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Butch Wynegar

Harold Delano Wynegar

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 14, 1956 in York, PA
High School: Red Lion HS (York, PA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1976
Teams (by GP): Twins/Yankees/Angels 1976-1988
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: May 24, 1988
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1976 20 MIN AL 149 622 534 58 139 21 2 10 69 0 0 79 63 .260 .356 .363 .719 109 194 14 2 4 3 7 *2D AS,MVP-28,RoY-2
1977 21 MIN AL 144 617 532 76 139 22 3 10 79 2 3 68 61 .261 .344 .370 .715 96 197 11 2 10 5 5 *2/5 AS
1978 22 MIN AL 135 522 454 36 104 22 1 4 45 1 0 47 42 .229 .307 .308 .616 73 140 7 6 11 4 2 *2/5
1979 23 MIN AL 149 595 504 74 136 20 0 7 57 2 2 74 36 .270 .363 .351 .714 91 177 13 2 11 4 5 *2/D
1980 24 MIN AL 146 564 486 61 124 18 3 5 57 3 1 63 36 .255 .339 .335 .675 81 163 9 2 7 6 6 *2/D
1981 25 MIN AL 47 172 150 11 37 5 0 0 10 0 1 17 9 .247 .322 .280 .602 71 42 7 1 1 3 2 2/D
1982 26 TOT AL 87 338 277 36 74 12 1 4 28 0 1 50 33 .267 .378 .361 .739 105 100 9 1 7 3 2 2
1982 26 MIN AL 24 96 86 9 18 4 0 1 8 0 0 10 12 .209 .292 .291 .582 59 25 2 0 0 0 1 2
1982 26 NYY AL 63 242 191 27 56 8 1 3 20 0 1 40 21 .293 .413 .393 .805 125 75 7 1 7 3 1 2
1983 27 NYY AL 94 357 301 40 89 18 2 6 42 1 1 52 29 .296 .399 .429 .827 133 129 7 1 1 2 1 2
1984 28 NYY AL 129 512 442 48 118 13 1 6 45 1 4 65 35 .267 .360 .342 .702 100 151 18 0 4 1 6 *2
1985 29 NYY AL 102 375 309 27 69 15 0 5 32 0 0 64 43 .223 .356 .320 .676 89 99 11 0 1 1 2 2
1986 30 NYY AL 61 226 194 19 40 4 1 7 29 0 0 30 21 .206 .310 .345 .655 79 67 9 0 0 2 2 2
1987 31 CAL AL 31 102 92 4 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 9 13 .207 .277 .228 .505 39 21 2 0 1 0 0 2/D
1988 32 CAL AL 27 65 55 8 14 4 1 1 8 0 0 8 7 .255 .338 .418 .757 114 23 2 0 0 2 1 2
13 Yrs 1301 5067 4330 498 1102 176 15 65 506 10 13 626 428 .255 .348 .347 .695 93 1503 119 17 58 36 41
162 Game Avg. 162 631 539 62 137 22 2 8 63 1 2 78 53 .255 .348 .347 .695 93 187 15 2 7 4 5
MIN (7 yrs) 794 3188 2746 325 697 112 9 37 325 8 7 358 259 .254 .340 .342 .682 89 938 63 15 44 25 28
NYY (5 yrs) 449 1712 1437 161 372 58 5 27 168 2 6 251 149 .259 .368 .363 .730 105 521 52 2 13 9 12
CAL (2 yrs) 58 167 147 12 33 6 1 1 13 0 0 17 20 .224 .301 .299 .601 66 44 4 0 1 2 1

