J.B. Wendelken

Q: How old is J.B. Wendelken?

J.B. Wendelken is 31 years old.

Q: When was J.B. Wendelken born?

J.B. Wendelken was born on March 24, 1993.

Q: Where was J.B. Wendelken born?

J.B. Wendelken was born in Savannah, GA .

Q: How tall is J.B. Wendelken?

J.B. Wendelken is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

Q: How much did J.B. Wendelken weigh when playing?

J.B. Wendelken weighed 242 lbs (109 kg) when playing.

Q: How many seasons did J.B. Wendelken play?

J.B. Wendelken played 6 seasons.

Q: Is J.B. Wendelken in the Hall of Fame?

J.B. Wendelken has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was J.B. Wendelken drafted?

J.B. Wendelken was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA) .

Q: How many strikeouts did J.B. Wendelken have?

J.B. Wendelken had 151 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has J.B. Wendelken played for?

J.B. Wendelken played for 2 teams; the Oakland Athletics and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 242lb (185cm, 109kg)

Born: March 24, 1993 in Savannah, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA).

High School: South Effingham HS (Guyton, GA)

School: Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA)

Debut: May 8, 2016 (Age 23-045d, 21,104th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: July 2, 2022 (Age 29-100d)
vs. COL 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

Agents: Ascend Sports Group

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Jeffrey Benjamin Wendelken

Pronunciation: \wen-DELL-ken\

Twitter: @JbWendelken

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.00

144

159.2

151

WHIP

1.271

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2012	19	BOS-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	1.27	13	0	3	0	0	2	21.1	11	3	3	0	3	0	28	0	1	0	79			0.656	4.6	0.0	1.3	11.8	9.33	RES GULF
2013	20	BOS-CHW-min	A,A+	2	2	.500	3.42	36	0	23	0	0	12	79.0	79	31	30	5	28	0	78	3	2	10	343			1.354	9.0	0.6	3.2	8.9	2.79	GRV,WSM,KAN SALL,CARL
2014	21	CHW-min	A+	7	10	.412	5.25	27	27	0	1	0	0	145.2	181	105	85	15	33	0	129	5	0	4	650			1.469	11.2	0.9	2.0	8.0	3.91	WSM CARL
2015	22	CHW-min	AA,AAA	6	2	.750	3.20	39	0	23	0	0	5	59.0	50	25	21	6	16	0	69	0	0	0	244			1.119	7.6	0.9	2.4	10.5	4.31	BIR,CHR SOUL,IL
2016	23	OAK-min	AAA	1	4	.200	4.11	39	0	16	0	0	5	46.0	48	25	21	5	26	2	65	4	0	5	217			1.609	9.4	1.0	5.1	12.7	2.50	NVL PCL
2016	23	OAK	AL	0	0		9.95	8	0	3	0	0	0	12.2	18	15	14	3	9	0	12	0	0	2	64	42	6.46	2.132	12.8	2.1	6.4	8.5	1.33

2018	25	OAK-min	AAA,AA	1	2	.333	2.96	33	1	16	0	0	6	48.2	40	17	16	5	20	1	75	0	0	1	204			1.233	7.4	0.9	3.7	13.9	3.75	NVL,MDL PCL,TL
2018	25	OAK	AL	0	0		0.54	13	0	3	0	0	0	16.2	8	1	1	1	5	0	14	0	0	1	62	784	3.16	0.780	4.3	0.5	2.7	7.6	2.80
2019	26	OAK-min	AAA	6	3	.667	5.59	30	1	19	0	0	3	38.2	47	26	24	8	19	1	43	2	0	3	179			1.707	10.9	1.9	4.4	10.0	2.26	LVG PCL
2019	26	OAK	AL	3	1	.750	3.58	27	0	4	0	0	0	32.2	21	14	13	2	9	2	34	2	0	2	131	121	2.94	0.918	5.8	0.6	2.5	9.4	3.78
2020	27	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	1.80	21	0	6	0	0	0	25.0	17	8	5	2	11	0	31	0	0	2	106	235	3.07	1.120	6.1	0.7	4.0	11.2	2.82
2021	28	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		3.60	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	2	2	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	20			0.800	3.6	1.8	3.6	9.0	2.50	LVG AAAW
2021	28	TOT	MLB	4	3	.571	4.33	46	0	15	0	0	2	43.2	44	24	21	4	22	3	39	0	0	4	194	98	4.09	1.511	9.1	0.8	4.5	8.0	1.77
2021	28	OAK	AL	2	1	.667	4.32	26	0	6	0	0	0	25.0	29	15	12	2	13	2	26	0	0	4	117	97	3.69	1.680	10.4	0.7	4.7	9.4	2.00
2021	28	ARI	NL	2	2	.500	4.34	20	0	9	0	0	2	18.2	15	9	9	2	9	1	13	0	0	0	77	99	4.62	1.286	7.2	1.0	4.3	6.3	1.44
2022	29	ARI-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.62	20	0	14	0	0	4	24.0	11	8	7	0	9	1	33	3	0	2	94			0.833	4.1	0.0	3.4	12.4	3.67	REN PCL
2022	29	ARI	NL	2	1	.667	5.28	29	0	6	0	0	0	29.0	25	18	17	4	14	0	21	1	0	1	122	77	5.01	1.345	7.8	1.2	4.3	6.5	1.50
6 Yrs				10	6	.625	4.00	144	0	37	0	0	2	159.2	133	80	71	16	70	5	151	3	0	12	679	105	3.95	1.271	7.5	0.9	3.9	8.5	2.16
162 Game Avg.				5	3	.625	4.00	68	0	17	0	0	1	75	63	38	34	8	33	2	71	1	0	6	321	105	3.95	1.271	7.5	0.9	3.9	8.5	2.16

