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Julio Becquer

Julio (Villegas) Becquer

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: December 20, 1931 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1955
Teams (by GP): Senators/Twins/Angels 1955-1963

Final Game: September 18, 1963
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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	20	MIN-min	C	125	514	514		150	21	11	2						.292	.292	.387	.679		199							DRM · PROV
1953	21	HAV	B	126	503	503		149	25	11	9						.296	.296	.443	.740		223							HAV · FLIN
1954	22	HAV	AAA	133	466	430	54	112	20	6	4	51	8		28	48	.260	.305	.363	.668		156		2	1	5			HAV · IL
1955	23	SDG	Opn	124	417	392	34	114	13	3	7	54	2		13	35	.291	.310	.393	.703		154	11	0	7	5			SDG · PCL
1955	23	WSH	AL	10	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	/3

1956	24	MIN-min	AAA	151	567	533	59	125	20	4	15	72	4		23	78	.235	.267	.371	.639		198	10	3	2	6			LOU · AA
1957	25	WSH	AL	105	199	186	14	42	6	2	2	22	3	3	10	29	.226	.269	.312	.581	60	58	9	1	2	0	2	3
1958	26	WSH	AL	86	176	164	10	39	3	0	0	12	1	2	8	21	.238	.270	.256	.526	47	42	6	0	2	2	3	3/7
1959	27	WSH	AL	108	230	220	20	59	12	5	1	26	3	2	8	17	.268	.296	.382	.677	85	84	9	1	0	1	2	3
1960	28	WSH	AL	110	312	298	41	75	15	7	4	35	1	3	12	35	.252	.282	.389	.671	79	116	15	1	2	1	3	3/1
1961	29	PHI-min	AAA	19	51	46	7	9	3	1	1	2	0		5	7	.196	.275	.370	.644		17							BFL · IL
1961	29	TOT	AL	68	96	92	13	20	1	2	5	18	0	1	3	17	.217	.240	.435	.674	73	40	1	0	0	1	1	3/719
1961	29	LAA	AL	11	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1961	29	MIN	AL	57	87	84	13	20	1	2	5	18	0	1	2	12	.238	.253	.476	.729	87	40	1	0	0	1	1	3/719

1962	30	MIN-min	AAA,AA	11	26	26	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.077	.077	.115	.192		3		0	0	0			VAN,VCZ,MXD · PCL,MEX
1963	31	VCZ	AA	115																									VCZ · MEX
1963	31	MIN	AL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	32	VCZ	AA	132																									VCZ · MEX
7 Yrs				488	1027	974	100	238	37	16	12	114	8	11	41	120	.244	.276	.352	.628	70	343	40	3	6	5	11
162 Game Avg.				162	341	323	33	79	12	5	4	38	3	4	14	40	.244	.276	.352	.628	70	114	13	1	2	2	4

MIN (7 yrs)				477	1018	966	100	238	37	16	12	114	8	11	40	115	.246	.277	.355	.632	71	343	40	3	6	5	11
LAA (1 yr)				11	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1955	23	WSH	AL	10	14	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3

1957	25	WSH	AL	105	199	-9	-2	-1	0	-2	-13	-1.5	5	-8	-0.9	.486	.491	-0.9	-0.2	-8	$	3
1958	26	WSH	AL	86	176	-10	-0	0	4	-2	-9	-1.0	5	-4	-0.5	.489	.494	-0.9	0.2	-8	$	3/7
1959	27	WSH	AL	108	230	-5	1	-0	4	-3	-3	-0.4	6	3	0.2	.497	.498	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	3
1960	28	WSH	AL	110	312	-8	-1	-1	-1	-4	-15	-1.7	8	-7	-0.9	.485	.490	-0.7	-0.6	-6	$	3/1
1961	29	LAA	AL	11	9	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.482	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/3
1961	29	MIN	AL	57	87	-3	-0	0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.493	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	3/719

1963	31	MIN	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.511	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
7 Seasons				488	1027	-39	-2	-2	6	-11	-47	-5.4	28	-19	-2.6	.489	.496	-3.0	-0.9	-25	$

MIN (7 yrs)				477	1018	-37	-2	-2	5	-11	-45	-5.2	28	-18	-2.4	.490	.496	-2.8	-0.9	-23	$
LAA (1 yr)				11	9	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.482	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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
1955	23	WSH	AL	14	11	1	2.4	99	.231	.214	.262	.214	.340	.214	.390	.429	.730	18	.239	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.000	.000

