Wayne
Nordhagen
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 4, 1948 in Usa, MN, THIEF RIVER F
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 27 STL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1977 28 PHN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1978 29 PHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1979 30 PHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
1980 31 PHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 2 2 2 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
1976 27 STL NL 18 61 6 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .213 .213 .279 .492 2.6 0.0
    AAA   121 499 73 130 22 0 21 74 6 3 25 60 .261 .296 .431 .727 62.8  
1977 28 PHN NL 30 64 4 21 0 2 2 13 0 0 1 7 .328 .338 .484 .823 9.9 2.2
    AAA   73 261 40 86 12 3 10 45 5 4 20 25 .330 .377 .513 .891 46.3  
1978 29 PHN NL 138 507 44 135 26 1 12 59 2 1 18 58 .266 .291 .393 .684 51.5 7.6
1979 30 PHN NL 128 434 37 106 17 4 5 48 1 1 16 52 .244 .269 .336 .605 33.1 1.5
1980 31 PHN NL 10 16 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .375 .375 .438 .813 1.9 0.4
1981 32 AAA   136 532 64 168 27 2 15 79 4 3 28 41 .316 .350 .459 .809 79.5  
5 Years Sim 324 1082 92 281 48 7 19 124 3 2 35 129 .260 .282 .370 .651 99.0 11.7
3 Years AAA 330 1292 177 384 61 5 46 198 15 10 73 126 .297 .334 .459 .793 188.5  
162 Game Average 541 46 140 24 3 9 62 1 1 17 64 .260 .282 .370 .651 49.5  
Career Highs 138 507 44 135 26 4 12 59 2 1 18 58 .375 .375 .484 .823 51.5  
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   687 72 184 29 5 17 80 2 0 20 84 .268 .289 .399 .688 75.9
vs LH   395 20 97 19 2 2 44 1 2 15 45 .246 .269 .319 .588 31.7
Home 157 507 47 134 29 4 14 65 2 2 15 59 .264 .283 .420 .703 57.7
Away 167 575 45 147 19 3 5 59 1 0 20 70 .256 .280 .325 .606 49.9
RISP   280 0 76 8 1 4 98 0 0 8 30 .271 .285 .350 .635 27.2
Pinch Hitting   10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .182 .200 .382 0.2
Close/Late   135 5 31 3 2 3 17 0 0 4 17 .230 .250 .348 .598 11.4
Mar/Apr 39 116 8 31 6 2 2 17 2 1 9 13 .267 .315 .405 .720 14.7
May 46 163 14 49 4 2 2 18 1 0 3 22 .301 .313 .387 .700 18.6
June 51 184 16 36 7 0 5 19 0 0 11 28 .196 .240 .315 .555 13.8
July 53 175 18 40 5 0 4 15 0 0 3 14 .229 .242 .326 .567 12.9
August 54 178 18 56 15 0 4 25 0 0 4 16 .315 .324 .466 .791 24.7
Sep/Oct 79 266 18 69 11 3 2 30 0 1 5 36 .259 .275 .346 .621 22.9
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 27 STL NL CF 15 15 127.0 29 2 1 0 .969 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
1977 28 PHN NL C 9 7 63.0 20 5 0 0 1.000 3.57 8 4 .500 0 0.3
    CF 8 0 12.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1978 29 PHN NL C 82 82 735.3 315 41 3 3 .992 4.36 70 29 .414 0 5.5
    LF 9 7 64.7 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 30 PHN NL C 67 65 590.7 266 27 4 0 .987 4.46 52 19 .365 1 2.4
    RF 34 29 251.7 53 1 3 0 .947 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 12 10 94.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 8 3 34.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.91 0 0 .000 0  
1980 31 PHN NL C 5 3 30.3 21 0 0 0 1.000 6.23 1 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 3 0 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 163 157 1419.3 622 73 7 3 .990 4.41 131 52 .397 1 8.5
  RF 42 31 279.0 58 1 3 0 .952 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  CF 41 25 252.0 51 3 1 1 .982 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 20 11 111.7 24 1 0 1 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   266 224 2062.0 755 78 11 5 .987 3.64 131 52 .397 1 9.6
Career Highs   121 107 970.3 345 42 7 4 1.000 4.53 70 29 .500 1  
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 63rd overall pick, by St. Louis in 1976
Injured on 5/30/1976 with a Fractured Ankle, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/5/1976, off Frank Riccelli (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/15/1977, off Joe Coleman (CLE)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Montreal on 9/20/1979
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Philadelphia on 10/29/1981