OAK (5 yrs)				6	3	.667	3.62	95	0	22	0	0	0	112.0	93	53	45	10	47	4	117	2	0	11	480	117	3.57	1.250	7.5	0.8	3.8	9.4	2.49
ARI (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.91	49	0	15	0	0	2	47.2	40	27	26	6	23	1	34	1	0	1	199	85	4.85	1.322	7.6	1.1	4.3	6.4	1.48

AL (5 yrs)				6	3	.667	3.62	95	0	22	0	0	0	112.0	93	53	45	10	47	4	117	2	0	11	480	117	3.57	1.250	7.5	0.8	3.8	9.4	2.49
NL (2 yrs)				4	3	.571	4.91	49	0	15	0	0	2	47.2	40	27	26	6	23	1	34	1	0	1	199	85	4.85	1.322	7.6	1.1	4.3	6.4	1.48

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2016	23	OAK	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2018	25	OAK	AL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2019	26	OAK	AL	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2021	28	2TM	2LG	0.0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2021	28	OAK	AL	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2021	28	ARI	NL	0.0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2022	29	ARI	NL	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Yrs				0.0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg				0.0	162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (4 Yrs)				0.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ARI (2 Yrs)				0.0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

AL (4 Yrs)				0.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
NL (2 Yrs)				0.0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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2020	27	OAK	AL	4
1 Yr				4
162 Game Avg				162

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					Standard											DRS		Range Factor				Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Pick	Awards
2016	23	OAK	AL	P	8	0	0	12.2	0	0	0	0	0			-1	-95	0.00	1.42	0.00	1.39	2	1	0	0.0	29.0	0

2018	25	OAK	AL	P	13	0	0	16.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	.950	0	0	0.54	1.30	0.08	1.30	1	0	0			0
2019	26	OAK	AL	P	27	0	0	32.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	.943	0	0	0.83	1.21	0.11	1.21	2	1	0	0.0	27.0	0
2020	27	OAK	AL	P	21	0	0	25.0	3	0	1	2	1	.333	.947	-2	-96	0.36	1.26	0.05	1.20	2	0	0			0
2021	28	2TM	2LG	P	46	0	0	43.2	5	2	3	0	1	1.000	.952	0	0	1.03	1.30	0.11	1.27	4	1	1	50.0	25.5	0
2021	28	OAK	AL	P	26	0	0	25.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	.945	0	0	0.72	1.15	0.08	1.13	4	0	0			0
2021	28	ARI	NL	P	20	0	0	18.2	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	.957	0	0	1.45	1.49	0.15	1.45	0	1	1	50.0	25.5	0
2022	29	ARI	NL	P	29	0	0	29.0	5	1	4	0	2	1.000	.956	0	0	1.55	1.37	0.17	1.34	1	2	2	50.0	24.0	0
6 Yrs					144	0	0	159.2	17	4	11	2	4	.882	.951	-3	-23	0.85	1.30	0.10	1.27	12	5	3	37.5	25.4	0

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					Standard								Range Factor		Baserunners
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	RF/9	RF/G	SB	CS	Awards
2020	27	OAK	AL	P	4	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0
1 Yr					4	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is J.B. Wendelken?

J.B. Wendelken is 31 years old.

When was J.B. Wendelken born?

J.B. Wendelken was born on March 24, 1993.

Where was J.B. Wendelken born?

J.B. Wendelken was born in Savannah, GA.

How tall is J.B. Wendelken?

J.B. Wendelken is 6-1 (185 cm) tall.

How much did J.B. Wendelken weigh when playing?

J.B. Wendelken weighed 242 lbs (109 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did J.B. Wendelken play?

J.B. Wendelken played 6 seasons.

Is J.B. Wendelken in the Hall of Fame?

J.B. Wendelken has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was J.B. Wendelken drafted?

J.B. Wendelken was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 13th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA).

What position did J.B. Wendelken play?

J.B. Wendelken was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did J.B. Wendelken have?

J.B. Wendelken had 151 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has J.B. Wendelken played for?

J.B. Wendelken played for 2 teams; the Oakland Athletics and Arizona Diamondbacks.

When did J.B. Wendelken retire?

J.B. Wendelken last played in 2022.

What is J.B. Wendelken's Twitter account?

J.B. Wendelken is on Twitter at JbWendelken.

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