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Rob Wilfong

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: September 1, 1953 in Pasadena, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northview HS (Covina, CA).

High School: Northview HS (Covina, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1977 (Age 23-221d, 13,857th in major league history)
vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 8, 1987 (Age 33-249d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Robert Daniel Wilfong

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

2690

668

.248

318

RBI

261

OBP

.303

SLG

.345

OPS

.648

OPS+

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 10 go ahead

3 Tms
MIN	22
CAL	16
SFG	1

Platoon
vs RHP	34
vs LHP	5

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	17

Outs
0	15
2	13
1	11

13 Opps
SEA	5
TEX	4
NYY	4
MIL	4
CHW	4
OAK	3
CLE	3
CAL	3
DET	3
BAL	2
TOR	2
KCR	1
CHC	1

38 Pitchers
Danny Darwin	2
Len Barker	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Don Aase	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Dave Heaverlo	1
Don Schulze	1
Luis Tiant	1
Joe Cowley	1
Aurelio López	1
Geoff Zahn	1
Bob Sebra	1
Mark Lemongello	1
Steve Stone	1
Jim Clancy	1
Chris Codiroli	1
Matt Keough	1
Moose Haas	1
Jim Beattie	1
Dave Frost	1
Bud Anderson	1
Steve McCatty	1
Eduardo Rodríguez	1
Kip Young	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Paul Mitchell	1
Richard Dotson	1
Bill Dawley	1
Bob Fallon	1
Rob Dressler	1
Ron Schueler	1
Ron Guidry	1
Bob Galasso	1
Mike Boddicker	1
Ed Lynch	1
Bill Wegman	1
Mike Mason	1
Dave Rozema	1

14 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	12
Angel Stad (ANA)	10
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	29

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
-2-	4
1--	3
123	1
12-	1
--3	1
1-3	1

54 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	28
1 on	8
2 on	2
3 on	1
Any on	11

Inning
1	3
2	8
3	5
4	1
5	7
6	4
7	3
8	5
9	3

1-3	16
4-6	12
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	1
+2	2
+1	7
Tied	9
-1	3
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	16
Tied	9
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	37
PH	1
3B	1

OrderPos
2nd	12
7th	9
9th	7
8th	5
1st	3
5th	1
4th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	20

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-05-01	MIN		DET	Dave Rozema	behind 0-5	b 6	0	---	1	9	4	0.040	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1978-07-02 (2)	MIN		CHW	Ron Schueler	ahead 3-2	b 2	0	-2-	2	9	4	0.115	83%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Wolfe Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1979-04-30	MIN	@	TOR	Mark Lemongello	tied 0-0	t 2	2	--3	2	8	4	0.179	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Wynegar Scores
4	4	2	1	1979-05-03	MIN		DET	Kip Young	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	9	4	0.091	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1979-05-17	MIN	@	KCR	Eduardo Rodríguez	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	---	1	8	4	0.021	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	4	1	1979-05-30	MIN		OAK	Matt Keough	behind 1-3	b 4	2	---	1	7	4	0.112	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	5	1	1979-07-27	MIN	@	CAL	Dave Frost	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1	2	4	0.167	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	6	1	1979-08-05 (1)	MIN		CAL	Don Aase	ahead 3-0	b 3	0	---	1	2	4	0.055	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	7	1	1979-08-17	MIN	@	NYY	Jim Beattie	tied 2-2	t 5	1	12-	3	1	4	0.275	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Norwood Scores; J. Castino Scores
10	10	8	1	1979-08-25	MIN		NYY	Luis Tiant	ahead 2-1	b 8	1	1--	2	2	4	0.105	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Wynegar Scores
11	11	9	1	1979-09-14	MIN	@	TEX	Fergie Jenkins	behind 1-5	t 8	1	---	1	2	4	0.026	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1980-04-17	MIN	@	SEA	Rick Honeycutt	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	9	4	0.146	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	2	1	1980-04-19	MIN	@	SEA	Dave Heaverlo	ahead 7-1	t 9	2	---	1	2	4	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	1980-04-30	MIN		SEA	Rob Dressler	ahead 9-3	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	4	1	1980-05-05	MIN	@	BAL	Steve Stone	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.101	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	5	1	1980-07-15	MIN	@	NYY	Ron Guidry	behind 1-3	t 3	0	---	1	9	4	0.102	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	6	1	1980-09-01	MIN		CLE	Len Barker	behind 0-4	b 5	2	-2-	2	2	4	0.131	24%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Castino Scores
18	18	7	1	1980-09-17 (2)	MIN	@	MIL	Paul Mitchell	tied 0-0	t 7	1	123	4	2	4	0.282	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Johnston Scores; B. Wynegar Scores; H. Powell Scores
19	19	8	1	1980-09-21 (2)	MIN		CHW	Richard Dotson	ahead 2-1	b 3	1	---	1	2	4	0.099	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1981-04-25	MIN		CAL	Geoff Zahn	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	8	4	0.116	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	2	1	1981-04-29	MIN		SEA	Glenn Abbott	tied 1-1	b 2	1	1--	2	7	4	0.186	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Adams Scores
22	22	3	1	1981-08-14 (1)	MIN		SEA	Bob Galasso	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.105	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1982-08-16	CAL	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	1	7	5	0.124	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1983-05-30	CAL	@	CLE	Bud Anderson	behind 4-5	t 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.333	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	1983-09-16	CAL		TEX	Danny Darwin	behind 2-4	b 6	0	1--	2	8	4	0.262	57%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Boone Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1984-04-11	CAL		MIL	Moose Haas	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	4	0.075	83%		Home Run
27	27	2	1	1984-04-15	CAL	@	OAK	Chris Codiroli	ahead 9-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	4	0.006	99%		Home Run
28	28	3	1	1984-05-12	CAL	@	DET	Aurelio López	ahead 3-2	t 8	2	---	1	1	4	0.135	85%		Home Run
29	29	4	1	1984-08-20	CAL	@	NYY	Joe Cowley	behind 2-8	t 9	0	---	1	4	4	0.003	1%		Home Run
30	30	5	1	1984-08-29	CAL		BAL	Mike Boddicker	behind 2-4	b 5	2	1-3	3	2	4	0.394	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Schofield Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
31	31	6	1	1984-09-11	CAL		CLE	Don Schulze	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	1	7	4	0.068	18%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1985-06-10	CAL		TEX	Mike Mason	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	---	1	9	4	0.020	97%		Home Run
33	33	2	1	1985-06-23	CAL	@	CHW	Bob Fallon	ahead 7-0	t 5	0	---	1	7	4	0.010	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	3	1	1985-07-02	CAL	@	TEX	Bob Sebra	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	6	4	0.136	81%		Home Run; R. Jackson Scores
35	35	4	1	1985-07-08	CAL		MIL	Danny Darwin	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	4	0.099	72%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1986-05-07	CAL		TOR	Jim Clancy	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	4	0.105	85%		Home Run
37	37	2	1	1986-05-11	CAL		MIL	Bill Wegman	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	7	4	0.112	51%		Home Run
38	38	3	1	1986-09-20	CAL		CHW	Bill Dawley	behind 4-6	b 7	1	---	1	8	4	0.135	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1987-05-07	SFG		CHC	Ed Lynch	tied 0-0	b 3	0	-2-	2	1	4	0.148	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. LaCoss Scores/unER