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Joe Azcue
Jose Joaquin (Lopez) Azcue (The Immortal Azcue)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 200 lb.

Debut August 3, 1960
  vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1972
Born August 18, 1939 in Cienfuegos, Cuba

Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1960 20 CIN NL  14   31    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  1   2   6  .097  .152  .097  -31    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1962 22 KCA AL  72  223   18   51   9  1   2   25   1  0  17  27  .229  .287  .305   58   68   1   4   7   3   3
 1963 23 TOT AL  96  324   26   91  16  0  14   46   1  1  15  47  .281  .310  .460  113  149   1   3   1   0  13
         KCA AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL  94  320   26   91  16  0  14   46   1  1  15  46  .284  .314  .466  116  149   1   3   1   0  13
 1964 24 CLE AL  83  271   20   74   9  1   4   34   0  2  16  38  .273  .314  .358   88   97   1   4   2   2   4
 1965 25 CLE AL 111  335   16   77   7  0   2   35   2  1  27  54  .230  .290  .269   60   90   2   4   8   3  15
 1966 26 CLE AL  98  302   22   83  10  1   9   37   0  2  20  22  .275  .319  .404  107  122   1   5   5   2   6
 1967 27 CLE AL  86  295   33   74  12  5  11   34   0  3  22  35  .251  .307  .437  116  129   1   3   0   3   8
 1968 28 CLE AL 115  357   23  100  10  0   4   42   1  1  28  33  .280  .331  .342  106  122   2   2   5   0   9 AS
 1969 29 TOT AL 106  323   23   72   8  0   2   23   0  1  35  36  .223  .299  .266   62   86   1   4  12   2  17
         CLE AL   7   24    1    7   0  0   1    1   0  0   4   3  .292  .393  .417  124   10   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  19   51    7   11   2  0   0    3   0  0   4   5  .216  .273  .255   45   13   0   0   1   0   3
         CAL AL  80  248   15   54   6  0   1   19   0  1  27  28  .218  .295  .254   60   63   1   4  11   2  14
 1970 30 CAL AL 114  351   19   85  13  1   2   25   0  0  24  40  .242  .292  .302   68  106   1   3   4   2  12
 1972 32 TOT AL  14   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   6  .125  .176  .125   -8    2   0   0   1   0   0
         CAL AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         MIL AL  11   14    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .143  .200  .143    5    2   0   0   1   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     909 2828  201  712  94  9  50  304   5 12 207 344  .252  .304  .344   84  974  11  32  45  17  87
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        504   36  127  17  2   9   54   1  2  37  61  .252  .304  .344   84  174   2   6   8   3  16
 Career High    115  357   33  100  16  5  14   46   2  3  35  54  .281  .331  .460  116  149   2   5  12   3  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1960 20 CIN NL   33   29    0   0.0   101| .097  .265| .152  .332| .097  .407| .249  .739| -31  .000  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1962 22 KCA AL  248  180   20   3.0   106| .229  .268| .287  .341| .305  .417| .592  .758|  58  .316 -13.5  -1.4 100%
 1963 23 TOT AL  343  251   42   4.5    95| .281  .255| .310  .322| .460  .394| .770  .716| 113  .534   4.6   0.5  50%
         KCA AL    4    4    0   0.0    99| .000  .262| .000  .329| .000  .404| .000  .734|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         CLE AL  339  247   42   4.6    95| .284  .255| .314  .322| .466  .394| .780  .716| 116  .541   5.7   0.6  50%
 1964 24 CLE AL  294  208   30   3.9    95| .273  .254| .314  .323| .358  .395| .672  .718|  88  .459  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1965 25 CLE AL  371  280   24   2.3    93| .230  .252| .290  .322| .269  .386| .559  .708|  60  .265 -17.5  -1.9  66%
 1966 26 CLE AL  330  233   38   4.4    90| .275  .248| .319  .315| .404  .383| .723  .698| 107  .554   2.6   0.3   0%
 1967 27 CLE AL  324  236   37   4.2    86| .251  .245| .307  .315| .437  .368| .744  .683| 116  .557   4.9   0.5   0%
 1968 28 CLE AL  389  271   40   4.0    79| .280  .237| .331  .306| .342  .351| .673  .656| 106  .556   2.3   0.3  50%
 1969 29 TOT AL  365  274   24   2.4    92| .223  .250| .299  .326| .266  .378| .565  .704|  62  .257 -15.1  -1.6   0%
         CLE AL   28   17    4   6.4    97| .292  .258| .393  .335| .417  .389| .810  .724| 124  .679   0.9   0.1   0%
         BOS AL   55   43    3   1.9   100| .216  .262| .273  .340| .255  .395| .528  .735|  45  .185  -3.9  -0.4   0%
         CAL AL  282  214   17   2.1    90| .218  .247| .295  .323| .254  .373| .549  .696|  60  .224 -12.1  -1.3   0%
 1970 30 CAL AL  381  282   30   2.9    94| .242  .253| .292  .327| .302  .387| .594  .713|  68  .322 -15.2  -1.6   0%
 1972 32 TOT AL   17   14    0   0.0    80| .125  .243| .176  .311| .125  .350| .301  .661|  -8  .000  -2.1  -0.3   0%
