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Orestes Destrade
Orestes (Cucuas) Destrade

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 210 lb.

Debut September 11, 1987
  vs. TOR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game May 24, 1994
Born May 8, 1962 in Santiago De Cuba, Cuba

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1987 25 NYY AL   9   19    5    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   5   5  .263  .417  .263   88    5   0   0   0   0   1
 1988 26 PIT NL  36   47    2    7   1  0   1    3   0  0   5  17  .149  .226  .234   34   11   0   1   0   0   0
 1993 31 FLA NL 153  569   61  145  20  3  20   87   0  2  58 130  .255  .324  .406   92  231   1   6   8   3  17
 1994 32 FLA NL  39  130   12   27   4  0   5   15   1  0  19  32  .208  .316  .354   73   46   0   1   1   2   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      237  765   80  184  25  3  26  106   1  2  87 184  .241  .319  .383   85  293   1   8   9   5  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        523   55  126  17  2  18   72   1  1  59 126  .241  .319  .383   85  200   1   5   6   3  14
 Career High    153  569   61  145  20  3  20   87   1  2  58 130  .255  .324  .406   92  231   1   6   8   3  17
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1987 25 NYY AL   24   15    2   3.6   105| .263  .264| .417  .332| .263  .424| .680  .756|  88  .351  -0.0   0.0   0%
 1988 26 PIT NL   53   41    3   2.0    88| .149  .254| .226  .317| .234  .373| .460  .690|  34  .216  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1993 31 FLA NL  637  450   73   4.4   107| .255  .276| .324  .341| .406  .420| .730  .761|  92  .471  -8.0  -0.8   0%
 1994 32 FLA NL  152  106   16   4.0   111| .208  .277| .316  .344| .354  .433| .670  .777|  73  .412  -5.2  -0.5 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       866  612   94   4.1   106| .241  .274| .319  .340| .383  .419| .702  .760|  85  .444 -17.2  -1.7  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 25 NYY AL 1B 3 20 1 0 2 1.000 .991 7.00 8.50 9.00 9.60 2 21.0 DH 2 1988 26 PIT NL 1B 8 61 2 0 3 1.000 .991 7.88 8.65 11.18 9.96 6 50.7 1993 31 FLA NL 1B 152 1313 90 19 109 .987 .992 9.23 6.58 9.85 7.02 151 1281.7 1994 32 FLA NL 1B 37 274 19 5 29 .983 .992 7.92 8.11 9.02 9.73 37 292.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 25 NYY AL 1B 3 20 1 0 2 1.000 .991 7.00 8.50 9.00 9.60 2 21.0 1988 26 PIT NL 1B 8 61 2 0 3 1.000 .991 7.88 8.65 11.18 9.96 6 50.7 1993 31 FLA NL 1B 152 1313 90 19 109 .987 .992 9.23 6.58 9.85 7.02 151 1281.7 1994 32 FLA NL 1B 37 274 19 5 29 .983 .992 7.92 8.11 9.02 9.73 37 292.3 1987 25 NYY AL DH 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 200 1668 112 24 143 .987 .992 8.90 6.97 9.73 7.63 196 1645.7 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 200 1668 112 24 143 .987 .992 8.90 6.97 9.73 7.62 196 1646
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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.

Strikeouts
1993 NL-130-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1993 NL-17-8

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the California Angels in the 23rd round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign.

May 17, 1981: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

March 30, 1988: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Hipolito Pena.

May 18, 1989: Purchased by the Seibu Lions (Japan Pacific) from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

December 15, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

June 2, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Florida Marlins$2,000,000
1994Florida Marlins$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,500,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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