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Willie
Wozniak		  
Nickname: Wizard of Woz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 2, 1908 in Chicago, IL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
GOLD GLOVE AWARD 1931    1934    1941   
All-Star Selections 1934    1936   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won BATTER OF THE YEAR or ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1929 20 AAA   57 208 31 46 5 1 3 25 8 0 46 26 .221 .362 .298 .660 29.0  
    AA   77 271 52 109 9 2 5 34 20 4 65 22 .402 .518 .506 1.023 71.1  
1930 21 SLA AL 74 284 50 79 12 5 4 27 6 2 48 22 .278 .383 .398 .781 45.6 7.3
    AAA   14 50 13 20 3 0 6 13 2 0 11 4 .400 .508 .820 1.328 17.5  
    AA   59 204 28 63 4 3 3 20 4 0 46 18 .309 .436 .402 .838 39.6  
1931 22 SLA AL 145 566 91 151 27 5 3 45 16 5 74 77 .267 .356 .348 .704 73.4 12.1
1932 23 SLA AL 149 540 87 148 21 7 7 60 19 12 99 55 .274 .388 .378 .765 85.3 14.8
1933 24 SLA AL 87 139 27 53 8 0 2 25 3 3 28 12 .381 .488 .482 .970 28.9 7.9
1934 25 CIN NL 150 542 114 167 18 8 7 85 30 7 110 70 .308 .424 .410 .834 103.6 19.0
1935 26 CIN NL 153 550 112 152 22 6 3 83 37 10 119 65 .276 .409 .355 .763 95.3 17.1
1936 27 CIN NL 147 561 99 174 25 3 5 75 28 16 100 74 .310 .421 .392 .813 96.1 14.2
1937 28 CIN NL 147 536 101 144 20 4 6 59 27 17 99 63 .269 .383 .354 .738 77.6 11.4
1938 29 CIN NL 146 480 77 126 15 3 2 81 14 12 126 72 .263 .414 .319 .733 75.3 12.3
1939 30 CIN NL 150 528 93 166 25 2 5 74 19 8 114 59 .314 .437 .398 .835 97.0 20.0
1940 31 CIN NL 149 565 89 143 20 1 9 56 14 7 104 83 .253 .368 .340 .708 76.3 12.1
1941 32 CIN NL 149 569 104 156 19 7 6 63 19 9 107 71 .274 .393 .364 .756 88.9 19.9
1942 33 PHA AL 125 459 71 113 4 3 3 37 24 12 98 62 .246 .377 .288 .664 62.4 7.5
  CIN NL 19 53 12 11 1 1 2 4 3 1 14 12 .208 .368 .377 .745 9.2 1.7
  TOT   144 512 83 124 5 4 5 41 27 13 112 74 .242 .376 .297 .672 71.6 9.2
1943 34 PHA AL 130 384 54 96 9 0 5 28 14 7 98 75 .250 .405 .313 .717 60.3 11.7
1944 35 PHA AL 145 536 83 132 8 3 4 34 3 0 91 78 .246 .359 .295 .654 65.7 9.8
1945 36 PHA AL 123 397 74 93 7 1 0 27 4 3 93 46 .234 .383 .257 .640 51.5 7.1
1946 37 AAA   33 68 9 4 1 0 0 8 3 0 28 14 .059 .333 .074 .407 6.1  
16 Years Sim 2188 7689 1338 2104 261 59 73 863 280 131 1522 996 .274 .395 .351 .747 1192.6 205.8
3 Years AAA 104 326 53 70 9 1 9 46 13 0 85 44 .215 .378 .331 .709 52.6  
2 Years AA 136 475 80 172 13 5 8 54 24 4 111 40 .362 .481 .461 .943 110.8  
5 Years Minors 240 801 133 242 22 6 17 100 37 4 196 84 .302 .439 .408 .847 163.4  
162 Game Average 569 99 155 19 4 5 63 20 9 112 73 .274 .395 .351 .747 88.3  
Career Highs 153 569 114 174 27 8 9 85 37 17 126 83 .381 .488 .482 .970 103.6  
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   5318 937 1491 188 43 48 590 191 96 1047 676 .280 .401 .359 .760 847.4
vs LH   2371 401 613 73 16 25 273 89 35 475 320 .259 .383 .334 .718 352.3
Home 1103 3783 689 1046 146 33 33 427 146 65 767 490 .277 .400 .359 .759 607.5
Away 1085 3906 649 1058 115 26 40 436 134 66 755 506 .271 .391 .344 .735 592.2
RISP   1730 0 510 56 11 18 731 0 0 378 223 .295 .420 .371 .791 301.6
Pinch Hitting   93 20 32 1 0 2 24 2 1 25 14 .344 .487 .419 .907 20.8
Close/Late   785 123 227 30 4 12 94 0 0 180 95 .289 .423 .383 .806 141.2
Mar/Apr 212 770 124 199 25 4 9 116 36 10 129 94 .258 .367 .336 .704 107.9
May 407 1432 253 375 45 8 13 142 42 20 280 181 .262 .383 .332 .715 208.8
June 370 1309 238 369 46 7 11 145 52 24 277 181 .282 .409 .353 .762 214.4
July 411 1461 252 404 50 13 13 140 55 30 278 183 .277 .394 .355 .749 225.6
August 418 1472 253 428 56 20 7 172 53 24 299 188 .291 .413 .370 .783 247.0
