| Jimmy Wynn | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: March 12, 1942 Hamilton, Ohio |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| July 10, 1963 for the Houston Colt.45s |
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| Final game | ||
| September 27, 1977 for the Milwaukee Brewers |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hamilton is a city in Butler County, southwestern Ohio, United States. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 250 | |
| Hits | 1,665 | |
| Home runs | 291 | |
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James Sherman Wynn (born March 12, 1942 in Hamilton, Ohio), nicknamed "The Toy Cannon," is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Yankees, and Milwaukee Brewers. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees (4-0 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees (4-0 Johnny Bench, MVP The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hamilton is a city in Butler County, southwestern Ohio, United States. A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The Milwaukee Brewers are a Major League Baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which plays in the Central Division of the National League His career started in 1962 when the Cincinnati Reds signed him as an amateur free agent. The 1962 season is perhaps most notable for the dismal 40-120 record of the New York Mets, which has been a continuing source of humor among baseball fans as well as comedians such as The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA Shortly thereafter, he was drafted by the then Houston Colt . 45s in the 1962 first player draft. He came up as a shortstop through the minor leagues. In his debut major league season of 1963 he also primarily played shortstop. However, he struggled with the position defensively and was moved to center field, where he played most of the rest of his career. He fielded that position fairly well. For eleven years, he was a fixture in the Astros' outfield. A power hitter, he lost countless home runs to the lengthy fences in the Astrodome. For the aeronautical use see Astrodome (aviation Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome
His number 24 was retired by the Astros on June 25, 2005, when the Astros played the Texas Rangers. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Jason Lane, who wore Wynn's 24 before the ceremony, changed his number to 16 as a result. Jason Dean Lane (born December 22, 1976 in Santa Rosa, California) is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the
Wynn currently serves as a post-game analyst on Houston Astros television broadcasts on FSN Houston. The Houston Astros are a Professional baseball team based in Houston Texas.
Wynn was a player who walked a lot and thus had a very high on-base percentage and played in a low run scoring era in the 1960s as well as a tough run scoring park in the Astrodome. In Baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP (sometimes referred to as on-base average ', as the statistic is rarely presented as a true Percentage) For the aeronautical use see Astrodome (aviation Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome This has led to many statistical analysts (or proponents of sabermetrics) to argue that Wynn was a very underrated player who might even deserve the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sabermetrics is the analysis of Baseball through objective evidence especially Baseball statistics. [1]
See also
- Top 500 home run hitters of all time
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- Major League Baseball hitters with three home runs in one game
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Baseball Evolution Hall of Fame - Player Profile
References
| Preceded by Davey Johnson |
NL Comeback Player of the Year 1975 |
Succeeded by Randy Jones |
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