German Barranca
German (Costales) Barranca
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 19, 1956 in Veracruz, 30, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1979
Final Game: July 11, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1979 22 KCR AL 5 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 272 4 0 0 0 0 0 /45D
1980 23 KCR AL 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 CIN NL 9 6 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 CIN NL 46 54 51 11 13 1 3 0 2 2 0 2 9 .255 .283 .392 .675 86 20 1 0 1 0 0 /4
4 Seasons 67 65 62 19 18 2 3 0 3 5 1 2 9 .290 .313 .419 .732 102 26 1 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 157 150 46 44 5 7 0 7 12 2 5 22 .290 .313 .419 .732 102 63 2 0 2 0 0
KCR (2 yrs) 12 5 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 272 4 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 55 60 57 13 15 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 9 .263 .288 .386 .674 86 22 1 0 1 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 55 60 57 13 15 1 3 0 3 2 0 2 9 .263 .288 .386 .674 86 22 1 0 1 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 12 5 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 272 4 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1979 22 KCR AL 5 3 2 17.8 104 .600 .600 .272 .600 .337 .800 .412 1.400 .749 272 .919 1.2 0.1 2.000 .600 .200 .0
1981 24 CIN NL 6 4 1 6.8 93 .333 .333 .265 .333 .330 .333 .379 .667 .710 89 .713 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
1982 25 CIN NL 54 40 6 4.1 96 .310 .255 .268 .283 .331 .392 .389 .675 .720 86 .481 -1.5 -0.2 .615 .216 .137 .0
4 Seasons 65 47 9 5.2 97 .340 .290 .268 .313 .332 .419 .390 .732 .722 102 .588 -0.4 -0.1 .696 .226 .129 .0
162 Game Avg. 157 114 22 5.2 97 .340 .290 .268 .313 .332 .419 .390 .732 .722 102 .588 -0.4 -0.1 .696 .226 .129
CIN (2 yrs) 60 44 7 4.3 96 .313 .263 .268 .288 .331 .386 .388 .674 .719 86 .509 -1.6 -0.2 .605 .193 .123 .0
KCR (2 yrs) 5 3 2 17.8 104 .600 .600 .272 .600 .337 .800 .412 1.400 .749 272 .919 1.2 0.1 2.000 .600 .200 .0
NL (2 yrs) 60 44 7 4.3 96 .313 .263 .268 .288 .331 .386 .388 .674 .719 86 .509 -1.6 -0.2 .605 .193 .123 .0
AL (2 yrs) 5 3 2 17.8 104 .600 .600 .272 .600 .337 .800 .412 1.400 .749 272 .919 1.2 0.1 2.000 .600 .200 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1979 22 KCR AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 33% 0.00 100%
1981 24 CIN NL 6 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 6.0 3.00 100%
1982 25 CIN NL 54 0.0% 16.7% 3.7% 7.4% 31% 4.50 5.7 25.5 0.63 78%
4 Seasons 65 0.0% 13.9% 3.1% 7.7% 28% 4.50 6.9 20.7 0.68 82%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1979 22 KCR AL 0 0 100% 7 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 24 CIN NL 0 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 CIN NL 0 0 73% 29 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 70% 5 3 2 0 0 0 5 0 5
4 Seasons 0 0 95% 51 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 69% 10 5 5 0 0 0 6 0 6
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1979 22 KCR AL 5 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 CIN NL 6 100% 2 6 2 0 1 0.65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 7 1 14% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1982 25 CIN NL 54 85% 13 39 9 0 0 1.22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 6 1 17% 24 2 8% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 65 88% 18 45 11 0 1 1.14 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 1 8% 6 1 17% 33 3 9% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1979 22 5 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 272 4 0 0 0 0 0
1980 23 12 5 5 6 3 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400 272 4 0 0 0 0 0
1981 24 21 11 11 8 5 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 .455 .455 .545 1.000 175 6 0 0 0 0 0
1982 25 67 65 62 19 18 2 3 0 3 5 1 2 9 .290 .313 .419 .732 102 26 1 0 1 0 0

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
1979 22 5 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 5
1981 24 14 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 2 9
1982 25 46 53 51 12 13 1 3 0 2 2 2 9 .255 .283 .392 .675 6 46
3 Seasons 65 67 65 20 13 1 3 0 4 5 2 9 .200 .224 .308 .532 10 60
162 Game Avg. 162 167 162 50 32 2 7 0 10 12 5 22 .200 .224 .308 .532 25 60

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