John Wetteland
[edit] Biography
Born on August 21, 1966 in San Mateo, California, John Wetteland (John Karl Wetteland) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers over the course of his 12 year career. Wetteland broke into the bigs on May 31, 1989 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 3.77 ERA in 102.2 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.
Most people believe that John Wetteland's best season was 1993, when he posted a 1.37 ERA, notched 43 saves and struck out 113 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1989
| LA
| N
| 31
| 12
| 5
| 8
| 3.77
| 96
| 46
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 102.2
| 81
| 8
| 34
| 4
| 16
| 0
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| 22
| 5
| 2
| 4
| 4.81
| 36
| 28
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 44
| 6
| 17
| 3
| 8
| 4
|
| 1991
| LA
| N
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1992
| MON
| N
| 67
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 2.92
| 99
| 27
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 83.1
| 64
| 6
| 36
| 3
| 4
| 4
|
| 1993
| MON
| N
| 70
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 1.37
| 113
| 17
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 85.1
| 58
| 3
| 28
| 3
| 7
| 2
|
| 1994
| MON
| N
| 52
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 2.83
| 68
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 63.2
| 46
| 5
| 21
| 4
| 0
| 3
|
| 1995
| NY
| A
| 60
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2.93
| 66
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 61.1
| 40
| 6
| 14
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1996
| NY
| A
| 62
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 2.83
| 69
| 23
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 63.2
| 54
| 9
| 21
| 4
| 1
| 0
|
| 1997
| TEX
| A
| 61
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 1.94
| 63
| 18
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 65
| 43
| 5
| 21
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 1998
| TEX
| A
| 63
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 2.03
| 72
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 62
| 47
| 6
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1999
| TEX
| A
| 62
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 3.68
| 60
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 43
| 66
| 67
| 9
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| TEX
| A
| 62
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 4.20
| 53
| 35
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 60
| 67
| 10
| 24
| 2
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 248
| 17
| 25
| 25
| 2.93
| 421
| 142
| 126
| 0
| 0
| 106
| 387
| 298
| 28
| 139
| 17
| 36
| 14
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 370
| 0
| 23
| 20
| 2.93
| 383
| 145
| 123
| 0
| 0
| 224
| 378
| 318
| 45
| 113
| 13
| 4
| 2
|
| Total
|
|
| 618
| 17
| 48
| 45
| 2.93
| 804
| 287
| 249
| 0
| 0
| 330
| 765
| 616
| 73
| 252
| 30
| 40
| 16
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1989
| LA
| N
| P
| 31
| 12
| 102.2
| 5
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 4
| 0
| .867
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| P
| 22
| 5
| 43
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 1
| .800
|
| 1991
| LA
| N
| P
| 6
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1992
| MON
| N
| P
| 67
| 0
| 83.1
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 14
| 3
| 0
| .929
|
| 1993
| MON
| N
| P
| 70
| 0
| 85.1
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 2
| 0
| .667
|
| 1994
| MON
| N
| P
| 52
| 0
| 63.2
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1995
| NY
| A
| P
| 60
| 0
| 61.1
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 1
| 0
| .833
|
| 1996
| NY
| A
| P
| 62
| 0
| 63.2
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| TEX
| A
| P
| 61
| 0
| 65
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| TEX
| A
| P
| 63
| 0
| 62
| 2
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1999
| TEX
| A
| P
| 62
| 0
| 66
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| .875
|
| 2000
| TEX
| A
| P
| 62
| 0
| 60
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 618
| 17
| 765
| 27
| 60
| 12
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 76
| 18
| 1
| .879
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1989
| LA
| N
| 31
| 21
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .143
| .143
| .190
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| LA
| N
| 22
| 7
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 3
| .143
| .143
| .571
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| LA
| N
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| MON
| N
| 67
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| MON
| N
| 70
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| MON
| N
| 52
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .250
| .250
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| NY
| A
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| NY
| A
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| TEX
| A
| 61
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 2.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| TEX
| A
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| TEX
| A
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| TEX
| A
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 248
| 41
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 7
| .146
| .146
| .244
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 370
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 2.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 618
| 42
| 4
| 7
| 1
| 8
| .167
| .167
| .286
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by New York Mets in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1984).
- Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 3, 1985 - signed May 25, 1985).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers from Los Angeles Dodgers in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 7, 1987).
- Returned to Los Angeles Dodgers (March 29, 1988).
- Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with Tim Belcher to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Eric Davis and Kip Gross (November 27, 1991).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Bill Risley to Montreal Expos in exchange for Dave Martinez, Scott Ruskin and Willie Greene (December 11, 1991).
- Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Yankees in exchange for Fernando Seguignol and cash (April 5, 1995).
- Granted free agency (November 5, 1996).
- Signed by Texas Rangers (December 17, 1996).
- Granted free agency (November 1, 2000).
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