2B Will Wessels #14
Indianapolis Westerners PBB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
10/19/1888
BNN Index | PBB | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B WILL WESSELS #14 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
134 541 138 25 9 11 78 30 70 .255 .294 .396 46 2.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 1
Errors: - 4 1
Arm: 1 4 1
Turn DP: - 2 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: 5 Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 4 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 2 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 3
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 4
Stealing Aggressiveness: 5
Stealing Ability: 5
Baserunning Inst.: 5
Sacrifice Bunt: 1
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/09/1888 @ WS3 Win, 12-5 5 3 2 4 1 0 0 1
10/08/1888 @ WS3 Win, 7-4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
10/07/1888 @ WS3 Win, 7-4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
10/06/1888 @ PHI Loss, 4-7 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
10/05/1888 @ PHI Win, 3-1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
10/01/1888 @ CHI Win, 11-4 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0
09/30/1888 @ CHI Loss, 5-6 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
09/29/1888 @ CHI Win, 9-1 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
09/28/1888 @ NYF Win, 6-5 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/27/1888 @ NYF Win, 8-0 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/15/1859
Born in:Browns Corner, IN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:180 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$390
Signed Through:1889 Season
Major Service:8 Years, None
Service This Yr:177 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:-
PROFESSIONAL BASE BALL 1888 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 134 541 138 25 9 11 78 84 30 70 .255 .294 .396 .689 .291 .140 106
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 134 575 1 24 0 2 0 3 214 45 46 13 78.0 64.6 4.14 2.5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   140 40 7 2 2 19 15 6 15 0 0 0 .286 .315 .407 .722
Versus Right   401 98 18 7 9 59 69 24 55 3 0 1 .244 .287 .392 .678
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   9 2 0 0 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .556 .856
April   52 14 2 2 1 12 6 1 7 0 0 1 .269 .296 .442 .739
May   90 20 4 2 2 11 16 1 7 1 0 0 .222 .228 .378 .606
June   86 20 7 0 0 4 11 3 12 1 0 0 .233 .256 .314 .570
July   98 29 3 1 3 17 15 6 12 1 0 0 .296 .333 .439 .772
August   86 20 2 3 2 12 14 8 12 0 0 0 .233 .298 .395 .693
September   106 29 7 1 2 17 14 6 16 0 0 0 .274 .312 .415 .728
October   23 6 0 0 1 5 8 5 4 0 0 0 .261 .393 .391 .784
Last Year   512 149 25 13 10 87 66 23 39 3 0 2 .291 .322 .449 .771
2 Years Ago   513 128 27 8 6 66 63 16 83 4 5 4 .250 .276 .368 .644
Career   3686 994 177 80 71 584 516 113 438 25 15 24 .270 .294 .419 .713
Home   270 69 12 3 6 35 38 15 25 2 0 0 .256 .293 .389 .682
Road   271 69 13 6 5 43 46 15 45 1 0 1 .255 .295 .402 .697
Grass   541 138 25 9 11 78 84 30 70 3 0 1 .255 .294 .396 .689
