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Butch
Wynegar		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 194
 
Born: March 14, 1956 in Usa, PA, YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1979   
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
1976 20 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 10 9 9 8 8 8
1977 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1978 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9
1979 23 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 9 8 8 7 7 7
1980 24 TOR AL $ 2,385,714   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1981 25 TOR AL $ 2,385,714   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1982 26 TOR AL $ 2,385,714   5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1983 27 LAD NL $ 500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7
1984 28 OAK AL     4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 8 7 8 6 6 6
1985 29 OAK AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6
1986 30 OAK AL     3 3 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
1987 31 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
1988 32 MIN AL     3 3 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5
1989 33 MIN AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8 6 5 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,385,714   5 5 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 9 9 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
1976 20 TOR AL 64 176 22 45 7 1 0 19 3 0 23 19 .256 .342 .307 .648 20.5 3.0
    AAA   53 172 32 46 7 1 6 22 2 1 29 10 .267 .373 .424 .798 28.5  
1977 21 TOR AL 135 467 70 123 14 2 10 52 1 0 66 29 .263 .358 .366 .724 61.8 10.7
1978 22 TOR AL 111 370 53 87 16 1 9 46 0 1 48 29 .235 .321 .357 .677 42.5 6.2
1979 23 TOR AL 123 411 57 124 27 3 9 64 0 0 62 37 .302 .393 .448 .841 70.2 15.1
1980 24 TOR AL 93 214 19 46 16 0 1 24 1 0 24 26 .215 .295 .304 .598 19.8 1.6
1981 25 TOR AL 63 175 17 35 9 0 1 15 1 0 20 17 .200 .286 .269 .554 13.2 0.1
1982 26 TOR AL 85 256 27 45 19 0 3 18 0 1 32 39 .176 .264 .285 .549 19.7 0.0
1983 27 LAD NL 102 301 15 52 6 1 2 19 0 0 35 52 .173 .258 .219 .477 14.8 0.0
1984 28 AAA   124 427 64 104 26 2 18 79 0 2 67 53 .244 .346 .440 .786 66.9  
1985 29 AAA   106 395 44 91 22 2 13 66 4 1 65 60 .230 .339 .395 .734 57.0  
1986 30 AAA   135 499 63 113 27 4 16 62 0 0 56 76 .226 .305 .393 .697 61.6  
1987 31 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
    AAA   137 474 61 118 39 5 12 62 1 1 63 86 .249 .337 .428 .765 68.7  
1988 32 A   4 12 3 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 6 .333 .467 .833 1.300 4.1  
1989 33 A   133 446 61 109 34 1 18 54 1 0 99 79 .244 .382 .446 .828 80.9  
9 Years Sim 777 2371 280 557 114 8 35 257 6 2 310 248 .235 .323 .334 .658 262.4 36.7
5 Years AAA 555 1967 264 472 121 14 65 291 7 5 280 285 .240 .334 .415 .749 282.6  
2 Years A 137 458 64 113 34 1 20 59 1 0 102 85 .247 .386 .456 .842 85.1  
7 Years Minors 692 2425 328 585 155 15 85 350 8 5 382 370 .241 .344 .423 .767 367.7  
162 Game Average 494 58 116 23 1 7 53 1 0 64 51 .235 .323 .334 .658 54.7  
Career Highs 135 467 70 124 27 3 10 64 3 1 66 52 .302 .393 .448 .841 70.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1624 194 352 78 4 18 160 4 2 199 177 .217 .303 .303 .606 157.9
vs LH   747 86 205 36 4 17 97 2 0 111 71 .274 .368 .402 .769 114.6
Home 378 1132 133 264 56 3 15 122 2 2 145 118 .233 .320 .328 .647 125.7
Away 399 1239 147 293 58 5 20 135 4 0 165 130 .236 .327 .340 .667 146.8
RISP   621 0 137 27 2 11 206 0 0 89 75 .221 .313 .324 .637 69.7
Pinch Hitting   82 7 18 3 0 0 7 0 0 11 12 .220 .312 .256 .568 7.3
Close/Late   285 30 66 12 0 2 26 0 0 50 24 .232 .349 .295 .644 33.5
Mar/Apr 99 285 40 79 16 2 6 37 1 0 38 29 .277 .365 .411 .776 43.1
May 119 367 38 81 13 0 8 42 0 1 51 38 .221 .314 .322 .636 40.4
June 144 456 56 101 21 2 4 43 2 0 57 46 .221 .309 .303 .611 45.6
July 124 386 42 78 13 1 4 34 0 0 48 41 .202 .289 .272 .561 32.9
August 143 431 51 105 24 2 9 46 2 0 61 51 .244 .339 .371 .711 57.1
Sep/Oct 148 446 53 113 27 1 4 55 1 1 55 43 .253 .333 .345 .679 53.3
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
1976 20 TOR AL C 60 52 467.0 301 21 4 0 .988 6.21 66 13 .197 0 2.0
1977 21 TOR AL C 131 129 1161.0 628 63 7 0 .990 5.36 116 40 .345 3 6.1
1978 22 TOR AL C 106 100 896.7 499 31 9 0 .983 5.32 87 24 .276 3 3.9
1979 23 TOR AL C 122 120 1057.0 556 50 3 0 .995 5.16 94 35 .372 3 6.8
1980 24 TOR AL C 30 28 227.3 134 14 1 0 .993 5.86 25 9 .360 0 1.0
1981 25 TOR AL C 50 45 384.3 203 16 2 0 .991 5.13 34 9 .265 2 1.9
1982 26 TOR AL C 79 78 631.0 381 28 7 1 .983 5.83 58 18 .310 1 3.5
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 27 LAD NL C 68 64 555.3 268 42 1 1 .997 5.02 74 28 .378 3 3.4
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 646 616 5379.7 2970 265 34 2 .990 5.41 554 176 .318 15 28.5
  LF 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   650 616 5385.7 2970 266 34 2 .990 5.41 554 176 .318 15 28.5
Career Highs   131 129 1161.0 628 63 9 1 .997 6.21 116 40 .378 3  
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.
On-Base Pct
1979-5-.376*
 OPS
1979-8-.800*
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mike Fitzgerald (978)
  2. Mickey Livingston (973)
  3. Duffy Dyer (953)
  4. Carl Warwick (951)
  5. Ken Silvestri (951)
  6. Red Wilson (950)
  7. Dick Rand (950)
  8. Al Evans (948)
  9. Ron Hassey (947)
  10. Charlie Berry (947)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Toronto in 1976
Had first career hit on 6/1/1976, off Bob Apodaca (COL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/1977, off Bart Johnson (SEM)
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 4/11/1978
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,385,714 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/16/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/3/1984 to a minor league contract
Injured on 6/17/1984 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/20/1985 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 9/1/1988 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/9/1989 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
Injured on 7/20/1989 with a Bruised Heel, out for 5 days
Injured on 8/17/1989 with a Inflamed Calf Muscle, out for 2 weeks
 
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