What years did Turk Wendell play?

Turk Wendell played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2004.

Was Turk Wendell a pitcher?

Yes. Turk Wendell pitched in the major leagues, recording 36 wins and 515 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Turk Wendell hit?

Turk Wendell hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What was Turk Wendell's career batting average?

Turk Wendell batted .070 over his career, with 3 hits in 43 at bats.

What was Turk Wendell's career ERA?

Turk Wendell finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 36-33 with 515 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Turk Wendell have?

Turk Wendell recorded 515 career strikeouts.

Turk Wendell

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2004)

Turk Wendell was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2004 for 4 teams, including the Chicago Cubs, a span of 12 seasons. Across 552 career appearances, he went 36-33 with a 3.93 ERA, 515 strikeouts, and 33 saves.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated September 9, 2026

W–L 36–33

ERA 3.93

WHIP 1.40

SO 515

Pitcher PIV -1494.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 5/19/1967 in Pittsfield, MA, USA
MLB Debut: 1993-06-17
Last Game: 2004-05-13

Full name: Steven John Wendell

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Career Pitching Statistics

Turk Wendell — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
36	33	552	6	0	0	33	645.7	583	282	73	324	515	3.93	-1494.3

Career ERA 3.93 vs. league average 4.49 across their career seasons — 12.4% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Turk Wendell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	CHN	NL	1	2	7	4	0	22.7	24	11	8	15	4.37	4.19 (-4%)	835.2
1994	CHN	NL	0	1	6	2	0	14.3	22	19	10	9	11.93	4.51 (-164%)	-780.3
1995	CHN	NL	3	1	43	0	0	60.3	71	33	24	50	4.92	4.45 (-11%)	-992.1
1996	CHN	NL	4	5	70	0	18	79.3	58	25	44	75	2.84	4.61 (+38%)	487.5
1997	CHN	NL	3	5	52	0	4	60.0	53	28	39	54	4.20	4.39 (+4%)	324.3
1997	NYN	NL	0	0	13	0	1	16.3	15	9	14	10	4.96	4.39 (-13%)	-1077.2
1998	NYN	NL	5	1	66	0	4	76.7	62	25	33	58	2.93	4.43 (+34%)	1475.2
1999	NYN	NL	5	4	80	0	3	85.7	80	29	37	77	3.05	4.71 (+35%)	1396.2
2000	NYN	NL	8	6	77	0	1	82.7	60	33	41	73	3.59	4.77 (+25%)	665.9
2001	NYN	NL	4	3	49	0	1	51.3	42	20	22	41	3.51	4.42 (+21%)	-668.9
2001	PHI	NL	0	2	21	0	0	15.7	21	13	12	15	7.47	4.42 (-69%)	-989.0
2003	PHI	NL	3	3	56	0	1	64.0	54	24	28	27	3.38	4.40 (+23%)	-960.9
2004	COL	NL	0	0	12	0	0	16.7	21	13	12	11	7.02	4.46 (-57%)	-1210.2
Career · 13 seasons			36	33	552	6	33	645.2	583	282	324	515	3.93	—	-1,494

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Turk Wendell — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
552	43	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	19	.070	.167	.070	.236	0

Career AVG .070 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 73.9% below league average.

Career OBP .167 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 50.6% below league average.

Career SLG .070 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 83.5% below league average.

Career OPS .236 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 68.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Turk Wendell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	CHN	NL	7	7	0	1	0	3	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CHN	NL	6	2	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CHN	NL	43	7	0	0	1	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	CHN	NL	70	2	0	1	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	CHN	NL	52	3	1	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	NYN	NL	13	2	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	NYN	NL	66	4	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	NYN	NL	80	6	0	0	1	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	NYN	NL	77	4	0	1	0	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	NYN	NL	49	2	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	PHI	NL	21	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	PHI	NL	56	2	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	COL	NL	12	2	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			552	43	1	3	5	19	.070	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Turk Wendell — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Turk Wendell — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2000	NLCS	NYN	2	0	0	.000
2000	NLDS2	NYN	2	0	0	.000
2000	WS	NYN	2	0	0	.000
1999	NLCS	NYN	5	0	0	.000
1999	NLDS2	NYN	2	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Turk Wendell — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	1	13	0	0	12.7	6	4	10	14	2.84

