Ty Wigginton

Full Name: Ty Allen Wigginton Primary Position: 3B,2B Height/Weight: 6' 0"/200 First Game: May 16, 2002 Birthdate: October 11, 1977 MLB Experience: 6 years Birthplace: San Diego, California College: UNC-Asheville Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Ty Wigginton (Ty Allen Wigginton) was born on October 11, 1977 in San Diego, California. He made his Major League debut on May 16, 2002 for the New York Mets. In 2003, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 11 home runs and 71 RBI. Wigginton played for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Houston Astros over the course of his 6 year career.

Most people believe that Ty Wigginton's best season was 2003, when he knocked in 71 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2002	NY	N	46	116	18	35	6	18	.302	.354	.526	8	0	8	19	2	0	2	0	4
2003	NY	N	156	573	73	146	11	71	.255	.318	.396	36	6	46	124	9	1	12	2	15
2004	NY	N	86	312	46	89	12	42	.285	.334	.487	23	2	23	48	1	1	6	4	11
2004	PIT	N	58	182	17	40	5	24	.220	.306	.341	7	0	22	34	1	0	1	2	4
2004	TOT	N	144	494	63	129	17	66	.261	.324	.433	30	2	45	82	2	1	7	6	15
2005	PIT	N	57	155	20	40	7	25	.258	.324	.465	9	1	14	30	1	1	0	0	3
2006	TB	A	122	444	55	122	24	79	.275	.330	.498	25	1	32	97	6	1	4	3	11
2007	TB	A	98	378	47	104	16	49	.275	.329	.458	21	0	28	73	5	0	1	0	8
2007	HOU	N	50	169	24	48	6	18	.284	.342	.362	12	0	13	40	3	0	2	0	8
2007	TOT		148	547	71	152	22	67	.278	.333	.459	33	0	41	113	8	0	3	0	16
2008	HOU	N	111	386	50	110	23	58	.285	.350	.526	22	1	32	69	8	0	4	1	9
Total	NL		564	1893	248	508	70	256	.268	.331	.452	117	10	158	364	25	3	27	9	54
Total	AL		220	822	102	226	40	128	.275	.329	.479	46	1	60	170	11	1	5	3	19
Total			784	2715	350	734	110	384	.270	.330	.460	163	11	218	534	36	4	32	12	73

Fielding Stats

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
2002	NYM	1B	13	7	64	56	61	5	0	4	1.000
2002	NYM	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	NYM	LF	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	NYM	3B	14	11	100	7	30	20	3	3	.900
2002	NYM	2B	12	9	84	22	58	34	2	4	.966
2003	NYM	3B	155	153	1329	117	426	293	16	27	.962
2004	NYM	3B	66	54	488	29	157	116	12	8	.924
2004	NYM	2B	25	22	183	30	101	68	3	12	.970
2004	NYM	1B	5	5	41	48	56	7	1	9	.982
2004	PIT	3B	56	50	442	34	132	92	6	8	.955
2005	PIT	3B	40	36	305	19	85	57	9	5	.894
2005	PIT	2B	1	1	8	3	5	2	0	0	1.000
2005	PIT	1B	3	3	23	22	24	2	0	1	1.000
2006	TB	1B	45	37	329	302	331	28	1	26	.997
2006	TB	RF	7	5	45	10	12	2	0	0	1.000
2006	TB	LF	5	5	39	9	11	0	2	0	.818
2006	TB	3B	34	32	274	16	84	63	5	7	.940
2006	TB	2B	43	37	328	66	182	116	0	31	1.000
2007	TB	3B	32	30	254	23	80	52	5	3	.938
2007	TB	2B	39	37	321	74	166	89	3	24	.982
2007	TB	1B	17	15	132	116	131	15	0	14	1.000
2007	HOU	RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	HOU	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2007	HOU	3B	48	46	392	34	125	88	3	3	.976
2007	HOU	1B	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	1.000
Total			681	611	5195	1040	2260	1149	71	189	.969

Transactions

• Selected by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1998 - signed June 3, 1998).
• Traded from the New York Mets with Jose Bautista and Matt Peterson to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger (July 30, 2004).
• Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates (December 8, 2005).
• Signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (January 10, 2006).
• Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with cash to the Houston Astros for Dan Wheeler (July 28, 2007).