Wayne Nordhagen

Wayne Oren Nordhagen (born July 4, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter. He played eight seasons in the majors for the Chicago White Sox (1976–81), Toronto Blue Jays (1982), Pittsburgh Pirates (1982) and Chicago Cubs (1983).

Wayne Nordhagen
Outfielder
Born: (1952-07-04) July 4, 1952
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 16, 1976, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
May 30, 1983, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average.282
Home runs39
Runs batted in205
Teams

Career

Drafted by the New York Yankees in 1968, Nordhagen played in 502 games in his eight major league seasons. In an oddity, Nordhagen was traded twice in ten days for the same player, outfielder Dick Davis. On June 15, 1982, Nordhagen was traded by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Davis. Later that day, without having played for the Phillies, he was traded again, this time to the Pirates for outfielder Bill Robinson. On June 25, after playing in just one game for the Pirates (going 2-for-4 with 2 RBI), Nordhagen was traded back to the Blue Jays as the player to be named later in a trade that occurred on June 22, in which the Pirates had acquired the very same Dick Davis.[1]

Nordhagen is the uncle of former major league player Kevin Millar.[2]

Wayne lives in Southern California with his wife of 42 years, Carrie. They have 3 daughters: Jennie, Anna and Jessica.

References
  1. Wayne Nordhagen's transactions at Baseball Reference
  2. "Millar a 'union guy' 12 years later", The Carroll County Times, published July 8, 2007, accessed July 8, 2007.
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