Day   541 138 25 9 11 78 84 30 70 3 0 1 .255 .294 .396 .689
As Starter   541 138 25 9 11 78 84 30 70 3 0 1 .255 .294 .396 .689
Close/Late   112 24 6 2 1 9 16 11 12 0 0 0 .214 .285 .330 .615
Inning 1-3   190 41 8 1 1 32 25 2 30 2 0 1 .216 .226 .284 .510
Inning 4-6   179 60 10 6 7 34 35 15 19 1 0 0 .335 .385 .575 .960
Inning 7-9   163 35 7 2 3 12 23 11 19 0 0 0 .215 .264 .337 .602
Extra Innings   9 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 .222 .364 .222 .586
0 Outs   195 42 5 4 3 14 38 7 30 1 0 1 .215 .245 .328 .573
1 Outs   154 49 9 3 2 31 27 8 20 2 0 0 .318 .348 .455 .802
2 Outs   192 47 11 2 6 33 19 15 20 0 0 0 .245 .300 .417 .716
Scoring Position   185 51 7 5 2 66 29 26 22 3 0 0 .276 .360 .400 .760
Bases Empty   268 70 14 4 8 8 46 2 39 0 0 1 .261 .269 .433 .702
Runner on 1st   88 17 4 0 1 4 9 2 9 0 0 0 .193 .211 .273 .484
Runner on 2nd   83 26 4 2 1 22 11 16 12 0 0 0 .313 .424 .446 .870
Runner on 3rd   35 8 2 0 0 11 6 6 4 1 0 0 .229 .333 .286 .619
Runner on 1st & 2nd   20 5 1 3 0 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .600 .850
Runner on 1st & 3rd   13 7 0 0 1 14 4 0 0 2 0 0 .538 .467 .769 1.236
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   19 3 0 0 0 8 4 4 3 0 0 0 .158 .304 .158 .462
Bases Loaded   15 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
Two Strikes   192 35 5 4 1 21 25 3 70 2 0 0 .182 .193 .266 .459
First Pitch   114 30 6 1 3 13 19 16 0 1 0 0 .263 .351 .412 .763
Count 0-1   59 17 1 3 3 16 12 0 0 0 0 0 .288 .288 .559 .847
Count 0-2   26 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 11 2 0 0 .038 .036 .038 .074
Count 1-0   60 17 3 0 2 7 7 2 0 0 0 1 .283 .317 .433 .751
Count 1-1   50 18 4 1 0 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 .360 .429 .480 .909
Count 1-2   71 14 1 2 0 9 7 0 29 0 0 0 .197 .197 .268 .465
Count 2-0   17 5 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 .294 .294 .588
Count 2-1   40 13 5 0 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 .325 .325 .525 .850
Count 2-2   51 9 2 1 1 6 5 0 16 0 0 0 .176 .176 .314 .490
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Count 3-1   8 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 .375 .775
Full Count   44 11 2 1 0 3 10 3 14 0 0 0 .250 .298 .341 .639
Behind in Count   156 32 2 5 3 28 22 0 40 2 0 0 .205 .203 .340 .542
Ahead in Count   126 38 9 0 4 24 20 5 0 0 0 1 .302 .333 .468 .802
Batting 4th   541 138 25 9 11 78 84 30 70 3 0 1 .255 .294 .396 .689
Low Leverage   174 46 8 4 7 13 28 11 27 1 0 0 .264 .306 .477 .783
Medium Leverage   277 70 14 2 3 36 42 9 38 1 0 1 .253 .278 .350 .628
High Leverage   89 22 3 3 1 29 14 10 5 1 0 0 .247 .320 .382 .702
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1881 Cleveland - PBB 21 83 352 94 15 8 5 67 49 7 4 5 32 10 10 .267 .285 .398 .683 107 103 1.6
1882 Cleveland - PBB 22 84 366 101 24 5 5 53 47 3 1 3 47 14 3 .276 .282 .410 .691 116 115 2.1
1883 Cleveland - PBB 23 98 438 130 21 19 7 90 69 3 2 3 53 11 8 .297 .303 .479 .782 135 128 3.2
1884 Cleveland - PBB 24 115 495 133 20 6 14 78 68 14 6 2 56 19 11 .269 .296 .418 .714 119 113 2.6
1885 Cleveland - PBB 25 113 469 121 20 12 13 65 70 17 4 2 58 10 13 .258 .289 .435 .724 125 121 2.5
