Born on May 19, 1967 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Turk Wendell (Steven John Wendell) played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 11 year career. Wendell broke into the bigs on June 17, 1993 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 4.92 ERA in 60.1 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Turk Wendell's best season was 1996, when he posted a 2.84 ERA, notched 18 saves and struck out 75 batters.
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1993
CHI
N
7
4
1
2
4.37
15
13
11
0
0
0
22.2
24
0
8
1
1
0
1994
CHI
N
6
2
0
1
11.93
9
20
19
0
0
0
14.1
22
3
10
1
1
0
1995
CHI
N
43
0
3
1
4.92
50
35
33
0
0
0
60.1
71
11
24
4
1
2
1996
CHI
N
70
0
4
5
2.84
75
26
25
0
0
18
79.1
58
8
44
4
3
3
1997
NY
N
13
0
0
0
4.96
10
10
9
0
0
1
16.1
15
3
14
1
0
1
1997
CHI
N
52
0
3
5
4.20
54
32
28
0
0
4
60
53
4
39
5
4
1
1997
TOT
N
65
0
3
5
4.36
64
42
37
0
0
5
76.1
68
7
53
6
4
2
1998
NY
N
66
0
5
1
2.93
58
25
25
0
0
4
76.2
62
4
33
9
1
2
1999
NY
N
80
0
5
4
3.05
77
31
29
0
0
3
85.2
80
9
37
8
2
2
2000
NY
N
77
0
8
6
3.59
73
36
33
0
0
1
82.2
60
9
41
7
0
5
2001
PHI
N
21
0
0
2
7.47
15
13
13
0
0
0
15.2
21
4
12
3
1
1
2001
NY
N
49
0
4
3
3.51
41
23
20
0
0
1
51.1
42
8
22
6
1
3
2001
TOT
N
70
0
4
5
4.43
56
36
33
0
0
1
67
63
12
34
9
2
4
2003
PHI
N
56
0
3
3
3.38
27
24
24
0
0
1
64
54
6
28
5
1
6
2004
COL
N
12
0
0
0
7.02
11
13
13
0
0
0
16.2
21
4
12
1
1
2
Total
552
6
36
33
3.93
515
301
282
0
0
33
645.2
583
73
324
55
17
28
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1993
CHI
N
P
7
4
22.2
7
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1.000
1994
CHI
N
P
6
2
14.1
1
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1.000
1995
CHI
N
P
43
0
60.1
9
12
1
2
0
2
4
5
1
.955
1996
CHI
N
P
70
0
79.1
9
9
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1.000
1997
NY
N
P
13
0
16.1
3
3
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1.000
1997
CHI
N
P
52
0
60
3
10
2
0
0
0
4
2
1
.867
1997
TOT
N
P
65
0
76.1
6
13
2
2
0
0
5
3
1
.905
1998
NY
N
P
66
0
76.2
5
12
1
0
0
2
9
1
2
.944
1999
NY
N
P
80
0
85.2
4
6
2
0
0
0
5
5
2
.833
2000
NY
N
P
77
0
82.2
12
10
2
0
0
2
5
2
5
.917
2001
PHI
N
P
21
0
15.2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2001
NY
N
P
49
0
51.1
8
5
0
1
0
0
5
1
1
1.000
2001
TOT
N
P
70
0
67
11
7
0
1
0
0
5
1
1
1.000
2003
PHI
N
P
56
0
64
3
11
0
1
0
0
3
1
1
1.000
2004
COL
N
P
12
0
16.2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1.000
Total
P
552
6
645.2
69
86
8
7
0
10
41
20
14
.951
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1993
CHI
N
7
7
0
1
0
0
.143
.143
.143
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1994
CHI
N
6
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.333
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1995
CHI
N
43
7
0
0
0
0
.000
.125
.000
0
0
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
1996
CHI
N
70
2
0
1
0
0
.500
.667
.500
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1997
NY
N
13
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1997
CHI
N
52
3
1
0
0
0
.000
.250
.000
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1997
TOT
N
65
5
1
0
0
0
.000
.167
.000
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
1998
NY
N
66
4
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1999
NY
N
80
6
0
0
0
0
.000
.143
.000
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
2000
NY
N
77
4
0
1
0
0
.250
.250
.250
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
PHI
N
21
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
NY
N
49
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2001
TOT
N
70
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2003
PHI
N
56
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2004
COL
N
12
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Total
552
43
1
3
0
0
.070
.167
.070
0
0
5
19
0
1
0
0
1
Transactions[]
Selected by Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1988 - signed June 4, 1988).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Yorkis Perez to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Mike Bielecki and Damon Berryhill (September 29, 1991).
Traded by Chicago Cubs with Brian McRae and Mel Rojas to New York Mets in exchange for Lance Johnson and 2 players to be named later (August 8, 1997); Chicago Cubs received Mark Clark (August 11, 1997) and Manny Alexander (August 14, 1997).
Granted free agency (November 3, 2000).
Signed by New York Mets (December 6, 2000).
Traded by New York Mets with Dennis Cook to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bruce Chen and Adam Walker (July 27, 2001).