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
1976 20 MIN AL 149 622 7 -1 -2 -2 7 9 1.2 20 29 3.0 .507 .506 3.3 0.7 31 $50,000 *2D AS,MVP-28,RoY-2
1977 21 MIN AL 144 617 2 -2 2 4 8 14 1.7 20 34 3.5 .510 .509 3.0 1.4 30 $60,000 *2/5 AS
1978 22 MIN AL 135 522 -17 -0 1 5 7 -5 -0.3 17 12 1.2 .496 .497 0.7 1.5 7 $ *2/5
1979 23 MIN AL 149 595 -4 1 -0 17 8 22 2.4 19 41 4.1 .515 .514 2.4 2.7 24 $ *2/D
1980 24 MIN AL 146 564 -15 0 -0 10 8 3 0.6 17 21 2.1 .502 .502 1.1 2.0 11 $ *2/D
1981 25 MIN AL 47 172 -7 -0 -1 3 1 -4 -0.5 5 1 0.0 .489 .497 -0.3 0.5 -2 $460,000 2/D
1982 26 MIN AL 24 96 -6 0 -0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.3 .477 .497 -0.1 0.1 -1 $460,000 2
1982 26 NYY AL 63 242 8 -1 -0 1 4 11 1.2 7 19 1.9 .519 .507 1.8 0.5 18 $ 2
1983 27 NYY AL 94 357 14 -0 0 4 5 22 2.4 11 33 3.4 .524 .514 3.0 1.0 29 $426,000 2
1984 28 NYY AL 129 512 3 -1 -2 3 7 9 1.1 16 25 2.5 .508 .506 2.3 1.1 22 $460,000 *2
1985 29 NYY AL 102 375 -1 0 -1 7 5 10 1.2 12 22 2.2 .511 .507 1.6 1.3 15 $550,000 2
1986 30 NYY AL 61 226 -8 -2 -1 -1 3 -8 -0.7 7 -1 -0.1 .487 .495 0.0 0.3 0 $733,333 2
1987 31 CAL AL 31 102 -8 0 0 3 1 -4 -0.3 3 -1 -0.1 .488 .498 -0.3 0.4 -4 $733,333 2/D
1988 32 CAL AL 27 65 1 -0 -0 1 1 2 0.3 2 4 0.5 .509 .502 0.4 0.2 3 $733,333 2
13 Seasons 1301 5067 -31 -7 -5 54 67 78 9.7 159 237 23.9 .506 .504 18.9 13.7 183 $4,665,999
MIN (7 yrs) 794 3188 -40 -3 -1 36 41 34 4.5 101 135 13.6 .504 .503 10.1 8.8 99 $1,030,000
NYY (5 yrs) 449 1712 16 -4 -4 14 23 46 5.3 52 98 9.9 .510 .506 8.7 4.2 84 $2,169,333
CAL (2 yrs) 58 167 -8 0 -0 4 2 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .500 0.1 0.7 -0 $1,466,666

