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Portrait of Dewayne Wise

Dewayne Wise CF

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
17 1184 .228 .264 .381 77 2.3
Birth Date2-24-1978
Height6' 0"
Weight200 lbs
Age46 years, 1 months, 4 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2000 TOR 22 28 24 3 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 .136 .208 .136 62 -1.1 0.2 -0.4 -0.1
2002 TOR 24 42 116 20 4 1 3 4 15 0 5 0 .179 .207 .313 58 -5.5 0.8 9.3 0.7
2004 ATL 26 77 175 37 9 4 6 9 28 1 6 1 .228 .272 .444 75 -5.3 0.9 -3.2 -0.3
2006 CIN 28 31 40 7 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .184 .184 .237 53 -2.3 0.0 0.7 0.0
2007 CIN 29 5 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .600 81 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2008 CHA 30 57 143 32 4 2 6 8 32 1 9 0 .248 .293 .450 89 -1.6 1.9 -2.2 0.2
2009 CHA 31 84 153 32 8 3 2 3 27 4 4 5 .225 .262 .366 78 -3.7 0.8 5.4 0.7
2010 TOR 32 52 118 28 3 2 3 4 29 1 4 0 .250 .282 .393 72 -3.7 1.3 4.4 0.5
2011 FLO 33 49 72 16 2 0 0 3 21 1 4 2 .239 .278 .269 64 -2.8 -0.2 0.2 -0.1
2011 TOR 33 20 32 4 0 1 2 0 15 0 2 0 .125 .125 .375 63 -1.3 0.3 0.5 0.0
2012 CHA 34 45 176 42 7 1 5 9 40 1 12 4 .258 .295 .405 94 -1.2 0.4 0.5 0.5
2012 NYA 34 55 63 16 3 1 3 2 12 0 7 0 .262 .286 .492 92 -0.6 1.3 -1.4 0.1
2013 CHA 35 30 66 15 3 0 1 2 14 0 1 1 .234 .258 .328 81 -1.3 0.1 1.0 0.2
Career575118425345163146245105513.228.264.38177-30.58.014.92.3

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1997 BIL Rk PIO 0 279 .000 .000 .000 .360 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 BUR A MDW 0 538 .000 .000 .000 .285 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 ROK A MDW 0 551 .000 .000 .000 .283 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 TOR MLB AL 28 24 .269 .341 .426 .176 86 -3.9 0.8 -0.2 62 11 -0.4 0.2 -1.1 -0.1
2000 TEN AA SOU 0 63 .000 .000 .000 .293 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 DUN A+ FSL 25 111 .000 .000 .000 .239 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 TEN AA SOU 87 379 .000 .000 .000 .263 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 SYR AAA INT 3 13 .000 .000 .000 .600 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 TOR MLB AL 42 116 .266 .338 .427 .181 103 -6.9 3.3 -1 58 11 9.3 0.8 -5.5 0.7
2002 TEN AA SOU 86 380 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 SYR AAA INT 80 308 .000 .000 .000 .252 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 ATL MLB NL 77 175 .266 .328 .435 .240 94 -2.2 5.2 -1 75 12 -3.2 0.9 -5.3 -0.3
2004 ROM A SAL 5 17 .000 .000 .000 .375 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 MYR A+ CRL 4 16 .000 .000 .000 .400 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 RIC AAA INT 34 127 .000 .000 .000 .327 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 TOL AAA INT 108 417 .267 .331 .426 .271 104 -19 10.8 -1.9 68 0 8.2 1.2 -14.0 0.4
2006 CIN MLB NL 31 40 .253 .328 .410 .219 98 -5.1 1.2 -0.1 53 13 0.7 0.0 -2.3 0.0
2006 CHT AA SOU 13 55 .000 .000 .000 .474 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 LOU AAA INT 44 180 .265 .331 .403 .289 96 4.4 4.8 -0.2 103 0 11.3 1.2 0.7 1.7
2007 CIN MLB NL 5 6 .277 .325 .455 .250 118 0.6 0.2 0 81 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2007 LOU AAA INT 54 222 .273 .341 .417 .304 97 -1.6 6.3 -0.6 65 0 0.5 1.8 -7.6 0.0
2007 RDS Rk GCL 2 6 .177 .270 .230 .500 98 0.2 0.2 0 89 0 -0.1 0.8 -0.1 0.1
2008 CHA MLB AL 57 143 .256 .319 .408 .280 103 -2.5 4.1 -0.3 89 14 -2.2 1.9 -1.6 0.2
2008 CHR AAA INT 55 222 .266 .332 .413 .340 91 17.4 6.2 -1.7 150 0 0.9 -0.9 8.2 1.2
2009 CHA MLB AL 84 153 .265 .332 .418 .265 105 -7.1 4.4 -0.4 78 11 5.4 0.8 -3.7 0.7
2009 CHR AAA INT 7 28 .273 .336 .407 .391 111 1.4 0.8 -0.1 108 0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.1
2010 TOR MLB AL 52 118 .254 .321 .413 .313 113 -4.9 3.3 -0.7 72 13 4.4 1.3 -3.7 0.5
2010 LEH AAA INT 37 146 .261 .330 .406 .311 94 1.7 4.5 -0.6 104 0 2.6 -1.0 0.8 0.6
2011 FLO MLB NL 49 72 .242 .305 .380 .340 95 -2.9 1.9 0.1 64 14 0.2 -0.2 -2.8 -0.1
2011 TOR MLB AL 20 32 .244 .306 .398 .133 109 -2.5 0.9 0 63 14 0.5 0.3 -1.3 0.0
2011 DUN A+ FSL 3 13 .235 .303 .329 .250 110 1 0.4 -0.1 130 0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1
2011 LVG AAA PCL 31 144 .281 .351 .447 .376 113 5.7 4.5 -1.1 115 0 4.5 0.7 3.5 1.1
2011 NWO AAA PCL 2 9 .275 .349 .385 .600 88 0.1 0.3 0 117 0 0.2 0.0 3.9 0.4
2012 CHA MLB AL 45 176 .257 .317 .408 .306 106 -0.6 4.8 0.1 94 14 0.5 0.4 -1.2 0.5
2012 NYA MLB AL 55 63 .253 .316 .397 .283 100 0.7 1.7 -0.4 92 14 -1.4 1.3 -0.6 0.1
2012 CHR AAA INT 7 33 .245 .315 .373 .208 100 -4.3 1.0 -0.2 116 0 -0.2 0.8 2.2 0.4
2012 SWB AAA INT 21 85 .259 .324 .392 .375 101 4.8 2.5 -0.3 109 0 1.1 -0.6 1.3 0.4
2013 CHA MLB AL 30 66 .260 .318 .406 .286 99 -3.1 1.7 0.1 81 15 1.0 0.1 -1.3 0.2
2013 CHR AAA INT 16 57 .251 .317 .379 .250 97 -5.7 1.6 0.1 44 0 -0.8 0.2 -4.1 -0.3

