Butch Wynegar
Harold Delano Wynegar Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 194 lb.

Born: March 14, 1956 in York, PA
High School: Red Lion (York, PA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1976
Final Game: May 24, 1988
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1976 MIN AL 20 C 137 133 1181.0 744 650 78 16 6 .978 -2.0 -2.0 -2 5.55 5.31 .981 5.75 4.90 10 48 113 62 35% AS,MVP-28,RoY-2
1976 MIN AL 20 DH 15 AS,MVP-28,RoY-2
1977 MIN AL 21 C 142 138 1247.0 765 676 84 5 8 .993 4.0 3.8 4 5.49 5.35 .986 6.01 5.06 10 41 81 60 43% AS
1977 MIN AL 21 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70 AS
1978 MIN AL 22 C 131 121 1105.1 660 582 70 8 12 .988 5.0 5.4 5 5.31 4.98 .983 5.53 4.86 6 37 71 57 45%
1978 MIN AL 22 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1979 MIN AL 23 C 146 139 1240.2 724 653 65 6 10 .992 17.0 16.4 17 5.21 4.92 .982 5.46 4.69 5 37 57 64 53%
1979 MIN AL 23 DH 2
1980 MIN AL 24 C 142 133 1211.0 751 670 72 9 13 .988 10.0 9.9 10 5.51 5.23 .986 5.48 4.60 5 24 61 49 45%
1980 MIN AL 24 DH 1
1981 MIN AL 25 C 37 36 309.1 187 162 24 1 4 .995 3.0 11.6 3 5.41 5.03 .987 5.51 4.76 0 3 29 19 40%
1981 MIN AL 25 DH 9
1982 TOT AL 26 C 86 82 749.1 554 523 26 5 10 .991 0.0 0.0 0 6.59 6.38 .988 5.69 4.90 3 12 56 25 31%
1982 MIN AL 26 C 24 23 210.1 139 128 9 2 4 .986 -1.0 -5.7 -1 5.86 5.71 .988 5.69 4.90 1 4 20 6 23%
1982 NYY AL 26 C 62 59 539.0 415 395 17 3 6 .993 1.0 2.2 1 6.88 6.65 .988 5.69 4.90 2 8 36 19 35%
1983 NYY AL 27 C 93 83 769.0 517 480 29 8 4 .985 4.0 6.2 4 5.96 5.47 .986 5.70 4.76 5 17 58 37 39%
1984 NYY AL 28 C 126 117 1068.0 822 757 59 6 9 .993 3.0 3.4 3 6.88 6.48 .987 5.96 5.05 6 26 70 41 37%
1985 NYY AL 29 C 96 90 813.2 587 547 34 6 7 .990 7.0 10.3 7 6.43 6.05 .987 6.05 5.03 3 14 52 32 38%
1986 NYY AL 30 C 57 52 470.2 349 325 22 2 1 .994 -1.0 -2.5 -1 6.64 6.09 .989 6.62 5.44 6 11 34 15 31%
1987 CAL AL 31 C 28 25 211.1 175 162 12 1 3 .994 3.0 17.0 3 7.41 6.21 .988 6.74 5.49 1 4 17 9 35%
1987 CAL AL 31 DH 1
1988 CAL AL 32 C 26 15 144.2 104 94 8 2 1 .981 1.0 8.3 1 6.35 3.92 .989 6.22 5.28 1 10 9 8 47%
13 Seasons C 1247 1164 10521.0 6939 6281 583 75 88 .989 54.0 6.2 54 5.87 5.50 .985 5.79 4.91 61 284 708 478 40%
5 Seasons DH 28
2 Seasons 3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65
13 Seasons TOT 1249 1164 10523.0 6939 6281 583 75 88 .989 53.9 6.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 54 5.87 5.50 .975 5.79 4.91 61 284 708 478 40%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 MIN AL 20 149 145 149 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0
1977 MIN AL 21 144 138 144 143 0 142 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1978 MIN AL 22 135 121 135 131 0 131 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1979 MIN AL 23 149 141 149 146 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
1980 MIN AL 24 146 133 146 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 MIN AL 25 47 43 47 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0
1982 NYY AL 26 63 59 63 62 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1982 MIN AL 26 24 23 24 24 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1983 NYY AL 27 94 83 94 93 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1984 NYY AL 28 129 117 129 126 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 NYY AL 29 102 90 102 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 NYY AL 30 61 52 61 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1987 CAL AL 31 31 25 31 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 CAL AL 32 27 15 27 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