         CAL AL    2    2    0   0.0    78| .000  .240| .000  .308| .000  .346| .000  .654|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         MIL AL   15   12    0   0.0    81| .143  .243| .200  .311| .143  .351| .343  .662|   5  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3095 2258  285   3.4    92| .252  .251| .304  .321| .344  .383| .648  .704|  84  .420 -59.3  -6.3  29%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1960 20 CIN NL C 14 66 6 0 0 1.000 .986 5.14 5.41 8.76 6.58 6 74.0 1 4 3 3 1962 22 KCA AL C 70 363 42 6 5 .985 .989 5.79 5.57 6.58 6.30 64 553.7 11 15 22 16 1963 23 TOT AL C 92 569 42 5 13 .992 .989 6.64 5.78 7.41 6.64 84 742.0 6 20 25 18 KCA AL C 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.80 9.00 6.66 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 91 564 42 5 13 .992 .989 6.66 5.78 7.40 6.64 84 737.0 6 20 25 18 1964 24 CLE AL C 76 510 36 4 2 .993 .990 7.18 6.07 7.76 7.07 70 633.0 16 25 22 15 1965 25 CLE AL C 108 714 53 5 2 .994 .988 7.10 5.67 8.17 6.96 97 845.0 14 31 29 19 1966 26 CLE AL C 97 588 40 7 3 .989 .988 6.47 5.86 7.30 6.86 87 774.0 12 23 17 28 1967 27 CLE AL C 86 636 57 1 4 .999 .989 8.06 6.15 8.51 7.22 80 732.7 17 30 19 21 1968 28 CLE AL C 97 699 50 3 11 .996 .990 7.72 6.01 8.45 6.97 90 797.7 9 24 24 23 AS 1969 29 TOT AL C 105 573 70 7 15 .989 .987 6.12 5.59 6.86 6.65 95 843.0 12 39 38 31 CLE AL C 6 46 4 1 2 .980 .986 8.33 5.58 7.50 6.64 6 60.0 0 2 3 2 BOS AL C 19 90 14 2 3 .981 .987 5.47 5.59 7.04 6.65 14 133.0 2 7 4 5 CAL AL C 80 437 52 4 10 .992 .987 6.11 5.59 6.77 6.65 75 650.0 10 30 31 24 1970 30 CAL AL C 112 587 51 6 10 .991 .988 5.70 5.82 6.44 6.65 98 891.7 17 33 42 24 1972 32 TOT AL C 11 24 5 0 2 1.000 .983 2.64 5.65 6.57 6.46 2 39.7 2 1 2 3 CAL AL C 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.65 18.00 6.30 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 MIL AL C 9 20 5 0 2 1.000 .984 2.78 5.66 5.97 6.47 2 37.7 2 1 2 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1960 20 CIN NL C 14 66 6 0 0 1.000 .986 5.14 5.41 8.76 6.58 6 74.0 1 4 3 3 1962 22 KCA AL C 70 363 42 6 5 .985 .989 5.79 5.57 6.58 6.30 64 553.7 11 15 22 16 1963 23 TOT AL C 92 569 42 5 13 .992 .989 6.64 5.78 7.41 6.64 84 742.0 6 20 25 18 KCA AL C 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 5.80 9.00 6.66 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 91 564 42 5 13 .992 .989 6.66 5.78 7.40 6.64 84 737.0 6 20 25 18 1964 24 CLE AL C 76 510 36 4 2 .993 .990 7.18 6.07 7.76 7.07 70 633.0 16 25 22 15 1965 25 CLE AL C 108 714 53 5 2 .994 .988 7.10 5.67 8.17 6.96 97 845.0 14 31 29 19 1966 26 CLE AL C 97 588 40 7 3 .989 .988 6.47 5.86 7.30 6.86 87 774.0 12 23 17 28 1967 27 CLE AL C 86 636 57 1 4 .999 .989 8.06 6.15 8.51 7.22 80 732.7 17 30 19 21 1968 28 CLE AL C 97 699 50 3 11 .996 .990 7.72 6.01 8.45 6.97 90 797.7 9 24 24 23 1969 29 TOT AL C 105 573 70 7 15 .989 .987 6.12 5.59 6.86 6.65 95 843.0 12 39 38 31 CLE AL C 6 46 4 1 2 .980 .986 8.33 5.58 7.50 6.64 6 60.0 0 2 3 2 BOS AL C 19 90 14 2 3 .981 .987 5.47 5.59 7.04 6.65 14 133.0 2 7 4 5 CAL AL C 80 437 52 4 10 .992 .987 6.11 5.59 6.77 6.65 75 650.0 10 30 31 24 1970 30 CAL AL C 112 587 51 6 10 .991 .988 5.70 5.82 6.44 6.65 98 891.7 17 33 42 24 1972 32 TOT AL C 11 24 5 0 2 1.000 .983 2.64 5.65 6.57 6.46 2 39.7 2 1 2 3 CAL AL C 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 2.00 5.65 18.00 6.30 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 MIL AL C 9 20 5 0 2 1.000 .984 2.78 5.66 5.97 6.47 2 37.7 2 1 2 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 868 5329 452 44 67 .992 .989 6.66 5.82 7.51 6.82 773 6926.3 117 245 243 201 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 868 5329 452 44 67 .992 .989 6.66 5.82 7.51 6.82 773 6926
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1968   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1968 *

Intentional Walks
1969 AL-12-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3868) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1674) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1956 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Redlegs as an amateur free agent.

December 14, 1960: Purchased by the Milwaukee Braves from the Cincinnati Reds.

December 15, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves with Ed Charles and Manny Jimenez to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Shaw and Lou Klimchock.

May 25, 1963: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Dick Howser to the Cleveland Indians for Doc Edwards and $100,000.

April 19, 1969: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Vicente Romo and Sonny Siebert to the Boston Red Sox for Ken Harrelson, Juan Pizarro, and Dick Ellsworth.

June 15, 1969: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the California Angels for Tom Satriano.

July 28, 1972: Traded by the California Angels with Syd O'Brien to the Milwaukee Brewers for Paul Ratliff and Ron Clark.

November 15, 1972: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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