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Wayne
Causey		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: December 26, 1936 in Usa, LA, RUSTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1965    1966    1967    1968    1969   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 18 NYG NL     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
1956 19 NYG NL     5 5 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 8 8
1957 20 NYG NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
1958 21 NYG NL     6 6 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 9
1959 22 NYG NL     7 7 6 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1960 23 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
1961 24 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1962 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1963 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1964 27 TAM AL $ 2,642,857   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1965 28 KCR AL $ 2,642,857   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 9 9 9
1966 29 KCR AL $ 3,500,000   9 9 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 9
1967 30 KCR AL $ 3,500,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8 8 9 9
1968 31 KCR AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 9 8
1969 32 KCR AL $ 3,500,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8
1970 33 KCR AL $ 4,850,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 7 9 8 7 8 8
1971 34 KCR AL $ 4,850,000   8 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 7 7 8 8
1972 35 SDP NL $ 4,850,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 6 6
1973 36 SDP NL $ 4,850,000   6 6 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 8 7 6 6 6
1974 37 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 7 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,850,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 8 9 9 9
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
1955 18 AA   137 484 63 134 29 1 7 60 4 9 102 34 .277 .403 .384 .787 79.4  
1956 19 AA   137 473 72 124 27 2 15 76 5 4 106 44 .262 .397 .423 .820 85.3  
1957 20 AA   113 413 50 105 23 3 14 55 5 3 73 34 .254 .366 .426 .792 67.5  
1958 21 AAA   115 279 39 75 19 4 8 40 1 0 44 25 .269 .368 .452 .820 46.9  
1959 22 AAA   137 530 74 147 20 2 10 51 7 6 90 42 .277 .382 .379 .762 81.6  
1960 23 NYG NL 57 96 13 27 7 0 2 11 0 1 11 9 .281 .352 .417 .769 13.4 2.4
  TAM AL 25 91 8 25 5 2 1 8 0 0 7 9 .275 .323 .407 .730 11.3 2.3
  TOT   82 187 21 52 12 2 3 19 0 1 18 18 .278 .338 .412 .750 24.6 4.7
    AAA   29 106 17 29 5 1 2 7 1 1 17 12 .274 .374 .396 .770 16.3  
1961 24 TAM AL 139 452 41 114 12 5 6 51 1 0 40 34 .252 .311 .341 .652 47.2 6.7
1962 25 TAM AL 153 514 62 129 19 5 6 80 0 1 49 41 .251 .314 .342 .657 51.6 6.4
1963 26 TAM AL 143 521 75 150 17 2 6 40 1 3 54 38 .288 .354 .363 .717 66.3 12.4
1964 27 TAM AL 154 577 73 161 27 2 9 67 3 3 65 36 .279 .350 .380 .729 78.5 16.5
1965 28 TAM AL 25 102 13 30 6 0 3 10 1 1 6 13 .294 .330 .441 .771 13.4 3.1
  KCR AL 127 498 84 157 31 4 10 53 5 7 51 28 .315 .379 .454 .832 77.0 16.6
  TOT   152 600 97 187 37 4 13 63 6 8 57 41 .312 .371 .452 .822 90.4 19.7
1966 29 KCR AL 157 597 92 179 21 3 15 58 1 2 66 34 .300 .371 .420 .792 92.7 19.4
1967 30 KCR AL 146 575 72 161 16 6 15 68 0 1 49 50 .280 .334 .407 .741 77.2 13.3
1968 31 KCR AL 151 583 101 188 27 2 18 69 0 1 63 63 .322 .387 .468 .855 99.7 23.4
1969 32 KCR AL 155 583 97 184 22 3 13 73 1 0 62 57 .316 .377 .431 .808 94.7 21.5
1970 33 KCR AL 125 475 86 136 28 1 12 49 0 0 59 37 .286 .366 .425 .791 72.4 15.7
1971 34 KCR AL 132 466 65 113 17 2 8 50 2 1 57 54 .242 .326 .339 .665 54.1 8.2
1972 35 SDP NL 151 560 54 155 17 6 5 51 1 4 54 59 .277 .340 .355 .695 65.8 11.2
1973 36 SDP NL 125 291 24 68 5 2 5 33 0 1 26 46 .234 .299 .316 .615 23.2 0.9
1974 37 OAK AL 21 40 4 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .250 .268 .250 .518 2.6 0.1
    AAA   57 197 32 51 4 3 7 28 2 1 33 36 .259 .365 .416 .781 31.8  
15 Years Sim 1986 7021 964 1987 277 45 134 772 16 26 720 614 .283 .349 .393 .741 941.0 180.2
4 Years AAA 338 1112 162 302 48 10 27 126 11 8 184 115 .272 .378 .406 .784 176.6  
3 Years AA 387 1370 185 363 79 6 36 191 14 16 281 112 .265 .387 .410 .798 232.2  
7 Years Minors 725 2482 347 665 127 16 63 317 25 24 465 227 .268 .383 .408 .791 408.8  
