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Wayne
Comer		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 3, 1944 in Usa, VA, SHENANDOAH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1970   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1967 23 TAM AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 9 6 6 6
1968 24 TAM AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1969 25 NYA AL     4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1970 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 9 7 6 7
1971 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
1972 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 8 8 7 7 7
1973 29 NYA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1974 30 NYA AL $ 350,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1975 31 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1976 32 DET AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1977 33 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 6 6 6
1978 34 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1967 23 AA   110 404 67 112 22 1 18 71 15 3 80 60 .277 .397 .470 .867 79.2  
    A   26 90 20 26 5 0 5 15 3 0 29 10 .289 .462 .511 .973 23.1  
1968 24 AA   135 534 82 128 15 2 31 75 17 1 95 83 .240 .355 .449 .804 93.6  
1969 25 AA   136 521 65 126 23 1 17 75 7 1 95 78 .242 .359 .388 .746 79.9  
1970 26 NYA AL 155 515 44 87 30 1 8 32 16 0 65 103 .169 .262 .278 .539 37.5 0.1
1971 27 NYA AL 145 519 56 81 19 3 13 45 5 2 51 95 .156 .232 .279 .511 33.8 0.0
1972 28 NYA AL 64 117 12 25 7 1 6 20 0 1 14 16 .214 .291 .444 .735 15.2 1.8
1973 29 NYA AL 62 94 8 20 3 2 2 12 3 0 10 17 .213 .288 .351 .640 9.7 0.8
1974 30 NYA AL 6 15 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 .333 .474 .333 .807 3.1 0.5
    AAA   137 554 84 144 36 2 35 84 12 2 78 73 .260 .351 .522 .873 102.6  
1975 31 AAA   104 378 54 91 23 4 22 63 7 2 53 62 .241 .334 .497 .831 64.5  
    A   31 104 25 36 1 0 11 24 2 1 27 13 .346 .481 .673 1.154 31.3  
1976 32 DET AL 86 187 24 36 11 0 4 25 3 0 27 38 .193 .289 .316 .604 17.8 0.6
    AAA   2 9 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3  
1977 33 DET AL 107 207 14 34 8 1 5 22 1 1 26 36 .164 .255 .285 .540 14.7 0.0
1978 34 DET AL 72 185 21 39 7 0 4 13 1 1 26 39 .211 .308 .314 .622 19.1 1.7
8 Years Sim 697 1839 182 327 85 8 42 169 30 5 223 345 .178 .265 .301 .567 151.0 5.6
3 Years AAA 243 941 138 237 59 6 57 148 19 4 131 136 .252 .344 .509 .853 167.4  
3 Years AA 381 1459 214 366 60 4 66 221 39 5 270 221 .251 .367 .433 .800 252.7  
2 Years A 57 194 45 62 6 0 16 39 5 1 56 23 .320 .470 .598 1.068 54.3  
8 Years Minors 681 2594 397 665 125 10 139 408 63 10 457 380 .256 .368 .473 .841 474.4  
162 Game Average 427 42 76 19 1 9 39 6 1 51 80 .178 .265 .301 .567 35.1  
Career Highs 155 519 56 87 30 3 13 45 16 2 65 103 .333 .474 .444 .807 37.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1278 116 214 58 5 25 108 19 5 135 234 .167 .246 .279 .526 91.5
vs LH   561 66 113 27 3 17 61 11 0 88 111 .201 .307 .351 .658 68.9
Home 346 907 85 152 34 4 18 80 15 2 103 179 .168 .251 .273 .525 67.2
Away 351 932 97 175 51 4 24 89 15 3 120 166 .188 .279 .328 .607 93.3
RISP   361 0 66 14 3 5 111 0 0 44 67 .183 .263 .280 .543 29.0
Pinch Hitting   80 8 12 4 1 0 15 0 0 7 12 .150 .211 .225 .436 3.3
Close/Late   238 13 32 11 1 3 29 0 0 23 42 .134 .208 .227 .434 9.8
Mar/Apr 124 354 33 65 18 1 9 27 1 0 42 73 .184 .270 .316 .586 32.2
May 132 334 40 67 18 0 9 39 8 3 44 76 .201 .291 .335 .627 35.7
June 122 318 33 62 12 4 11 43 8 1 43 42 .195 .288 .362 .650 37.3
July 103 238 21 36 10 0 0 13 6 0 39 43 .151 .270 .193 .463 15.1
