Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1991
- College
- Christopher Newport
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1991
- College
- Christopher Newport
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 516
- AB
- 1,198
- R
- 183
- H
- 302
- HR
- 14
- RBI
- 119
- SB
- 44
- AVG
- .252
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | CLE | 21 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .209 |
| 1992 | CLE | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .167 |
| 1993 | CLE | 131 | 458 | 71 | 123 | 6 | 60 | 17 | .269 |
| 1994 | CLE | 78 | 191 | 33 | 56 | 5 | 23 | 11 | .293 |
| 1995 | CLE | 101 | 188 | 29 | 39 | 1 | 14 | 10 | .207 |
| 1996 |  CLE/LAD | 92 | 204 | 26 | 55 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .270 |
| 1997 | LAD | 46 | 65 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .169 |
| 1998 | NYM | 26 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 14
- AB
- 15
- R
- 3
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .200
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,325
- TB
- 413
- XBH
- 74
- HBP
- 6
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 21
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | CLE | 47 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | CLE | 21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 511 | 170 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | CLE | 207 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | CLE | 205 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | CLE/LAD | 226 | 71 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | LAD | 75 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | NYM | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.2
- RC
- 130.1
- RC/27
- 3.70
- ISOP
- .093
- SECA
- .194
- BB/K
- 0.58
- AB/HR
- 85.6
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | CLE | -0.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | .047 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | CLE | -0.2 | 0.7 | 1 | .222 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 2.9 | 57.7 | 4.3 | .103 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 76.3 | 0 |
| 1994 | CLE | 0.1 | 27.5 | 5.2 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 38.2 | 0 |
| 1995 | CLE | 0.0 | 14.3 | 2.4 | .090 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 188 | 0 |
| 1996 | CLE/LAD | -0.2 | 23.8 | 4.1 | .078 | 0.2 | 1 | 204 | 0 |
| 1997 | LAD | -0.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | .031 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | NYM | -0.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | .065 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Wayne Kirby's career stats?
Wayne Kirby played 8 seasons for the Guardians, the Dodgers and the Mets. He was a career .252 hitter with 302 hits, 14 home runs and 119 RBI. His best season was 1994: a .293 batting average, 5 home runs and 23 RBI.
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