Marvell Wynne (baseball)
Marvell Wynne | |||
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Outfielder | |||
Born: Chicago, Illinois |
December 17, 1959 |||
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MLB debut | |||
June 15, 1983, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
October 3, 1990, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .247 | ||
Home runs | 40 | ||
Runs batted in | 244 | ||
Teams | |||
Marvell Wynne (born December 17, 1959) is a former professional baseball player. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1983–85), San Diego Padres (1986–89), and Chicago Cubs (1989–90), primarily as a center fielder. He also played one season in Japan in 1991. Wynne batted and threw left-handed.
Career
In an eight-season career, Wynne, a graduate of Chicago's Hirsch High School, posted a .247 batting average with 40 home runs and 244 RBI in 940 games played. In 1984, Wynne hit .266 BA with 77 runs, 174 hits, 24 doubles, 11 triples, 24 stolen bases in 154 games – all career-highs. On April 13, 1987, Wynne, Tony Gwynn, and John Kruk became the first players in major league history to open a game with three consecutive solo home runs in a 13–6 San Diego Padres win over the San Francisco Giants.[citation needed] All three players were left-handed.
Wynne was a member of the 1989 Cubs team that won the National League East Division title. The team lost to the San Francisco Giants in the NLCS. Wynne played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in 1991.
Personal life
Wynne's son Marvell Wynne II is a defender for the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Baseball Almanac
- Baseball Library
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2012
- Pages using baseballstats with unknown parameters
- Major League Baseball center fielders
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- San Diego Padres players
- Chicago Cubs players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Gulf Coast Royals players
- Charleston Royals players
- Jackson Mets players
- Tidewater Tides players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- African-American baseball players
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Chicago, Illinois
- Baseball players from Illinois