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Henry Cotto

Henry Cotto

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: January 5, 1961 in New York, NY
High School: Col. Bautista de Caguas (Col. Bautista de Caguas, PR)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1984
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Yankees/Cubs/Marlins 1984-1993

Final Game: September 30, 1993
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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
1980	19	CHC-min	Rk,A	62	266	244	33	69	8	6	0	35	20	1	16	25	.283	.325	.365	.689		89		1	1	4		CBF,QDS · GULF,MIDW
1981	20	CHC-min	A	128	562	493	80	144	15	6	1	46	52	16	59	62	.292	.371	.353	.724		174		5	1	4	4	QDS · MIDW
1982	21	CHC-min	AA	130	591	524	103	161	12	5	1	36	52	16	59	79	.307	.378	.355	.733		186		1	6	1	2	MDL · TL
1983	22	CHC-min	AAA	104	474	426	52	111	7	10	0	35	32	17	35	67	.261	.321	.324	.645		138		4	7	2	1	IWA · AA
1984	23	CHC-min	AAA	8	33	30	3	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	.200	.273	.267	.539		8		1	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1984	23	CHC	NL	105	160	146	24	40	5	0	0	8	9	3	10	23	.274	.325	.308	.633	74	45	1	1	3	0	2	789
1985	24	NYY-min	AAA	75	297	272	38	70	16	2	7	36	10	4	19	61	.257	.307	.408	.716		111		2	1	3	0	CLB · IL
1985	24	NYY	AL	34	60	56	4	17	1	0	1	6	1	1	3	12	.304	.339	.375	.714	98	21	1	0	1	0	0	87/9
1986	25	NYY-min	AAA	97	384	359	45	89	17	6	7	48	16	6	19	53	.248	.292	.387	.680		139		4	1	1	1	CLB · IL
1986	25	NYY	AL	35	83	80	11	17	3	0	1	6	3	0	2	17	.213	.229	.288	.516	41	23	3	0	0	1	0	87
1987	26	NYY-min	AAA	34	141	129	26	39	13	2	3	20	14	2	10	16	.302	.355	.504	.858		65		1	0	1	0	CLB · IL
1987	26	NYY	AL	68	156	149	21	35	10	0	5	20	4	2	6	35	.235	.269	.403	.672	76	60	7	1	0	0	0	87/9
1988	27	SEA	AL	133	418	386	50	100	18	1	8	33	27	3	23	53	.259	.302	.373	.675	86	144	8	2	4	3	0	*8
1989	28	SEA	AL	100	310	295	44	78	11	2	9	33	10	4	12	44	.264	.300	.407	.707	96	120	4	3	0	0	3	789
1990	29	SEA	AL	127	390	355	40	92	14	3	4	33	21	3	22	52	.259	.307	.349	.657	83	124	13	4	6	3	2	*978
1991	30	SEA	AL	66	192	177	35	54	6	2	6	23	16	3	10	27	.305	.347	.463	.811	123	82	7	2	2	1	0	78/9D
1992	31	SEA	AL	108	313	294	42	76	11	1	5	27	23	2	14	49	.259	.294	.354	.647	81	104	2	1	3	1	3	78/9D
1993	32	TOT	MLB	108	251	240	25	60	8	0	5	21	16	5	5	40	.250	.269	.346	.615	62	83	3	2	2	2	0	798/D
1993	32	SEA	AL	54	109	105	10	20	1	0	2	7	5	4	2	22	.190	.213	.257	.470	26	27	0	1	1	0	0	7/89D
1993	32	FLA	NL	54	142	135	15	40	7	0	3	14	11	1	3	18	.296	.312	.415	.727	90	56	3	1	1	2	0	987
1995	34	CHW-min	AAA	17	62	61	4	8	1	0	1	4	0	1	1	20	.131	.145	.197	.342		12	3	0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
10 Seasons				884	2333	2178	296	569	87	9	44	210	130	26	107	352	.261	.299	.370	.669	84	806	49	16	21	11	10
162 Game Avg.				162	428	399	54	104	16	2	8	38	24	5	20	65	.261	.299	.370	.669	84	148	9	3	4	2	2

SEA (6 yrs)				588	1732	1612	221	420	61	9	34	156	102	19	83	247	.261	.301	.373	.674	86	601	34	13	16	8	8
NYY (3 yrs)				137	299	285	36	69	14	0	7	32	8	3	11	64	.242	.272	.365	.637	71	104	11	1	1	1	0
CHC (1 yr)				105	160	146	24	40	5	0	0	8	9	3	10	23	.274	.325	.308	.633	74	45	1	1	3	0	2
FLA (1 yr)				54	142	135	15	40	7	0	3	14	11	1	3	18	.296	.312	.415	.727	90	56	3	1	1	2	0