1957	25	WSH	AL	199	158	13	2.2	98	.258	.226	.261	.269	.333	.312	.394	.581	.726	60	.224	-11.0	-1.1	.442	.140	.086	2.4
1958	26	WSH	AL	176	137	10	2.0	96	.269	.238	.259	.270	.328	.256	.394	.526	.722	47	.191	-11.8	-1.2	.368	.061	.018	.0
1959	27	WSH	AL	230	173	22	3.4	98	.286	.268	.260	.296	.332	.382	.398	.677	.730	85	.386	-5.4	-0.6	.547	.155	.114	1.5
1960	28	WSH	AL	312	244	27	3.0	103	.273	.252	.266	.282	.340	.389	.407	.671	.746	79	.321	-10.8	-1.1	.527	.171	.138	1.6
1961	29	TOT	AL	96	75	9	3.2	108	.211	.217	.270	.240	.346	.435	.420	.674	.767	73	.335	-4.7	-0.5	.568	.239	.217	.0
1961	29	LAA	AL	9	8	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.111	.352	.000	.428	.111	.780	-68	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
1961	29	MIN	AL	87	67	9	3.6	108	.221	.238	.270	.253	.346	.476	.420	.729	.765	87	.383	-2.7	-0.3	.621	.250	.238	.0
7 Yrs				1027	798	82	2.8	100	.267	.244	.263	.276	.335	.352	.401	.628	.736	70	.296	-45.4	-4.6	.488	.147	.108	9.6
162 Game Avg.				341	265	27	2.8	100	.267	.244	.263	.276	.335	.352	.401	.628	.736	70	.296	-45.4	-4.6	.488	.147	.108	3

MIN (7 yrs)				1018	790	82	2.8	100	.268	.246	.263	.277	.335	.355	.401	.632	.736	71	.300	-43.3	-4.4	.492	.147	.109	9.6
LAA (1 yr)				9	8	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.111	.352	.000	.428	.111	.780	-68	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.125	.125	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	23	WSH	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		14.0		14.0	0.67	93%

1957	25	WSH	AL	199	1.0%	14.6%	5.0%	5.0%	24%	2.90	6.4	93.0	8.5	1.75	78%
1958	26	WSH	AL	176	0.0%	11.9%	4.6%	1.7%	8%	2.63	7.8		13.7	1.06	82%
1959	27	WSH	AL	230	0.4%	7.4%	3.5%	7.8%	31%	2.13	12.9	220.0	8.5	1.25	88%
1960	28	WSH	AL	312	1.3%	11.2%	3.9%	8.3%	35%	2.92	8.5	74.5	8.5	1.30	83%
1961	29	TOT	AL	96	5.2%	17.7%	3.1%	8.3%	40%	5.67	5.4	18.4	5.1	0.93	74%
1961	29	LAA	AL	9	0.0%	55.6%	11.1%	0.0%		5.00	1.6			2.00	33%
1961	29	MIN	AL	87	5.8%	13.8%	2.3%	9.2%	40%	6.00	7.0	16.8	4.7	0.90	78%
7 Yrs				1027	1.2%	11.7%	4.0%	6.3%	27%	2.93	8.1	81.2	8.5	1.26	82%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.3%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.51	6.7	37.8	8.4	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	23	WSH	AL	-1.7	-0.2	14	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.23	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	1.05	-0.8	1.32	8

1957	25	WSH	AL	-11.0	-1.1	201	-0.9	3.9	-4.7	1.29	-0.8	0.1	-9.1	-0.9	1.03	-10.3	1.52	66
1958	26	WSH	AL	-11.8	-1.2	182	-1.5	2.7	-4.1	1.21	-1.2	-0.1	-13.9	-1.4	1.04	-13.1	1.95	40
1959	27	WSH	AL	-5.4	-0.6	239	-0.3	4.7	-5.0	1.16	-0.7	0.4	-5.5	-0.6	1.02	-7.1	1.76	56
1960	28	WSH	AL	-10.4	-1.0	317	-1.8	6.2	-8.0	1.31	-1.5	0.1	-12.5	-1.2	1.05	-10.3	2.55	39
1961	29	TOT	AL	-4.8	-0.5	97	-0.2	2.7	-2.9	1.54	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.09	-2.5	2.02	47
1961	29	LAA	AL	-2.1	-0.2	9	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	2.26	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.06	-1.7	1.89	5
1961	29	MIN	AL	-2.8	-0.3	88	0.1	2.6	-2.5	1.47	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.10	-0.9	2.03	42

