Wayne Nordhagen

Positions: Outfielder, Designated Hitter and Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: July 4, 1948 in Thief River Falls, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR).

High School: Glide HS (Glide, OR)

Schools: Portland State University (Portland, OR), Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR)

Debut: July 16, 1976 (Age 28-012d, 13,768th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1983 (Age 34-330d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

Full Name: Wayne Oren Nordhagen

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Relatives: Uncle of Kevin Millar

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.2

1423

401

.282

147

RBI

205

OBP

.306

SLG

.429

OPS

.735

OPS+

102

Summary of 39 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 12 go ahead

3 Tms
CHW	37
CHC	1
TOR	1

Platoon
vs LHP	24
vs RHP	15

Home/Road
Home	22
Away	17

Outs
1	15
0	12
2	12

14 Opps
BAL	7
KCR	5
CAL	4
SEA	4
OAK	3
CLE	3
TOR	3
MIN	2
DET	2
MIL	2
BOS	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
CHW	1

31 Pitchers
Rick Honeycutt	3
Paul Splittorff	3
Dave Lemanczyk	2
Darrell Jackson	2
Mike Flanagan	2
Rick Waits	2
Pat Underwood	1
Renie Martin	1
Chris Knapp	1
Sammy Stewart	1
Joe Price	1
Steve Trout	1
Bob Stoddard	1
Jack Morris	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Jon Matlack	1
John Denny	1
Paul Mirabella	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Jim Palmer	1
Luis Leal	1
Vida Blue	1
Larry Gura	1
Rudy May	1
Dan Boitano	1
Andy Hassler	1
Balor Moore	1
Bob Lacey	1
Matt Keough	1
Reggie Cleveland	1
Joe Kerrigan	1

12 Parks
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	21
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	31
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	7
12-	2
-2-	2
123	1
-23	1
1-3	1

59 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	25
1 on	9
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	14

Inning
1	4
2	3
3	3
4	3
5	3
6	9
7	7
8	4
9	3

1-3	10
4-6	15
7-end	14

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	4
+1	5
Tied	11
-1	3
-2	5
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	14
Tied	11
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	14
RF	11
DH	11
PH	2
C	1

OrderPos
5th	14
6th	9
7th	6
4th	5
3rd	3
9th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-08-25	CHW	@	BAL	Rudy May	behind 1-4	t 6	2	12-	3	7	7	0.319	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Johnson Scores; C. Lemon Scores
2	2	2	2	1977-08-25	CHW	@	BAL	Dennis Martínez	ahead 5-4	t 8	0	---	1	7	7	0.117	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1977-09-06	CHW	@	OAK	Vida Blue	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	1--	2	7	9	0.083	95%		Home Run; E. Soderholm Scores
4	4	4	1	1977-09-18 (2)	CHW		CAL	Balor Moore	tied 2-2	b 3	2	1--	2	6	9	0.213	74%		Home Run; L. Johnson Scores/unER; W. Nordhagen Scores/unER
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1978-04-12	CHW		TOR	Dave Lemanczyk	tied 2-2	b 5	2	1--	2	9	2	0.266	80%		Home Run; D. Kessinger Scores
6	6	2	1	1978-04-30	CHW		BAL	Joe Kerrigan	behind 5-7	b 7	0	---	1	5	9	0.145	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1978-06-24	CHW		MIN	Darrell Jackson	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	1	4	7	0.186	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1978-09-03	CHW	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 1-1	t 9	2	1-3	3	6	PH	0.463	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Johnson Scores; K. Bell Scores
9	9	5	1	1978-09-19 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	Bob Lacey	ahead 6-4	t 9	1	1--	2	8	PH	0.051	99%		Home Run; M. Squires Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1979-06-12	CHW		BAL	Sammy Stewart	ahead 9-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	DH	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	1979-06-19	CHW		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	6	DH	0.100	40%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF)
12	12	3	1	1979-07-04	CHW	@	CLE	Rick Waits	ahead 5-0	t 5	1	123	4	5	DH	0.036	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bannister Scores; C. Washington Scores; L. Johnson Scores
13	13	4	1	1979-07-06	CHW	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	ahead 3-0	t 6	0	---	1	5	DH	0.056	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	1979-07-07	CHW	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	5	DH	0.135	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	6	1	1979-09-28	CHW		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	DH	0.103	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	7	2	1979-09-28	CHW		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	1	6	DH	0.113	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1980-04-11	CHW		BAL	Mike Flanagan	behind 3-4	b 3	2	1--	2	6	9	0.234	64%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores
18	18	2	1	1980-04-21	CHW	@	BOS	Bruce Hurst	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	DH	0.098	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
19	19	3	1	1980-05-13	CHW	@	MIL	Dan Boitano	tied 4-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	DH	0.166	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	4	1	1980-05-27	CHW	@	MIN	Darrell Jackson	tied 0-0	t 7	1	-2-	2	6	9	0.260	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Johnson Scores
21	21	5	1	1980-06-06	CHW		CLE	Rick Waits	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	9	0.247	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morrison Scores; K. Bell Scores
22	22	6	1	1980-06-11	CHW		TOR	Paul Mirabella	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	5	7	0.103	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	7	1	1980-06-22 (2)	CHW		DET	Jack Morris	behind 3-6	b 9	1	---	1	5	7	0.027	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	8	1	1980-06-25	CHW	@	CAL	Andy Hassler	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	5	DH	0.064	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	9	1	1980-06-30	CHW		CAL	Chris Knapp	tied 1-1	b 1	1	-23	3	5	DH	0.165	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Baines Scores; L. Johnson Scores
26	26	10	1	1980-07-03	CHW		CAL	Dave Lemanczyk	behind 2-4	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	0.138	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	11	1	1980-07-11	CHW		BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	---	1	3	7	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	12	1	1980-07-27 (2)	CHW		TEX	Jon Matlack	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	1	4	7	0.135	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	13	1	1980-08-03	CHW		KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	0.168	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	14	2	1980-08-03	CHW		KCR	Renie Martin	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	---	1	5	9	0.084	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	15	1	1980-09-03	CHW	@	DET	Pat Underwood	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.066	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1981-05-01	CHW	@	CLE	John Denny	behind 0-5	t 7	2	---	1	3	7	0.015	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	2	1	1981-05-08	CHW		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-4	b 4	0	1--	2	5	9	0.133	28%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Luzinski Scores
34	34	3	1	1981-06-09	CHW		TOR	Luis Leal	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	2	7	7	0.149	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF; C. Lemon Scores/unER; W. Nordhagen Scores
35	35	4	1	1981-09-09	CHW		SEA	Bob Stoddard	behind 0-3	b 7	2	---	1	7	9	0.066	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	5	1	1981-09-10	CHW	@	MIL	Reggie Cleveland	behind 5-6	t 6	1	---	1	7	9	0.183	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	6	1	1981-09-27 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	Matt Keough	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	---	1	5	7	0.068	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1982-05-11	TOR		CHW	Steve Trout	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.108	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bonnell Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1983-04-11	CHC	@	CIN	Joe Price	behind 0-5	t 7	2	---	1	5	7	0.016	3%		Home Run