13 Seasons 1301 1185 1301 1250 0 1249 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 73 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1976 MIN AL 20 5306 3.70 4.37 42 95% 0 0 650 31 9 24 585 78 8 0 0 6 16 3 3 10 1 6 0 2 2 3 100%
1977 MIN AL 21 5585 4.31 4.82 42 98% 0 0 677 23 5 15 634 86 16 0 1 4 5 0 1 4 1 8 0 1 2 7 86%
1978 MIN AL 22 4899 3.66 4.13 52 98% 2 0 582 30 4 22 526 70 13 3 1 2 8 1 3 4 1 12 1 0 2 8 100%
1979 MIN AL 23 5473 4.23 4.58 49 92% 0 0 654 28 4 23 599 65 14 1 0 2 6 0 1 5 0 9 0 2 2 12 83%
1980 MIN AL 24 5256 3.87 4.36 36 89% 0 1 671 17 2 26 626 70 10 2 0 6 9 0 2 7 1 13 1 1 3 3 100%
1981 MIN AL 25 1375 4.16 4.66 12 100% 0 0 163 5 0 7 151 24 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 100%
1982 NYY AL 26 2410 4.19 4.74 22 95% 0 0 394 17 1 4 372 18 2 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 6 1 0 1 2 100%
1982 MIN AL 26 938 4.71 4.96 3 100% 0 0 128 3 2 2 121 9 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0
1983 NYY AL 27 3332 3.62 4.11 32 100% 0 0 484 26 0 7 451 30 5 0 0 2 8 2 0 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 100%
1984 NYY AL 28 4699 3.71 4.10 39 97% 0 0 756 23 2 22 709 63 11 1 0 10 6 2 1 3 1 8 0 1 1 3 67%
1985 NYY AL 29 3474 3.43 3.90 37 97% 0 0 547 28 4 15 500 35 6 0 0 7 6 0 1 5 1 7 0 0 2 3 67%
1986 NYY AL 30 2113 4.34 5.22 22 95% 0 1 326 13 0 10 302 20 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1987 CAL AL 31 922 3.58 4.00 4 100% 0 0 161 1 0 1 159 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 CAL AL 32 663 4.85 5.35 8 75% 0 0 94 5 0 2 87 8 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 46445 3.92 4.42 400 96% 2 2 6287 250 33 180 5822 589 99 9 2 45 76 9 16 51 6 86 3 8 17 53 91%
MLB Averages 3.85 4.32 96% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1976 MIN AL 20 10 48 1953 113 62 57 35% 101 54 10 4 2 4 3 0 223 71 1.40 1.16
1977 MIN AL 21 9 41 2001 81 60 55 43% 70 53 10 5 1 2 4 1 165 71 1.42 1.15
1978 MIN AL 22 6 37 1771 71 57 46 45% 66 53 5 3 0 1 0 0 160 64 1.32 1.33
1979 MIN AL 23 5 37 2006 57 64 43 53% 56 58 1 5 0 1 1 0 133 70 1.31 1.29
1980 MIN AL 24 6 24 1900 61 49 40 45% 56 44 5 1 0 4 2 0 123 57 1.12 1.28
1981 MIN AL 25 0 3 483 29 19 17 40% 25 15 4 3 0 1 0 0 35 19 1.08 1.31
1982 NYY AL 26 3 8 927 36 19 13 35% 33 17 3 1 0 1 0 0 54 22 1.09 1.20
1982 MIN AL 26 1 4 310 20 6 6 23% 17 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 1.08 0.98
1983 NYY AL 27 5 17 1238 58 37 21 39% 53 32 5 4 0 1 2 1 94 38 1.36 1.45
1984 NYY AL 28 8 26 1752 70 41 35 37% 61 37 8 4 1 0 1 0 123 45 1.50 1.44
1985 NYY AL 29 3 14 1234 52 32 21 38% 46 27 6 3 0 2 0 0 81 35 1.53 1.54
1986 NYY AL 30 6 11 794 34 15 9 31% 29 9 4 3 1 3 0 0 65 16 1.19 1.85
1987 CAL AL 31 1 4 327 17 9 7 35% 16 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 9 1.28 0.99
1988 CAL AL 32 1 10 249 9 8 6 47% 9 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 24 8 1.15 1.22
13 Seasons 64 284 16945 708 478 376 40% 638 420 65 37 5 21 13 2 1334 531 1.33 1.31
MLB Averages 33% 1.29 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1977 MIN AL 21 4 75% 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MIN AL 22 6 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 10 60% 100% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 78% 27% 90% 71%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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