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Rob Wilfong
Robert Donald Wilfong

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 10, 1977
  vs. OAK 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 8, 1987
Born September 1, 1953 in Pasadena, CA

Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 23 MIN AL  73  171   22   42   1  1   1   13  10  4  17  26  .246  .321  .281   67   48   3   0   0   2   1
 1978 24 MIN AL  92  199   23   53   8  0   1   11   8  4  19  27  .266  .336  .322   85   64  15   0   1   2   1
 1979 25 MIN AL 140  419   71  131  22  6   9   59  11  4  29  54  .313  .352  .458  114  192  25  10   3   2   2
 1980 26 MIN AL 131  416   55  103  16  5   8   45  10  6  34  61  .248  .308  .368   79  153  11   2   3   3   8
 1981 27 MIN AL  93  305   32   75  11  3   3   19   2  4  29  43  .246  .311  .331   81  101   5   0   1   0   1
 1982 28 TOT AL  80  183   24   38   5  2   1   16   4  2  14  30  .208  .268  .273   49   50   3   0   1   1   5
         MIN AL  25   81    7   13   1  0   0    5   0  2   7  13  .160  .236  .173   14   14   1   0   0   1   4
         CAL AL  55  102   17   25   4  2   1   11   4  0   7  17  .245  .294  .353   77   36   2   0   1   0   1
 1983 29 CAL AL  65  177   17   45   7  1   2   17   0  2  10  25  .254  .293  .339   75   60   2   1   1   0   2
 1984 30 CAL AL 108  307   31   76  13  2   6   33   3  2  20  53  .248  .296  .362   82  111   6   2   0   2   2
 1985 31 CAL AL  83  217   16   41   3  0   4   13   4  1  16  32  .189  .243  .258   38   56   8   2   1   0   0
 1986 32 CAL AL  92  288   25   63  11  3   3   33   1  4  16  34  .219  .263  .309   56   89   8   2   2   2   4
 1987 33 SFG NL   2    8    2    1   0  0   1    2   1  0   1   2  .125  .222  .500   88    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     959 2690  318  668  97 23  39  261  54 33 205 387  .248  .303  .345   77  928  86  19  13  14  26
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        454   54  113  16  4   7   44   9  6  35  65  .248  .303  .345   77  157  15   3   2   2   4
 Career High    140  419   71  131  22  6   9   59  11  6  34  61  .313  .352  .458  114  192  25  10   3   3   8
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 23 MIN AL  193  137   17   3.3    99| .246  .265| .321  .329| .281  .403| .602  .732|  67  .353  -7.7  -0.8  71%
 1978 24 MIN AL  235  166   24   3.9    95| .266  .263| .336  .329| .322  .388| .658  .717|  85  .450  -3.6  -0.4  66%
 1979 25 MIN AL  485  329   72   5.8   105| .313  .274| .352  .340| .458  .415| .810  .755| 114  .596   8.2   0.8  73%
 1980 26 MIN AL  466  340   47   3.7   105| .248  .278| .308  .342| .368  .413| .676  .755|  79  .404 -13.7  -1.4  62%
 1981 27 MIN AL  339  240   33   3.7    94| .246  .264| .311  .330| .331  .384| .642  .714|  81  .453  -8.3  -0.9  33%
 1982 28 TOT AL  201  155   14   2.4   100| .208  .266| .268  .330| .273  .405| .541  .734|  49  .238 -13.4  -1.4  66%
         MIN AL   90   75    3   1.1   101| .160  .268| .236  .332| .173  .408| .409  .739|  14  .065  -9.9  -1.0   0%
         CAL AL  111   80   11   3.7    98| .245  .264| .294  .328| .353  .402| .647  .730|  77  .401  -3.6  -0.4 100%
 1983 29 CAL AL  190  139   17   3.3    97| .254  .264| .293  .326| .339  .399| .632  .725|  75  .355  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1984 30 CAL AL  337  243   34   3.8    97| .248  .264| .296  .326| .362  .398| .658  .724|  82  .415  -8.2  -0.8  60%
 1985 31 CAL AL  243  187   15   2.1    99| .189  .261| .243  .327| .258  .406| .501  .733|  38  .200 -19.2  -1.9  80%
 1986 32 CAL AL  316  243   23   2.5    99| .219  .260| .263  .328| .309  .406| .572  .734|  56  .246 -18.2  -1.8  20%
 1987 33 SFG NL    9    7    1   3.8   102| .125  .264| .222  .333| .500  .412| .722  .745|  88  .403  -0.2   0.0 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3014 2186  297   3.6   100| .248  .267| .303  .332| .345  .403| .648  .735|  77  .400 -90.9  -9.2  62%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1977 23 MIN AL 2B 66 114 164 12 40 .959 .978 4.21 4.76 5.45 5.42 59 459.0 DH 1 1978 24 MIN AL 2B 80 152 196 5 37 .986 .980 4.35 4.74 5.37 5.47 69 583.7 DH 5 1979 25 MIN AL 2B 133 287 379 14 92 .979 .978 5.01 4.80 5.99 5.50 115 1001.0 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.13 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1980 26 MIN AL 2B 120 238 337 3 85 .995 .981 4.79 4.91 5.55 5.60 101 931.7 CF 6 7 1 1 0 .889 .988 1.33 2.65 1.57 2.92 6 46.0 1981 27 MIN AL 2B 93 183 268 9 52 .980 .982 4.85 4.93 5.61 5.54 81 724.0 1982 28 TOT AL 2B 50 66 139 4 32 .981 .981 4.10 4.70 5.36 5.35 34 344.4 MIN AL 2B 22 31 67 2 19 .980 .981 4.45 4.70 4.78 5.35 21 184.7 CAL AL 2B 28 35 72 2 13 .982 .981 3.82 4.70 6.03 5.35 13 159.7 3B 5 1 13 1 0 .933 .952 2.80 