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Wayne Terwilliger
Willard Wayne Terwilliger (Twig)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.
School Western Michigan University

Debut August 6, 1949
Final Game May 16, 1960
Born June 27, 1925 in Clare, MI

Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1949 24 CHC NL  36  112   11   25   2  1   2   10   0     16  22  .223  .326  .313   74   35   1           1   1
 1950 25 CHC NL 133  480   63  116  22  3  10   32  13     43  63  .242  .311  .363   77  174   9           5   8
 1951 26 TOT NL  87  242   37   55   7  0   0   14   4  1  37  28  .227  .332  .256   59   62   2           1   6
         CHC NL  50  192   26   41   6  0   0   10   3  1  29  21  .214  .317  .245   52   47   2           0   5
         BRO NL  37   50   11   14   1  0   0    4   1  0   8   7  .280  .390  .300   87   15   0           1   1
 1953 28 WSH AL 134  464   62  117  24  4   4   46   7  4  64  65  .252  .343  .347   88  161  13           0  13
 1954 29 WSH AL 106  337   42   70  10  1   3   24   3  3  32  40  .208  .282  .270   55   91   9   1       3   7
 1955 30 NYG NL  80  257   29   66  16  1   1   18   2  4  36  42  .257  .348  .339   83   87   5   2   1   1  11
 1956 31 NYG NL  14   18    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .222  .222  .278   34    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 34 KCA AL  74  180   27   48  11  0   2   18   2  2  19  31  .267  .335  .361   90   65   4   1   0   0   2
 1960 35 KCA AL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      666 2091  271  501  93 10  22  162  31 14 247 296  .240  .323  .325   75  680  43   4   1  11  48
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        509   66  122  23  2   5   39   8  3  60  72  .240  .323  .325   75  165  10   1   0   3  12
 Career High    134  480   63  117  24  4  10   46  13  4  64  65  .257  .348  .363   88  174  13   2   1   5  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1949 24 CHC NL  130   89   11   3.3   101| .223  .267| .326  .340| .313  .399| .639  .739|  74  .356  -3.8  -0.4     
 1950 25 CHC NL  537  381   53   3.7   107| .242  .268| .311  .345| .363  .416| .674  .761|  77  .392 -16.4  -1.6     
 1951 26 TOT NL  282  196   21   2.9   105| .227  .270| .332  .344| .256  .409| .588  .753|  59  .305 -12.7  -1.2  80%
         CHC NL  223  159   15   2.5   105| .214  .270| .317  .344| .245  .409| .562  .753|  52  .258 -12.2  -1.2  75%
         BRO NL   59   37    6   4.4   105| .280  .270| .390  .344| .300  .409| .690  .753|  87  .484  -0.4   0.0 100%
 1953 28 WSH AL  541  377   55   3.9   101| .252  .267| .343  .343| .347  .393| .690  .736|  88  .441  -5.9  -0.6  63%
 1954 29 WSH AL  382  287   25   2.3    95| .208  .259| .282  .334| .270  .379| .552  .713|  55  .250 -20.4  -2.1  50%
 1955 30 NYG NL  301  213   30   3.8   106| .257  .267| .348  .338| .339  .422| .687  .760|  83  .402  -4.6  -0.5  33%
 1956 31 NYG NL   18   14    1   1.9   102| .222  .263| .222  .330| .278  .415| .500  .745|  34  .174  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1959 34 KCA AL  204  141   23   4.4   100| .267  .263| .335  .334| .361  .401| .696  .736|  90  .499  -2.0  -0.2  50%
