Ossie Chavarria

Osvaldo (Quijano) Chavarria

Positions: Second Baseman, Leftfielder and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: August 5, 1940 in Colon, Colon, Panama
High School: Abel Bravo (Colon, PA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1966
Team: Athletics 1966-1967

Final Game: August 2, 1967
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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
1959	18	CHC-min	D-	9	8	8		3	0	1	0						.375	.375	.625	1.000		5							MRT · APPY
1960	19	OAK-min	D	113	438	438		101	15	7	1						.231	.231	.304	.534		133							SNF · FLOR
1961	20	OAK-min	B	136	522	522		156	28	8	6						.299	.299	.418	.716		218							LEW · NORW
1962	21	OAK-min	A	133	612	540	93	154	26	3	5	48	27		62	76	.285	.367	.372	.739		201		8	2	0	3		BNG · EL
1963	22	OAK-min	AA	130	575	529	73	141	30	4	9	58	17	10	46	85	.267	.325	.389	.715		206							BNG · EL
1964	23	OAK-min	AA,A,AAA	135	553	522	41	142	31	10	9	21	10	3	31	60	.272	.313	.421	.734		220		0	0	0			BIR,LEW,DAL · SOUL,NORW,PCL
1965	24	OAK-min	AAA	146	582	524	74	149	21	9	10	71	18	10	51	113	.284	.345	.416	.761		218		0	3	4			VAN · PCL
1966	25	KCA	AL	86	212	191	26	46	10	0	2	10	3	2	18	43	.241	.306	.325	.631	84	62	5	0	3	0	1	674/395
1967	26	OAK-min	AAA	40	163	137	19	36	1	4	2	14	3	2	23	30	.263	.374	.372	.746		51		2	0	1			VAN · PCL
1967	26	KCA	AL	38	67	59	2	6	2	0	0	4	1	0	7	16	.102	.209	.136	.345	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	4/5769
1968	27	OAK-min	AAA	131	477	439	44	107	20	4	1	39	4	3	35	104	.244	.300	.314	.615		138		1	1	1			VAN · PCL
1969	28	OAK-min	AAA	139	638	557	87	159	29	6	11	90	6	3	62	108	.285	.351	.418	.770		233		1	6	12			IWA · AA
1970	29	NYY-min	AAA	123	443	399	42	103	20	3	8	49	1	3	40	68	.258	.324	.383	.707		153		0	1	3			SYR · IL
1971	30	NYY-min	AAA	118	418	358	46	97	9	6	7	40	0	3	51	62	.271	.370	.388	.758		139		6	2	1			SYR · IL
1972	31	CDB	AAA																										CDB · MEX
1973	32	CJZ,CDB	AAA																										CJZ,CDB · MEX
2 Yrs				124	279	250	28	52	12	0	2	14	4	2	25	59	.208	.283	.280	.563	66	70	5	1	3	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	365	327	37	68	16	0	3	18	5	3	33	77	.208	.283	.280	.563	66	91	7	1	4	0	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	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1966	25	KCA	AL	86	212	-4	0	-0	1	-3	-0.4	6	3	0.2	.496	.498	0.2	0.0	2	$	674/395
1967	26	KCA	AL	38	67	-7	0	0	1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.4	.486	.497	-0.5	0.2	-4	$	4/5769
2 Seasons				124	279	-11	1	0	2	-7	-1.0	8	1	-0.2	.493	.497	-0.3	0.2	-1	$

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
1966	25	KCA	AL	212	155	19	3.3	87	.301	.241	.245	.306	.311	.325	.378	.631	.689	84	.424	-3.5	-0.4	.533	.183	.084	2.4
1967	26	KCA	AL	67	53	2	1.0	83	.140	.102	.241	.209	.310	.136	.362	.345	.671	5	.085	-6.8	-0.8	.321	.169	.034	.0
2 Yrs				279	208	21	2.7	86	.265	.208	.244	.283	.311	.280	.374	.563	.685	66	.344	-10.3	-1.1	.478	.180	.072	2.7
162 Game Avg.				365	272	27	2.7	86	.265	.208	.244	.283	.311	.280	.374	.563	.685	66	.344	-10.3	-1.1	.478	.180	.072	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	25	KCA	AL	212	0.9%	20.3%	8.5%	5.7%	26%	2.39	4.4	95.5	19.1	1.18	69%
1967	26	KCA	AL	67	0.0%	23.9%	10.5%	3.0%	33%	2.29	3.7		14.8	0.95	64%
2 Yrs				279	0.7%	21.2%	9.0%	5.0%	27%	2.36	4.2	125.0	17.9	1.12	68%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.7%	7.8%	6.1%	28%	2.01	5.7	43.4	9.4	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	25	KCA	AL	-3.5	-0.4	220	0.0	3.4	-3.4	.94	-0.3	0.3	-1.8	-0.2	0.91	-3.4	1.26	16
1967	26	KCA	AL	-6.8	-0.8	71	-0.2	0.8	-1.0	.95	-0.7	0.5	-3.7	-0.4	0.90	-5.9	1.09	8
2 Yrs				-10.2	-1.1	291	-0.1	4.2	-4.3	.94	-0.9	0.8	-5.4	-0.6	0.91	-9.4	1.21	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	25	KCA	AL	2	39%	92	3	2	60%	3	2	2	3	68%	13	6	7	2	1	1	13	1	11
1967	26	KCA	AL	0	14%	24	1	0	100%	1	0	2	2	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				2	34%	116	4	2	67%	4	2	4	5	67%	15	7	8	2	1	1	13	1	11

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
1966	25	KCA	AL	212	54%	46			16	4	1	1	1.26	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	4	3	75%	34	5	15%	14	7	50%	100	8	8%	6	3	50%	5	5	100%	0
1967	26	KCA	AL	67	46%	6			8	1	0	0	1.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	0	0%	3	1	33%	32	4	13%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				279	52%	52			24	5	1	1	1.21	2	0	3	1	1	0	2	0	4	3	75%	44	5	11%	17	8	47%	132	12	9%	10	5	50%	6	5	83%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			81%			10%			31%			14%			46%			52%

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
1966	25	86	212	191	26	46	10	0	2	10	3	2	18	43	.241	.306	.325	.631	84	62	5	0	3	0	1
1967	26	124	279	250	28	52	12	0	2	14	4	2	25	59	.208	.283	.280	.563	66	70	5	1	3	0	1

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1966	25	87	220	197	30	51	11	2	12	3	20	43	.259	.327	.345	.672	22	86
1967	26	38	69	60	3	7	2	0	5	1	8	16	.117	.232	.150	.382	2	38
2 Yrs		125	289	257	33	58	13	2	17	4	28	59	.226	.304	.300	.604	24	124
162 Game Avg.		162	375	333	43	75	17	3	22	5	36	76	.226	.304	.300	.604	31	124

* 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.

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