2.62 3.15 3.06 4 40.0 OF 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.13 3.00 2.40 1 6.0 CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.15 3.86 4.89 0 7.0 LF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.25 2.25 1 4.0 DH 1 1983 29 CAL AL 2B 39 92 110 1 26 .995 .981 5.18 4.77 6.07 5.36 30 299.3 3B 13 11 33 1 6 .978 .954 3.38 2.57 4.60 3.07 9 86.0 SS 6 4 1 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 4.15 3.46 4.78 0 13.0 DH 1 1984 30 CAL AL 2B 97 161 266 11 48 .975 .980 4.40 4.45 5.62 5.24 71 683.3 SS 4 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 3.92 4.29 4.71 0 6.3 DH 1 1985 31 CAL AL 2B 69 124 216 5 45 .986 .982 4.93 4.48 6.08 5.29 53 503.0 DH 2 1986 32 CAL AL 2B 90 135 257 7 48 .982 .981 4.36 4.34 5.14 5.10 79 686.7 1987 33 SFG NL 2B 2 2 3 1 2 .833 .980 2.50 4.45 2.81 5.17 2 16.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 23 MIN AL 2B 66 114 164 12 40 .959 .978 4.21 4.76 5.45 5.42 59 459.0 1978 24 MIN AL 2B 80 152 196 5 37 .986 .980 4.35 4.74 5.37 5.47 69 583.7 1979 25 MIN AL 2B 133 287 379 14 92 .979 .978 5.01 4.80 5.99 5.50 115 1001.0 1980 26 MIN AL 2B 120 238 337 3 85 .995 .981 4.79 4.91 5.55 5.60 101 931.7 1981 27 MIN AL 2B 93 183 268 9 52 .980 .982 4.85 4.93 5.61 5.54 81 724.0 1982 28 TOT AL 2B 50 66 139 4 32 .981 .981 4.10 4.70 5.36 5.35 34 344.4 MIN AL 2B 22 31 67 2 19 .980 .981 4.45 4.70 4.78 5.35 21 184.7 CAL AL 2B 28 35 72 2 13 .982 .981 3.82 4.70 6.03 5.35 13 159.7 1983 29 CAL AL 2B 39 92 110 1 26 .995 .981 5.18 4.77 6.07 5.36 30 299.3 1984 30 CAL AL 2B 97 161 266 11 48 .975 .980 4.40 4.45 5.62 5.24 71 683.3 1985 31 CAL AL 2B 69 124 216 5 45 .986 .982 4.93 4.48 6.08 5.29 53 503.0 1986 32 CAL AL 2B 90 135 257 7 48 .982 .981 4.36 4.34 5.14 5.10 79 686.7 1987 33 SFG NL 2B 2 2 3 1 2 .833 .980 2.50 4.45 2.81 5.17 2 16.0 1982 28 CAL AL 3B 5 1 13 1 0 .933 .952 2.80 2.62 3.15 3.06 4 40.0 1983 29 CAL AL 3B 13 11 33 1 6 .978 .954 3.38 2.57 4.60 3.07 9 86.0 1979 25 MIN AL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1980 26 MIN AL CF 6 7 1 1 0 .889 .988 1.33 2.65 1.57 2.92 6 46.0 1982 28 CAL AL CF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 2.50 4.50 2.70 0 2.0 1977 23 MIN AL DH 1 1978 24 MIN AL DH 5 1982 28 CAL AL DH 1 1983 29 CAL AL DH 1 1984 30 CAL AL DH 1 1985 31 CAL AL DH 2 1979 25 MIN AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1982 28 CAL AL LF 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 2.25 2.25 1 4.0 1979 25 MIN AL OF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.13 0.00 2.40 0 3.0 1980 26 MIN AL OF 6 7 1 1 0 .889 .976 1.33 2.15 1.57 2.47 6 46.0 1982 28 CAL AL OF 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 2.13 3.00 2.40 1 6.0 1979 25 MIN AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1982 28 CAL AL SS 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.15 3.86 4.89 0 7.0 1983 29 CAL AL SS 6 4 1 0 1 1.000 .962 0.83 4.15 3.46 4.78 0 13.0 1984 30 CAL AL SS 4 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 3.92 4.29 4.71 0 6.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 839 1554 2335 72 507 .982 .980 4.64 4.70 5.62 5.41 694 6232.0 3B* 18 12 46 2 6 .967 .954 3.22 2.58 4.14 3.06 13 126.0 OF* 12 8 2 1 0 .909 .980 0.83 2.14 1.64 2.45 7 55.0 2 9 1# SS* 12 6 5 1 1 .917 .965 0.92 4.08 3.76 4.79 0 26.3 DH 11 Games not counted in Overall Total below CF* 9 8 1 1 0 .900 .989 1.00 2.61 1.65 2.90 6 49.0 LF* 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 1.80 2.16 1 5.0 RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.90 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 881 1580 2388 76 514 .981 .980 4.50 4.61 5.55 5.33 714 6439
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1986   ALCS  CAL BOS     L   4  13   1   4  1  0  0   2   0   2  .308  .308  .385   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   6  14   1   4  1  0  0   2   0   3  .286  .286  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1978 AL-15-7
1979 AL-25-1

Sac. Flies
1979 AL-10-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1653) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 8, 1971: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

May 12, 1982: Traded by the Minnesota Twins with Doug Corbett to the California Angels for Tom Brunansky, Mike Walters, and $400,000.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

January 10, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

April 6, 1987: Released by the California Angels.

May 5, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

May 13, 1987: Released by the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985California Angels$266,667
1986California Angels$416,667
Career (may be incomplete)$683,334

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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