Butch Wynegar

Full Name: Harold Delano Wynegar	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/190	First Game: April 9, 1976
Birthdate: March 14, 1956	Final Game: May 24, 1988
Birthplace: York, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 13 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Butch Wynegar (Harold Delano Wynegar) was born on March 14, 1956 in York, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on April 9, 1976 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1976, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 10 home runs and 69 RBI. Wynegar played for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees and California Angels over the course of his 13 year career.

Currently he is the hitting coach for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Most people believe that Butch Wynegar's best season was 1977, when he knocked in 79 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1976	MIN	A	149	534	58	139	10	69	.260	.356	.363	21	2	79	63	2	4	0	7	14
1977	MIN	A	144	532	76	139	10	79	.261	.344	.370	22	3	68	61	2	10	2	5	11
1978	MIN	A	135	454	36	104	4	45	.229	.307	.308	22	1	47	42	6	11	1	2	7
1979	MIN	A	149	504	74	136	7	57	.270	.363	.351	20	0	74	36	2	11	2	5	13
1980	MIN	A	146	486	61	124	5	57	.255	.339	.335	18	3	63	36	2	7	3	6	9
1981	MIN	A	47	150	11	37	0	10	.247	.322	.280	5	0	17	9	1	1	0	2	7
1982	NY	A	63	191	27	56	3	20	.293	.413	.393	8	1	40	21	1	7	0	1	7
1982	MIN	A	24	86	9	18	1	8	.209	.292	.291	4	0	10	12	0	0	0	1	2
1982	TOT	A	87	277	36	74	4	28	.267	.378	.361	12	1	50	33	1	7	0	2	9
1983	NY	A	94	301	40	89	6	42	.296	.399	.429	18	2	52	29	1	1	1	1	7
1984	NY	A	129	442	48	118	6	45	.267	.360	.342	13	1	65	35	0	4	1	6	18
1985	NY	A	102	309	27	69	5	32	.223	.356	.320	15	0	64	43	0	1	0	2	11
1986	NY	A	61	194	19	40	7	29	.206	.310	.345	4	1	30	21	0	0	0	2	9
1987	CAL	A	31	92	4	19	0	5	.207	.277	.228	2	0	9	13	0	1	0	0	2
1988	CAL	A	27	55	8	14	1	8	.255	.338	.418	4	1	8	7	0	0	0	1	2
Total			1301	4330	498	1102	65	506	.255	.348	.347	176	15	626	428	17	58	10	41	119

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1976	MIN	A	C	137	133	1181	650	78	16	6	10	113	62	3	.978
1976	MIN	A	DH	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	MIN	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	MIN	A	C	142	138	1247	676	84	5	8	10	81	60	4	.993
1978	MIN	A	C	131	121	1105.1	582	70	8	12	6	71	57	0	.988
1978	MIN	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	MIN	A	C	146	139	1240.2	653	65	6	10	5	57	64	1	.992
1979	MIN	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	MIN	A	C	142	133	1211	670	72	9	13	5	61	49	2	.988
1981	MIN	A	C	37	36	309.1	162	24	1	4	0	29	19	0	.995
1981	MIN	A	DH	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1982	NY	A	C	62	59	539	395	17	3	6	2	36	19	0	.993
1982	MIN	A	C	24	23	210.1	128	9	2	4	1	20	6	0	.986
1982	TOT	A	C	86	82	749.1	523	26	5	10	3	56	25	0	.991
1983	NY	A	C	93	83	769	480	29	8	4	5	58	37	2	.985
1984	NY	A	C	126	117	1068	757	59	6	9	6	70	41	1	.993
1985	NY	A	C	98	90	813.2	547	34	6	7	3	52	32	0	.990
1986	NY	A	C	57	52	470.2	325	22	2	1	6	34	15	0	.994
1987	CAL	A	C	28	25	211.1	162	12	1	3	1	17	9	0	.994
1987	CAL	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	CAL	A	C	26	15	144.2	94	8	2	1	1	9	8	0	.981
Total			DH	28	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	1249	1164	10521	6281	583	75	88	61	708	478	13	.989

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Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1974).
Traded by Minnesota Twins with Roger Erickson to New York Yankees in exchange for John Pacella, Larry Milbourne, Pete Filson and cash (May 12, 1982).
Granted free agency (November 2, 1985).
Signed by New York Yankees (January 8, 1986).
Traded by New York Yankees to California Angels in exchange for Ron Romanick and a player to be named later (December 19, 1986); New York Yankees received Alan Mills (June 22, 1987).
Granted free agency (January 22, 1988).
Signed by California Angels (February 9, 1988).
Released by California Angels (October 6, 1988).

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