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Willy Miranda
Guillermo (Perez) Miranda

Bats Both, Throws Right
Weight 150 lb.

Debut May 6, 1951
Final Game September 7, 1959
Born May 24, 1926 in Velasco, Cuba
Died September 7, 1996 in Baltimore, MD

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1951 25 WSH AL   7    9    2    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .444  .444  .444  143    4   0           0   0
 1952 26 TOT AL  77  161   16   34   4  2   0    8   1  0  16  15  .211  .287  .261   52   42   9   0   0   1   2
         CHW AL  12    8    1    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   0  .250  .455  .375  132    3   2   0   0   0   0
         SLB AL   7   11    2    1   0  1   0    1   0  0   3   1  .091  .286  .273   54    3   1           0   0
         CHW AL  58  142   13   31   3  1   0    7   1  0  10  14  .218  .275  .254   47   36   6           1   2
 1953 27 TOT AL  65   64   14   14   0  0   1    5   2  2   6  11  .219  .286  .266   51   17   0           0   4
         SLB AL  17    6    2    1   0  0   0    0   1  1   1   1  .167  .286  .167   24    1   0           0   0
         NYY AL  48   58   12   13   0  0   1    5   1  1   5  10  .224  .286  .276   54   16   0           0   4
 1954 28 NYY AL  92  116   12   29   4  2   1   12   0  3  10  10  .250  .300  .345   79   40   1   4       0   2
 1955 29 BAL AL 153  487   42  124  12  6   1   38   4  3  42  58  .255  .313  .310   74  151   3   3   4   1   9
 1956 30 BAL AL 148  461   38  100  16  4   2   34   3  6  46  73  .217  .287  .282   57  130   5   1   3   0   8
 1957 31 BAL AL 115  314   29   61   3  0   0   20   2  1  24  42  .194  .249  .204   30   64   8   3   2   0   5
 1958 32 BAL AL 102  214   15   43   6  0   1    8   1  1  14  25  .201  .250  .243   40   52   2   0   2   0   2
 1959 33 BAL AL  65   88    8   14   5  0   0    7   0  0   7  16  .159  .221  .216   22   19   1   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      824 1914  176  423  50 14   6  132  13 16 165 250  .221  .282  .271   55  519  29  11  11   2  34
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        376   35   83  10  3   1   26   3  3  32  49  .221  .282  .271   55  102   6   2   2   0   7
 Career High    153  487   42  124  16  6   2   38   4  6  46  73  .255  .313  .310   74  151   9   4   4   1   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1951 25 WSH AL    9    5    2  10.8   100| .444  .265| .444  .346| .444  .389| .888  .735| 143  .831   0.5   0.0   0%
 1952 26 TOT AL  187  138   13   2.5    97| .211  .261| .287  .341| .261  .382| .548  .723|  52  .289 -10.6  -1.1 100%
         CHW AL   13    8    2   6.8    97| .250  .261| .455  .341| .375  .381| .830  .723| 132  .709   0.7   0.1   0%
         SLB AL   15   11    1   2.4    99| .091  .264| .286  .344| .273  .385| .559  .729|  54  .276  -0.8  -0.1   0%
         CHW AL  159  119   10   2.3    97| .218  .261| .275  .341| .254  .381| .529  .723|  47  .249 -10.5  -1.1 100%
 1953 27 TOT AL   70   56    4   1.9   100| .219  .267| .286  .342| .266  .392| .552  .735|  51  .176  -4.5  -0.5  50%
         SLB AL    7    6    0   0.0   104| .167  .272| .286  .348| .167  .400| .453  .749|  24  .000  -0.6  -0.1  50%
         NYY AL   63   50    4   2.2   100| .224  .266| .286  .342| .276  .392| .562  .733|  54  .208  -3.8  -0.4  50%
 1954 28 NYY AL  131   97   11   3.0    96| .250  .262| .300  .337| .345  .383| .645  .719|  79  .350  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1955 29 BAL AL  536  381   48   3.4    96| .255  .258| .313  .336| .310  .384| .623  .720|  74  .363 -17.4  -1.7  57%
 1956 30 BAL AL  513  381   38   2.7    99| .217  .258| .287  .338| .282  .393| .569  .731|  57  .254 -27.8  -2.7  33%
 1957 31 BAL AL  349  270   17   1.7    93| .194  .255| .249  .326| .204  .384| .453  .710|  30  .151 -29.5  -3.0  66%
 1958 32 BAL AL  230  176   13   2.0    93| .201  .254| .250  .322| .243  .387| .493  .709|  40  .194 -17.2  -1.8  50%
 1959 33 BAL AL   96   77    4   1.4    96| .159  .257| .221  .328| .216  .392| .437  .720|  22  .109  -9.3  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons      2121 1581  150   2.6    96| .221  .258| .282  .334| .271  .387| .553  .721|  55  .261 -119.0 -12.0  44%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 ------+
