Joey Wendle

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: April 26, 1990 in Wilmington, DE us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 6th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from West Chester University of Pennsylvania (West Chester, PA).

High School: Avon Grove HS (West Grove, PA)

School: West Chester University of Pennsylvania (West Chester, PA)

Debut: August 31, 2016 (Age 26-127d, 21,251st in major league history)
vs. HOU 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$2M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 6.088 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Excel Sports Management

Full Name: Joseph Patrick Wendle

Nicknames: Mendle or Big Bopper

Twitter: @JoeyWendle

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.1

13.3

2117

555

.182

.262

266

RBI

219

OBP

.250

.312

SLG

.182

.385

OPS

.432

.697

OPS+

Summary of 32 Home Runs

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

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

3 Tms
TBR	25
MIA	5
OAK	2

Platoon
vs RHP	30
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Away	24
Home	8

Outs
0	14
1	9
2	9

17 Opps
BAL	5
NYY	3
MIA	3
CHW	3
NYM	2
PHI	2
BOS	2
WSN	2
TOR	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
DET	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
HOU	1

31 Pitchers
Jonathan Loáisiga	2
Bryan Garcia	1
Edubray Ramos	1
James Shields	1
Lance Lynn	1
Spenser Watkins	1
Yu Darvish	1
Travis Lakins Sr.	1
Trent Thornton	1
Anthony Bass	1
Héctor Velázquez	1
Sandy Alcántara	1
Fernando Rodney	1
Michael Wacha	1
Pablo López	1
Kyle Gibson	1
Ryan Borucki	1
Brad Peacock	1
Stevie Wilkerson	1
Darren O'Day	1
Josiah Gray	1
Paul Sewald	1
Mike Foltynewicz	1
Daniel Hudson	1
Nathan Eovaldi	1
Paul Fry	1
Merrill Kelly	1
Miguel González	1
Dean Kremer	1
Dylan Cease	1
Daniel Gossett	1

16 Parks
TropicanaFld (STP)	7
Camden Yards (BAL)	5
loanDepot pk (MIA)	3
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
Comerica Pk (DET)	1
TD Ballpark (DUN)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	19
89	8
7	3
8	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	10
1	7
4	6
2	5
5	2
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

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

49 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	23
1 on	4
2 on	2
3 on	3
Any on	9

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

1-3	10
4-6	12
7-end	10

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	4
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	4
-2	5
-4..	2

Ahead	12
Tied	9
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
1-1	6
2-1	4
1-2	3
1-0	3
0-2	2
0-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
3-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	12
2B	9
SS	8
LF	2
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	10
1st	6
5th	5
7th	4
3rd	2
4th	2
9th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-09-17	OAK	@	TEX	Yu Darvish	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	4	0.093	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2017-09-17	OAK	@	PHI	Edubray Ramos	behind 2-3	t 6	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	7	4	0.468	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Joyce Scores; C. Pinder Scores; M. Canha Scores
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2018-04-09	TBR	@	CHW	Miguel González	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	4	0.114	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
4	4	2	1	2018-05-29	TBR	@	OAK	Daniel Gossett	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	6,(2-2) BSFFBX	1	3	4	0.109	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	2018-07-08	TBR	@	NYM	Paul Sewald	ahead 7-0	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	1	7	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
6	6	4	1	2018-07-13	TBR	@	MIN	Fernando Rodney	behind 7-11	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	7	0.009	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
7	7	5	1	2018-07-21	TBR		MIA	Pablo López	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	4	0.119	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
8	8	6	1	2018-08-05	TBR		CHW	James Shields	behind 3-5	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	4	0.126	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
9	9	7	1	2018-08-19	TBR	@	BOS	Héctor Velázquez	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	5	6	0.101	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2019-08-27	TBR	@	HOU	Brad Peacock	behind 0-14	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	6	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
11	11	2	1	2019-09-22	TBR		BOS	Nathan Eovaldi	behind 2-4	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	5	0.108	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	3	1	2019-09-25	TBR		NYY	Jonathan Loáisiga	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	4	0.096	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2020-07-27	TBR		ATL	Mike Foltynewicz	ahead 4-1	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.055	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
14	14	2	1	2020-08-30	TBR	@	MIA	Sandy Alcántara	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	4	0.093	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
15	15	3	1	2020-09-17 (2)	TBR	@	BAL	Travis Lakins Sr.	behind 4-6	b 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) BFFX	2	9	5	0.289	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); N. Lowe Scores
16	16	4	1	2020-09-23	TBR	@	NYM	Michael Wacha	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	0.107	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	2021-04-02	TBR	@	MIA	Anthony Bass	behind 2-4	t 9	1	12-	4,(1-2) FBCX	3	6	6	0.657	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Lowe Scores; Y. Díaz Scores
18	18	2	1	2021-04-17	TBR	@	NYY	Jonathan Loáisiga	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	--3	2,(1-0) *BX	2	7	5	0.124	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Margot Scores
19	19	3	1	2021-04-18	TBR	@	NYY	Darren O'Day	ahead 3-2	t 9	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.106	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	4	1	2021-05-20	TBR	@	BAL	Dean Kremer	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	6	6	0.102	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
21	21	5	2	2021-05-20	TBR	@	BAL	Stevie Wilkerson	ahead 9-1	t 9	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	6	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	6	1	2021-05-24	TBR	@	TOR	Trent Thornton	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	7	5	0.244	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Margot Scores/unER; J. Choi Scores/unER; T. Walls Scores/unER; J. Wendle Scores/unER
23	23	7	1	2021-06-09	TBR		WSN	Daniel Hudson	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) .BBCX	1	5	PH	0.323	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
24	24	8	1	2021-08-29	TBR	@	BAL	Spenser Watkins	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	5	0.056	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	9	2	2021-08-29	TBR	@	BAL	Paul Fry	ahead 6-4	t 7	1	123	3,(1-1) B*SX	4	5	5	0.107	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Arozarena Scores; W. Franco Scores; A. Meadows Scores
26	26	10	1	2021-09-11	TBR	@	DET	Bryan Garcia	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) CFBBX	1	6	5	0.063	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	11	1	2021-09-20	TBR		TOR	Ryan Borucki	ahead 5-2	b 8	0	---	3,(0-2) ..CFX	1	6	5	0.015	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2022-04-26	MIA	@	WSN	Josiah Gray	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	6	0.268	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Sánchez Scores; G. Cooper Scores
29	29	2	1	2022-05-11	MIA	@	ARI	Merrill Kelly	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	4	5	0.188	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Cooper Scores
30	30	3	1	2022-09-08	MIA	@	PHI	Kyle Gibson	tied 3-3	t 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	6	0.150	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2023-06-09	MIA	@	CHW	Dylan Cease	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	7,(3-2) CBF.FBBX	1	6	6	0.136	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
32	32	2	1	2023-09-06	MIA		LAD	Lance Lynn	behind 0-1	b 5	0	-2-	5,(1-2) SS.FBX	2	9	6	0.196	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Stallings Scores