162 Game Average 572 78 162 22 3 10 62 1 2 58 50 .283 .349 .393 .741 76.8  
Career Highs 157 600 101 188 37 6 18 80 6 8 66 63 .322 .387 .468 .855 99.7  
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   4981 727 1466 198 24 102 533 13 23 563 359 .294 .365 .405 .770 734.4
vs LH   2040 237 521 79 21 32 239 3 3 157 255 .255 .308 .362 .669 226.4
Home 979 3394 468 986 135 28 70 400 6 12 344 305 .291 .354 .409 .763 486.7
Away 1007 3627 496 1001 142 17 64 372 10 14 376 309 .276 .343 .377 .721 474.1
RISP   1524 0 423 62 7 30 604 0 0 175 124 .278 .344 .386 .730 210.9
Pinch Hitting   120 17 30 6 0 2 20 1 0 12 14 .250 .323 .350 .673 13.8
Close/Late   770 82 208 24 6 13 89 0 0 86 74 .270 .340 .368 .708 100.0
Mar/Apr 315 1125 135 314 52 1 14 103 2 4 105 106 .279 .338 .364 .703 139.1
May 347 1200 178 346 42 7 29 148 1 5 131 104 .288 .358 .408 .765 174.4
June 326 1140 152 319 46 14 25 124 4 6 107 98 .280 .341 .411 .751 157.0
July 337 1181 179 349 52 6 20 135 4 2 119 101 .296 .358 .401 .758 168.6
August 332 1185 178 339 40 7 27 134 2 5 142 105 .286 .362 .400 .762 173.3
Sep/Oct 329 1190 142 320 45 10 19 128 3 4 116 100 .269 .334 .371 .705 148.3
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
1960 23 NYG NL 2B 21 20 125.9 31 50 1 9 .988 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 13 3 38.4 5 15 1 4 .952 4.69 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 4 3 20.3 25 3 1 2 .966 12.41 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TAM AL 2B 9 9 115.5 29 46 0 8 1.000 5.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 5 2 35.2 5 14 0 3 1.000 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 2 1 18.7 22 3 0 2 1.000 12.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   2B 30 29 241.4 60 96 1 17 .994 5.82   1.0
      SS 18 5 73.6 10 29 1 7 .975 4.77   0.4
      1B 6 4 39.0 47 6 1 4 .981 12.23   0.1
1961 24 TAM AL 2B 91 87 766.3 146 304 8 71 .983 5.28 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    SS 52 46 388.3 58 137 9 21 .956 4.52 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1962 25 TAM AL SS 153 152 1294.3 210 531 28 80 .964 5.15 0 0 .000 0 5.5
1963 26 TAM AL SS 141 139 1200.0 168 512 20 92 .971 5.10 0 0 .000 0 7.0
1964 27 TAM AL SS 141 138 1211.3 162 477 28 82 .958 4.75 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    3B 9 9 79.3 3 27 2 0 .938 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 1 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1965 28 TAM AL 1B 11 10 91.8 104 9 1 9 .991 11.08 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 10 10 91.1 18 34 2 7 .963 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 4 4 34.5 6 11 0 2 1.000 4.43 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  KCR AL 1B 53 53 465.8 529 47 4 43 .993 11.13 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 52 50 461.9 91 170 8 34 .970 5.09 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    SS 20 20 175.1 30 58 1 11 .989 4.52 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  TOT   1B 64 63 557.6 633 56 5 52 .993 11.12   1.0
      2B 62 60 553.0 109 204 10 41 .969 5.09   1.9
      SS 24 24 209.6 36 69 1 13 .991 4.51   1.0
1966 29 KCR AL 2B 152 150 1276.3 254 510 9 102 .988 5.39 0 0 .000 0 8.7
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 30 KCR AL 2B 143 141 1248.7 260 546 19 123 .977 5.81 0 0 .000 0 6.9
    1B 2 2 17.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 31 KCR AL 2B 150 150 1310.3 276 561 16 113 .981 5.75 0 0 .000 0 8.7
1969 32 KCR AL 2B 90 87 762.7 164 310 11 71 .977 5.59 0 0 .000 0 4.7
    SS 17 17 146.7 13 46 2 9 .967 3.62 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 33 KCR AL 2B 115 108 942.3 175 339 8 65 .985 4.91 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 8 8 63.0 14 24 1 4 .974 5.43 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 2 0 6.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 34 KCR AL 2B 122 122 1041.3 192 437 17 85 .974 5.44 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    SS 8 6 60.7 9 32 3 4 .932 6.08 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 35 SDP NL 2B 121 118 1036.3 268 415 15 97 .979 5.93 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    SS 26 23 213.0 33 92 3 18 .977 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 36 SDP NL 1B 41 10 140.3 150 16 1 19 .994 10.65 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 32 7 121.3 25 48 1 11 .986 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 20 11 114.0 13 25 1 2 .974 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 14 13 108.0 28 45 1 13 .986 6.08 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1974 37 OAK AL 2B 5 4 35.0 8 14 1 4 .957 5.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 9 2 33.0 6 12 1 2 .947 4.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 15.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1095 1069 9321.7 1940 3781 116 802 .980 5.52 0 0 .000 0 46.4
