Wayne
Krenchicki
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: September 17, 1954 in Usa, NJ, TRENTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
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
1979 24 NYG NL     6 6 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1980 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1981 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1982 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8
1983 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8
1984 29 NYG NL $ 775,714   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1985 30 PHN NL $ 870,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 8
1986 31 PHN NL $ 1,892,857   8 8 8 3 4 4 6 6 6 4 5 5 7 8 7
1987 32 MIA NL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 7 7 7
1988 33 MIA NL $ 2,250,000   7 7 7 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 6 7 7
1989 34 CLN NL $ 2,250,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
1990 35 CLN NL $ 2,250,000   7 7 7 1 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,250,000   8 8 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 8 8 8
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
1979 24 AAA   4 15 4 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 3 0 .400 .500 .667 1.167 4.3  
    AA   133 485 57 155 34 2 11 65 3 7 63 37 .320 .398 .466 .864 84.4  
1980 25 AAA   136 512 63 154 20 3 7 53 4 9 70 49 .301 .385 .393 .777 76.9  
1981 26 NYG NL 50 85 7 20 2 0 0 11 0 0 8 6 .235 .301 .259 .560 6.2 0.1
1982 27 NYG NL 87 207 20 55 11 0 3 32 0 3 23 23 .266 .335 .362 .697 26.1 3.7
1983 28 NYG NL 89 194 26 55 8 1 3 33 0 1 17 11 .284 .338 .381 .719 24.0 4.5
1984 29 NYG NL 101 194 25 58 15 0 0 31 0 3 15 9 .299 .344 .376 .721 21.4 4.0
1985 30 PHN NL 132 446 52 124 28 1 9 45 2 2 41 41 .278 .342 .406 .747 55.2 9.6
1986 31 PHN NL 155 562 59 157 34 0 3 68 0 1 31 61 .279 .314 .356 .670 58.7 10.3
1987 32 PHN NL 40 130 18 33 9 1 2 11 0 0 13 13 .254 .322 .385 .706 15.4 2.8
  MIL NL 27 89 9 22 2 0 1 10 0 0 9 13 .247 .316 .303 .620 8.6 0.9
  MIA NL 78 276 34 81 16 1 4 24 0 0 10 39 .293 .321 .402 .723 31.6 5.6
  TOT   145 495 61 136 27 2 7 45 0 0 32 65 .275 .320 .380 .700 55.6 9.3
1988 33 MIA NL 150 577 68 145 26 2 9 54 1 1 44 92 .251 .303 .350 .653 58.8 7.2
1989 34 MIA NL 94 323 30 89 16 2 4 34 0 1 17 52 .276 .311 .375 .685 33.9 5.8
  CLN NL 53 200 18 59 9 2 1 17 0 0 21 28 .295 .360 .375 .735 26.3 4.2
  TOT   147 523 48 148 25 4 5 51 0 1 38 80 .283 .330 .375 .705 60.2 10.0
1990 35 CLN NL 149 533 63 157 32 4 4 38 1 1 42 73 .295 .345 .392 .738 67.3 12.7
10 Years Sim 1205 3816 429 1055 208 14 43 408 4 13 291 461 .276 .327 .372 .699 433.5 71.5
2 Years AAA 140 527 67 160 21 3 8 57 4 9 73 49 .304 .388 .400 .789 81.2  
1 Years AA 133 485 57 155 34 2 11 65 3 7 63 37 .320 .397 .466 .863 84.4  
3 Years Minors 273 1012 124 315 55 5 19 122 7 16 136 86 .311 .393 .432 .825 165.6  
162 Game Average 513 57 141 27 1 5 54 0 1 39 61 .276 .327 .372 .699 58.3  
Career Highs 155 577 68 157 34 4 9 68 2 3 44 92 .299 .345 .406 .747 67.3  
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   3038 353 865 170 10 36 331 4 11 247 329 .285 .337 .383 .720 381.7
vs LH   778 76 190 38 4 7 77 0 2 44 132 .244 .284 .330 .615 70.0
Home 608 1881 221 534 101 8 25 218 4 6 144 232 .284 .333 .386 .719 235.5
Away 597 1935 208 521 107 6 18 190 0 7 147 229 .269 .320 .359 .679 216.2
RISP   953 0 262 54 4 11 336 0 0 81 118 .275 .326 .375 .700 116.6
Pinch Hitting   192 32 64 16 1 1 54 0 1 14 15 .333 .370 .443 .812 29.2
Close/Late   553 52 150 28 2 6 60 0 0 38 67 .271 .315 .362 .677 62.1
Mar/Apr 183 575 70 157 37 2 5 63 1 0 35 68 .273 .312 .370 .683 64.4
May 216 693 80 182 31 1 12 84 0 1 70 86 .263 .329 .362 .691 84.1
June 206 659 59 200 33 2 10 68 0 5 45 84 .303 .347 .405 .752 87.4
July 188 562 72 136 34 2 4 55 1 2 45 70 .242 .298 .331 .629 54.3
August 208 652 71 181 37 3 6 65 2 3 44 82 .278 .321 .371 .693 75.0
Sep/Oct 204 675 77 199 36 4 6 73 0 2 52 71 .295 .346 .387 .732 86.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 26 NYG NL 3B 9 8 68.0 1 13 0 1 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 19 0 29.3 6 14 0 2 1.000 6.14 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 6 0 9.3 3 5 0 1 1.000 7.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 27 NYG NL 3B 44 42 360.7 24 90 5 6 .958 2.84 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 29 0 60.0 7 19 0 2 1.000 3.90 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 4 0 9.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 28 NYG NL 1B 20 18 162.0 187 9 0 15 1.000 10.89 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 13 12 107.7 5 25 0 1 1.000 2.51 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 29 0 69.0 6 24 2 3 .938 3.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 11 0 18.7 4 16 1 2 .952 9.