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Jimmy Wynn	Nickname: The Toy Cannon   Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5' 9'' Weight: 175   Born: March 12, 1942 in Usa, OH, HAMILTON

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1976    1977
Gold Glove	1965
All-Star Selections	1967    1969

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
1963	21	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	5	4	5
1964	22	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	5	4	5
1965	23	NYG	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	7	10	10	10	5	5	5
1966	24	KCR	AL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	10	10	10	6	5	5
1967	25	KCR	AL	$ 3,250,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	10	10	10	6	6	6
1968	26	KCR	AL	$ 4,250,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	4	3	4
1969	27	KCR	AL	$ 4,250,000				6	6	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	3	3	3
1970	28	KCR	AL	$ 4,250,000				6	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	3	3	3
1971	29	KCR	AL	$ 4,250,000				6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	4	4	4
1972	30	KCR	AL	$ 5,250,000				6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	3	3	3
1973	31	COL	NL	$ 5,250,000				6	6	7	7	6	7	6	6	6	10	10	10	3	3	3
1974	32	COL	NL	$ 5,250,000				5	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	5	10	10	10	3	3	3
1975	33	COL	NL	$ 5,250,000				6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	10	10	10	4	4	4
1976	34	KCR	AL	$ 4,700,000				5	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	10	10	10	3	3	3
1977	35	KCR	AL	$ 4,700,000				4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	10	10	10	3	3	3
1978	36	BAL	AL	$ 4,700,000				3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	10	10	10	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings				$ 300,000				3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	10	10	10	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 5,250,000				7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	6	6	6

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
1963	21	NYG	NL	131	449	71	109	20	2	21	50	6	1	62	116	.243	.334	.437	.771	68.2	12.7
		AAA		26	85	14	16	3	1	7	16	1	0	24	15	.188	.367	.494	.861	17.5
1964	22	NYG	NL	156	554	84	134	38	3	19	74	7	2	72	138	.242	.326	.424	.750	79.5	13.0
1965	23	NYG	NL	155	575	100	146	24	7	26	73	17	4	95	126	.254	.361	.456	.817	95.2	20.2
1966	24	KCR	AL	154	529	73	124	21	3	22	88	26	10	107	129	.234	.363	.410	.773	85.2	15.4
1967	25	KCR	AL	152	541	83	130	15	3	20	93	29	8	103	133	.240	.357	.390	.747	83.6	13.5
1968	26	KCR	AL	149	533	86	126	16	3	23	84	19	7	87	153	.236	.340	.407	.747	77.6	13.5
1969	27	KCR	AL	155	562	102	158	30	1	20	92	28	5	109	158	.281	.398	.445	.842	105.5	24.4
1970	28	KCR	AL	153	519	74	127	28	3	15	81	19	7	105	147	.245	.369	.397	.766	82.5	16.2
1971	29	KCR	AL	153	544	84	143	31	4	19	74	22	6	85	156	.263	.360	.439	.799	90.0	19.2
1972	30	KCR	AL	153	611	92	157	27	3	20	64	20	11	101	158	.257	.364	.409	.773	93.5	16.1
1973	31	COL	NL	157	576	85	148	25	0	19	71	16	5	94	167	.257	.361	.399	.760	86.6	15.8
1975	33	COL	NL	108	308	57	87	10	2	12	65	14	1	52	81	.282	.377	.445	.821	58.1	11.5
1976	34	KCR	AL	153	596	96	152	25	3	18	68	27	14	81	161	.255	.343	.398	.741	84.3	13.0
1977	35	KCR	AL	41	85	10	17	3	1	2	6	1	0	16	21	.200	.330	.329	.660	11.6	1.6
1978	36	BAL	AL	156	486	47	91	15	5	9	44	6	6	72	114	.187	.293	.294	.587	41.1	0.8
15 Years Sim				2126	7468	1144	1849	328	43	265	1027	257	87	1241	1958	.248	.353	.409	.763	1142.4	206.9
1 Years AAA				26	85	14	16	3	1	7	16	1	0	24	15	.188	.360	.494	.854	17.5
162 Game Average					569	87	140	24	3	20	78	19	6	94	149	.248	.353	.409	.763	87.1
Career Highs				157	611	102	158	38	7	26	93	29	14	109	167	.282	.398	.456	.842	105.5