  SS 631 567 5017.8 745 2010 98 343 .966 4.94 0 0 .000 0 23.4
  1B 122 79 773.9 873 80 7 76 .993 11.08 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  3B 37 20 224.7 17 56 3 2 .961 2.92 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  C 1 1 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 2 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   1886 1736 15346.1 3583 5927 224 1223 .977 5.58 2 0 .000 0 72.1
Career Highs   153 152 1320.2 778 561 30 123 .989 7.55 2 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
1962 25 TAM AL 12 48 3 10 2 0 1 7 1 0 7 5 .208 .309 .313 .622
1963 26 TAM AL 7 27 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .259 .333 .333 .667
1964 27 TAM AL 5 16 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .375 .474 .375 .849
1966 29 KCR AL 11 38 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 11 4 .158 .347 .211 .557
1967 30 KCR AL 18 72 12 20 2 1 2 9 0 0 6 5 .278 .333 .417 .750
1968 31 KCR AL 11 44 8 12 1 0 2 5 0 0 6 6 .273 .353 .432 .785
1969 32 KCR AL 6 24 4 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 4 .167 .286 .292 .577
1970 33 KCR AL 9 27 2 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 4 .111 .242 .259 .502
1971 34 KCR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 80 297 34 68 10 1 7 31 2 1 44 29 .229 .328 .340 .669
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.
Batting Average
1965-5-.312
1966-9-.300
1968-1-.322
1969-3-.316
 On-Base Pct
1965-10-.371
1968-5-.387
1969-5-.377
1970-10-.366
 OPS
1968-7-.855
1969-8-.808
 XR
1965-7-90.4
1968-4-99.7
1969-6-94.7
 Games
1966-2-157
 At-Bats
1964-7-577
1965-4-600
1966-3-597
1967-10-575
1968-7-583
Runs
1965-4-97
1966-9-92
1968-5-101
1969-5-97
 Hits
1964-10-161
1965-2-187
1966-2-179
1968-2-188
1969-3-184
 Total Bases
1965-7-271
1968-4-273
1969-9-251
 Singles
1964-6-123
1965-2-133
1966-2-140
1967-6-124
1968-3-141
1969-3-146
1972-4-127
 Doubles
1965-6-37
 Triples
1967-9-6
1972-5-6
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Tony Kubek (902)
  5. Rance Mulliniks (896)
  6. Pinky Higgins (894)
  7. Jim Brideweser (894)
  8. Lee Walls (892)
  9. Lou Klein (890)
  10. Lee Lacy (884)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 24th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Injured on 7/10/1957 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/23/1957 with a Torn Hip Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/15/1958 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/12/1960, off George O'donnell (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 7/12/1960, off Paul Foytack (MIN)
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: P Humberto Robinson. Going to TAM: 1B Pancho Herrera, SS Wayne Causey, C Gene Oliver, 3B Joe Garagiola)
Injured on 5/13/1963 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,642,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 5/1/1965 (Going to KCR: P Ralph Lumenti, SS Wayne Causey, 2B Fred Valentine. Going to TAM: P Al Downing, 2B Dalton Jones, 1B Tommy Mccraw)
6/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Injured on 5/26/1967 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1968, hitting .600 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1968, hitting .619 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/13/1968
6/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,850,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Injured on 4/20/1971 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/1/1972 (Going to SDP: 2B Wayne Causey, P Don Nottebart. Going to KCR: C Dave Adlesh)
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1974 to a minor league deal
Injured on 8/10/1974 with a Bruised Foot, out for 4 days
 
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