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Greg
Wampler		  
Nickname: The Whomper
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: January 24, 1927 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1953   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 OKC PL $ 3,514,286  
1953 26 OKC PL $ 1,650,000  
1954 27 OKC PL $ 1,650,000  
1955 28 DEN PL $ 1,650,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,650,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,514,286  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 25 DEN PL 45 150 20 35 9 0 3 21 9 3 12 17 .233 .293 .353 .647 17.1 1.1
  OKC PL 60 172 35 50 12 2 14 32 11 3 19 23 .291 .365 .628 .993 39.2 6.4
  TOT   105 322 55 85 21 2 17 53 20 6 31 40 .264 .332 .500 .832 56.3 7.5
1953 26 OKC PL 130 466 100 151 33 4 19 96 33 13 41 43 .324 .390 .534 .925 93.4 14.1
1954 27 OKC PL 114 394 68 110 30 3 19 83 19 7 33 48 .279 .340 .515 .855 66.4 10.0
1955 28 OKC PL 41 109 20 41 8 2 5 19 3 2 8 6 .376 .425 .624 1.049 24.4 4.8
  DEN PL 75 296 67 88 24 4 23 71 8 6 28 28 .297 .366 .639 1.005 62.9 10.2
  TOT   116 405 87 129 32 6 28 90 11 8 36 34 .319 .382 .635 1.016 87.4 15.0
4 Years Sim 465 1587 310 475 116 15 83 322 83 34 141 165 .299 .364 .548 .912 303.5 46.6
162 Game Average 552 108 165 40 5 28 112 28 11 49 57 .299 .364 .548 .912 105.7  
Career Highs 130 466 100 151 33 6 28 96 33 13 41 48 .324 .390 .635 1.016 93.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1339 272 403 99 8 72 280 70 32 119 142 .301 .366 .548 .914 248.2
vs LH   252 38 72 17 7 11 43 13 2 22 24 .286 .350 .540 .890 45.8
Home 228 767 151 234 54 9 48 181 40 13 66 85 .305 .368 .587 .954 153.2
Away 238 824 159 241 62 6 35 142 43 21 75 81 .292 .359 .510 .869 140.8
RISP   494 0 152 31 6 29 243 0 0 53 54 .308 .373 .571 .943 98.5
Pinch Hitting   46 9 13 5 0 1 5 1 0 4 2 .283 .340 .457 .797 6.9
Close/Late   178 31 53 11 1 8 27 0 0 19 17 .298 .376 .506 .881 31.4
Mar/Apr 39 117 22 37 6 0 8 32 7 1 11 14 .316 .385 .573 .957 24.3
May 82 275 51 79 16 3 15 56 16 7 27 29 .287 .356 .531 .887 49.7
June 100 366 74 128 32 4 13 77 21 8 24 39 .350 .400 .566 .965 72.0
July 97 318 59 84 21 3 15 56 14 6 38 33 .264 .353 .491 .844 53.4
August 89 329 69 97 28 4 23 69 15 8 30 35 .295 .363 .614 .977 66.5
Sep/Oct 59 186 35 50 13 1 9 33 10 4 11 16 .269 .307 .495 .802 28.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 25 DEN PL LF 36 33 319.8 66 2 0 0 1.000 1.91   0.9
    CF 6 4 39.2 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.61   0.0
  OKC PL LF 49 45 379.2 79 3 1 1 .988 1.95   1.4
    CF 9 5 46.5 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.55   0.0
  TOT   LF 85 78 699.0 145 5 1 1 .993 1.93   2.3
      CF 15 9 85.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.0
1953 26 OKC PL LF 120 116 1028.3 205 8 4 3 .982 1.86   2.9
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1954 27 OKC PL LF 107 101 883.7 176 5 1 2 .995 1.84   3.4
    CF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1955 28 OKC PL LF 36 34 223.4 39 1 1 1 .976 1.61   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DEN PL LF 65 63 621.7 109 3 2 1 .982 1.62   2.3
    CF 2 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 413 392 3456.1 674 22 9 8 .987 1.81   10.9
  CF 23 9 98.6 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
Career Totals   436 401 3554.7 692 22 9 8 .988 1.81   10.9
Career Highs   122 116 1030.3 205 8 4 3 .995 1.89    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 25 OKC PL 5 12 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .167 .333 .167 .500
1953 26 OKC PL 7 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 .048 .200 .095 .295
1954 27 OKC PL 7 22 3 4 2 0 1 4 1 0 3 8 .182 .280 .409 .689
1955 28 DEN PL 13 52 6 10 1 0 1 3 3 1 5 11 .192 .254 .269 .523
Career Post-Season Batting 32 107 13 17 4 0 2 8 5 2 14 27 .159 .258 .252 .510
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.
Slugging Pct
1953-8-.534
1955-2-.635
 OPS
1955-3-1.016
 Total Bases
CAR-49-870
 Doubles
CAR-44-116
 Homeruns
1955-5-28
CAR-25-83
 RBIs
1953-9-96
CAR-38-322
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 14
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30
 
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History
Drafted in 10th round, 194th overall pick, by Denver in 1952
Injured on 4/15/1952 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 5/20/1952, off Angelo Castro (OKC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1952, off Matt Freeborn (KC)
Traded from Denver to Oklahoma on 7/7/1952 (Going to OKC: LF Greg Wampler, P Gary Daniels, P Ron Strong. Going to DEN: RF Bill Bañuelos, P Juan Coen, P Raymond Zapien)
8/4/1952: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $1,650,000 per year, for 3 years
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Injured on 5/16/1955 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Oklahoma to Denver on 6/16/1955 (Going to OKC: 2B Joe Whelan, 1B August Jones, LF Carl Benda. Going to DEN: 1B Rod Madera, 3B Joel Monroy, RF Leroy Thornsberry, LF Greg Wampler)
6/23/1955: Signed a contract extension with Denver, $4,900,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/14/1955, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1955, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Injured on 9/12/1955 with a Sprained Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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