MLB / Players

Wayne Terwilliger

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 165 lb
BornJune 27, 1925 · Clare, MI, USA
MLB debutAugust 6, 1949
Final gameMay 16, 1960
Seasons9 (1949–1960)

Chicago Cubs 1949–1950; Brooklyn Dodgers 1951; Chicago Cubs 1951; Washington Senators 1953–1954; New York Giants 1955–1956; Kansas City Athletics 1959–1960

Percentile snapshot

1953 season — qualified batters

G
134
15.5
PA
541
17.9
AB
464
13.1
R
62
16.7
H
117
4.8
2B
24
42.9
3B
4
23.8
HR
4
14.3
RBI
46
10.7
BB
64
66.7
SO
65
25
SB
7
76.2
CS
4
26.2
BA
.252
9.5
OBP
.343
33.3
SLG
.347
8.3
OPS
.690
13.1
wRC+
91.1
19
OPS+
89.2
16.7
wOBA
.328
17.9
sWAR
1.4
19

of 85 qualified 1953 batters (min 471 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.0
70

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
194936130112112521210162200.223.326.313.63876.373.4.3060.1
19501335374806311622310324363130.242.311.363.67374.376.3.3080.2
195187282242375570014372841.227.332.256.58863.259.2.290-0.2
195313454146462117244446646574.252.343.347.69091.189.2.3281.4
19541063823374270101324324033.208.282.270.55252.655.5.267-0.7
1955803012572966161118364224.257.348.339.68690.084.9.3200.8
19561418180410000500.222.222.278.50025.634.2.222-0.1
1959742041802748110218193122.267.335.361.69691.388.9.3230.6
19602110000000000.000.000.000.000-131.0-100.0.0000.0

Career totals

G
666
PA
2,396
AB
2,091
R
271
H
501
2B
93
3B
10
HR
22
RBI
162
BB
247
SO
296
SB
31
BA
.2396
OBP
.3226
SLG
.3252
OPS
.6478

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1954-05-28MIN @ ATH Gameday323001326
1953-08-09BAL @ MIN Gameday513110206
1954-05-29MIN @ ATH Gameday413001206
1953-04-23ATH @ MIN Gameday413110106
1959-09-07ATH @ CWS Gameday523001106

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1949-04-19PIT @ CHC Gameday0.0000000
1949-04-20PIT @ CHC Gameday0.0000000
1949-04-21PIT @ CHC Gameday0.0000000
1949-04-22CHC @ STL Gameday0.0000000
1949-04-23CHC @ STL Gameday0.0000000

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.