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Sandy Amoros

Edmundo (Isasi) Amoros

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 30, 1930 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1952
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Tigers 1952-1960

Final Game: October 2, 1960
Died: June 27, 1992 in Miami, FL
Buried: Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, FL
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1952 22 BRO NL 20 50 44 10 11 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 14 .250 .327 .364 .690 89 16 0 0 1 O/987
1954 24 BRO NL 79 298 263 44 72 18 6 9 34 1 4 31 24 .274 .353 .490 .843 114 129 4 1 3 0 7/89
1955 25 BRO NL 119 455 388 59 96 16 7 10 51 10 5 55 45 .247 .347 .402 .749 95 156 8 6 2 4 5 *78/9
1956 26 BRO NL 114 362 292 53 76 11 8 16 58 3 4 59 51 .260 .385 .517 .902 132 151 4 1 8 1 6 7/98
1957 27 BRO NL 106 293 238 40 66 7 1 7 26 3 2 46 42 .277 .399 .403 .803 110 96 6 3 4 1 3 7/98
1959 29 LAD NL 5 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 30 TOT MLB 74 98 81 8 12 0 0 1 7 0 0 15 12 .148 .278 .185 .464 27 15 1 0 0 1 2 8/97
1960 30 LAD NL 9 17 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .143 .294 .143 .437 22 2 0 0 0 0 1 /98
1960 30 DET AL 65 81 67 7 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 12 10 .149 .275 .194 .469 28 13 1 0 0 1 1 /87
7 Yrs 517 1561 1311 215 334 55 23 43 180 18 15 211 189 .255 .361 .430 .791 105 564 23 11 18 7 16
162 Game Avg. 162 489 411 67 105 17 7 13 56 6 5 66 59 .255 .361 .430 .791 105 177 7 3 6
LAD (7 yrs) 452 1480 1244 208 324 55 23 42 173 18 15 199 179 .260 .366 .443 .809 110 551 22 11 18 6 15
DET (1 yr) 65 81 67 7 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 12 10 .149 .275 .194 .469 28 13 1 0 0 1 1
NL (7 yrs) 452 1480 1244 208 324 55 23 42 173 18 15 199 179 .260 .366 .443 .809 110 551 22 11 18 6 15
AL (1 yr) 65 81 67 7 10 0 0 1 7 0 0 12 10 .149 .275 .194 .469 28 13 1 0 0 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1952 22 BRO NL 20 50 -1 1 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 2 1 0.1 .498 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ O/987
1954 24 BRO NL 79 298 6 1 2 4 -3 10 1.0 10 20 2.0 .513 .507 1.6 0.1 16 $ 7/89
1955 25 BRO NL 119 455 2 2 2 4 -5 5 0.3 15 21 1.9 .504 .503 1.6 -0.2 16 $ *78/9
1956 26 BRO NL 114 362 15 0 0 -6 -4 5 0.3 12 17 1.5 .505 .503 2.4 -1.2 23 $ 7/98
1957 27 BRO NL 106 293 6 -1 0 6 -3 8 0.8 10 18 1.8 .508 .505 1.2 0.3 12 $ 7/98
1959 29 LAD NL 5 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .491 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1960 30 LAD NL 9 17 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .478 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /98
1960 30 DET AL 65 81 -5 -0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .491 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ /87
7 Seasons 517 1561 20 4 4 9 -16 20 1.5 52 72 6.8 .504 .502 6.5 -1.3 64 $
LAD (7 yrs) 452 1480 26 4 4 9 -16 26 2.1 50 76 7.2 .506 .502 6.8 -1.2 67 $
DET (1 yr) 65 81 -5 -0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .491 .496 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1952 22 BRO NL 50 34 5 3.9 99 .367 .250 .264 .327 .337 .364 .393 .690 .730 89 .476 -0.6 -0.1 .667 .250 .114 .0
1954 24 BRO NL 298 202 44 5.8 113 .274 .274 .279 .353 .351 .490 .431 .843 .782 114 .590 4.8 0.5 .794 .323 .217 1.8
1955 25 BRO NL 455 311 57 4.9 109 .255 .247 .270 .347 .342 .402 .428 .749 .770 95 .521 -1.9 -0.2 .728 .309 .155 10.0
1956 26 BRO NL 362 233 61 7.0 111 .265 .260 .274 .385 .342 .517 .433 .902 .776 132 .694 14.4 1.4 .938 .455 .257 5.1
1957 27 BRO NL 293 185 41 6.0 110 .311 .277 .279 .399 .344 .403 .432 .803 .775 110 .617 5.4 0.5 .811 .324 .126 4.2
1959 29 LAD NL 5 4 0 0.0 111 .250 .200 .278 .200 .345 .200 .431 .400 .776 4 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1960 30 TOT MLB 98 71 5 1.9 105 .159 .148 .268 .278 .341 .185 .411 .464 .752 27 .173 -8.3 -0.8 .429 .222 .037 .0
1960 30 LAD NL 17 12 1 2.2 104 .167 .143 .270 .294 .337 .143 .414 .437 .751 22 .229 -1.5 -0.2 .417 .214 .000
1960 30 DET AL 81 59 4 1.8 105 .158 .149 .268 .275 .342 .194 .410 .469 .752 28 .162 -6.8 -0.7 .431 .224 .045 .0
7 Yrs 1561 1040 213 5.5 110 .268 .255 .274 .361 .344 .430 .428 .791 .772 105 .579 13.0 1.3 .777 .339 .175 25.4
162 Game Avg. 489 326 67 5.5 110 .268 .255 .274 .361 .344 .430 .428 .791 .772 105 .579 4 0 .777 .339 .175 8
LAD (7 yrs) 1480 981 209 5.7 110 .274 .260 .274 .366 .344 .443 .429 .809 .773 110 .596 19.8 2.0 .798 .345 .182 25.2
DET (1 yr) 81 59 4 1.8 105 .158 .149 .268 .275 .342 .194 .410 .469 .752 28 .162 -6.8 -0.7 .431 .224 .045 .0
NL (7 yrs) 1480 981 209 5.7 110 .274 .260 .274 .366 .344 .443 .429 .809 .773 110 .596 19.8 2.0 .798 .345 .182 25.2
AL (1 yr) 81 59 4 1.8 105 .158 .149 .268 .275 .342 .194 .410 .469 .752 28 .162 -6.8 -0.7 .431 .224 .045 .0

