CF Buddy Wharton #7
Baltimore Lords MLB
Age: 25 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
07/18/1977
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CF BUDDY WHARTON #7 - AGE: 25 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
58 143 38 6 1 1 10 11 11 .266 .321 .343 0 0.5
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 60 50 60
BABIP 45 50 45 55
Avoid K's 65 75 65 65
Gap 45 45 40 55
Power 25 30 25 40
Eye 40 45 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 70
Errors: - 35 80
Arm: 20 30 50
Turn DP: - 40 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 70
1st Base: - Center Field: 65
2nd Base: - Right Field: 60
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 70
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 45
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/16/1977 @ MON Win, 3-2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
07/15/1977 @ MON Win, 10-2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/14/1977 @ MON Loss, 1-3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
07/10/1977 NYE Loss, 4-5 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
07/09/1977 NYE Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/08/1977 NYE Loss, 1-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/07/1977 NYE Loss, 1-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/06/1977 DAL Win, 5-2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/05/1977 DAL Win, 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/04/1977 DAL Win, 3-1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Wharton seems drawn to controversy.
Personality Class: Outspoken
High: Loyalty
Low: Leader
Birthday:09/26/1951
Born in:Knoxville, TN
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$105,000
Signed Through:1980 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 36 Days
Service This Yr:104 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1970, 13th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 58 143 38 6 1 1 10 20 11 11 .266 .321 .343 .663 .289 .077 77
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 36 159 1 1 0 4 3 1 49 8 0 2 0.0 14.9 3.50 .5  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   93 28 4 1 1 6 13 8 8 1 2 0 .301 .353 .398 .751
Versus Right   50 10 2 0 0 4 5 3 3 0 1 1 .200 .259 .240 .499
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   7 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .571 .625 .714 1.339
April   36 9 0 0 0 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 .250 .282 .250 .532
May   49 12 1 1 1 4 7 3 5 0 0 0 .245 .288 .367 .656
June   37 9 3 0 0 0 6 5 4 0 0 0 .243 .333 .324 .658
July   21 8 2 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 .381 .435 .476 .911
Spring Training   42 8 1 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 .190 .227 .214 .442
Last Year   324 81 10 2 1 41 17 24 21 2 5 1 .250 .302 .302 .604
2 Years Ago   62 13 4 1 0 4 8 3 6 0 0 1 .210 .258 .306 .564
Career   537 132 20 4 2 56 45 38 40 3 8 3 .246 .298 .309 .607
Home   65 17 4 0 0 4 9 2 6 0 1 0 .262 .284 .323 .607
Road   78 21 2 1 1 6 11 9 5 1 2 1 .269 .348 .359 .707
Grass   143 38 6 1 1 10 20 11 11 1 3 1 .266 .321 .343 .663
Day   84 23 5 0 1 6 13 7 5 0 1 1 .274 .337 .369 .706
Night   59 15 1 1 0 4 7 4 6 1 2 0 .254 .297 .305 .602
As Starter   127 35 5 1 1 7 17 10 8 0 3 1 .276 .333 .354 .688
As Reliever / Substitution   16 3 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 .188 .222 .250 .472
Pinch Hitting   9 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 .222 .200 .333 .533
Close/Late   40 13 3 0 0 4 5 3 5 1 1 1 .325 .378 .400 .778
Inning 1-3   48 15 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 1 0 .312 .312 .375 .688
Inning 4-6   38 6 0 0 0 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 .158 .289 .158 .447
Inning 7-9   51 15 3 1 1 6 9 4 7 1 1 1 .294 .351 .451 .802
Extra Innings   6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
0 Outs   45 13 3 1 0 3 11 4 1 0 2 0 .289 .347 .400 .747
1 Outs   54 15 2 0 0 4 5 1 3 1 1 1 .278 .298 .315 .613
2 Outs   44 10 1 0 1 3 2 6 7 0 0 0 .227 .320 .318 .638
Scoring Position   31 8 2 0 0 8 3 2 4 1 3 0 .258 .294 .323 .617
Bases Empty   79 22 3 0 1 1 12 8 3 0 0 1 .278 .352 .354 .707
Runner on 1st   33 8 1 1 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0 .242 .265 .333 .598
Runner on 2nd   9 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 .333 .400 .333 .733
Runner on 1st & 2nd   8 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625 1.125
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Bases Loaded   8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   63 18 4 0 1 4 9 5 11 0 0 0 .286 .338 .397 .735
First Pitch   26 5 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 .192 .250 .269 .519
Count 0-1   13 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 .308 .308 .615
