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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
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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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 Seasons 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

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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 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 (1667th)

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

AB per SO s c a p y
1979 AL--14.000--7th
1980 AL--13.500--8th
1984 AL--12.629--8th

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

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 21 (758), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (941), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1974: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft.

May 12, 1982: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Roger Erickson to the New York Yankees for Pete Filson, Larry Milbourne, John Pacella and cash.

November 2, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

December 19, 1986: Traded by the New York Yankees to the California Angels for Ron Romanick. The California Angels sent Alan Mills (June 22, 1987) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

January 22, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 6, 1988: Released by the California Angels.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Yankees$550,000
1986New York Yankees$733,333
1987California Angels$733,333
1988California Angels$733,333
Career (may be incomplete)$2,749,999
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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