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Walter
Wambold		  
Nickname: Whammer
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: May 23, 1947 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1974    1978   
All-Star Selections 1974   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 JAX JL $ 3,142,500 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 3
1974 27 LEX FL $ 3,142,500 4 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 3
1975 28 LEX FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 5 4 5 4 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 4
1976 29 AUS FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 3
1977 30 CHA JL $ 5,000,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 3
1978 31 BUF FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 4
1979 32 BUF FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 12 13 13 4 4 4 4 3 3
1980 33 BUF FL $ 5,500,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 12 13 12 4 4 4 4 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 3,142,500 4 4 4 4 5 4 6 6 6 11 12 12 4 4 4 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 12 13 13 4 4 4 4 3 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 BUF FL $ 5,500,000   12 12 11 17 19 18 14 15 15 10 11 11 10 9 9
1982 35 BUF FL $ 5,500,000   11 11 11 16 17 17 14 15 15 10 11 11 9 8 9
1983 36 BUF FL     4 4 4 2 5 4 6 7 6 10 11 11 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 5 4 6 7 6 10 11 11 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   12 12 11 17 19 18 14 15 15 10 11 11 10 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 JAX JL 142 534 78 125 24 10 35 99 4 4 50 121 .234 .303 .513 .816 82.7 13.7
1974 27 LEX FL 154 567 104 153 26 6 53 137 0 2 54 134 .270 .336 .617 .953 114.8 19.5
1975 28 LEX FL 154 582 97 157 16 8 48 116 4 2 49 143 .270 .331 .572 .903 106.3 16.8
1976 29 AUS FL 152 503 60 120 17 3 33 88 4 1 50 111 .239 .308 .481 .789 73.2 13.4
1977 30 AUS FL 51 180 23 34 4 1 11 29 1 1 15 41 .189 .254 .406 .659 18.7 1.6
  CHA JL 104 370 60 79 11 6 23 63 3 3 36 99 .214 .287 .462 .749 48.3 7.5
  TOT   155 550 83 113 15 7 34 92 4 4 51 140 .205 .276 .444 .720 67.0 9.1
1978 31 CHA JL 79 303 45 69 9 3 21 45 4 2 24 92 .228 .287 .485 .772 41.3 6.3
  BUF FL 71 219 40 53 9 1 23 43 3 2 14 51 .242 .288 .607 .895 37.7 8.5
  TOT   150 522 85 122 18 4 44 88 7 4 38 143 .234 .287 .536 .823 79.0 14.9
1979 32 BUF FL 146 452 57 104 28 1 27 80 2 3 34 125 .230 .292 .476 .767 62.6 11.0
1980 33 BUF FL 150 445 74 116 22 5 31 95 3 5 42 110 .261 .330 .542 .872 76.4 16.3
1981 34 BUF FL 146 442 52 82 20 3 23 66 3 2 40 141 .186 .253 .400 .654 47.5 3.8
1982 35 BUF FL 119 297 37 67 21 1 15 47 3 1 21 84 .226 .278 .455 .733 37.7 5.8
1983 36 BUF FL 16 15 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .267 .389 .467 .856 2.9 0.6
    AAA   69 230 27 44 11 0 7 24 3 2 31 75 .191 .287 .330 .618 23.6  
11 Years Sim 1484 4909 729 1163 207 48 344 910 34 28 432 1257 .237 .302 .509 .811 749.9 124.8
1 Years AAA 69 230 27 44 11 0 7 24 3 2 31 75 .191 .288 .330 .618 23.6  
162 Game Average 535 79 126 22 5 37 99 3 3 47 137 .237 .302 .509 .811 81.9  
Career Highs 155 582 104 157 28 10 53 137 7 5 54 143 .270 .389 .617 .953 114.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3482 541 864 165 36 263 671 25 23 319 931 .248 .314 .543 .857 589.2
vs LH   1427 188 299 42 12 81 239 9 5 113 326 .210 .270 .426 .696 171.5
Home 745 2400 381 539 82 23 189 458 13 13 218 633 .225 .292 .514 .806 371.3
Away 739 2509 348 624 125 25 155 452 21 15 214 624 .249 .311 .504 .815 389.5
RISP   1235 0 311 53 14 94 558 0 0 162 312 .252 .334 .546 .880 229.5
Pinch Hitting   212 27 49 10 3 15 52 1 1 13 59 .231 .281 .519 .800 31.1
Close/Late   660 83 153 29 1 41 113 0 0 78 176 .232 .315 .465 .781 99.8
Mar/Apr 270 918 138 227 42 11 59 170 8 5 86 234 .247 .316 .510 .826 146.9
May 254 854 117 176 21 8 58 143 4 4 75 211 .206 .275 .453 .728 111.3
June 239 797 123 189 35 9 52 150 7 1 69 221 .237 .302 .499 .801 122.0
July 246 837 118 203 31 7 67 166 6 8 68 198 .243 .302 .536 .838 135.9
August 249 798 125 191 29 9 63 154 2 4 68 212 .239 .301 .535 .836 129.9
Sep/Oct 226 705 108 177 49 4 45 127 7 6 66 181 .251 .316 .523 .839 114.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 26 JAX JL CF 135 134 1192.3 372 3 4 0 .989 2.83   2.7
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1974 27 LEX FL RF 147 145 1294.0 325 7 7 2 .979 2.31   0.2
    LF 3 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 28 LEX FL RF 147 145 1276.3 271 6 5 2 .982 1.95   2.2
    CF 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1976 29 AUS FL RF 140 126 1148.3 250 4 3 1 .988 1.99   2.3
    CF 5 2 24.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    LF 3 2 20.0 1 1 1 0 .667 0.90    
1977 30 AUS FL RF 46 43 389.0 85 2 3 1 .967 2.01   0.6