1963	31	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-45.1	-4.6	1050	-4.9	20.2	-25.1	1.28	-4.4	0.5	-43.2	-4.4	1.04	-44.2	1.88	256

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	23	WSH	AL	0	0	33%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1957	25	WSH	AL	4	0	24%	52	3	3	50%	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	36%	9	6	3	0	0	0	2	1	1
1958	26	WSH	AL	5	0	21%	50	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	44%	3	3	0	2	0	2	4	2	2
1959	27	WSH	AL	4	0	28%	72	3	2	60%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	59%	10	5	5	1	0	1	6	2	4
1960	28	WSH	AL	6	0	44%	99	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	59%	12	6	6	4	2	2	11	2	8
1961	29	TOT	AL	1	0	44%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	4
1961	29	LAA	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	29	MIN	AL	1	0	47%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	67%	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	4
7 Yrs				20	0	33%	295	8	11	42%	7	12	0	0	0	0	4	0	13	21	56%	36	21	15	9	3	6	28	7	20

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
1955	23	WSH	AL	14	100%	3			8	3	0	1	1.32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		11	2	18%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	25	WSH	AL	199	89%	42			66	18	0	8	1.52	2	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	100%	46	9	20%	21	6	29%	139	20	14%	9	4	44%	10	8	80%	0
1958	26	WSH	AL	176	80%	39			40	11	0	7	1.95	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	49	6	12%	23	7	30%	141	12	9%	9	4	44%	6	3	50%	0
1959	27	WSH	AL	230	95%	59			56	12	1	10	1.76	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%	52	9	17%	20	8	40%	172	26	15%	13	8	62%	13	8	62%	0
1960	28	WSH	AL	312	88%	75			39	8	0	5	2.55	4	0	24	4	0	2	2	0	2	2	100%	73	15	21%	28	10	36%	245	35	14%	23	9	39%	10	10	100%	0
1961	29	TOT	AL	96	96%	20			47	11	3	6	2.02	5	1	6	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		25	1	4%	14	4	29%	85	15	18%	6	4	67%	3	1	33%	0
1961	29	LAA	AL	9	100%	0			5	0	0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1961	29	MIN	AL	87	95%	20			42	11	3	6	2.03	5	1	6	5	0	3	2	0	0	0		22	1	5%	12	4	33%	76	15	20%	6	4	67%	2	1	50%	0
7 Yrs				1027	89%	238			256	63	4	37	1.88	12	1	49	12	0	7	5	0	7	6	86%	248	40	16%	106	35	33%	793	110	14%	60	29	48%	42	30	71%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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
1955	23	10	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	18	3	0	0	0	0	0
1956	24	10	14	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	18	3	0	0	0	0	0
1957	25	115	213	200	15	45	6	2	2	23	3	3	10	30	.225	.265	.305	.570	57	61	9	1	2	0	2
1958	26	201	389	364	25	84	9	2	2	35	4	5	18	51	.231	.268	.283	.550	53	103	15	1	4	2	5
1959	27	309	619	584	45	143	21	7	3	61	7	7	26	68	.245	.278	.320	.598	65	187	24	2	4	3	7
1960	28	419	931	882	86	218	36	14	7	96	8	10	38	103	.247	.279	.344	.623	70	303	39	3	6	4	10
1961	29	487	1027	974	99	238	37	16	12	114	8	11	41	120	.244	.276	.352	.628	70	343	40	3	6	5	11
1962	30	487	1027	974	99	238	37	16	12	114	8	11	41	120	.244	.276	.352	.628	70	343	40	3	6	5	11
1963	31	488	1027	974	100	238	37	16	12	114	8	11	41	120	.244	.276	.352	.628	70	343	40	3	6	5	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	23	10	15	15	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	10

1957	25	110	210	196	15	45	6	2	2	24	3	11	31	.230	.274	.311	.585	17	105
1958	26	90	186	173	11	42	3	0	0	13	1	9	22	.243	.277	.260	.537	13	86
1959	27	113	240	230	21	62	13	5	1	28	3	8	18	.270	.296	.383	.678	26	108
1960	28	116	329	313	42	78	16	7	4	36	1	12	37	.249	.278	.383	.662	34	110
1961	29	68	95	91	11	19	1	2	5	16	0	3	17	.209	.232	.429	.660	9	68
6 Yrs		507	1075	1018	102	250	39	16	12	119	8	43	126	.246	.277	.351	.628	100	487
162 Game Avg.		162	343	325	33	80	12	5	4	38	3	14	40	.246	.277	.351	.628	32	487

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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