1886 St. Louis - PBB 26 126 513 128 27 8 6 66 63 16 4 4 83 13 7 .250 .276 .368 .644 97 95 1.8
1887 Indianapolis - PBB 27 126 512 149 25 13 10 87 66 23 2 3 39 37 23 .291 .322 .449 .771 116 112 1.5
1888 Indianapolis - PBB 28 134 541 138 25 9 11 78 84 30 1 3 70 46 13 .255 .294 .396 .689 119 106 2.5
Total PBB 879 3686 994 177 80 71 584 516 113 24 25 438 160 88 .270 .294 .419 .713 117 111 17.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1881 Cleveland - MLB 3B 83 83 101 184 7 314 29 .908 745.0 3.44 +6.2 1.057
1882 Cleveland - MLB 3B 84 84 96 167 7 316 53 .832 747.2 3.17 -1.7 .988
1883 Cleveland - MLB 3B 2 1 0 1 0 3 2 .333 9.0 1.00 -0.8 .422
1883 Cleveland - MLB SS 97 97 257 291 33 638 90 .859 864.1 5.71 -0.0 .992
1884 Cleveland - MLB SS 115 115 233 357 34 678 88 .870 1035.0 5.13 -5.6 .977
1885 Cleveland - MLB 3B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.1 2.08 +0.1 1.202
1885 Cleveland - MLB SS 113 113 260 360 57 700 80 .886 994.1 5.61 -11.8 .954
1886 St. Louis - MLB 3B 126 126 123 303 15 474 48 .899 1117.0 3.43 +9.2 1.045
1887 Indianapolis - MLB 1B 17 17 167 13 12 184 4 .978 146.0 11.10 -1.1 .957
1887 Indianapolis - MLB 3B 106 105 136 210 20 404 58 .856 923.0 3.37 -7.4 .961
1888 Indianapolis - MLB 1B 123 119 1291 114 65 1438 33 .977 1079.0 11.72 +9.0 1.066
1888 Indianapolis - MLB 2B 15 15 44 24 5 74 6 .919 127.0 4.82 -4.6 .743
TOTAL 1B 140 136 1458 127 77 1622 37 .977 1225.0 11.64 +7.9 1.053
TOTAL 2B 15 15 44 24 5 74 6 .919 127.0 4.82 -4.6 .743
TOTAL 3B 402 399 456 866 49 1512 190 .874 3546.0 3.36 +5.5 1.012
TOTAL SS 325 325 750 1008 124 2016 258 .872 2893.2 5.47 -17.4 .974
PLAYER HISTORY
05/01/1881 Named the #1 prospect in the PBB
08/22/1881 Wins the PBB Player of the Week Award.
06/25/1882 Injured (mild groin strain),day-to-day for 5 days.
07/09/1883 Wins the PBB FL Player of the Week Award.
05/18/1885 Injured on 05/17/1885, diagnosed with bruised ribs, is day-to-day.
08/22/1885 Injured (bruised foot),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
05/15/1886 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
07/24/1886 Injured (mild hamstring strain),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
08/08/1887 Wins the PBB FL Player of the Week Award.
09/10/1887 Collects his 500th career Professional Base Ball RBI!
09/16/1888 Scores his 500th career Professional Base Ball run!
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1883 98 9
1885 113 1
1886 126 1
Year AB Rank
1883 438 6
1884 495 8
Year H Rank
1883 130 7
Year K Rank
1882 47 4
1888 70 10
Year TB Rank
1883 210 2
1884 207 10
1885 204 5
Year 2B Rank
1882 24 2
1886 27 7
1888 25 6
Year 3B Rank
1881 8 4
1883 19 1
1885 12 5
1887 13 9
Year HR Rank
1881 5 5
1882 5 8
1883 7 4
1884 14 4
1885 13 1
1887 10 8
1888 11 7
Year RBI Rank
1881 67 5
1883 90 2
1884 78 7
1888 78 10
Year IBB Rank
1881 2 6
1884 3 9
1887 6 4
1888 24 1
Year SF Rank
1881 5 3
1883 3 10
1886 4 8
Year EBH Rank
1882 34 6
1883 47 6
1885 45 3
1887 48 10
1888 45 7
Year AVG Rank
1883 .297 9
Year SLG Rank
1883 .479 4
1885 .435 5
Year RC Rank
1883 59.33 10
Year ISO Rank
1881 .131 9
1883 .183 3
1884 .149 8
1885 .177 1
1888 .140 9
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