    CF 2 2 17.5 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CHA JL RF 95 89 813.6 178 3 7 1 .963 2.00   1.5
    CF 5 4 36.5 7 1 0 1 1.000 1.97   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 141 132 1202.6 263 5 10 2 .964 2.01   2.2
      CF 7 6 54.0 11 2 0 1 1.000 2.17   0.0
      LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1978 31 CHA JL RF 74 66 670.3 181 6 1 1 .995 2.51   1.9
    LF 2 1 13.4 6 0 1 0 .857 4.03   0.0
    CF 2 0 5.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
  BUF FL RF 66 60 474.7 128 5 1 0 .993 2.52   1.7
    LF 2 1 9.5 4 0 1 0 .800 3.79   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
  TOT   RF 140 126 1145.0 309 11 2 1 .994 2.52   3.6
      LF 4 2 22.9 10 0 2 0 .833 3.93   0.0
      CF 3 0 9.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.0
1979 32 BUF FL RF 126 113 997.7 267 9 3 1 .989 2.49   3.8
    LF 17 10 101.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.13    
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1980 33 BUF FL CF 73 68 620.7 168 5 2 1 .989 2.51   3.7
    RF 50 38 367.0 101 2 0 0 1.000 2.53    
    LF 10 0 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1981 34 BUF FL RF 86 67 629.3 169 5 4 2 .978 2.49   3.2
    CF 35 35 309.0 99 2 0 0 1.000 2.94    
    LF 16 10 100.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1982 35 BUF FL RF 78 61 547.3 130 2 2 1 .985 2.17   1.1
    LF 10 3 39.0 9 0 2 0 .818 2.08    
    CF 3 2 19.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 36 BUF FL RF 7 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  RF 1065 953 8623.6 2088 51 36 12 .983 2.23   18.6
  CF 265 247 2235.4 667 12 6 2 .991 2.73   6.5
  LF 65 27 307.6 71 1 5 0 .935 2.11   0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1398 1227 11170.5 2828 64 47 14 .984 2.33   25.0
Career Highs   151 145 1297.3 374 11 10 3 1.000 2.83    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 29 AUS FL 4 16 2 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .188 .188 .375 .563
1978 31 BUF FL 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .111 .200 .111 .311
1981 34 BUF FL 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182
1982 35 BUF FL 13 35 3 9 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 11 .257 .278 .543 .821
Career Post-Season Batting 24 71 5 14 4 0 3 8 0 1 2 20 .197 .219 .380 .599
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1974-2-.617
1975-3-.572
1980-5-.532*
CAR-27-.509
 OPS
1974-4-.953
1975-7-.903
1980-9-.857*
 XR
1974-4-114.8
1975-6-106.3
 At-Bats
1975-10-582
 Runs
1974-4-104
1975-5-97
 Total Bases
1974-1-350
1975-1-333
Triples
1973-7-10
 Homeruns
1974-1-53
1975-1-48
1976-3-33
1979-6-27
1980-4-31
CAR-22-344
 RBIs
1974-1-137
1975-4-116
1976-8-88
1980-7-95
 Strikeouts
1974-2-134
1975-1-143
1979-10-125
1981-8-141
CAR-49-1257
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 53    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Vince Milani (867)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/1/1973, off Steve Nebraska (WAS)
Drove in 6 runs against Marquette on 4/17/1973
Drove in 8 runs against Charlotte on 7/20/1973
Injured on 9/7/1973 with a Broken Jaw, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Jacksonville to Lexington on 3/2/1974 (Going to JAX: CF N. Ortiz, RF H. Hamilton. Going to LEX: CF W. Wambold)
Hit 3 homeruns against Seattle, driving in 6 runs on 5/9/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1974, hitting .333 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1974, hitting .303 with 12 HR, 35 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Sets a new season FL-Record for HR with 48 on 9/2/1974
Sets a new season FL-Record for RBI with 132 on 9/23/1974
Won Player of the Week award on 9/30/1974, hitting .474 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Won Silver Slugger Award in 1974, hitting .270 with 53 HR, 137 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield in 1974.Drove in 6 runs against Calgary on 4/22/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1975, hitting .414 with 5 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/3/1975, hitting .455 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Traded from Austin to Charlotte on 6/1/1977 (Going to AUS: 1B M. Tua, P P. Hutson. Going to CHA: RF W. Wambold, P D. Bingham)
Traded from Charlotte to Buffalo on 7/2/1978 (Going to BUF: RF W. Wambold, P J. Lombardo, P F. Hannifin, C J. Lopez. Going to CHA: C S. Desalvo, P C. Larosa, P M. Ford)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1978, hitting .474 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield in 1978
Won Slick Fielder Award at Rightfield in 1978
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1980, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Salt Lake City on 6/8/1981
 
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