Advanced Batting

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
1976 20 MIN AL 622 416 72 4.7 88 .278 .260 .259 .356 .324 .363 .366 .719 .690 109 .572 8.8 0.9 .672 .251 .103 .0
1977 21 MIN AL 617 422 70 4.4 99 .277 .261 .265 .344 .329 .370 .403 .715 .732 96 .481 -0.6 -0.1 .654 .235 .109 3.3
1978 22 MIN AL 522 372 46 3.3 95 .243 .229 .263 .307 .329 .308 .388 .616 .717 73 .380 -15.5 -1.6 .543 .185 .079 1.6
1979 23 MIN AL 595 398 68 4.6 105 .277 .270 .274 .363 .340 .351 .416 .714 .755 91 .485 -3.6 -0.4 .661 .228 .081 3.1
1980 24 MIN AL 564 385 59 4.1 104 .264 .255 .277 .339 .340 .335 .411 .675 .752 81 .451 -11.5 -1.1 .618 .214 .080 3.8
1981 25 MIN AL 172 125 13 2.8 94 .257 .247 .263 .322 .328 .280 .382 .602 .711 71 .332 -5.0 -0.5 .488 .140 .033
1982 26 TOT AL 338 223 40 4.8 98 .288 .267 .264 .378 .327 .361 .402 .739 .729 105 .522 4.9 0.5 .704 .271 .094 .0
1982 26 MIN AL 96 70 7 2.7 101 .233 .209 .268 .292 .332 .291 .408 .582 .740 59 .273 -4.8 -0.5 .500 .198 .081 .0
1982 26 NYY AL 242 153 33 5.8 97 .312 .293 .262 .413 .325 .393 .399 .805 .724 125 .605 9.7 1.0 .804 .304 .099 .0
1983 27 NYY AL 357 223 54 6.5 95 .310 .296 .261 .399 .322 .429 .394 .827 .716 133 .657 16.5 1.6 .827 .306 .133 1.7
1984 28 NYY AL 512 351 53 4.0 93 .279 .267 .259 .360 .321 .342 .391 .702 .712 100 .450 2.4 0.2 .616 .215 .075 1.7
1985 29 NYY AL 375 253 38 4.0 97 .244 .223 .259 .356 .324 .320 .402 .676 .726 89 .440 -1.4 -0.1 .649 .304 .097 .0
1986 30 NYY AL 226 165 20 3.2 99 .196 .206 .260 .310 .328 .345 .406 .655 .734 79 .339 -5.4 -0.5 .595 .294 .139 .0
1987 31 CAL AL 102 76 6 2.1 103 .241 .207 .262 .277 .329 .228 .420 .505 .749 39 .172 -8.0 -0.8 .400 .120 .022
1988 32 CAL AL 65 45 8 4.8 92 .265 .255 .256 .338 .320 .418 .385 .757 .706 114 .535 1.5 0.2 .721 .309 .164 .0
13 Yrs 5067 3454 547 4.2 97 .268 .255 .265 .348 .329 .347 .397 .695 .726 93 .475 -17.0 -1.7 .638 .236 .093 17.3
162 Game Avg. 631 430 68 4.2 97 .268 .255 .265 .348 .329 .347 .397 .695 .726 93 .475 -17.0 -1.7 .638 .236 .093 2
MIN (7 yrs) 3188 2188 335 4.1 98 .267 .254 .267 .340 .332 .342 .396 .682 .728 89 .465 -32.2 -3.2 .619 .218 .088 13.2
NYY (5 yrs) 1712 1145 198 4.6 96 .272 .259 .260 .368 .324 .363 .397 .730 .720 105 .506 21.8 2.1 .686 .276 .104 3.7
CAL (2 yrs) 167 121 14 3.1 99 .250 .224 .259 .301 .326 .299 .407 .601 .733 66 .313 -6.6 -0.6 .517 .190 .075 .0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 MIN AL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIN AL 21 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 GP) 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 1 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1976 20 MIN AL 622 1.6% 10.1% 12.7% 5.3% 24% 0.80 8.5 53.4 7.7 0.83 75%
1977 21 MIN AL 617 1.6% 9.9% 11.0% 5.7% 25% 0.90 8.7 53.2 6.7 0.93 76%
1978 22 MIN AL 522 0.8% 8.1% 9.0% 5.2% 26% 0.89 10.8 113.5 10.1 0.72 79%
1979 23 MIN AL 595 1.2% 6.1% 12.4% 4.5% 20% 0.49 14.0 72.0 8.8 0.75 78%
1980 24 MIN AL 564 0.9% 6.4% 11.2% 4.6% 21% 0.57 13.5 97.2 8.5 1.09 80%
1981 25 MIN AL 172 0.0% 5.2% 9.9% 2.9% 14% 0.53 16.7 15.0 1.04 84%
1982 26 TOT AL 338 1.2% 9.8% 14.8% 5.0% 23% 0.66 8.4 69.3 9.9 1.08 72%
1982 26 MIN AL 96 1.0% 12.5% 10.4% 5.2% 28% 1.20 7.2 86.0 10.8 1.36 76%
1982 26 NYY AL 242 1.2% 8.7% 16.5% 5.0% 21% 0.53 9.1 63.7 9.6 0.97 70%
1983 27 NYY AL 357 1.7% 8.1% 14.6% 7.3% 29% 0.56 10.4 50.2 7.2 1.22 75%
1984 28 NYY AL 512 1.2% 6.8% 12.7% 3.9% 17% 0.54 12.6 73.7 9.8 1.10 79%
1985 29 NYY AL 375 1.3% 11.5% 17.1% 5.3% 29% 0.67 7.2 61.8 9.7 0.93 70%
1986 30 NYY AL 226 3.1% 9.3% 13.3% 5.3% 30% 0.70 9.2 27.7 6.7 0.84 74%
1987 31 CAL AL 102 0.0% 12.8% 8.8% 2.0% 11% 1.44 7.1 18.4 1.03 77%
1988 32 CAL AL 65 1.5% 10.8% 12.3% 9.2% 43% 0.88 7.9 55.0 6.9 0.69 0.76 75% 12% 10.0% 66%
13 Yrs 5067 1.3% 8.5% 12.4% 5.1% 23% 0.68 10.1 66.6 8.6 0.69 0.93 76% 12% 10.0% 66%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.6% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.61 6.6 42.8 8.5 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 20 MIN AL 8.8 0.9 630 1.4 12.2 -10.7 1.05 0.5 0.8 9.2 1.0 1.02 6.2 3
1977 21 MIN AL -0.6 -0.1 630 2.1 13.2 -11.1 1.09 0.3 1.6 3.5 0.3 1.03 4.0 1.86 5
1978 22 MIN AL -15.5 -1.6 523 -2.3 7.7 -10.1 1.10 -1.6 -0.5 -16.7 -1.7 0.99 -15.3 1.09 8
1979 23 MIN AL -3.6 -0.4 613 -0.1 10.6 -10.7 1.08 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.97 -4.2 1.67 2
1980 24 MIN AL -12.1 -1.2 572 -0.7 8.6 -9.3 .99 -0.7 -0.0 -6.5 -0.6 0.93 -8.7 1.32 8
1981 25 MIN AL -5.1 -0.5 174 -0.9 2.3 -3.1 1.02 -0.7 -0.1 -11.5 -1.2 0.97 -9.8 0.92 2
1982 26 TOT AL 4.9 0.5 340 -0.7 5.7 -6.4 1.12 -0.0 -0.6 2.5 0.3 0.96 1.6 2.06 2
1982 26 MIN AL -4.8 -0.5 96 -0.7 1.4 -2.1 1.14 -0.4 -0.2 -4.2 -0.4 0.98 -5.8 2.82 1
1982 26 NYY AL 9.7 1.0 244 -0.0 4.3 -4.3 1.11 0.4 -0.4 6.7 0.7 0.95 7.3 1.30 1
1983 27 NYY AL 16.5 1.6 361 1.2 7.2 -6.0 1.03 1.6 -0.4 12.7 1.3 0.97 16.1 2.40 4
1984 28 NYY AL 2.4 0.2 525 0.6 10.4 -9.8 1.14 0.2 0.3 3.5 0.4 0.97 2.1 2.20 7
1985 29 NYY AL -1.4 -0.1 378 0.3 6.8 -6.6 1.03 -0.4 0.6 -8.4 -0.8 0.97 -3.7 2.11 8
1986 30 NYY AL -5.4 -0.5 227 -0.4 4.0 -4.4 1.08 -0.7 0.4 -3.9 -0.4 0.98 -8.4 1.75 8
1987 31 CAL AL -8.0 -0.8 103 -1.4 1.4 -2.8 1.28 -0.8 -0.4 -7.1 -0.7 0.96 -8.8 4.78 3
1988 32 CAL AL 1.5 0.2 66 0.6 1.7 -1.1 1.16 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 1.06 1.6 3.78 4
13 Yrs -17.7 -1.8 5142 -0.2 91.9 -92.1 1.07 -2.2 2.0 -22.7 -2.2 0.98 -27.5 1.93 64