Count 0-2   7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 1-0   8 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .625 .625 .875 1.500
Count 1-1   13 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .231 .214 .231 .445
Count 1-2   18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .167 .167 .278 .444
Count 2-0   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Count 2-1   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 2-2   17 6 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .353 .353 .471 .824
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
Full Count   21 8 0 0 1 3 6 5 3 0 0 0 .381 .500 .524 1.024
Behind in Count   38 8 2 0 0 1 2 0 6 0 1 0 .211 .211 .263 .474
Ahead in Count   28 8 2 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 0 0 .286 .394 .357 .751
Batting Leadoff   6 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .833 1.500
Batting 2nd   38 10 0 0 0 2 5 1 1 0 3 1 .263 .300 .263 .563
Batting 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 4th   17 5 1 0 0 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 .294 .316 .353 .669
Batting 5th   13 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .308 .357 .385 .742
Batting 6th   34 8 1 1 0 1 5 4 4 0 0 0 .235 .316 .324 .639
Batting 7th   8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347
Batting 8th   20 6 2 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 0 .300 .364 .550 .914
Batting 9th   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   57 10 1 0 0 0 6 5 6 0 0 1 .175 .254 .193 .447
Medium Leverage   49 18 3 1 0 2 8 4 3 0 2 0 .367 .415 .469 .884
High Leverage   35 9 2 0 0 7 3 2 2 1 1 0 .257 .289 .314 .604
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
1973 Baltimore - MLB 21 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -129 -0.1
1974 Baltimore - MLB 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -128 -0.0
1975 Baltimore - MLB 23 56 62 13 4 1 0 4 8 3 1 0 6 0 0 .210 .258 .306 .564 61 61 0.1
1976 Baltimore - MLB 24 118 324 81 10 2 1 41 17 24 1 2 21 1 4 .250 .302 .302 .604 80 75 1.6
1977 Baltimore - MLB 25 58 143 38 6 1 1 10 20 11 1 1 11 0 2 .266 .321 .343 .663 77 77 0.5
Total MLB 236 537 132 20 4 2 56 45 38 3 3 40 1 6 .246 .298 .309 .607 75 71 2.1
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
1970 Total - 18 38 167 76 19 6 6 44 59 19 3 0 5 5 5 .455 .519 .749 1.267 100 100 4.0
CAREER POSTSEASON 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
1976 Baltimore - MLB 24 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -125 1.6
Total MLB 3 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -125
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1973 Baltimore - MLB CF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 -0.3 1.012
1974 Baltimore - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Baltimore - MLB LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.032
1975 Baltimore - MLB CF 12 0 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 26.0 2.77 +0.1 1.151
1975 Baltimore - MLB RF 16 5 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 58.0 1.40 -0.5 .938
1976 Baltimore - MLB LF 23 19 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 160.0 1.41 -0.2 .995
1976 Baltimore - MLB CF 81 60 173 1 0 177 3 .983 541.1 2.89 +4.1 1.026
1976 Baltimore - MLB RF 12 5 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 61.1 2.20 +1.8 1.105
1977 Baltimore - MLB LF 37 28 56 2 0 60 2 .967 249.0 2.10 -0.4 1.049
1977 Baltimore - MLB CF 19 8 28 4 0 32 0 1.000 82.2 3.48 +1.2 1.064
1977 Baltimore - MLB RF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 6.2 2.70 +0.0 .994
TOTAL LF 63 47 82 2 0 86 2 .977 413.0 1.83 -0.6 1.032
TOTAL CF 115 69 211 5 0 219 3 .986 664.0 2.93 +5.1 1.035
TOTAL RF 32 10 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 126.0 1.86 +1.3 1.032
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1970 Drafted in the 1970 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 13, 69th overall pick) by the Baltimore Lords, out of high school Temple (Temple; Chattanooga, TN).
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (55); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 35 (50).
07/01/1971 Named the #98 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 35 (45).
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (55); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
03/05/1973 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
04/08/1975 Successfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
03/01/1976 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
08/06/1976 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $437,000 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 30 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
02/28/1977 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Baltimore Lords development complex.
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