 1960 35 KCA AL    1    1    0   0.0   101| .000  .263| .000  .337| .000  .403| .000  .740|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2396 1699  219   3.4   102| .240  .266| .323  .341| .325  .403| .648  .743|  75  .379 -67.7  -6.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1949 24 CHC NL 2B 34 77 103 4 11 .978 .976 5.29 5.07 1950 25 CHC NL 2B 126 314 380 24 80 .967 .974 5.51 5.13 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.00 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 1 0 1951 26 TOT NL 2B 73 167 186 13 46 .964 .976 4.84 5.05 CHC NL 2B 49 136 142 9 37 .969 .976 5.67 5.05 BRO NL 2B 24 31 44 4 9 .949 .977 3.12 5.05 3B 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.10 1953 28 WSH AL 2B 133 333 395 13 108 .982 .979 5.47 5.13 1954 29 WSH AL 2B 90 213 243 13 72 .972 .976 5.07 4.84 3B 10 11 24 1 4 .972 .959 3.50 3.07 SS 3 3 7 2 1 .833 .962 3.33 4.30 1955 30 NYG NL 2B 78 212 240 7 70 .985 .974 5.79 5.00 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 1956 31 NYG NL 2B 6 14 9 1 3 .958 .979 3.83 4.67 5.70 5.33 4 36.3 1959 34 KCA AL 2B 63 144 166 9 42 .972 .976 4.92 4.73 6.04 5.29 51 462.0 SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 3.95 1.50 4.80 0 6.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 1960 35 KCA AL 2B 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.65 4.50 5.40 1 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1950 25 CHC NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.00 1949 24 CHC NL 2B 34 77 103 4 11 .978 .976 5.29 5.07 1950 25 CHC NL 2B 126 314 380 24 80 .967 .974 5.51 5.13 1951 26 TOT NL 2B 73 167 186 13 46 .964 .976 4.84 5.05 CHC NL 2B 49 136 142 9 37 .969 .976 5.67 5.05 BRO NL 2B 24 31 44 4 9 .949 .977 3.12 5.05 1953 28 WSH AL 2B 133 333 395 13 108 .982 .979 5.47 5.13 1954 29 WSH AL 2B 90 213 243 13 72 .972 .976 5.07 4.84 1955 30 NYG NL 2B 78 212 240 7 70 .985 .974 5.79 5.00 1956 31 NYG NL 2B 6 14 9 1 3 .958 .979 3.83 4.67 5.70 5.33 4 36.3 1959 34 KCA AL 2B 63 144 166 9 42 .972 .976 4.92 4.73 6.04 5.29 51 462.0 1960 35 KCA AL 2B 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.65 4.50 5.40 1 4.0 1950 25 CHC NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.00 1951 26 BRO NL 3B 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.10 1954 29 WSH AL 3B 10 11 24 1 4 .972 .959 3.50 3.07 1955 30 NYG NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.80 1959 34 KCA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 3.60 0 1.0 1950 25 CHC NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 1 0 1954 29 WSH AL SS 3 3 7 2 1 .833 .962 3.33 4.30 1955 30 NYG NL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.60 1959 34 KCA AL SS 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 3.95 1.50 4.80 0 6.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B* 605 1475 1723 84 433 .974 .976 5.29 5.01 56 502.3 3B* 14 11 25 1 5 .973 .960 2.57 3.02 0 1.0 SS* 6 3 8 2 1 .846 .965 1.83 4.23 0 6.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.00 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 0 1 0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 627 1489 1756 87 439 .974 .976 5.18 4.96
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Strikeouts
1953 AL-65-8

Stolen Bases
1950 NL-13-6
1953 AL-7-10

Hit By Pitch
1950 NL-5-7

Sac. Hits
1950 NL-9-9
1953 AL-13-6
1954 AL-9-10

Power/Speed Number
1950 NL-11.3-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1789) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3469) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1951: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Andy Pafko, Johnny Schmitz, and Rube Walker to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Bruce Edwards, Joe Hatten, Eddie Miksis, and Gene Hermanski.

September 23, 1952: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Brooklyn Dodgers.

January 14, 1955: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Washington Senators.

October 15, 1957: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Detroit Tigers for Jack Dittmer.

December 1, 1958: Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1958 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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