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1976 20 MIN AL 7 0 23% 251 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 14 28% 40 36 3 10 6 3 17 4 13
1977 21 MIN AL 12 0 33% 236 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 14 37% 44 29 13 13 8 5 22 8 11
1978 22 MIN AL 4 0 21% 193 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 36% 25 18 7 7 4 3 12 6 6
1979 23 MIN AL 7 0 33% 235 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 9 17 42% 42 30 12 4 2 2 23 8 15
1980 24 MIN AL 4 0 30% 244 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 39% 45 31 12 6 3 3 18 3 12
1981 25 MIN AL 0 0 20% 60 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 9 8 1 3 2 1 6 2 4
1982 26 TOT AL 1 0 26% 130 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 37% 21 16 5 1 0 1 8 3 5
1982 26 MIN AL 0 0 30% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1982 26 NYY AL 1 0 26% 106 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 32% 16 13 3 1 0 1 5 2 3
1983 27 NYY AL 1 0 25% 160 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 53% 20 13 7 9 3 5 9 1 8
1984 28 NYY AL 8 0 24% 227 1 4 20% 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 13 30% 34 31 3 8 3 5 18 7 10
1985 29 NYY AL 5 0 17% 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 31% 24 19 5 5 4 1 7 1 5
1986 30 NYY AL 0 0 19% 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 32% 16 10 6 2 2 0 4 2 1
1987 31 CAL AL 0 0 14% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1988 32 CAL AL 1 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 60% 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
13 Yrs 50 0 26% 1997 10 13 43% 10 9 0 3 0 1 7 1 61 104 36% 329 247 77 69 37 29 146 46 91

