Kevin
Werden
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 12, 1959 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 21 MON FL     12 12 11 10 11 11 9 10 10 2 3 3 10 11 10
1982 22 MON FL $ 300,000   15 15 14 12 12 12 10 11 11 6 7 7 10 11 11
1983 23 MON FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 13 14 14 12 12 12 10 11 10 8 10 9
1984 24 MON FL $ 300,000   14 14 14 14 15 14 12 12 12 9 11 10 8 9 9
1985 25 LV FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 11 10 8 10 9
1986 26 LV FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 16 17 17 11 12 11 9 11 10 8 9 9
1988 28 BIR FL $ 552,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 11 11 11 9 10 10 8 9 9
1989 29 BIR FL $ 810,000   13 13 13 16 17 17 10 11 11 9 10 10 8 10 9
1990 30 BIR FL     13 13 12 16 16 16 10 11 11 9 10 10 8 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     12 12 11 10 11 11 9 10 10 2 3 3 8 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 810,000   15 15 14 16 17 17 12 12 12 10 11 10 10 11 11
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
1981 21 AAA   31 134 14 36 5 0 6 21 1 1 6 30 .269 .300 .440 .740 17.2  
    AA   105 431 76 144 27 1 18 60 2 1 38 70 .334 .388 .527 .915 80.8  
1982 22 MON FL 80 279 22 74 18 1 7 32 0 0 10 55 .265 .291 .412 .703 30.7 5.1
    AAA   73 318 55 98 12 1 14 62 2 2 17 69 .308 .343 .484 .828 49.7  
1983 23 MON FL 156 497 54 125 35 2 10 50 2 1 31 127 .252 .295 .390 .685 53.7 7.9
1984 24 MON FL 101 279 27 62 15 0 6 26 1 0 16 65 .222 .263 .341 .603 24.8 1.7
    AAA   10 40 6 11 1 0 3 11 1 0 5 10 .275 .356 .525 .881 7.6  
1985 25 LV FL 25 78 6 19 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 16 .244 .259 .308 .567 5.5 0.1
    AAA   122 503 112 169 25 0 50 130 0 3 58 140 .336 .405 .684 1.089 123.7  
1986 26 LV FL 130 181 28 45 10 0 10 38 0 0 18 51 .249 .313 .470 .783 25.5 2.7
1987 27 AAA   137 546 172 203 17 1 76 182 1 1 107 118 .372 .475 .824 1.299 180.5  
1988 28 BIR FL 71 275 33 67 15 0 15 48 0 0 19 76 .244 .294 .462 .756 37.0 4.0
1989 29 BIR FL 112 198 27 54 9 2 6 22 0 0 18 50 .273 .332 .429 .761 28.5 4.1
1990 30 BIR FL 54 59 7 16 3 0 1 10 0 0 7 15 .271 .333 .373 .706 9.1 0.9
    AAA   48 162 35 53 10 0 21 43 1 3 20 35 .327 .401 .778 1.179 44.0  
8 Years Sim 729 1846 204 462 110 5 55 232 3 1 121 455 .250 .295 .405 .700 214.8 26.7
6 Years AAA 421 1703 394 570 70 2 170 449 6 10 213 402 .335 .407 .678 1.085 422.8  
1 Years AA 105 431 76 144 27 1 18 60 2 1 38 70 .334 .386 .527 .913 80.8  
7 Years Minors 526 2134 470 714 97 3 188 509 8 11 251 472 .335 .403 .647 1.050 503.6  
162 Game Average 410 45 102 24 1 12 51 0 0 26 101 .250 .295 .405 .700 47.7  
Career Highs 156 497 54 125 35 2 15 50 2 1 31 127 .273 .333 .470 .783 53.7  
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   1271 151 325 80 3 38 158 3 0 80 312 .256 .298 .413 .711 154.4
vs LH   575 53 137 30 2 17 74 0 1 41 143 .238 .289 .386 .675 63.7
Home 354 882 97 234 53 1 26 107 2 0 64 228 .265 .313 .416 .729 113.6
Away 375 964 107 228 57 4 29 125 1 1 57 227 .237 .278 .394 .673 104.5
RISP   491 0 107 29 0 17 170 0 0 42 140 .218 .274 .381 .655 53.3
Pinch Hitting   302 38 79 17 0 10 52 0 0 23 75 .262 .308 .417 .725 39.1
Close/Late   337 26 75 20 1 8 34 0 0 29 102 .223 .282 .359 .641 34.7
Mar/Apr 115 290 27 69 18 0 6 32 0 1 12 68 .238 .266 .362 .629 26.6
May 111 262 27 50 11 1 7 27 0 0 24 73 .191 .257 .321 .578 22.3
June 110 255 26 66 12 0 8 26 1 0 18 58 .259 .307 .400 .707 31.3
July 122 331 45 95 17 2 11 40 0 0 21 86 .287 .330 .450 .780 47.1
August 125 332 45 97 22 1 15 57 2 0 19 80 .292 .330 .500 .830 52.2
Sep/Oct 146 376 34 85 30 1 8 50 0 0 27 90 .226 .276 .375 .651 38.4
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
1982 22 MON FL 1B 76 72 629.7 700 43 8 70 .989 10.62   0.4
1983 23 MON FL 1B 137 130 1134.3 1244 97 10 121 .993 10.64   2.1
    CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 24 MON FL 1B 69 63 566.0 650 44 5 44 .993 11.04   0.5
    LF 4 0 10.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 25 LV FL 1B 19 18 157.7 164 9 0 19 1.000 9.88   0.2
    LF 2 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 26 LV FL LF 29 4 97.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.4
    RF 37 2 95.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.16    
    1B 13 1 30.3 38 0 0 3 1.000 11.28   0.1
1988 28 BIR FL RF 69 68 610.7 150 5 1 1 .994 2.28   1.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1989 29 BIR FL RF 25 16 161.0 42 0 3 0 .933 2.35   0.7
    LF 34 5 108.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    1B 16 0 32.7 29 1 0 5 1.000 8.27   0.0
1990 30 BIR FL RF 10 5 55.0 9 1 1 1 .909 1.64   0.1
    LF 4 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
  1B 333 284 2553.6 2828 194 23 263 .992 10.65   3.3
  RF 142 91 926.3 224 6 5 2 .979 2.23   1.9
  LF 74 9 229.7 42 0 0 0 1.000 1.65   0.4
  CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
Career Totals   550 384 3712.3 3095 200 28 265 .992 7.99   5.7
Career Highs   139 130 1139.0 1245 97 10 121 1.000 10.83    
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
1986 26 LV FL 6 7 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .857 1.143
1989 29 BIR FL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 8 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .750 1.000
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.
Games
1983-8-156
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Paco Alvarez (958)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Montreal in 1981
Had first career hit (homerun) on 6/21/1982, off Louis Mattison (MAN)
Traded from Montreal to Las Vegas on 2/21/1985 (Going to MON: 3B Gary Agler. Going to LV: 1B Kevin Werden)
1/31/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Las Vegas on 10/4/1987
Signed as a free agent by California on 4/11/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $464,000 per year
Released by California on 4/22/1988
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 7/1/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $552,000 per year
Released by Baltimore on 7/1/1988
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 7/1/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $552,000 per year
1/31/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration
1/31/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $810,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Birmingham to New Orleans on 7/11/1990 (Going to BIR: P Trade Bait. Going to NO: RF Kevin Werden, SS Willie Price)
Released by New Orleans on 10/24/1990