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 29 NYG NL 1B 38 8 125.3 139 5 1 19 .993 10.34 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 10 10 84.0 8 23 1 3 .969 3.32 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 23 0 46.3 6 15 1 3 .955 4.08 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 19 1 42.0 13 14 0 5 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1985 30 PHN NL 3B 108 107 967.3 46 233 13 11 .955 2.60 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 11 0 27.3 5 11 0 4 1.000 5.27 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 11.0 14 0 0 1 1.000 11.45 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 6 0 10.0 3 5 0 2 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 31 PHN NL 3B 143 140 1232.0 74 272 18 29 .951 2.53 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    2B 9 9 83.0 12 46 1 6 .983 6.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 32 PHN NL 2B 30 29 247.3 63 99 2 22 .988 5.90 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 9 7 67.3 10 25 2 6 .946 4.68 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  MIL NL 2B 20 20 170.0 43 68 1 15 .991 5.88 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    SS 6 5 46.3 7 17 1 4 .960 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  MIA NL 2B 59 57 496.3 125 198 4 45 .988 5.86 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 18 15 135.1 20 51 3 12 .959 4.73 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  TOT   2B 109 106 913.6 231 365 7 82 .988 5.87   3.1
      SS 33 27 248.7 37 93 6 22 .956 4.70   1.2
1988 33 MIA NL 2B 148 146 1267.0 250 438 17 98 .976 4.89 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 34 MIA NL 2B 84 79 676.5 131 274 7 61 .983 5.39 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 3 2 17.6 2 12 0 3 1.000 7.16 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 0 6.1 8 0 0 1 1.000 11.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLN NL 2B 47 45 440.5 86 178 5 40 .981 5.39 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    SS 1 1 11.4 2 7 0 2 1.000 7.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 3.9 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 131 124 1117.0 217 452 12 101 .982 5.39   2.3
      SS 4 3 29.0 4 19 0 5 1.000 7.14   0.3
      1B 6 0 10.0 13 0 0 1 1.000 11.70   0.0
      3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1990 35 CLN NL 2B 118 117 1012.7 212 440 10 100 .985 5.79 0 0 .000 0 6.2
    3B 25 24 215.0 10 37 2 2 .959 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 6 5 46.0 6 16 0 7 1.000 4.30 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  2B 604 503 4570.6 957 1815 48 402 .983 5.46 0 0 .000 0 14.4
  3B 354 343 3038.7 168 693 39 53 .957 2.55 0 0 .000 0 8.9
  SS 113 35 470.7 66 184 9 43 .965 4.78 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  1B 68 27 310.3 357 14 1 36 .997 10.76 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  C 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1142 909 8403.3 1551 2706 97 534 .978 4.56 1 0 .000 0 26.5
Career Highs   155 150 1329.0 268 493 19 109 1.000 6.95 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 26 NYG NL 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1982 27 NYG NL 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1983 28 NYG NL 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
1984 29 NYG NL 5 14 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 .214 .267 .500 .767
1985 30 PHN NL 12 36 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 7 6 .167 .302 .194 .497
1986 31 PHN NL 5 19 0 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .421 .421 .526 .947
1987 32 MIA NL 7 29 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 4 .207 .281 .276 .557
Career Post-Season Batting 35 106 6 26 7 0 1 11 0 0 11 14 .245 .316 .340 .656
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
1986-4-155
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 45th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1979
Had first career hit on 4/11/1981, off Dave Smith (CLN)
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
4/3/1982: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Hit first career homerun on 5/29/1982, off Dave Pagan (LAD)
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $775,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (N) to Philadelphia on 2/2/1985 (Going to NYG: DH Billy North, 2B Dave Rosello. Going to PHN: P Dan Schatzeder, P Steve Burke, P Al Holland, LF Jim Tracy, 3B Wayne Krenchicki)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against New York (N) on 5/9/1985
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,892,857 through salary arbitration
7/1/1986: Signed a contract extension with Philadelphia, $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 8/25/1986
Traded from Philadelphia to Milwaukee on 6/1/1987 (Going to MIL: P Steve Burke, P Dennis Lamp, P Dan Schatzeder, 1B Jerry Turner, 2B Wayne Krenchicki. Going to PHN: P Tom Henke, P Dave Geisel, SS Joe Pittman, P Ron Davis)
Traded from Milwaukee to Miami on 7/1/1987 (Going to MIA: 2B Wayne Krenchicki. Going to MIL: P Reggie Ritter)
Traded from Miami to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1989 (Going to MIA: 1B Luis De los santos. Going to CLN: C Bill Schroeder, 2B Wayne Krenchicki, SS Kiko Garcia, RF Jeffrey Leonard)