Situational Hitting*

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
1976 20 MIN AL 622 100% 139 3 1 0 1 10 1 16 8 2 4 6 0 4 4 100% 115 14 12% 62 15 24% 438 59 13% 45 16 36% 29 11 38% 0
1977 21 MIN AL 617 100% 139 5 2 0 1 1.86 10 0 18 4 6 4 6 0 10 10 100% 124 11 9% 74 29 39% 474 74 16% 49 21 43% 38 21 55% 0
1978 22 MIN AL 522 100% 104 8 1 0 0 1.09 4 0 12 4 0 4 0 0 11 11 100% 95 7 7% 50 26 52% 347 45 13% 31 17 55% 19 12 63% 0
1979 23 MIN AL 595 100% 136 2 0 0 0 1.67 7 0 11 5 2 3 4 0 11 11 100% 115 13 11% 53 27 51% 381 52 14% 31 18 58% 25 16 64% 0
1980 24 MIN AL 564 100% 124 8 2 0 0 1.32 5 0 11 4 1 3 2 0 8 7 88% 87 9 10% 49 26 53% 329 53 16% 34 20 59% 16 12 75% 0
1981 25 MIN AL 172 100% 37 2 0 0 0 0.92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 31 7 23% 19 10 53% 108 10 9% 8 3 38% 8 5 63% 0
1982 26 TOT AL 338 100% 74 2 0 0 0 2.06 4 0 7 2 2 2 2 0 8 7 88% 73 9 12% 25 15 60% 207 26 13% 16 9 56% 9 8 89% 0
1982 26 MIN AL 96 100% 18 1 0 0 0 2.82 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 4 2 50% 64 8 13% 5 3 60% 3 2 67% 0
1982 26 NYY AL 242 100% 56 1 0 0 0 1.30 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 0 8 7 88% 57 7 12% 21 13 62% 143 18 13% 11 6 55% 6 6 100% 0
1983 27 NYY AL 357 100% 89 4 0 0 0 2.40 6 0 7 4 2 4 2 0 1 1 100% 63 7 11% 29 9 31% 237 37 16% 14 7 50% 11 3 27% 0
1984 28 NYY AL 512 100% 118 7 1 0 0 2.20 6 0 16 5 1 3 3 0 5 4 80% 111 18 16% 55 15 27% 316 43 14% 31 14 45% 22 10 45% 0
1985 29 NYY AL 375 100% 69 8 3 1 1 2.11 5 0 12 3 2 2 3 0 3 1 33% 83 11 13% 46 14 30% 260 28 11% 29 10 34% 17 10 59% 0
1986 30 NYY AL 226 100% 40 8 3 0 1 1.75 7 0 7 1 6 3 4 0 1 0 0% 48 9 19% 16 6 38% 164 22 13% 10 6 60% 7 3 43% 0
1987 31 CAL AL 102 100% 19 3 0 0 0 4.78 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 2 11% 8 2 25% 68 6 9% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
1988 32 CAL AL 65 100% 14 1 0 4 1 0 1 3.78 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 2 17% 6 4 67% 51 8 16% 5 4 80% 3 3 100% 0
13 Yrs 5067 100% 1102 1 0 64 14 1 5 1.93 65 1 128 41 24 32 33 0 64 58 91% 975 119 12% 492 198 40% 3380 463 14% 307 146 48% 206 115 56% 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 CAL AL 66 253 3.83 144 57% 38% 7% 20% 35% 62% 4% 35% 89% 18% 5% 3 0 21% 14 4 11% 7 3 29% -1 0 0
1 Yr 66 253 3.83 144 57% 38% 7% 20% 35% 62% 4% 35% 89% 18% 5% 3 0 21% 14 4 11% 7 3 29% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