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 22 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 25 BRO NL WS NYY W 5 17 12 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 4 .333 .529 .583 1.113 7 0 1 0 0 1
1956 26 BRO NL WS NYY L 6 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .053 .143 .053 .195 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 12 38 31 4 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 8 .161 .316 .258 .574 8 0 1 0 0 1
3 WS 12 38 31 4 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 6 8 .161 .316 .258 .574 8 0 1 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1952 22 BRO NL 50 0.0% 28.0% 10.0% 8.0% 36% 2.80 3.1 14.7 1.38 60%
1954 24 BRO NL 298 3.0% 8.1% 10.4% 11.1% 46% 0.77 11.0 29.2 7.7 1.13 77%
1955 25 BRO NL 455 2.2% 9.9% 12.1% 7.3% 34% 0.82 8.6 38.8 7.6 1.33 74%
1956 26 BRO NL 362 4.4% 14.1% 16.3% 9.7% 46% 0.86 5.7 18.3 5.0 0.67 62%
1957 27 BRO NL 293 2.4% 14.3% 15.7% 5.1% 23% 0.91 5.7 34.0 9.2 1.09 65%
1959 29 LAD NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 5.0 80%
1960 30 TOT MLB 98 1.0% 12.2% 15.3% 1.0% 8% 0.80 6.8 81.0 11.6 1.00 70%
1960 30 LAD NL 17 0.0% 11.8% 17.7% 0.0% 0% 0.67 7.0 1.00 71%
1960 30 DET AL 81 1.2% 12.4% 14.8% 1.2% 10% 0.83 6.7 67.0 9.6 1.00 70%
7 Yrs 1561 2.8% 12.1% 13.5% 7.8% 36% 0.90 6.9 30.5 7.3 1.06 70%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.0% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.33 7.4 39.8 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1952 22 BRO NL -0.6 -0.1 53 -0.0 0.7 -0.7 .92 0.1 -0.1 2.5 0.3 0.92 1.8 1.08 11
1954 24 BRO NL 4.8 0.5 305 0.4 5.2 -4.8 .96 0.9 -0.5 10.0 0.9 0.99 11.3 1.02 8
1955 25 BRO NL -1.9 -0.2 474 0.8 7.6 -6.8 .90 1.0 -0.2 6.5 0.6 0.97 8.7 1.13 9
1956 26 BRO NL 14.4 1.4 372 2.8 8.6 -5.9 1.07 2.0 0.5 28.1 2.7 0.98 25.4 1.54 22
1957 27 BRO NL 5.4 0.5 302 0.7 5.8 -5.1 1.11 0.8 -0.1 15.1 1.4 0.95 11.9 1.26 28
1959 29 LAD NL -0.7 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 1.02 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.92 -0.3 1.02 5
1960 30 TOT MLB -8.2 -0.8 98 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 1.52 -0.5 -0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.99 -4.3 1.77 48
1960 30 LAD NL -1.5 -0.2 17 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.01 -0.2 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.90 -2.2 1.38 4
1960 30 DET AL -6.8 -0.7 81 -0.9 1.4 -2.2 1.63 -0.3 -0.2 -1.8 -0.2 1.01 -2.1 1.80 44
7 Yrs 13.1 1.3 1609 3.6 29.4 -25.8 1.03 4.2 -0.7 58.5 5.5 0.97 54.4 1.44 131

