José Báez

Jose Antonio Baez
born Jose Antonio Mota Baez

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 31, 1953 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, D.R.
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1977
Team: Mariners 1977-1978

Final Game: June 6, 1978
Relatives: Cousin of Andy Mota, Cousin of Jose Mota and Cousin of Manny Mota
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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
1972	18	LAD-min	Rk,A	41	113	113	0	26	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	.230	.230	.345	.575		39		0	0	0		OGD,DYB · PION,FLOR
1973	19	LAD-min	A	124	422	422		129	13	5	4						.306	.306	.389	.694		164						DYB · FLOR
1974	20	LAD-min	A,AAA	129	572	518	102	170	34	4	4	55	10	4	45	43	.328	.380	.432	.813		224	10	1	4	4	1	BAK,ABQ · CALL,PCL
1975	21	LAD-min	AA	114	441	441		127	20	9	2						.288	.288	.388	.676		171						WBY · EL
1976	22	LAD-min	AAA	107	435	392	54	121	30	4	4	49	14	6	39	39	.309	.370	.436	.806		171		0	2	2		ABQ · PCL
1977	23	SEA	AL	91	333	305	39	79	14	1	1	17	6	1	19	20	.259	.305	.321	.626	72	98	6	1	8	0	1	4/D5
1978	24	STL-min	AAA	33	119	105	18	29	2	4	0	17	2	5	14	12	.276	.361	.371	.733		39		0	0	0		SPR · AA
1978	24	SEA	AL	23	58	50	8	8	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	7	.160	.250	.200	.450	29	10	0	0	2	0	1	4/5
2 Seasons				114	391	355	47	87	14	2	1	19	7	1	25	27	.245	.297	.304	.601	66	108	6	1	10	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	556	504	67	124	20	3	1	27	10	1	36	38	.245	.297	.304	.601	66	153	9	1	14	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1977	23	SEA	AL	333	-13	1	2	1	7	2	11	12	1.2	4	0.4	0.8	$19,000	4/D5
1978	24	SEA	AL	58	-5	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$	4/5
2 Seasons				391	-18	2	3	1	8	2	13	12	1.2	3	0.3	0.9	$19,000

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
1977	23	SEA	AL	333	241	30	3.3	99	.275	.259	.265	.305	.329	.321	.403	.626	.732	72	.354	-11.8	-1.2	.528	.141	.062	1.7
1978	24	SEA	AL	58	44	3	1.8	94	.186	.160	.261	.250	.326	.200	.385	.450	.711	29	.170	-4.9	-0.5	.405	.180	.040	.0
2 Seasons				391	285	33	3.1	98	.263	.245	.265	.297	.329	.304	.401	.601	.729	66	.328	-16.7	-1.7	.509	.146	.059	1.8
162 Game Avg.				556	405	47	3.1	98	.263	.245	.265	.297	.329	.304	.401	.601	.729	66	.328	-16.7	-1.7	.509	.146	.059	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	23	SEA	AL	333	0.3%	6.0%	5.7%	4.8%	20%	1.05	15.3	305.0	17.9	1.19	85%
1978	24	SEA	AL	58	0.0%	12.1%	10.3%	1.7%	13%	1.17	7.1		25.0	1.33	74%
2 Seasons				391	0.3%	6.9%	6.4%	4.4%	20%	1.08	13.1	355.0	18.7	1.21	84%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.0%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.53	6.8	43.3	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	23	SEA	AL	-11.8	-1.2	342	-0.7	5.2	-5.9	.96	-0.5	-0.2	-7.6	-0.8	0.92	-7.4	1.08	7
1978	24	SEA	AL	-4.9	-0.5	61	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.89	-0.3	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.95	-3.0	2.04	3
2 Seasons				-16.7	-1.7	403	-1.0	5.8	-6.8	.95	-0.8	-0.3	-9.5	-0.9	0.92	-10.4	1.37	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1977	23	SEA	AL	8	39%	146	6	1	86%	6	1	1	3	6	44%	21	17	4	6	3	2	16	3	13
1978	24	SEA	AL	2	57%	18	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	2	33%	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
2 Seasons				10	41%	164	7	1	88%	7	1	1	3	8	43%	26	20	6	6	3	2	17	4	13

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
1977	23	SEA	AL	333	41%	79			7	1	0	0	1.08	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	10	8	80%	55	6	11%	31	11	35%	160	20	13%	6	2	33%	10	4	40%	0
1978	24	SEA	AL	58	43%	8			3	0	0	0	2.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	0	0%	6	3	50%	24	2	8%	3	2	67%	2	0	0%	0
2 Seasons				391	41%	87			10	1	0	0	1.37	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	12	10	83%	63	6	10%	37	14	38%	184	22	12%	9	4	44%	12	4	33%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			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
1977	23	91	333	305	39	79	14	1	1	17	6	1	19	20	.259	.305	.321	.626	72	98	6	1	8	0	1
1978	24	114	391	355	47	87	14	2	1	19	7	1	25	27	.245	.297	.304	.601	66	108	6	1	10	0	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1977	23	91	327	307	41	81	14	1	1	18	6	19	20	.264	.309	.326	.635	31	91
1978	24	23	58	51	10	9	0	1	0	2	1	7	7	.176	.276	.216	.492	3	23
2 Seasons		114	385	358	51	90	14	2	1	20	7	26	27	.251	.304	.310	.614	34	114
162 Game Avg.		162	547	509	72	128	20	3	1	28	10	37	38	.251	.304	.310	.614	48	114

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