J.B. Wendelken

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 242lb (185cm, 109kg)

Born: March 24, 1993 in Savannah, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA).

High School: South Effingham HS (Guyton, GA)

School: Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA)

Debut: May 8, 2016 (Age 23-045d, 21,110th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2022 Contract Status: Signed thru 2022, 1 yr/$835k (22)

Service Time (01/2022): 3.028 • Arb Eligible: 2023 • Free Agent: 2025

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Jeffrey Benjamin Wendelken

Pronunciation: \wen-DELL-ken\

Twitter: @JbWendelken

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SUMMARY

2022

Career

WAR

-0.3

1.4

ERA

6.75

3.97

127

12.0

142.2

138

WHIP

1.667

1.290

2022 Spring Training

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2012	19	BOS-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	1.27	13	0	3	0	0	2	21.1	11	3	3	0	3	0	28	0	1	0	79			0.656	4.6	0.0	1.3	11.8	9.33	RES GULF
2013	20	BOS-CHW-min	A,A+	2	2	.500	3.42	36	0	23	0	0	12	79.0	79	31	30	5	28	0	78	3	2	10	343			1.354	9.0	0.6	3.2	8.9	2.79	GRV,WSM,KAN SALL,CARL
2014	21	CHW-min	A+	7	10	.412	5.25	27	27	0	1	0	0	145.2	181	105	85	15	33	0	129	5	0	4	650			1.469	11.2	0.9	2.0	8.0	3.91	WSM CARL
2015	22	CHW-min	AA,AAA	6	2	.750	3.20	39	0	23	0	0	5	59.0	50	25	21	6	16	0	69	0	0	0	244			1.119	7.6	0.9	2.4	10.5	4.31	BIR,CHR SOUL,IL
2016	23	OAK-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.11	39	0	16	0	0	5	46.0	48	25	21	5	26	2	65	4	0	5	217			1.609	9.4	1.0	5.1	12.7	2.50	NVL PCL
2016	23	OAK	AL	0	0		9.95	8	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	18	15	14	3	9	0	12	0	0	2	64	42	6.46	2.132	12.8	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.33

2018	25	OAK-min	AAA,AA	1	2	.333	2.96	33	1	16	0	0	6	48.2	40	17	16	5	20	1	75	0	0	1	204			1.233	7.4	0.9	3.7	13.9	3.75	NVL,MDL PCL,TL
2018	25	OAK	AL	0	0		0.54	13	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	8	1	1	1	5	0	14	0	0	1	62	784	3.16	0.780	4.3	0.5	2.7	7.6	2.80
2019	26	OAK-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.59	30	1	19	0	0	3	38.2	47	26	24	8	19	1	43	2	0	3	179			1.707	10.9	1.9	4.4	10.0	2.26	LVG PCL
2019	26	OAK	AL	3	1	.750	3.58	27	0	4	0	0	0	32.2	21	14	13	2	9	2	34	2	0	2	131	121	2.94	0.918	5.8	0.6	2.5	9.4	3.78
2020	27	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	1.80	21	0	6	0	0	0	25.0	17	8	5	2	11	0	31	0	0	2	106	235	3.07	1.120	6.1	0.7	4.0	11.2	2.82
2021	28	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		3.60	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	20			0.800	3.6	1.8	3.6	9.0	2.50	LVG AAAW
2021	28	TOT	MLB	4	3	.571	4.33	46	0	15	0	0	2	43.2	44	24	21	4	22	3	39	0	0	4	194	97	4.09	1.511	9.1	0.8	4.5	8.0	1.77
2021	28	OAK	AL	2	1	.667	4.32	26	0	6	0	0	0	25.0	29	15	12	2	13	2	26	0	0	4	117	96	3.69	1.680	10.4	0.7	4.7	9.4	2.00
2021	28	ARI	NL	2	2	.500	4.34	20	0	9	0	0	2	18.2	15	9	9	2	9	1	13	0	0	0	77	99	4.62	1.286	7.2	1.0	4.3	6.3	1.44
2022	29	ARI	NL	0	1	.000	6.75	12	0	2	0	0	0	12.0	14	9	9	2	6	0	8	1	0	0	55	61	5.68	1.667	10.5	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.33
6 Yrs				8	6	.571	3.97	127	0	33	0	0	2	142.2	122	71	63	14	62	5	138	3	0	11	612	106	3.88	1.290	7.7	0.9	3.9	8.7	2.23
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.571	3.97	68	0	18	0	0	1	76	65	38	34	7	33	3	74	2	0	6	328	106	3.88	1.290	7.7	0.9	3.9	8.7	2.23

OAK (5 yrs)				6	3	.667	3.62	95	0	22	0	0	0	112.0	93	53	45	10	47	4	117	2	0	11	480	117	3.57	1.250	7.5	0.8	3.8	9.4	2.49
ARI (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	5.28	32	0	11	0	0	2	30.2	29	18	18	4	15	1	21	1	0	0	132	80	5.03	1.435	8.5	1.2	4.4	6.2	1.40

AL (5 yrs)				6	3	.667	3.62	95	0	22	0	0	0	112.0	93	53	45	10	47	4	117	2	0	11	480	117	3.57	1.250	7.5	0.8	3.8	9.4	2.49
NL (2 yrs)				2	3	.400	5.28	32	0	11	0	0	2	30.2	29	18	18	4	15	1	21	1	0	0	132	80	5.03	1.435	8.5	1.2	4.4	6.2	1.40

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