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		4824	704	1155	203	29	148	620	160	50	714	1271	.239	.336	.386	.722	680.3
vs LH		2644	440	694	125	14	117	407	97	37	527	687	.262	.383	.453	.836	489.6
Home	1064	3640	584	916	177	29	131	513	119	34	633	935	.252	.361	.424	.786	600.0
Away	1062	3828	560	933	151	14	134	514	138	53	608	1023	.244	.346	.396	.741	569.9
RISP		1800	0	435	79	9	67	716	0	0	339	507	.242	.352	.407	.759	286.9
Pinch Hitting		46	10	13	1	0	4	14	0	0	17	10	.283	.476	.565	1.041	13.1
Close/Late		754	95	209	31	7	33	122	0	0	126	203	.277	.379	.468	.848	136.6
Mar/Apr	332	1216	185	332	59	10	45	188	43	12	165	329	.273	.359	.449	.808	201.8
May	366	1288	208	310	55	14	43	172	54	17	218	327	.241	.346	.405	.752	199.6
June	362	1263	202	306	54	2	53	172	36	15	193	336	.242	.342	.414	.756	191.2
July	349	1221	197	303	57	1	43	171	46	16	229	321	.248	.368	.402	.770	197.9
August	369	1252	173	306	65	7	42	161	36	14	226	331	.244	.358	.408	.766	198.6
Sep/Oct	348	1228	179	292	38	9	39	163	42	13	210	314	.238	.348	.379	.726	180.8

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
1963	21	NYG	NL	CF	124	123	1031.7	248	6	2	1	.992	2.22					2.8
				LF	3	3	26.0	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.73
1964	22	NYG	NL	CF	150	146	1264.7	305	7	8	1	.975	2.22					4.2
				RF	2	1	12.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.75
				LF	3	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
1965	23	NYG	NL	CF	148	147	1318.7	361	9	3	4	.992	2.53					6.0
				LF	4	0	7.0	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
1966	24	KCR	AL	CF	152	150	1302.3	317	8	10	4	.970	2.25					5.6
				LF	2	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1967	25	KCR	AL	CF	148	148	1295.3	284	12	2	0	.993	2.06					4.4
				RF	4	3	28.0	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.29
1968	26	KCR	AL	CF	147	146	1284.0	274	9	4	2	.986	1.98					4.5
				LF	2	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
1969	27	KCR	AL	CF	148	147	1271.3	308	13	6	3	.982	2.27					4.7
				RF	6	2	25.0	2	0	1	0	.667	0.72
				LF	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1970	28	KCR	AL	CF	151	150	1289.3	346	8	7	1	.981	2.47					3.7
				RF	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				LF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1971	29	KCR	AL	CF	148	147	1246.7	295	18	6	3	.981	2.26					4.2
				RF	3	3	28.0	7	0	1	0	.875	2.25
				LF	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1972	30	KCR	AL	CF	152	152	1306.0	342	17	9	6	.976	2.47					3.9
				LF	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
				RF	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
1973	31	COL	NL	CF	154	148	1280.3	341	13	8	3	.978	2.49					6.7
				RF	2	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1975	33	COL	NL	CF	36	29	264.0	69	1	2	1	.972	2.39					1.2
				LF	7	3	36.0	9	0	2	0	.818	2.25
				RF	6	0	12.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
1976	34	KCR	AL	CF	151	151	1330.3	339	8	3	4	.991	2.35					5.1
				LF	2	0	6.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
				RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1977	35	KCR	AL	CF	25	22	174.0	52	2	2	2	.964	2.79					0.7
				RF	5	3	29.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.55
				LF	7	2	25.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
1978	36	BAL	AL	CF	146	141	1186.7	324	6	7	1	.979	2.50					2.1
				RF	9	9	73.0	11	2	0	0	1.000	1.60
				LF	2	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
				CF	1980	1947	16845.3	4205	137	79	36	.982	2.32					59.8
				RF	40	21	222.0	32	3	2	0	.946	1.42
				LF	39	8	131.0	25	1	3	0	.897	1.79
Career Totals					2059	1976	17198.3	4262	141	84	36	.981	2.30					59.8
Career Highs					157	152	1338.3	361	18	10	6	.993	2.53