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1997 BIL Rk PIO 279 268 53 84 13 9 7 136 41 9 47 18 8 .313 .341 .507 .194 0 0
1998 BUR A MDW 538 496 61 111 15 9 2 150 44 41 111 27 17 .224 .284 .302 .079 0 0
1999 ROK A MDW 551 502 70 127 20 13 11 206 81 42 81 35 13 .253 .319 .410 .157 0 0
2000 TOR MLB AL 24 22 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 1 0 .136 .208 .136 .000 0 0
2000 TEN AA SOU 63 56 10 14 5 2 2 29 8 7 13 3 2 .250 .333 .518 .268 0 0
2001 SYR AAA INT 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 0 1 .231 .231 .231 .000 0 0
2001 DUN A+ FSL 111 103 9 23 3 1 2 34 16 5 13 5 0 .223 .259 .330 .107 0 0
2001 TEN AA SOU 379 351 44 84 13 6 8 133 44 21 58 13 5 .239 .281 .379 .140 4 4
2002 TEN AA SOU 380 340 59 101 21 4 10 160 49 29 49 15 8 .297 .348 .471 .174 6 6
2002 TOR MLB AL 116 112 14 20 4 1 3 35 13 4 15 5 0 .179 .207 .313 .134 0 0
2003 SYR AAA INT 308 285 37 62 11 4 10 111 37 17 72 11 3 .218 .261 .389 .172 3 3
2004 MYR A+ CRL 16 16 1 4 0 1 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 .250 .250 .375 .125 0 0
2004 ATL MLB NL 175 162 24 37 9 4 6 72 17 9 28 6 1 .228 .272 .444 .216 1 2
2004 RIC AAA INT 127 118 18 37 4 6 5 68 16 5 19 5 0 .314 .331 .576 .263 4 4
2004 ROM A SAL 17 15 4 5 0 0 2 11 4 1 5 1 0 .333 .412 .733 .400 0 0
2005 TOL AAA INT 417 384 42 90 12 5 8 136 45 23 76 22 7 .234 .284 .354 .120 3 3
2006 LOU AAA INT 180 154 27 41 10 4 4 71 21 13 29 6 2 .266 .326 .461 .195 7 7
2006 CIN MLB NL 40 38 3 7 2 0 0 9 1 0 6 0 0 .184 .184 .237 .053 0 2
2006 CHT AA SOU 55 50 11 21 7 0 3 37 7 3 9 1 0 .420 .463 .740 .320 0 0
2007 RDS Rk GCL 6 6 2 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 .333 .333 .500 .167 0 0
2007 LOU AAA INT 222 207 34 52 11 7 7 98 20 8 56 8 2 .251 .281 .473 .222 4 4
2007 CIN MLB NL 6 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 .200 .333 .600 .400 0 0
2008 CHR AAA INT 222 191 39 61 14 3 9 108 23 22 32 15 7 .319 .398 .565 .246 3 3
2008 CHA MLB AL 143 129 20 32 4 2 6 58 18 8 32 9 0 .248 .293 .450 .202 2 3
2009 CHA MLB AL 153 142 17 32 8 3 2 52 11 3 27 4 5 .225 .262 .366 .141 0 4
2009 CHR AAA INT 28 27 2 9 3 1 0 14 3 1 4 0 0 .333 .357 .519 .185 0 0
2010 LEH AAA INT 146 137 17 37 11 5 4 70 13 8 27 2 2 .270 .315 .511 .241 0 0
2010 TOR MLB AL 118 112 20 28 3 2 3 44 14 4 29 4 0 .250 .282 .393 .143 0 1
2011 TOR MLB AL 32 32 4 4 0 1 2 12 2 0 15 2 0 .125 .125 .375 .250 0 0
2011 NWO AAA PCL 9 9 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .111 0 0
2011 DUN A+ FSL 13 11 4 3 2 0 1 8 2 2 2 0 0 .273 .385 .727 .455 0 0
2011 FLO MLB NL 72 67 6 16 2 0 0 18 5 3 21 4 2 .239 .278 .269 .030 1 0
2011 LVG AAA PCL 144 133 28 45 10 3 4 73 19 6 21 8 3 .338 .382 .549 .211 1 0
2012 CHR AAA INT 33 31 3 5 1 1 0 8 3 1 8 1 0 .161 .182 .258 .097 1 0
2012 SWB AAA INT 85 76 17 25 7 0 4 44 10 9 16 2 0 .329 .400 .579 .250 0 0
2012 CHA MLB AL 176 163 20 42 7 1 5 66 22 9 40 12 4 .258 .295 .405 .147 3 0
2012 NYA MLB AL 63 61 11 16 3 1 3 30 8 2 12 7 0 .262 .286 .492 .230 0 0
2013 CHR AAA INT 57 53 4 9 3 1 0 14 2 3 17 1 1 .170 .228 .264 .094 0 0
2013 CHA MLB AL 66 64 6 15 3 0 1 21 3 2 14 1 1 .234 .258 .328 .094 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 499 0.4950 0.4729 0.7797 0.6356 0.3135 0.8726 0.5949 0.2203 -0.0006
2009 560 0.4946 0.5107 0.8007 0.6101 0.4134 0.8817 0.6838 0.1993 0.0046
2010 416 0.5361 0.5168 0.7581 0.6188 0.3990 0.8623 0.5714 0.2419 -0.0006
2011 410 0.5000 0.5341 0.6621 0.6537 0.4146 0.8134 0.4235 0.3379 -0.0001
2012 909 0.5270 0.4939 0.7751 0.6451 0.3256 0.8576 0.5929 0.2249 -0.0022
2013 243 0.5226 0.4691 0.7632 0.5197 0.4138 0.8182 0.6875 0.2368 -0.0062
Career30370.51300.50010.76200.62460.36890.85600.59170.2380-0.0005