1951 25 WSH AL SS 2 7 2 2 0 .818 .957 4.50 4.70 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.50 1952 26 TOT AL SS 61 78 150 7 29 .970 .962 3.74 4.29 TOT AL 3B 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 2.98 TOT AL 2B 2 1 8 1 0 .900 .978 4.50 5.10 CHW AL SS 4 4 9 0 2 1.000 .963 3.25 4.30 3B 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.98 2B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 5.10 SLB AL SS 7 6 12 2 1 .900 .963 2.57 4.29 CHW AL SS 50 68 129 5 26 .975 .962 3.94 4.29 2B 1 1 4 1 0 .833 .980 5.00 5.10 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.00 1953 27 TOT AL SS 53 60 80 3 20 .979 .966 2.64 4.52 SLB AL SS 8 8 6 1 1 .933 .966 1.75 4.53 3B 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.93 NYY AL SS 45 52 74 2 19 .984 .966 2.80 4.52 1954 28 NYY AL SS 88 89 129 12 36 .948 .960 2.48 4.31 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 4.85 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 3.10 1955 29 BAL AL SS 153 300 481 34 101 .958 .959 5.10 4.04 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.90 1956 30 BAL AL SS 147 229 436 26 91 .962 .960 4.52 4.10 4.95 4.98 145 1209.7 1957 31 BAL AL SS 115 166 324 17 59 .966 .963 4.26 4.43 5.01 5.11 109 880.0 1958 32 BAL AL SS 102 137 216 14 53 .962 .964 3.46 4.17 4.70 4.96 81 676.0 1959 33 BAL AL SS 47 51 98 4 23 .974 .959 3.17 3.97 4.99 4.87 30 269.0 3B 11 6 8 1 1 .933 .952 1.27 2.72 5.32 3.23 0 23.7 2B 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 .980 1.00 4.74 6.16 5.30 0 7.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1951 25 WSH AL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.50 1952 26 TOT AL 2B 2 1 8 1 0 .900 .978 4.50 5.10 CHW AL 2B 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 5.10 2B 1 1 4 1 0 .833 .980 5.00 5.10 1954 28 NYY AL 2B 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.25 4.85 1955 29 BAL AL 2B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.90 1959 33 BAL AL 2B 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 .980 1.00 4.74 6.16 5.30 0 7.3 1952 26 TOT AL 3B 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 1.00 2.98 CHW AL 3B 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 2.98 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 3.00 1953 27 SLB AL 3B 6 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 2.93 1954 28 NYY AL 3B 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 5.00 3.10 1959 33 BAL AL 3B 11 6 8 1 1 .933 .952 1.27 2.72 5.32 3.23 0 23.7 1951 25 WSH AL SS 2 7 2 2 0 .818 .957 4.50 4.70 1952 26 TOT AL SS 61 78 150 7 29 .970 .962 3.74 4.29 CHW AL SS 4 4 9 0 2 1.000 .963 3.25 4.30 SLB AL SS 7 6 12 2 1 .900 .963 2.57 4.29 CHW AL SS 50 68 129 5 26 .975 .962 3.94 4.29 1953 27 TOT AL SS 53 60 80 3 20 .979 .966 2.64 4.52 SLB AL SS 8 8 6 1 1 .933 .966 1.75 4.53 NYY AL SS 45 52 74 2 19 .984 .966 2.80 4.52 1954 28 NYY AL SS 88 89 129 12 36 .948 .960 2.48 4.31 1955 29 BAL AL SS 153 300 481 34 101 .958 .959 5.10 4.04 1956 30 BAL AL SS 147 229 436 26 91 .962 .960 4.52 4.10 4.95 4.98 145 1209.7 1957 31 BAL AL SS 115 166 324 17 59 .966 .963 4.26 4.43 5.01 5.11 109 880.0 1958 32 BAL AL SS 102 137 216 14 53 .962 .964 3.46 4.17 4.70 4.96 81 676.0 1959 33 BAL AL SS 47 51 98 4 23 .974 .959 3.17 3.97 4.99 4.87 30 269.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 768 1117 1916 119 412 .962 .961 3.95 4.21 365 3034.7 3B* 23 9 18 1 2 .964 .957 1.17 2.85 0 23.7 2B* 12 5 11 1 1 .941 .982 1.33 4.85 0 7.3 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 804 1133 1945 121 415 .962 .961 3.83 4.18
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
1955 AL-153-4

Caught Stealing
1956 AL-6-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

October 24, 1951: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Floyd Baker.

June 15, 1952: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Al Zarilla to the St. Louis Browns for Tom Wright and Leo Thomas.

June 28, 1952: Selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

October 16, 1952: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Hank Edwards to the St. Louis Browns for Joe DeMaestri and Tommy Byrne.

June 12, 1953: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the St. Louis Browns.

November 17, 1954: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Gene Woodling to the Baltimore Orioles for players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

March 15, 1960: Sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete an earlier deal made on October 19, 1959. The Baltimore Orioles sent players to be named later and $50,000 to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jim Gentile. The Baltimore Orioles sent Willy Miranda (March 15, 1960) and Bill Lajoie (minors) (March 15, 1960) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


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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