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
1965	23	NYG	NL	11	41	11	7	0	0	3	5	2	1	11	10	.171	.340	.390	.730
1966	24	KCR	AL	11	42	3	9	0	0	1	7	5	1	6	7	.214	.313	.286	.598
1967	25	KCR	AL	18	64	6	10	1	0	2	4	1	0	6	16	.156	.229	.266	.494
1968	26	KCR	AL	11	38	5	9	3	0	1	5	1	0	8	10	.237	.370	.395	.764
1969	27	KCR	AL	6	23	6	7	2	2	2	4	1	0	4	10	.304	.407	.826	1.233
1970	28	KCR	AL	11	39	7	13	1	1	0	2	3	1	3	10	.333	.381	.410	.791
1971	29	KCR	AL	12	48	6	16	1	0	3	8	2	2	3	13	.333	.365	.542	.907
1973	31	COL	NL	11	41	7	14	4	1	1	4	1	0	5	13	.341	.413	.561	.974
1975	33	COL	NL	11	34	4	8	2	0	0	0	2	1	8	7	.235	.381	.294	.675
1976	34	KCR	AL	18	67	4	12	0	0	1	8	4	0	4	21	.179	.233	.224	.457
1977	35	KCR	AL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Post-Season Batting				123	438	60	105	14	4	14	47	22	6	58	117	.240	.328	.386	.714

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 1969-2-.398 1970-8-.369 OPS 1969-4-.842 XR 1965-8-95.2 1969-4-105.5 Games 1964-8-156 1973-4-157 1978-2-156 At-Bats 1965-8-575 1972-9-611 1976-10-596 Runs 1965-3-100 1968-9-86 1969-4-102 1972-9-92 1976-10-96 Total Bases 1969-10-250 Doubles 1964-3-38 Triples 1965-2-7 Homeruns 1968-8-23 RBIs 1966-10-88 1967-7-93 1968-8-84 1969-8-92 Stolen Bases 1967-7-29 1976-10-27 Caught Stealing 1966-9-10 1972-9-11 1976-7-14 Walks 1964-7-72 1965-2-95 1966-5-107 1967-5-103 1968-3-87 1969-4-109 1970-3-105 1971-9-85 1972-5-101 1973-5-94 CAR-34-1241 Strikeouts 1963-9-116 1964-2-138 1965-5-126 1966-6-129 1968-2-153 1969-3-158 1970-6-147 1971-2-156 1972-2-158 1973-1-167 1976-2-161 1978-4-114 CAR-6-1958

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 68    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)    Hall of Fame Standards: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)

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History

Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1963

Had first career hit on 5/2/1963, off Jim Brewer (COL)

Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1963, off Don Drysdale (NYA)

Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1965, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 9 RBI

Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1965

Traded from New York (N) to Kansas City on 2/1/1966 (Going to NYG: P Steve Blass, P Jim Merritt, LF Mickey Stanley. Going to KCR: CF Jimmy Wynn, C Orlando Mcfarlane)

Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1966, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 10 RBI

2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration

6/1/1967: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $4,250,000 per year, for 4 years

Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game

Injured on 4/24/1968 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week

Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 7/14/1968

Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game

Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against New York (A) on 8/30/1969

Injured on 3/24/1971 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week

7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,250,000 per year, for 4 years

Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/12/1971

Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1972, hitting .417 with 2 HR, 7 RBI

Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/21/1973 (Going to COL: CF Jimmy Wynn. Going to KCR: RF Leo Posada)

10/22/1975: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $4,700,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from Colorado to Kansas City on 3/3/1976 (Going to KCR: SS Doug Rader, RF Jimmy Wynn. Going to COL: P Rusty Gerhardt, C Jack Hiatt, 1B Mike Epstein)

Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1976

Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977

Traded from Kansas City to Baltimore on 2/2/1978 (Going to BAL: CF Jimmy Wynn, P John Morris. Going to KCR: SS Rob Belloir)

4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore

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