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2013-05-30 2013-08-03 15-DL 65 57 Right Thigh Strain Hamstring - -
2013-05-02 2013-05-04 DTD 2 1 - Neck Soreness - -
2013-04-26 2013-04-28 DTD 2 2 - Neck Soreness - -
2013-02-19 2013-02-23 Camp 4 0 - Neck Stiffness - -
2009-08-15 2009-09-01 15-DL 17 16 Right Shoulder Separation AC Joint -
2009-04-13 2009-05-29 15-DL 46 40 Right Shoulder Separation AC Joint -
2009-04-02 2009-04-03 Camp 1 0 General Medical Respiratory Flu -
2008-08-21 2008-09-05 15-DL 15 12 Left Groin Strain -
2008-08-01 2008-08-02 DTD 1 1 Head Concussion While Sliding Into Base -
2007-07-25 2007-08-20 Minors 26 0 Not Disclosed -
2007-07-06 2007-07-21 Minors 15 0 Not Disclosed -
2007-06-06 2007-06-26 Minors 20 0 Not Disclosed -
2006-04-06 2006-06-03 Minors 58 0 Left Ankle Recovery From Sprain -
2006-03-24 2006-04-06 Camp 13 2 Left Ankle Sprain -
2004-06-23 2004-07-15 15-DL 22 18 Left Elbow Sprain -
2004-06-09 2004-06-16 DTD 7 6 Left Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2000-06-06 2000-08-31 15-DL 86 74 Left Inflammation Big Toe - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2013 CHA $700,000
2009 CHA $550,000
2004 ATL $325,000
2000 TOR $200,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$1,775,000
5 yrTotal$1,775,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
7 y 19 d1 year/$0.7M (2013)

