Wes Obermueller

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: December 22, 1976 in Cedar Rapids, IA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA).

High School: Washington HS (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Schools: Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids, IA), University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)

Debut: September 20, 2002 (Age 25-272d, 18,203rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER, L

Last Game: July 13, 2007 (Age 30-203d)
vs. WSN 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Full Name: Wesley Mitchell Obermueller

Pronunciation: \obur-MUHL-er\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

5.82

315.1

166

WHIP

1.649

Summary of 42 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 10 go ahead

3 Tms
MIL	32
FLA	7
KCR	3

Platoon
vs RHB	22
vs LHB	20

Home/Road
Home	24
Away	18

Outs
1	17
2	14
0	11

20 Opps
CIN	5
NYM	4
ARI	3
PHI	3
CLE	3
HOU	3
MIN	2
TBD	2
COL	2
STL	2
CHC	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
SFG	1
NYY	1
LAD	1
MON	1
FLA	1
MIL	1
TOR	1

37 Batters
Jim Thome	3
Danny Bautista	2
Ken Griffey Jr.	2
Carlos Delgado	2
Preston Wilson	1
Jeff Conine	1
Raúl Casanova	1
Carlos Peña	1
Plácido Polanco	1
Craig Wilson	1
Moisés Alou	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Sean Casey	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Robinson Canó	1
Wily Mo Peña	1
David Wright	1
Aramis Ramírez	1
Jacque Jones	1
J.T. Snow	1
Shea Hillenbrand	1
Zach Day	1
Morgan Ensberg	1
Frank Menechino	1
Yunel Escobar	1
Larry Walker	1
Ellis Burks	1
Prince Fielder	1
Austin Kearns	1
Craig Biggio	1
Rob Mackowiak	1
Albert Pujols	1
Vinny Castilla	1
Joe Mauer	1
Cory Lidle	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Andre Ethier	1

15 Parks
Am Fam Field (MIL)	19
SunLife Stad (MIA)	5
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
7	11
78	9
9	8
8	7
89	7

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
3	9
4	7
5	7
1	6
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	8

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	12
12-	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

67 Runs
RISP	7
0 on	23
1 on	14
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	19

Inning
1	4
2	3
3	9
4	9
5	4
6	8
7	3
8	2

1-3	16
4-6	21
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	5
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	8
-1	4
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	3

Ahead	22
Tied	8
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	7
0-0	6
2-1	5
2-0	5
3-1	4
0-1	4
1-2	3
1-1	3
2-2	3
0-2	1
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	12
RF	8
3B	7
CF	6
P	2
2B	2
C	2
PH	1
DH	1
LF	1

