Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1977
Bio
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1977
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 189
- AB
- 332
- R
- 48
- H
- 79
- HR
- 3
- RBI
- 35
- SB
- 20
- AVG
- .238
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NYY | 22 | 40 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .325 |
| 1978 |  NYY/ATH | 61 | 176 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 11 | .205 |
| 1979 | CLE | 54 | 62 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .290 |
| 1980 | CLE | 52 | 54 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .222 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 374
- TB
- 103
- XBH
- 14
- HBP
- 2
- IBB
- 3
- GIDP
- 0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NYY | 45 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | NYY/ATH | 191 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CLE | 74 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CLE | 64 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -2.3
- RC
- 29.6
- RC/27
- 2.80
- ISOP
- .072
- SECA
- .154
- BB/K
- 0.64
- AB/HR
- 110.7
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NYY | 0.2 | 6.9 | 5.8 | .175 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 40 | 0 |
| 1978 | NYY/ATH | -2.1 | 8 | 1.4 | .028 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 176 | 0 |
| 1979 | CLE | 0.0 | 10 | 5.4 | .113 | 0.3 | 1 | 62 | 0 |
| 1980 | CLE | -0.4 | 4.9 | 2.7 | .093 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Wendell Alston's career stats?
Wendell Alston played 4 seasons for the Yankees and the Guardians. He was a career .238 hitter with 79 hits, 3 home runs and 35 RBI. His best season was 1977: a .325 batting average, 1 home run and 4 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
4 seasons, 1977 to 1980
Championships ×2
- 1977 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1978 World Series with the New York Yankees
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