Sep/Oct 368 1245 218 329 39 7 20 148 42 23 259 169 .264 .393 .355 .748 196.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won GOLD GLOVE AWARD.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 21 SLA AL SS 74 71 635.3 98 280 14 52 .964 5.35 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1931 22 SLA AL SS 134 133 1186.7 197 491 17 87 .976 5.22 0 0 .000 0 7.6
    3B 6 5 45.0 4 13 1 0 .944 3.40 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 1 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 1 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1932 23 SLA AL SS 142 140 1219.7 208 447 20 87 .970 4.83 0 0 .000 0 8.9
    2B 2 0 7.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1933 24 SLA AL 3B 59 6 158.3 21 36 1 1 .983 3.24 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    SS 13 13 106.7 18 46 2 8 .970 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 4 0 13.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 6.92 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1934 25 CIN NL SS 145 140 1226.3 225 567 23 116 .972 5.81 0 0 .000 0 8.2
    2B 2 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 26 CIN NL SS 148 141 1257.0 182 495 27 87 .962 4.85 0 0 .000 0 5.0
    2B 4 0 9.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 27 CIN NL SS 145 141 1240.7 197 525 19 98 .974 5.24 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 28 CIN NL SS 144 140 1229.7 189 479 25 94 .964 4.89 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 29 CIN NL SS 141 139 1237.3 201 528 25 83 .967 5.30 0 0 .000 0 7.7
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1939 30 CIN NL SS 145 144 1272.0 220 530 26 85 .966 5.31 0 0 .000 0 9.7
    2B 4 0 11.3 1 3 0 2 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 31 CIN NL SS 145 144 1278.7 192 549 29 105 .962 5.22 0 0 .000 0 6.4
1941 32 CIN NL SS 142 140 1223.7 233 575 29 112 .965 5.94 0 0 .000 0 7.3
    2B 5 4 38.0 6 25 1 3 .969 7.34 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1942 33 PHA AL SS 123 117 1075.1 169 422 29 71 .953 4.95 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    3B 1 0 4.5 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CIN NL SS 19 18 129.9 20 51 3 9 .959 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 142 135 1205.0 189 473 32 80 .954 4.94   5.9
      3B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1943 34 PHA AL SS 120 113 949.0 163 378 17 60 .970 5.13 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    2B 6 1 17.7 6 10 1 2 .941 8.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 1 9.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1944 35 PHA AL SS 145 144 1221.0 193 481 29 80 .959 4.97 0 0 .000 0 3.8
1945 36 PHA AL SS 121 120 995.0 177 364 19 70 .966 4.89 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2046 1998 17483.6 2882 7208 353 1304 .966 5.19 0 0 .000 0 94.9
  3B 74 12 230.0 28 55 2 3 .976 3.25 0 0 .000 0 1.4
  2B 33 5 105.7 22 53 2 11 .974 6.39 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  C 1 0 7.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 1 0.0
Career Totals   2154 2015 17826.3 2937 7316 357 1318 .966 5.18 0 0 .000 1 96.9
Career Highs   153 144 1283.3 239 600 32 116 .978 5.98 0 0 .000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1934 25 CIN NL 5 19 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .263 .300 .316 .616
1939 30 CIN NL 6 22 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 5 .227 .452 .227 .679
Career Post-Season Batting 11 41 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 1 10 9 .244 .392 .268 .660
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.