OrderPos
4th	8
6th	8
5th	7
3rd	5
8th	5
7th	3
9th	3
2nd	2
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2002-09-20	Ellis Burks	CLE	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); M. Bradley Scores
2	2	2	2	2002-09-20	Jim Thome	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	8%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2002-09-27	Jim Thome	CLE		KCR	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	4	3	6%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	2003-07-25	Preston Wilson	COL		MIL	behind 1-2	b 4	0	1--	5,(2-2) BFBF1X	2	4	8	19%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Helton Scores
5	5	2	2	2003-07-25	Larry Walker	COL		MIL	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	5	9	9%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	3	1	2003-08-07	Vinny Castilla	ATL	@	MIL	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	9%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
7	7	4	1	2003-08-14	Plácido Polanco	PHI		MIL	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) BFFBX	1	2	5	12%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
8	8	5	1	2003-08-19	Jim Thome	PHI	@	MIL	behind 0-3	t 6	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	3	16%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); B. Abreu Scores
9	9	6	1	2003-09-02	Wily Mo Peña	CIN	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 7	2	1--	3,(0-2) SFX	2	8	8	29%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Stenson Scores
10	10	7	1	2003-09-09	Richard Hidalgo	HOU	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	9	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); L. Berkman Scores
11	11	8	1	2003-09-15	Jim Edmonds	STL		MIL	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	5,(1-2) CBFFX	1	4	8	5%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	9	1	2003-09-21	Shea Hillenbrand	ARI	@	MIL	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	5%	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
13	13	10	1	2003-09-27	Morgan Ensberg	HOU		MIL	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	5	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2004-04-22	Danny Bautista	ARI	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
15	15	2	2	2004-04-22	Danny Bautista	ARI	@	MIL	behind 3-5	t 6	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	9	22%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Sexson Scores
16	16	3	1	2004-05-01	Rob Mackowiak	PIT	@	MIL	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	5	5	7%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	4	1	2004-05-06	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN		MIL	behind 2-5	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	8	19%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A. Dunn Scores
18	18	5	1	2004-05-12	Zach Day	MON	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	9	1	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	2004-06-19	Jacque Jones	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	16%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Koskie Scores; T. Hunter Scores
20	20	7	2	2004-06-19	Joe Mauer	MIN	@	MIL	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	7	2	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	8	1	2004-07-03	Craig Wilson	PIT		MIL	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	9	14%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	9	1	2004-07-08	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 5	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	8	20%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); B. Larkin Scores
23	23	10	1	2004-08-07	Jeff Conine	FLA		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	5,(3-1) *BBBCX	4	5	3	22%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Castillo Scores; D. Easley Scores; M. Cabrera Scores
24	24	11	1	2004-08-24	Aramis Ramírez	CHC		MIL	ahead 7-0	b 3	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	5	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	12	2	2004-08-24	Moisés Alou	CHC		MIL	ahead 8-0	b 4	2	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); N. Garciaparra Scores
26	26	13	1	2004-08-29	Cory Lidle	PHI		MIL	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	1	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	14	1	2004-09-03	Austin Kearns	CIN	@	MIL	behind 3-9	t 6	2	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	9	1%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	15	1	2004-09-15	J.T. Snow	SFG	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 6	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	3	30%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); E. Alfonzo Scores; B. Bonds Scores
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2005-04-30	Sean Casey	CIN	@	MIL	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	3	3	11%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
30	30	2	1	2005-05-07	David Wright	NYM	@	MIL	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	5	13%	58%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
31	31	3	2	2005-05-07	Carlos Beltrán	NYM	@	MIL	behind 1-3	t 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	8	23%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Cameron Scores
32	32	4	1	2005-06-08	Robinson Canó	NYY	@	MIL	ahead 8-3	t 7	2	--3	2,(1-0) .BX	2	9	PH	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Johnson Scores
33	33	5	1	2005-06-17	Frank Menechino	TOR		MIL	ahead 8-4	b 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	4	3%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
34	34	6	1	2005-07-18	Albert Pujols	STL		MIL	ahead 6-2	b 4	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	3	5%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Rodriguez Scores
35	35	7	1	2005-09-17	Craig Biggio	HOU		MIL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	4	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2007-05-26	Carlos Delgado	NYM	@	FLA	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	1--	5,(3-1) BBC1B>X	2	5	3	19%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Wright Scores
37	37	2	2	2007-05-26	Carlos Delgado	NYM	@	FLA	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	3	8%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Beltrán Scores; D. Wright Scores
38	38	3	1	2007-05-31	Prince Fielder	MIL		FLA	behind 1-2	b 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	3	23%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Hardy Scores
39	39	4	1	2007-06-04	Yunel Escobar	ATL		FLA	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	13%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	5	1	2007-06-09	Carlos Peña	TBD	@	FLA	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	7	3	7%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
41	41	6	2	2007-06-09	Raúl Casanova	TBD	@	FLA	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	8	2	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
42	42	7	1	2007-07-08	Andre Ethier	LAD		FLA	ahead 5-0	b 2	2	1-3	4,(1-2) CCBX	3	7	9	6%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Martin Scores; J. Loney Scores