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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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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1977	SEA	AL	23	2B	77	73	67	627.1	412	151	250	11	54	.973	7	13	5.75	5.21	.978	5.42	5.38
1977	SEA	AL	23	DH	3	3
1977	SEA	AL	23	3B	1	0	0	6.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0	100	6.00	4.00	.958	3.00	3.00
1978	SEA	AL	24	2B	14	11	7	99.1	91	38	51	2	17	.978	1	14	8.06	6.36	.980	5.47	5.42
1978	SEA	AL	24	3B	3	2	1	21.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	-0	-23	2.14	1.67	.954	3.00	2.97
	2 Seasons			2B	91	84	74	726.2	503	189	301	13	71	.974	8	13	6.07	5.38	.978	5.43	5.39
	2 Seasons			3B	4	2	1	27.0	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	0	4	3.00	2.25	.956	3.00	2.98
	2 Seasons			TOT	95	86	75	753.2	512	191	308	13	71	.975	8	13	5.96	5.25	.978	5.34	5.29

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

Before 1972 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
October 22, 1976: Purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
June 26, 1978: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Potter (October 27, 1978) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
February 15, 1979: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1977	23	Seattle Mariners	$19,000	TSN salary survey, 4/23/77

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$19,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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