On-Base Pct
1932-7-.388
1934-2-.424
1935-5-.409
1936-8-.421
1938-3-.414
1939-2-.437
1941-9-.393
1942-10-.377
1943-2-.405
1945-8-.383
 OPS
1934-6-.834
 OPS+
1934-6-133
 Secondary Average
1932-8-0.3
1934-3-0.347
1935-4-0.344
1938-8-0.323
1943-5-0.336
 XR
1934-2-103.6
1935-7-95.3
1936-10-96.1
1939-7-97.0
1941-9-88.9
 Games
1932-3-149
1934-1-150
1935-1-153
1936-7-147
1937-10-147
1939-2-150
1940-4-149
1941-3-149
At-Bats
1931-8-566
1936-7-561
1940-6-565
1941-5-569
 Runs
1931-8-91
1934-1-114
1935-4-112
1936-10-99
1937-10-101
1940-7-89
1941-2-104
 Hits
1934-10-167
1936-9-174
 Walks
1931-4-74
1932-1-99
1934-2-110
1935-2-119
1936-4-100
1937-5-99
1938-1-126
1939-2-114
1940-3-104
1941-2-107
1942-4-98
1943-2-98
1944-4-91
1945-3-93
 Times on Base
1931-9-230
1932-3-250
1934-1-280
1935-2-278
1936-3-283
1938-8-256
1939-3-284
1940-5-248
1941-2-267
 Singles
1936-8-141
1939-9-134
Triples
1934-10-8
 Stolen Bases
1935-5-37
1936-9-28
1937-10-27
1939-9-19
 Caught Stealing
1936-7-16
1937-4-17
1938-6-12
 Stolen Base Percentage
1934-3-81
1935-3-79
1936-10-64
1938-10-0
1939-9-0
1940-8-0
 Strikeouts
1931-3-77
1932-9-55
1934-8-70
1935-7-65
1936-1-74
1937-8-63
1938-2-72
1940-2-83
1941-3-71
1943-1-75
1944-3-78
 Base on Ball per Strikeout
1930-5-2.2
1932-4-1.8
1935-9-1.8
1945-3-2
Home Run Value
1940-9-0.8
 Power Speed Number
1934-7-11.4
1940-10-11
 Offensive Win Shares
1934-8-18.6
1939-4-20
1941-4-20.1
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 31)
   Gray Ink Test: 86    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 177)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 52    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 57)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Clarence Snyder (888)
  2. Richard Parrott (863)
  3. Scrippo Hazmaty (844)
  4. Corbin Slaybuck (843)
  5. Artemas Hane (834)
  6. Bob Tcherkezian (825)
  7. Jack Stack (818)
  8. Felix Gaeta (817)
  9. Lionel Geary (813)
  10. Skipper Quincy (810)
History
Injured on 6/30/1929 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 7/1/1930, off Pryor Baird (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/1930, off Andrew Wiggins (DET)
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1931
Traded from St. Louis (A) to Cincinnati on 3/1/1934 (Going to CIN: SS Willie Wozniak, P Stu Hunsacker. Going to SLA: P Marvelous Maxwell)
Injured on 3/27/1934 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 1934 Allstar game
Won GOLD GLOVE AWARD at Shortstop in 1934
 
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