Wayne
Nordhagen
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 4, 1948 in Thief River Falls, MN
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 28 CHW AL 132 527 70 153 24 5 20 84 0 0 14 23 .290 .305 .469 .774 71.3 15.8
1978 29 CHW AL 160 617 85 185 42 3 12 94 4 0 46 32 .300 .346 .436 .782 87.0 16.5
1979 30 CHW AL 162 609 73 164 27 3 14 71 7 3 51 36 .269 .324 .392 .716 78.3 11.8
1980 31 CHW AL 162 606 73 164 31 1 17 74 0 5 79 39 .271 .354 .409 .763 84.3 12.0
1981 32 MIL AL 141 508 51 104 23 0 6 45 0 0 56 48 .205 .283 .285 .568 36.3 0.0
5 Years Sim 757 2867 352 770 147 12 69 368 11 8 246 178 .269 .324 .400 .725 357.2 56.0
162 Game Average 613 75 164 31 2 14 78 2 1 52 38 .269 .324 .400 .725 76.4  
Career Highs 162 617 85 185 42 5 20 94 7 5 79 48 .300 .354 .469 .782 87.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 28 CHW AL LF 130 129 1076.3 209 6 18 1 .923 1.80 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    C 2 2 17.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
1978 29 CHW AL LF 154 154 1302.3 266 12 18 3 .939 1.92 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    CF 14 0 30.0 11 0 1 0 .917 3.30 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 30 CHW AL LF 162 162 1445.3 347 4 27 1 .929 2.19 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1980 31 CHW AL LF 162 162 1455.3 349 9 26 3 .932 2.21 0 0 .000 0 5.4
1981 32 MIL AL LF 105 103 917.0 181 8 21 2 .900 1.85 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 38 38 312.0 69 1 1 0 .986 2.02 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 713 710 6196.3 1352 39 110 10 .927 2.02 0 0 .000 0 15.9
  RF 40 38 321.0 71 1 1 0 .986 2.02 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 17 0 34.0 12 0 1 0 .923 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
  C 3 2 21.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   773 750 6572.3 1448 41 112 10 .930 2.04 0 0 .000 0 16.0
Career Highs   171 162 1455.3 349 13 27 3 .939 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
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
1979-1-162
1980-9-162
Hits
1978-8-185
Doubles
1978-6-42
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Brian Asselstine (967)
  2. Roy White (961)
  3. Curtis Goodwin (961)
  4. John Lowenstein (955)
  5. Lou Piniella (951)
  6. Darrin Jackson (951)
  7. Mike Brown (949)
  8. Leroy Stanton (948)
  9. Glenn Adams (947)
  10. Ralph Garr (945)
History
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1977, off Paul Splittorff (KCR)
Injured on 5/8/1977 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 5/1/1978
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 2/2/1981 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 9/11/1981 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks