Wayne Causey
Baltimore Orioles 1955–1957; Kansas City Athletics 1961–1965; Chicago White Sox 1966; Kansas City Athletics 1966; Chicago White Sox 1967; Atlanta Braves 1968; California Angels 1968; Chicago White Sox 1968
Percentile snapshot
1965 season — qualified batters
of 96 qualified 1965 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 68 | 196 | 175 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 1 | .194 | .269 | .234 | .504 | 40.1 | 40.9 | .247 | -0.7 |
| 1956 | 53 | 97 | 88 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .170 | .237 | .227 | .464 | 26.1 | 27.9 | .226 | -0.5 |
| 1957 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .471 | .200 | .671 | 97.8 | 96.9 | .323 | 0.1 |
| 1961 | 104 | 361 | 312 | 37 | 86 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 37 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .348 | .404 | .752 | 99.6 | 98.0 | .343 | 1.4 |
| 1962 | 117 | 354 | 305 | 40 | 77 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .252 | .340 | .344 | .684 | 79.6 | 80.7 | .313 | 0.6 |
| 1963 | 139 | 619 | 554 | 72 | 155 | 32 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 56 | 54 | 4 | 2 | .280 | .345 | .395 | .740 | 103.6 | 101.1 | .336 | 3.1 |
| 1964 | 157 | 705 | 604 | 82 | 170 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 88 | 65 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .377 | .386 | .763 | 115.8 | 108.9 | .352 | 4.5 |
| 1965 | 144 | 587 | 513 | 48 | 134 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 61 | 48 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .341 | .343 | .684 | 98.4 | 94.9 | .319 | 2.4 |
| 1966 | 106 | 284 | 243 | 24 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .239 | .318 | .288 | .606 | 84.0 | 81.9 | .285 | 0.6 |
| 1967 | 124 | 333 | 292 | 21 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 32 | 35 | 2 | 5 | .226 | .302 | .291 | .593 | 79.7 | 80.7 | .279 | 0.5 |
| 1968 | 79 | 168 | 148 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .223 | .196 | .419 | 17.4 | 27.6 | .202 | -0.9 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-07-30 | ATH @ NYY Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 1963-06-02 | TEX @ ATH Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 1964-09-11 | ATH @ BAL Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 1963-04-22 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1966-07-10 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-05-26 | LAA @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-05-27 | LAA @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-06-19 | LAA @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-06-20 | LAA @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962-06-21 | LAA @ ATH Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.