.0% 15.6% 17.8% 0.0% 0% 0.88 5.3 18.5 1.70 67%
12 Seasons 2373 3.6% 11.7% 11.7% 7.2% 31% 1.00 7.5 24.1 6.7 1.07 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1974 25 DET AL 0 0 14% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 26 DET AL 3 0 33% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 50% 6 4 1 2 0 2 2 0 2
1976 27 DET AL 2 0 32% 64 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 36% 12 9 2 6 3 3 4 1 3
1977 28 DET AL 0 0 34% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 39% 7 5 2 3 2 1 3 1 2
1978 29 DET AL 3 0 24% 92 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 46% 12 6 5 5 3 2 5 2 3
1979 30 DET AL 2 0 18% 87 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 35% 9 7 1 2 0 1 6 2 4
1980 31 DET AL 5 0 26% 160 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 13 38% 27 19 8 9 7 2 9 2 7
1981 32 DET AL 4 0 20% 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 36% 6 4 2 4 3 1 4 2 2
1982 33 DET AL 0 0 25% 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 42% 13 9 3 4 1 3 7 2 4
1983 34 DET AL 6 0 26% 102 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 42% 11 8 3 3 1 2 5 1 3
1984 35 PHI NL 5 0 18% 91 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13% 13 11 2 4 4 0 6 4 1
1985 36 PHI NL 0 0 7% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
12 Seasons 30 0 24% 868 5 11 31% 5 11 0 0 0 0 4 2 18 41 36% 117 83 29 43 25 17 52 18 31
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1974 25 DET AL 33 52% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 16 2 13% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1975 26 DET AL 130 38% 27 1 0 0 0 7.39 4 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 1 1 100% 18 5 28% 10 3 30% 80 11 14% 3 2 67% 4 1 25% 0
1976 27 DET AL 163 36% 32 1 0 0 0 1.95 3 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 100% 26 3 12% 11 1 9% 80 7 9% 5 1 20% 6 1 17% 0
1977 28 DET AL 178 69% 45 9 2 0 1 3.21 9 0 5 1 8 2 7 0 0 0 24 1 4% 13 2 15% 93 16 17% 10 3 30% 3 2 67% 0
1978 29 DET AL 211 82% 53 15 6 0 1 2.26 7 0 4 0 7 5 2 0 2 1 50% 44 7 16% 19 6 32% 129 15 12% 8 2 25% 14 6 43% 0
1979 30 DET AL 254 66% 61 15 3 0 3 2.83 15 1 6 1 14 7 8 0 1 1 100% 48 9 19% 26 5 19% 158 31 20% 14 8 57% 16 5 31% 0
1980 31 DET AL 444 60% 102 6 3 1 2 2.11 16 0 11 0 16 8 8 0 0 0 81 7 9% 27 7 26% 308 49 16% 19 8 42% 30 9 30% 0
1981 32 DET AL 202 86% 37 4 1 0 1 1.47 9 0 4 3 6 4 5 0 0 0 45 5 11% 27 10 37% 142 18 13% 18 6 33% 14 2 14% 0
1982 33 DET AL 224 60% 58 8 1 1 1 2.48 8 0 3 1 7 3 5 0 0 0 42 3 7% 24 10 42% 127 24 19% 10 6 60% 12 5 42% 0
1983 34 DET AL 278 70% 66 12 4 0 3 2.08 9 1 7 2 7 8 1 0 0 0 64 5 8% 26 7 27% 197 37 19% 18 11 61% 18 8 44% 0
1984 35 PHI NL 211 58% 52 27 6 0 4 1.97 6 0 5 0 6 5 1 0 1 1 100% 37 4 11% 12 2 17% 131 18 14% 13 6 46% 11 4 36% 0
1985 36 PHI NL 45 58% 6 24 5 0 2 2.03 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23% 5 1 20% 39 2 5% 6 2 33% 5 2 40% 0
12 Seasons 2373 63% 543 122 31 2 18 2.29 86 2 50 11 75 47 39 0 6 5 83% 447 52 12% 205 56 27% 1500 230 15% 126 56 44% 135 46 34% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 25 13 33 29 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 2 .138 .212 .172 .385 11 5 0 0 0 1 0
1975 26 48 163 147 16 31 7 3 4 15 0 0 13 17 .211 .272 .381 .653 81 56 5 0 1 2 0
1976 27 108 326 291 34 63 14 5 7 25 0 3 30 31 .216 .290 .371 .661 88 108 8 1 2 2 0
1977 28 161 504 455 60 108 22 6 16 50 0 3 44 49 .237 .305 .418 .722 99 190 9 1 2 2 0
1978 29 232 715 642 83 161 27 6 23 72 0 4 65 63 .251 .320 .419 .739 105 269 16 2 3 3 4
1979 30 319 969 873 110 222 36 7 38 118 2 6 83 103 .254 .320 .442 .762 108 386 25 4 4 5 4
1980 31 445 1413 1245 166 324 49 9 54 183 3 10 151 167 .260 .342 .444 .786 114 553 32 7 4 6 8
1981 32 515 1615 1417 186 361 53 9 63 208 3 10 179 189 .255 .340 .438 .778 113 621 37 7 4 8 9
1982 33 585 1839 1610 214 419 62 9 71 240 3 10 208 210 .260 .346 .442 .788 116 712 40 7 4 10 11
1983 34 677 2117 1855 246 485 70 10 80 284 4 11 239 247 .261 .346 .439 .785 116 815 45 7 4 12 12
1984 35 763 2328 2035 266 537 73 11 86 308 5 11 269 271 .264 .350 .437 .787 116 890 49 7 5 12 13
1985 36 795 2373 2072 267 543 73 11 86 310 5 11 277 278 .262 .349 .432 .782 115 896 52 7 5 12 14

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 25 13 36 31 1 6 2 0 0 3 0 4 2 .194 .278 .258 .536 2 13
1975 26 35 129 118 16 26 6 3 4 14 0 10 15 .220 .279 .424 .703 14 35
1976 27 60 168 148 21 35 8 2 3 12 0 19 14 .236 .327 .378 .706 18 60
1977 28 53 179 165 26 46 8 1 9 25 0 14 18 .279 .335 .503 .838 28 53
1978 29 71 211 188 25 54 5 0 7 24 0 21 14 .287 .360 .426 .786 29 71
1979 30 88 250 229 27 58 9 1 14 46 2 17 40 .253 .308 .485 .793 34 87
1980 31 126 451 376 57 106 14 2 17 66 1 71 64 .282 .399 .465 .865 69 126
1981 32 106 312 264 34 60 6 0 15 42 0 45 33 .227 .337 .420 .757 38 70
1982 33 70 228 196 29 61 9 0 8 34 0 30 21 .311 .399 .480 .879 39 70
1983 34 92 284 249 35 70 8 1 10 48 1 33 37 .281 .363 .442 .804 40 92
1984 35 86 216 184 21 56 3 1 6 26 1 32 24 .304 .407 .429 .837 33 86
1985 36 32 45 37 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 8 7 .162 .311 .162 .473 2 32
12 Seasons 832 2509 2185 293 584 78 11 93 342 5 304 289 .267 .357 .441 .797 346 795
162 Game Avg. 162 489 425 57 114 15 2 18 67 1 59 56 .267 .357 .441 .797 67 795

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1679), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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