Turk Wendell Stats

Turk Wendell was born on Friday, May 19, 1967, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Wendell was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 17, 1993, with the Chicago Cubs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Turk Wendell baseball stats page.

"I've always been my own person. I think a lot of people don't have the courage to be themselves. That's just the way I am. I was a loner in high school, but I wouldn't change just to fit in with everyone else. People used to compare me all the time to Mark Fidrych, with the way he'd talk to the ball and everything. I used to resent it, because I thought he did it for a show. This spring, someone who knew Mark told me that he was really that way, that it was not an act. That made me respect him a lot, with the way he was and the success he had." - Wendell, Turk. Turk Wendell Is Throwback To Fidrych. The Seattle Time. 29 March 1992.

Birth Name:	Steven John Wendell
Nickname:	Turk
Born On:	05-19-1967 (Taurus)
Born In:	Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Died On:	Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Wahconah High School (Wahconah, MA)
College:	Quinnipiac College
Bats:	Left	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-02	Weight:	205
First Game:	06-17-1993 (Age 26)
Last Game:	05-13-2004
Draft:	1988 : 5th Round (112th)

Turk Wendell Turk Wendell Pitching Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
1993	26	Cubs	7	4	1	1	2	.333	4.37	0	0	0	22.2	98	24	11	13	0	8	1	15	1	0	1	-
1994	27	Cubs	6	2	1	0	1	.000	11.93	0	0	0	14.1	76	22	19	20	3	10	1	9	1	0	0	-
1995	28	Cubs	43	0	17	3	1	.750	4.92	0	0	0	60.1	270	71	33	35	11	24	4	50	1	2	0	-
1996	29	Cubs	70	0	49	4	5	.444	2.84	0	0	18	79.1	339	58	25	26	8	44	4	75	3	3	2	-
1997	30	Cubs	52	0	18	3	5	.375	4.20	0	0	4	60.0	269	53	28	32	4	39	5	54	4	1	0	-
1997	30	Mets	13	0	3	0	0	.000	4.96	0	0	1	16.1	76	15	9	10	3	14	1	10	0	1	0	-
1998	31	Mets	66	0	17	5	1	.833	2.93	0	0	4	76.2	319	62	25	25	4	33	9	58	1	2	0	-
1999	32	Mets	80	0	14	5	5	.500	3.05	0	0	3	85.2	369	80	29	31	9	37	8	77	2	2	1	21
2000	33	Mets	77	0	17	8	6	.571	3.59	0	0	1	82.2	346	60	33	36	9	41	7	73	0	5	1	16
2001	34	Mets	49	0	14	4	3	.571	3.51	0	0	1	51.1	218	42	20	23	8	22	6	41	1	3	0	6
2001	34	Phillies	21	0	8	0	2	.000	7.47	0	0	0	15.2	79	21	13	13	4	12	3	15	1	1	0	8
2003	36	Phillies	56	0	20	3	3	.500	3.38	0	0	1	64.0	273	54	24	24	6	28	5	27	1	6	0	8
2004	37	Rockies	12	0	5	0	0	.000	7.02	0	0	0	16.2	80	21	13	13	4	12	1	11	1	2	0	0
Career			G	GS	GF	W	L	PCT	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	BFP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HB	BK	HLD
11 Years			552	6	184	36	34	.514	3.93	0	0	33	645.2	2,812	583	282	301	73	324	55	515	17	28	5	59

Turk Wendell Turk Wendell Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1993	26	Cubs	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143
1994	27	Cubs	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000
1995	28	Cubs	43	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000
1996	29	Cubs	70	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.667	.500
1997	30	Cubs	52	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000
1997	30	Mets	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1998	31	Mets	66	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1999	32	Mets	80	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000
2000	33	Mets	77	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250
2001	34	Mets	49	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2001	34	Phillies	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2003	36	Phillies	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2004	37	Rockies	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
11 Years			552	43	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	19	1	0	0	1	.070	.167	.070

Turk Wendell Turk Wendell Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1993 Cubs	P	7	4	68	8	1.1	8	7	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.18
1994 Cubs	P	6	2	43	4	0.7	4	1	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.51
1995 Cubs	P	43	0	181	22	0.5	21	9	12	1	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.955	3.13
1996 Cubs	P	70	0	238	18	0.3	18	9	9	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.04
1997 Cubs	P	52	0	180	15	0.3	13	3	10	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.867	1.95
1997 Mets	P	13	0	49	6	0.5	6	3	3	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.31
1998 Mets	P	66	0	230	18	0.3	17	5	12	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.00
1999 Mets	P	80	0	257	12	0.2	10	4	6	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.833	1.05
2000 Mets	P	77	0	248	25	0.3	23	12	11	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	2.50
2001 Mets	P	49	0	154	13	0.3	13	8	5	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.28
2001 Phillies	P	21	0	47	5	0.2	5	3	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.87
2003 Phillies	P	56	0	192	14	0.3	14	3	11	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.97
2004 Rockies	P	12	0	50	4	0.3	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.16
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
P Totals		552	6	1,937	164	0.3	156	69	87	8	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.951	2.17
11 Years		552	6	1,937	164	0.3	156	69	87	8	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.951	2.17

