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Wayne Terwilliger

American baseball player and coach (1925–2021)

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Also known as Willard Wayne Terwilliger

Born: June 27, 1925
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Died: February 3, 2021
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Birthplace: Clare
Place of death: Weatherford
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
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, basketball player
Education: Western Michigan University
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Overview

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Willard Wayne Terwilliger, nicknamed "Twig", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1960 for the Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, New York Giants, and Kansas City Athletics.

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MLB batting stats — season by season

10 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1949	Chicago Cubs	36	112	11	25	2	1	2	10	0	16	22	.223	.326	.313	.638
1950	Chicago Cubs	133	480	63	116	22	3	10	32	13	43	63	.242	.311	.363	.673
1951	Chicago Cubs	50	192	26	41	6	0	0	10	3	29	21	.214	.317	.245	.562
1951	Brooklyn Dodgers	37	50	11	14	1	0	0	4	1	8	7	.280	.390	.300	.690
1953	Washington Senators	134	464	62	117	24	4	4	46	7	64	65	.252	.343	.347	.690
1954	Washington Senators	106	337	42	70	10	1	3	24	3	32	40	.208	.282	.270	.552
1955	New York Giants	80	257	29	66	16	1	1	18	2	36	42	.257	.348	.339	.686
1956	New York Giants	14	18	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.278	.500
1959	Kansas City Athletics	74	180	27	48	11	0	2	18	2	19	31	.267	.335	.361	.696
1960	Kansas City Athletics	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		666	2,091	271	501	93	10	22	162	31	247	296	.240	.323	.325	.648

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Washington Senators(1953–1954)
Chicago Cubs(1949–1951)
Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball(1947–1948)
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Given name: Wayne
Position played on team / speciality: second baseman
Sport: baseball
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basketball
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1.Stated in College Basketball at Sports-Reference.comRetrieved 2020-07-28
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League: Major League Baseball
NCAA Division I men's basketball(1947–1948)
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Family name: Terwilliger

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