Craig Worthington

Position: Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 160lb (183cm, 72kg)

Born: April 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 6th round of the 1984 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), the Houston Astros in the 5th round of the 1984 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA), the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (9th) of the 1985 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (10th) of the 1985 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA).

School: Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA)

Debut: April 26, 1988 (Age 23-009d, 15,458th in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 14, 1996 (Age 31-027d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: Craig Richard Worthington

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.8

1234

284

.230

126

RBI

144

OBP

.322

SLG

.351

OPS

.673

OPS+

Summary of 33 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 7 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	29
TEX	3
CIN	1

Platoon
vs RHP	24
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Home	18
Away	15

Outs
0	16
1	10
2	7

13 Opps
KCR	4
BOS	4
SEA	4
DET	4
TEX	3
MIL	3
MIN	2
OAK	2
NYY	2
TOR	2
PHI	1
CAL	1
CHW	1

32 Pitchers
Jack Morris	2
Gene Harris	1
Roy Smith	1
Matt Karchner	1
Tom Bolton	1
Tom Henke	1
Eric Plunk	1
Scott Lewis	1
Randy Veres	1
Jeff Reardon	1
Bill Krueger	1
Greg Harris	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Pete Filson	1
Mike Moore	1
Chuck Crim	1
Randy Johnson	1
Roger Clemens	1
Charlie Leibrandt	1
Urbano Lugo	1
Rick Rhoden	1
Nolan Ryan	1
Mark Gubicza	1
Rich DeLucia	1
Charlie Hough	1
Brad Havens	1
Dave Fleming	1
Mike Dunne	1
Kyle Abbott	1
Xavier Hernandez	1
John Barfield	1
Bob Welch	1

13 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	16
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	24
78	3
8	2
89	2
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	11
2	8
4	4
5	4
7+	3
6	2
3	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	24
1--	8
12-	1

43 RBI
RISP	1
0 on	24
1 on	8
2 on	1
Any on	9

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

1-3	7
4-6	11
7-end	15

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	6
-1	3
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	4

Ahead	16
Tied	6
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	11
3-2	5
1-0	4
2-1	4
0-1	4
3-1	2
2-2	2
1-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	32
1B	1

OrderPos
7th	14
8th	13
6th	5
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	14

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1988-04-27	BAL	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	ahead 3-2	t 2	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	9	5	0.096	70%		Home Run (Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	1988-09-20	BAL	@	NYY	Rick Rhoden	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	5	0.033	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1989-04-19	BAL		KCR	Charlie Leibrandt	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	8	5	0.116	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	2	1	1989-05-08	BAL		OAK	Mike Moore	behind 0-2	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	0.125	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
5	5	3	1	1989-06-09	BAL		MIL	Chuck Crim	ahead 5-1	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	8	5	0.034	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Sheets Scores
6	6	4	1	1989-07-01	BAL		DET	Brad Havens	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	8	5	0.056	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	1989-07-04	BAL	@	TOR	Xavier Hernandez	ahead 3-0	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	8	5	0.017	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	6	1	1989-07-17	BAL		SEA	Mike Dunne	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	8	5	0.104	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	7	1	1989-07-18	BAL		SEA	Randy Johnson	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) 11X	2	8	5	0.147	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Devereaux Scores
10	10	8	1	1989-07-27	BAL	@	MIN	Roy Smith	behind 0-8	t 7	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	8	5	0.009	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Sheets Scores
11	11	9	1	1989-08-04	BAL		TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-5	b 5	0	1--	7,(3-2) BCCBBFX	2	7	5	0.087	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Traber Scores
12	12	10	1	1989-08-05	BAL		TEX	Nolan Ryan	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.076	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
13	13	11	1	1989-08-13	BAL		BOS	Tom Bolton	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.187	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Milligan Scores
14	14	12	1	1989-08-14	BAL	@	DET	Jack Morris	tied 1-1	t 10	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	5	0.485	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); L. Sheets Scores; J. Orsulak Scores
15	15	13	1	1989-09-16	BAL		KCR	Mark Gubicza	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.110	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF Line)
16	16	14	1	1989-09-19	BAL		DET	Jack Morris	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	7	5	0.083	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
17	17	15	1	1989-09-23	BAL		NYY	Eric Plunk	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	6	5	0.104	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1990-04-18	BAL	@	TOR	Tom Henke	ahead 7-5	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.046	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	2	1	1990-04-22	BAL		DET	Urbano Lugo	behind 1-2	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.329	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1990-05-04	BAL	@	SEA	Gene Harris	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	1--	8,(3-2) BBBCFFFX	2	8	5	0.214	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Milligan Scores
21	21	4	1	1990-06-06	BAL	@	MIL	Bill Krueger	tied 7-7	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	0.385	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	1990-06-07	BAL	@	MIL	Randy Veres	ahead 4-0	t 8	2	---	7,(3-2) FCBBBFX	1	6	5	0.020	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
23	23	6	1	1990-06-15	BAL		BOS	Jeff Reardon	behind 2-4	b 9	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	5	0.064	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	7	1	1990-06-17	BAL		BOS	Greg Harris	behind 2-6	b 7	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	5	0.052	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	8	1	1990-07-28 (2)	BAL	@	KCR	Pete Filson	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCCX	1	8	5	0.146	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1991-04-13	BAL	@	TEX	John Barfield	ahead 5-4	t 5	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	5	0.187	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); D. Evans Scores; C. Worthington Scores
27	27	2	1	1991-05-06	BAL	@	CAL	Scott Lewis	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	2	8	5	0.177	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Hoiles Scores; C. Worthington Scores
28	28	3	1	1991-05-10	BAL	@	SEA	Rich DeLucia	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	0.078	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Worthington Scores
29	29	4	1	1991-05-15	BAL		OAK	Bob Welch	behind 2-4	b 6	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	5	0.134	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Worthington Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1995-06-27	CIN	@	PHI	Kyle Abbott	ahead 11-3	t 9	2	---	5,(2-2) BFTBX	1	7	3	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	2	1	1995-08-17	TEX	@	CHW	Matt Karchner	tied 1-1	t 10	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	0.371	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
32	32	3	1	1995-09-02	TEX		KCR	Dave Fleming	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	5	0.104	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1996-04-01	TEX		BOS	Roger Clemens	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	0.083	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Worthington Scores