Turk Wendell Turk Wendell Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1993 Cubs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.88	5.96	3.18
1994 Cubs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.90	5.65	6.28
1995 Cubs	0	0	.000	0	0	n/a	0.0	1.4	0.0	2.08	7.46	3.58
1996 Cubs	0	0	.000	0	1	n/a	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.70	8.51	4.99
1997 Cubs	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.38	8.10	5.85
1997 Mets	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.71	5.51	7.71
1998 Mets	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.76	6.81	3.87
1999 Mets	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.08	8.09	3.89
2000 Mets	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.78	7.95	4.46
2001 Mets	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.86	7.19	3.86
2001 Phillies	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.25	8.62	6.89
2003 Phillies	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.96	3.80	3.94
2004 Rockies	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.92	5.94	6.48
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
11 Years	0	0	.000	0	1	0	0.0	2.3	0.0	1.59	7.18	4.52

Turk Wendell Turk Wendell Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1993 Chicago Cubs	13	$109,000.00	-	-
1994 Chicago Cubs	13	$113,200.00	-	n/a
1995 Chicago Cubs	13	$119,250.00	-	-
1996 Chicago Cubs	13	$184,000.00	-	-
1997 Chicago Cubs	13	$400,000.00	-	-
1997 New York Mets	99	" "	-	-
1998 New York Mets	99	$661,500.00	-	-
1999 New York Mets	99	$1,214,998.00	-	-
2000 New York Mets	99	$2,050,014.00	-	Stats
2001 New York Mets	99	$3,100,000.00	-	-
2001 Philadelphia Phillies	13	" "	-	-
2003 Philadelphia Phillies	13	$3,350,000.00	-	-
2004 Colorado Rockies	99	$3,100,000.00	-	-
Turk Wendell Stats by Baseball Almanac

Who are the 10 MOST SUPERSTITIOUS ATHLETES? Ryan Murphy from Men's Fitness magazine wrote a great piece and included: 10. Michael Jordan, 9. Bjorn Borg, 8. Kevin Rhomberg, 7. Serena Williams, 6. Jason Terry, 5. Wade Boggs, 4. Patrick Roy, 3. Jason Giambi, 2. Lyoto Machida, and 1. Turk Wendell. An excerpt, "To put it bluntly, former New York Mets reliever Turk Wendell was a full-blown maniac when it came to superstition. A shortlist of the right hander's many eccentricities includes always leaping over the baselines when walking to the mound, chewing black licorice while pitching and brushing his teeth between innings. The Massachusetts native would also wear a necklace decorated with the sharp teeth of wild animals he had hunted and killed. Wendell's quirks extended off the field, too. In 2000, the reliever asked that the New York Mets make his contract for $9,999,999.99, in honor of his uniform number of 99."

In The New York Journal of Style and Medicine, Dr. Vasey interviewed Turk Wendell about his Tommy John Surgery and asked him about being superstitious, "Some of your legacy is certainly related to your personality and superstitious-like behavior on the field. What sort of things did you routinely do on or off the field? How and when did that become a part of you as a player?" Wendell replied:

"Being superstitious is something that was a label put on me early in my career because of my "ROUTINE". Each and every successful MLB player has a routine in which they follow each and every day. They may alter that every once in awhile, but for the most part they have one. This is accomplished through success and failure. We has humans are very habitual. When things work we keep doing it that way, when they don't, we stop!

"In high school, I stepped on the foul line when taking the field, I gave up some runs that inning. From that point on I never wanted to step on the foul line again. Bottom line, these things, ROUTINES, put us in a comfort zone. The more comfortable one feels the better he/she will perform in whatever it is they are doing. If you don't shower or brush your teeth when you wake up in the morning, the whole day you don't feel that good. It will affect your day someway, somehow, your performance will suffer. As a MLB player you have to reach the highest level you can each and every day unlike in any other sport with a 162 game schedule and another 30 in Spring Training. You ask any successful MLB player and I assure you he had a routine."

Why did Turk Wendell draw three crosses on the mound before each game? "I pray for three things, and I draw a cross for each one: To play to the best of my ability, (to be) injury free and to win." Why does Turk Wendell wave at the centerfielder before he steps onto the mound? "My buddy back in high school played centerfield, and I used to yell to him to make sure the outfielders were ready and the rest of the team was ready."