Details
  • 1 year/$0.7M (2013). Re-signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 11/21/12. Released by Chicago White Sox 8/3/13.
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/9/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by NY Yankees 5/4/12. DFA by NY Yankees 7/23/12. Sent outright to Triple-A 7/26/12. Released by NY Yankees 8/1/12. Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 8/3/12 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Chicago White Sox 8/11/12.
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by Florida as a free agent 1/12/11 (minor-league contract). Released by Florida 3/30/11. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 4/11/11 (minor-league contract). Released by Toronto 6/9/11. Signed by Florida as a free agent 6/14/11 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Florida 6/17/11. Claimed off waivers by Toronto 8/26/11 after being DFA by Florida 8/24/11. Refused assignment by Toronto 10/4/11.
  • 1 year (2010). Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent 11/25/09 (minor-league contract). Free agent 6/3/10 after exercising out clause. Signed by Toronto as a free agent 6/5/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Toronto 6/10/10. Refused outright assignment to Triple-A by Toronto 11/13/10.
  • 1 year/$0.55M (2009). Re-signed by White Sox 12/12/08 (avoided arbitration). Refused assignment to Triple-A by White Sox 10/9/09.
  • 1 year (2008). signed by White Sox as a free agent 3/2/08 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased 5/23/08. DFA 5/31/08, sent outright to Triple-A 6/4/08. Contract purchased 6/17/08.

2019 Preseason Forecast

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2012-07-09 14:00:00 (link to chat)Who is going to stay with the big club, Dewayne Wise or Darnell McDonald?
(Alex from Anaheim)
This probably depends at least somewhat on Brett Gardner's timetable. Wise is the better defender of the two, and McDonald's main skill -- hitting left-handed pitching -- is already covered by Andruw Jones, but McDonald may be less redundant with the other players on the roster. Now that I've talked myself in circles, my tentative guess is that McDonald hangs around. (Daniel Rathman)


BP Roundtables

DateRoundtable NameComment
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesRandom fact #3: Dewayne Wise's home run today was his 16th in the big leagues. They have come off 15 different pitchers who have a combined record of 736-713; the winningest of the bunch being Jeff Weaver with 93. Wise homered off Brian Bannister twice this season. (David Laurila)
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesDeWayne Wise gets his revenge on this roundtable with a three-run bomb. (Kevin Goldstein)
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesAnd now Reynolds is discussing bunting techniques. I said this when he was at ESPN...when he's discussing the mechanics of playing baseball, he's excellent. So's Morgan. So's Hershiser on pitching. It's when these guys start talking about value that I grind my teeth. But on mechanics...good stuff.

BTW, you don't bunt with two on and none out in front of Orlando Cabrera and DeWayne Wise. Not when your whole MO is three-run homers. Bad play.
(Joe Sheehan)
2008-10-02 11:00:00Thursday Playoff GamesI still don't get the fascination with DeWayne Wise. Did Nick Swisher badmouth Venezuela?

And if you're going to play Wise, doesn't he have to be in center field? This is like the maximum possible error for using these three players.

I really do like Ozzie Guillen as a manager, but this is just inexplicable.
(Joe Sheehan)
2008-09-30 16:30:00Twins/White Sox Play-In GameCaleb, to get DeWayne Wise out. It's very important to have the platoon advantage against DeWayne Wise.

Rather than Jim Thome. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-09-30 16:30:00Twins/White Sox Play-In Game"benrosenberg02 (boston): Why Wise and not Swisher?"

I don't know, and frankly, the whole issue is getting a little weird. The White Sox are playing DeWayne Wise, and using Ken Griffey Jr. in center field, while benching Nick Swisher...and they're eight innings from the playoffs. (Joe Sheehan)
 

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