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1952 22 BRO NL 2 0 63% 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 88% 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 1 4
1954 24 BRO NL 5 0 37% 114 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 71% 13 3 10 7 3 4 11 3 8
1955 25 BRO NL 11 0 33% 199 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 45% 22 17 5 4 1 3 12 2 9
1956 26 BRO NL 4 1 31% 131 3 4 43% 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 7 61% 14 5 9 5 0 4 9 5 4
1957 27 BRO NL 4 1 31% 151 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 44% 19 14 4 2 0 2 11 3 8
1959 29 LAD NL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1960 30 TOT MLB 3 2 27% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 55% 7 4 3 1 0 0 3 0 3
1960 30 LAD NL 0 0 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 30 DET AL 3 2 29% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 50% 7 4 3 1 0 0 2 0 2
7 Yrs 29 4 34% 649 18 15 55% 18 14 0 0 0 1 2 0 18 38 56% 77 43 33 21 4 15 51 14 36

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1952 22 BRO NL 50 88% 11 11 1 0 1 1.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 4 0 0% 22 4 18% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1954 24 BRO NL 298 92% 72 8 2 0 0 1.02 9 0 8 9 0 5 4 0 3 3 100% 58 4 7% 22 6 27% 205 28 14% 11 1 9% 8 2 25% 0
1955 25 BRO NL 455 93% 96 9 3 0 0 1.13 10 0 9 10 0 5 5 0 7 2 29% 92 8 9% 48 17 35% 292 42 14% 26 14 54% 16 14 88% 0
1956 26 BRO NL 362 96% 76 22 3 1 4 1.54 16 0 9 16 0 9 7 1 10 8 80% 83 4 5% 38 11 29% 251 46 18% 17 8 47% 13 5 38% 0
1957 27 BRO NL 293 95% 66 28 4 1 3 1.26 7 0 6 6 1 3 4 0 7 4 57% 65 6 9% 28 12 43% 176 20 11% 16 8 50% 16 10 63% 0
1959 29 LAD NL 5 100% 1 5 1 0 1 1.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1960 30 TOT MLB 98 96% 12 48 9 1 5 1.77 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 20 1 5% 8 2 25% 67 10 15% 6 3 50% 3 2 67% 0
1960 30 LAD NL 17 94% 2 4 0 0 0 1.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1960 30 DET AL 81 96% 10 44 9 1 5 1.80 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 18 1 6% 7 2 29% 56 10 18% 4 3 75% 3 2 67% 0
7 Yrs 1561 94% 334 131 23 3 14 1.44 43 0 39 42 1 22 21 1 29 18 62% 330 23 7% 149 49 33% 1015 151 15% 78 35 45% 56 33 59% 0
MLB Averages 49% 79% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1952 22 20 50 44 10 11 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 14 .250 .327 .364 .690 89 16 0 0 1
1953 23 20 50 44 10 11 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 14 .250 .327 .364 .690 89 16 0 0 1
1954 24 99 348 307 54 83 21 7 9 37 2 4 36 38 .270 .349 .472 .821 111 145 4 1 4 0
1955 25 218 803 695 113 179 37 14 19 88 12 9 91 83 .258 .348 .433 .781 102 301 12 7 6 4 5
1956 26 332 1165 987 166 255 48 22 35 146 15 13 150 134 .258 .359 .458 .817 111 452 16 8 14 5 11
1957 27 438 1458 1225 206 321 55 23 42 172 18 15 196 176 .262 .367 .447 .815 111 548 22 11 18 6 14
1958 28 438 1458 1225 206 321 55 23 42 172 18 15 196 176 .262 .367 .447 .815 111 548 22 11 18 6 14
1959 29 443 1463 1230 207 322 55 23 42 173 18 15 196 177 .262 .367 .446 .813 111 549 22 11 18 6 14
1960 30 517 1561 1311 215 334 55 23 43 180 18 15 211 189 .255 .361 .430 .791 105 564 23 11 18 7 16

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1952 22 21 51 45 10 11 3 1 0 3 1 5 15 .244 .320 .356 .676 5 20
1954 24 83 308 273 43 72 18 6 9 33 1 31 25 .264 .341 .473 .814 44 79
1955 25 125 472 404 58 97 16 7 10 50 10 56 47 .240 .338 .389 .727 53 119
1956 26 119 373 303 52 77 11 8 16 57 3 60 53 .254 .378 .502 .880 57 114
1957 27 111 300 246 39 66 7 1 7 25 3 46 44 .268 .389 .390 .779 37 106
1959 29 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1960 30 78 101 85 8 12 0 0 1 7 0 15 13 .141 .267 .176 .444 4 74
7 Yrs 542 1610 1361 210 335 55 23 43 175 18 213 198 .246 .351 .415 .766 200 517
162 Game Avg. 162 481 407 63 100 16 7 13 52 5 64 59 .246 .351 .415 .766 60 517

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1956 NL  8 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1955 NL  10 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1955 NL  6 (4th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1955 NL  10.0 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2147), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1505), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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