Playoff Pitching by Year

Turk Wendell — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2000	NLCS	NYN	1	0	2	1.3	1	0	1	2	0.00
2000	NLDS2	NYN	0	0	2	2.0	0	0	1	5	0.00
2000	WS	NYN	0	1	2	1.7	3	1	2	2	5.40
1999	NLCS	NYN	1	0	5	5.7	2	3	4	5	4.76
1999	NLDS2	NYN	1	0	2	2.0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Turk Wendell — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	284	20	1	1	0	0	.050
Away	268	23	0	2	0	0	.087

Pitching — Home / Away

Turk Wendell — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	284	339.1	275	126	159	278	3.34
Away	268	306.1	308	156	165	237	4.58

Last 10 Games — Batting

Turk Wendell — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
2004-05-13	COL	PIT	L	0
2004-05-07	COL	CHC	L	1
2004-05-04	COL	WSN	L	0
2004-05-01	COL	ATL	L	0
2004-04-27	COL	MIA	W	0
2004-04-24	COL	HOU	L	1
2004-04-21	COL	LAD	L	0
2004-04-20	COL	LAD	W	0
2004-04-16	COL	STL	L	0
2004-04-14	COL	AZ	W	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Turk Wendell — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-05-13	COL	PIT	—	0.1	4	4	4	1	0	0
2004-05-07	COL	CHC	—	3.1	4	2	2	1	3	0
2004-05-04	COL	WSN	—	1.0	1	2	2	2	0	1
2004-05-01	COL	ATL	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2004-04-27	COL	MIA	—	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0
2004-04-24	COL	HOU	—	3.0	1	0	0	2	3	0
2004-04-21	COL	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2004-04-20	COL	LAD	—	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0
2004-04-16	COL	STL	—	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0
2004-04-14	COL	AZ	—	1.0	2	2	2	1	1	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Turk Wendell — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	552	6	69	86	8	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Turk Wendell — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	CHN	P	7	4	7	1	0	0
1994	CHN	P	6	2	1	3	0	0
1995	CHN	P	43	0	9	12	1	2
1996	CHN	P	70	0	9	9	0	1
1997	CHN	P	52	0	3	10	2	0
1997	NYN	P	13	0	3	3	0	2
1998	NYN	P	66	0	5	12	1	0
1999	NYN	P	80	0	4	6	2	0
2000	NYN	P	77	0	12	10	2	0
2001	NYN	P	49	0	8	5	0	1
2001	PHI	P	21	0	3	2	0	0
2003	PHI	P	56	0	3	11	0	1
2004	COL	P	12	0	2	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Turk Wendell Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	552

Salary History

Turk Wendell — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2004	COL	NL	$700,000
2003	PHI	NL	$3,350,000
2002	PHI	NL	$2,950,000
2001	NYN	NL	$3,100,000
2000	NYN	NL	$2,050,014
1999	NYN	NL	$1,214,998
1998	NYN	NL	$661,500
1997	CHN	NL	$350,000
1996	CHN	NL	$160,000
1995	CHN	NL	$112,000
1994	CHN	NL	$112,000
Total Career Earnings			$14,760,512

College History

Turk Wendell — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Quinnipiac College	Hamden	CT	1986, 1987, 1988

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Frequently Asked Questions about Turk Wendell

What years did Turk Wendell play?: Turk Wendell played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2004.
Was Turk Wendell a pitcher?: Yes. Turk Wendell pitched in the major leagues, recording 36 wins and 515 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Turk Wendell hit?: Turk Wendell hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What was Turk Wendell's career batting average?: Turk Wendell batted .070 over his career, with 3 hits in 43 at bats.
What was Turk Wendell's career ERA?: Turk Wendell finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 36-33 with 515 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Turk Wendell have?: Turk Wendell recorded 515 career strikeouts.