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
1976 20 149 622 534 58 139 21 2 10 69 0 0 79 63 .260 .356 .363 .719 109 194 14 2 4 3 7
1977 21 293 1239 1066 134 278 43 5 20 148 2 3 147 124 .261 .350 .367 .717 103 391 25 4 14 8 12
1978 22 428 1761 1520 170 382 65 6 24 193 3 3 194 166 .251 .338 .349 .687 94 531 32 10 25 12 14
1979 23 577 2356 2024 244 518 85 6 31 250 5 5 268 202 .256 .344 .350 .694 93 708 45 12 36 16 19
1980 24 723 2920 2510 305 642 103 9 36 307 8 6 331 238 .256 .343 .347 .690 91 871 54 14 43 22 25
1981 25 770 3092 2660 316 679 108 9 36 317 8 7 348 247 .255 .342 .343 .685 90 913 61 15 44 25 27
1982 26 857 3430 2937 352 753 120 10 40 345 8 8 398 280 .256 .345 .345 .690 91 1013 70 16 51 28 29
1983 27 951 3787 3238 392 842 138 12 46 387 9 9 450 309 .260 .350 .353 .703 95 1142 77 17 52 30 30
1984 28 1080 4299 3680 440 960 151 13 52 432 10 13 515 344 .261 .352 .351 .703 96 1293 95 17 56 31 36
1985 29 1182 4674 3989 467 1029 166 13 57 464 10 13 579 387 .258 .352 .349 .701 95 1392 106 17 57 32 38
1986 30 1243 4900 4183 486 1069 170 14 64 493 10 13 609 408 .256 .350 .349 .699 94 1459 115 17 57 34 40
1987 31 1274 5002 4275 490 1088 172 14 64 498 10 13 618 421 .255 .349 .346 .695 93 1480 117 17 58 34 40
1988 32 1301 5067 4330 498 1102 176 15 65 506 10 13 626 428 .255 .348 .347 .695 93 1503 119 17 58 36 41

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 20 150 644 549 67 152 23 2 11 80 0 86 63 .277 .375 .386 .761 79 149
1977 21 144 623 536 79 143 23 3 10 83 2 70 61 .267 .351 .377 .728 71 144
1978 22 135 529 459 39 109 23 1 4 49 1 49 42 .237 .317 .318 .635 46 135
1979 23 150 594 504 72 134 20 0 7 55 2 73 36 .266 .358 .347 .706 62 149
1980 24 146 561 484 59 122 18 3 5 55 3 62 36 .252 .336 .333 .668 54 146
1981 25 71 266 230 18 59 8 0 0 17 0 27 14 .257 .333 .291 .625 23 47
1982 26 87 345 281 38 78 13 1 4 30 0 53 33 .278 .391 .374 .764 41 87
1983 27 94 365 306 43 94 19 2 6 46 1 55 29 .307 .412 .441 .853 56 94
1984 28 129 524 450 54 126 14 1 6 50 1 69 35 .280 .375 .356 .731 61 129
1985 29 102 379 311 28 71 15 0 5 34 0 66 43 .228 .362 .325 .687 37 102
1986 30 61 228 195 20 41 4 1 7 30 0 31 21 .210 .316 .349 .665 22 61
1987 31 31 102 92 4 19 2 0 0 5 0 9 13 .207 .277 .228 .505 6 31
1988 32 27 67 56 9 15 4 1 1 9 0 9 7 .268 .358 .429 .787 9 27
13 Yrs 1327 5227 4453 530 1163 186 15 66 543 10 659 433 .261 .356 .354 .710 567 1301
162 Game Avg. 162 638 544 65 142 23 2 8 66 1 80 53 .261 .356 .354 .710 69 1301

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1976 *
1977 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1976 AL (28, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1979 AL  2.7 (4th)
1980 AL  2.0 (5th)
Career  13.7 (119th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  79 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1979 AL  14.0 (7th)
1980 AL  13.5 (8th)
1984 AL  12.6 (8th)

Youngest s c a p y
1976 AL  born 1956-03-14 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2156), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (779), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 26 (466), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Harold Butch Delano Wynegar

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