August 128 348 38 63 18 3 9 30 5 1 37 59 .181 .258 .328 .586 31.3
Sep/Oct 88 247 17 34 9 0 4 17 2 0 18 52 .138 .196 .223 .419 8.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 26 NYA AL RF 149 149 1271.0 303 8 0 2 1.000 2.20   3.1
    CF 3 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1971 27 NYA AL RF 74 74 605.7 147 3 2 1 .987 2.23   1.9
    CF 48 48 423.0 108 1 2 1 .982 2.32    
    2B 12 12 107.3 24 43 3 9 .957 5.62   0.2
1972 28 NYA AL RF 22 13 122.3 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.4
    SS 15 8 77.0 9 30 2 7 .951 4.56   0.4
    LF 11 4 44.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
    2B 13 2 36.0 8 10 0 4 1.000 4.50   0.1
    1B 3 0 12.0 15 2 0 3 1.000 12.75   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 29 NYA AL SS 37 7 143.7 14 58 1 4 .986 4.51   1.2
    CF 8 8 72.7 16 0 1 0 .941 1.98   0.3
    2B 12 3 38.0 7 15 1 3 .957 5.21   0.1
    LF 2 2 15.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    RF 1 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 30 NYA AL RF 4 4 31.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.2
    1B 2 1 9.0 14 3 1 0 .944 17.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1976 32 DET AL LF 15 9 88.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.6
    CF 11 11 87.7 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.57    
    RF 13 6 62.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    2B 12 4 47.0 15 20 1 6 .972 6.70   0.2
    SS 16 0 29.0 11 14 0 2 1.000 7.76   0.2
    1B 3 3 20.0 22 1 0 5 1.000 10.35   0.0
1977 33 DET AL SS 41 14 173.7 26 72 3 15 .970 5.08   0.6
    3B 24 17 164.0 10 44 2 3 .964 2.96   0.4
    2B 14 11 96.3 31 51 1 13 .988 7.66   0.5
    CF 9 4 41.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.1
    1B 5 0 20.0 26 5 1 3 .969 13.95   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1978 34 DET AL 2B 45 39 358.0 89 165 6 33 .977 6.39   1.3
    SS 12 1 29.0 3 12 0 3 1.000 4.66   0.1
    1B 7 1 22.7 34 1 0 2 1.000 13.90   0.0
    3B 4 2 22.0 0 9 0 0 1.000 3.68   0.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  RF 266 247 2099.0 504 13 2 3 .996 2.22   5.6
  2B 110 71 686.7 174 304 12 68 .976 6.27   2.4
  CF 82 73 645.3 160 2 3 2 .982 2.26   0.3
  SS 121 30 452.3 63 186 6 31 .976 4.95   2.5
  3B 28 19 186.0 10 53 2 3 .969 3.05   0.5
  LF 32 15 155.0 27 2 0 0 1.000 1.68   0.6
  1B 21 5 85.7 114 12 2 13 .984 13.24   0.2
Career Totals   660 460 4310.0 1052 572 27 120 .984 3.39   12.0
Career Highs   155 151 1295.0 310 187 7 38 1.000 6.46    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1970-7-155
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Rick Schu (939)
  5. Jay Bell (938)
  6. Paul Runge (926)
  7. George Banks (922)
  8. Bob Robertson (918)
  9. Leo Burke (917)
  10. Sergio Ferrer (913)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1967
Injured on 5/30/1969 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: CF Wayne Comer, P Mike Garman, 1B Eddie Leon, C Bob Didier. Going to TAM: P Jim O'toole)
Injured on 7/23/1969 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1970, off Denny Lemaster (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1970, off Tommy John (BOS)
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1970
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/22/1974 with a Concussion, out for 6 days
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Detroit on 7/31/1975 (Going to NYA: P Wally Bunker. Going to DET: RF Wayne Comer, LF Eddie Leon, RF John Kennedy)
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia on 5/6/1978
 
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