Wayne Twitchell
[edit] Biography
Born on March 10, 1948 in Portland, Oregon, Wayne Twitchell (Wayne Lee Twitchell) played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets over the course of his 10 year career. Twitchell broke into the bigs on September 7, 1970 with the Milwaukee Brewers, and put up a 4.06 ERA in 139.2 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Wayne Twitchell's best season was 1973, when he posted a 2.50 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 169 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 5
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 8
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1972
| PHI
| N
| 49
| 15
| 5
| 9
| 4.06
| 112
| 72
| 63
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 139.2
| 138
| 6
| 56
| 6
| 4
| 2
|
| 1973
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 28
| 13
| 9
| 2.50
| 169
| 71
| 62
| 10
| 5
| 0
| 223.1
| 172
| 16
| 99
| 9
| 13
| 10
|
| 1974
| PHI
| N
| 25
| 18
| 6
| 9
| 5.21
| 72
| 71
| 65
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 112.1
| 122
| 11
| 65
| 7
| 4
| 7
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| 36
| 20
| 5
| 10
| 4.42
| 101
| 82
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 134.1
| 132
| 10
| 78
| 3
| 10
| 1
|
| 1976
| PHI
| N
| 26
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1.75
| 67
| 18
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 61.2
| 55
| 3
| 18
| 1
| 5
| 3
|
| 1977
| PHI
| N
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 4.53
| 37
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 45.2
| 50
| 3
| 25
| 1
| 3
| 0
|
| 1977
| MON
| N
| 22
| 22
| 6
| 5
| 4.21
| 93
| 71
| 65
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 139
| 116
| 18
| 49
| 3
| 4
| 5
|
| 1977
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 30
| 6
| 10
| 4.29
| 130
| 98
| 88
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 184.2
| 166
| 21
| 74
| 4
| 7
| 5
|
| 1978
| MON
| N
| 33
| 15
| 4
| 12
| 5.38
| 69
| 68
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 112
| 121
| 16
| 71
| 5
| 11
| 5
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5.27
| 5
| 11
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13.2
| 11
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1979
| NY
| N
| 33
| 2
| 5
| 3
| 5.23
| 44
| 44
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 63.2
| 55
| 6
| 55
| 8
| 1
| 4
|
| 1979
| Total
|
| 37
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 5.24
| 49
| 55
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 77.1
| 66
| 8
| 65
| 8
| 4
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 276
| 131
| 48
| 63
| 3.95
| 779
| 528
| 460
| 15
| 6
| 2
| 1047.2
| 969
| 90
| 526
| 43
| 55
| 38
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 5.87
| 10
| 13
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 15.1
| 14
| 2
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 282
| 133
| 48
| 65
| 3.98
| 789
| 541
| 470
| 15
| 6
| 2
| 1063
| 983
| 92
| 537
| 43
| 58
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| P
| 2
| 0
| 1.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1971
| PHI
| N
| P
| 6
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| PHI
| N
| P
| 49
| 15
| 139.2
| 8
| 14
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 7
| 0
| .846
|
| 1973
| PHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 28
| 223.1
| 12
| 17
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 13
| 0
| .879
|
| 1974
| PHI
| N
| P
| 25
| 18
| 112.1
| 4
| 11
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 1
| 0
| .833
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| P
| 36
| 20
| 134.1
| 7
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 13
| 10
| 0
| .765
|
| 1976
| PHI
| N
| P
| 26
| 2
| 61.2
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 3
| 0
| .909
|
| 1977
| PHI
| N
| P
| 12
| 8
| 45.2
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| MON
| N
| P
| 22
| 22
| 139
| 7
| 16
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1977
| TOT
| N
| P
| 34
| 30
| 184.2
| 10
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 11
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1978
| MON
| N
| P
| 33
| 15
| 112
| 2
| 15
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 8
| 2
| .850
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| P
| 4
| 2
| 13.2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| NY
| N
| P
| 33
| 2
| 63.2
| 2
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 6
| 0
| .909
|
| 1979
| Total
|
| P
| 37
| 4
| 77.1
| 2
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 8
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 282
| 133
| 1063
| 46
| 108
| 20
| 8
| 0
| 15
| 96
| 61
| 2
| .885
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1970
| MIL
| A
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| PHI
| N
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| PHI
| N
| 49
| 28
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .071
| .069
| .071
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| PHI
| N
| 34
| 72
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .097
| .097
| .125
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 39
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1974
| PHI
| N
| 25
| 35
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .171
| .171
| .200
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| PHI
| N
| 36
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .088
| .088
| .147
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| PHI
| N
| 26
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .333
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| PHI
| N
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .091
| .167
| .091
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| MON
| N
| 22
| 39
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .205
| .295
| .256
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1977
| TOT
| N
| 34
| 50
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 5
| .180
| .268
| .220
| 2
| 0
| 6
| 30
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1978
| MON
| N
| 33
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .083
| .154
| .083
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 17
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| SEA
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| NY
| N
| 33
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .375
| .375
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| Total
|
| 37
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .375
| .375
| .375
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 276
| 260
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 11
| .127
| .152
| .158
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 164
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 282
| 260
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 11
| .127
| .152
| .158
| 8
| 0
| 8
| 164
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Houston Astros in the 1st round (3rd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1966).
- Sold by Houston Astros to Milwaukee Brewers (November 21, 1969).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Pat Skrable (April 5, 1971).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Tim Blackwell to Montreal Expos in exchange for Barry Foote and Dan Warthen (June 15, 1977).
- Released by Montreal Expos (February 13, 1979).
- Signed by New York Mets (April 4, 1979).
- Sold by New York Mets to Seattle Mariners (August 19, 1979).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 1979).
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