AL (9 yrs)				725	2031	1897	257	489	75	9	41	188	110	22	94	311	.258	.296	.372	.668	84	705	45	14	17	9	8
NL (2 yrs)				159	302	281	39	80	12	0	3	22	20	4	13	41	.285	.319	.359	.678	82	101	4	2	4	2	2

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
1984	23	CHC	NL	160	-4	1	2	2	8	-1	5	13	1.3	5	0.5	0.8	$	789
1985	24	NYY	AL	60	0	1	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$	87/9
1986	25	NYY	AL	83	-7	1	1	0	-2	0	3	-3	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	87
1987	26	NYY	AL	157	-5	0	-1	-1	4	0	5	2	0.2	-2	-0.2	0.4	$	87/9
1988	27	SEA	AL	418	-6	6	-1	-1	-4	0	13	7	0.7	11	1.2	-0.5	$90,000	*8
1989	28	SEA	AL	310	-3	3	2	1	-1	-3	10	9	0.9	10	1.1	-0.2	$250,000	789
1990	29	SEA	AL	390	-10	2	1	0	2	-4	13	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$425,000	*978
1991	30	SEA	AL	192	5	3	1	-1	-10	-2	7	2	0.2	13	1.3	-1.1	$600,000	78/9D
1992	31	SEA	AL	313	-9	4	2	2	-2	-2	11	6	0.6	8	0.8	-0.2	$875,000	78/9D
1993	32	SEA	AL	109	-12	0	0	1	2	-2	4	-6	-0.6	-9	-0.9	0.3	$900,000	7/89D
1993	32	FLA	NL	142	-3	2	-1	0	0	-1	4	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	987
10 Seasons				2334	-54	23	6	3	-4	-15	77	37	3.6	40	4.2	-0.6	$3,140,000

SEA (6 yrs)				1732	-35	18	5	2	-13	-13	58	22	2.2	35	3.7	-1.5	$3,140,000
NYY (3 yrs)				300	-12	2	0	-1	1	0	10	1	0.0	-1	-0.1	0.1	$
CHC (1 yr)				160	-4	1	2	2	8	-1	5	13	1.3	5	0.5	0.8	$
FLA (1 yr)				142	-3	2	-1	0	0	-1	4	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1984	23	CHC	NL	NLCS	SDP	L	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	1	0	0	0
1 NLCS							3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	1	0	0	0

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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	Awards
1984	CHC	NL	23	OF	88	28	20	338.1	122	117	3	2	1	.984	8	28	3.19	1.36	.979	2.27	2.26
1984	CHC	NL	23	LF	47	0	0	72.1	30	27	1	2	1	.933	2	33	3.48	0.60	.971	2.03	2.02
1984	CHC	NL	23	CF	34	23	15	209.1	78	76	2	0	0	1.000	5	30	3.35	2.29	.987	2.71	2.70
1984	CHC	NL	23	RF	10	5	5	56.2	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	1	13	2.22	1.40	.979	2.06	2.06
1985	NYY	AL	24	OF	30	15	7	147.2	44	41	2	1	0	.977	-1	-11	2.62	1.43	.982	2.44	2.42
1985	NYY	AL	24	CF	20	7	4	81.0	24	22	1	1	0	.958	-2	-37	2.56	1.15	.988	2.91	2.88
1985	NYY	AL	24	LF	14	8	3	65.2	19	18	1	0	0	1.000	0	9	2.60	1.36	.977	2.25	2.23
1985	NYY	AL	24	RF	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1	720	18.00	2.00	.980	1.80	2.20
1986	NYY	AL	25	OF	29	19	14	192.1	60	59	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-9	2.81	2.07	.980	2.39	2.37
1986	NYY	AL	25	CF	19	12	9	125.0	38	37	1	0	0	1.000	-3	-29	2.74	2.00	.986	2.83	2.80
1986	NYY	AL	25	LF	11	7	5	67.1	22	22	0	0	0	1.000	2	27	2.94	2.00	.977	2.25	2.22
1987	NYY	AL	26	OF	57	33	26	330.2	92	89	2	1	0	.989	4	13	2.48	1.60	.980	2.31	2.29
1987	NYY	AL	26	CF	41	25	19	242.0	76	74	1	1	0	.987	5	25	2.79	1.83	.986	2.70	2.68
1987	NYY	AL	26	LF	15	8	7	84.2	16	16	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-20	1.70	1.07	.974	2.12	2.08
1987	NYY	AL	26	RF	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-30	0.00	0.00		2.02	2.10
1988	SEA	AL	27	CF	120	95	85	879.2	265	256	6	3	0	.989	-4	-5	2.68	2.18	.985	2.91	2.89
1988	SEA	AL	27	OF	120	95	85	879.2	261	253	6	2	0	.992	-4	-5	2.65	2.16	.979	2.47	2.45
1989	SEA	AL	28	OF	90	66	42	623.0	164	153	9	2	3	.988	-1	-2	2.34	1.80	.980	2.42	2.39
1989	SEA	AL	28	LF	57	36	22	348.0	89	82	5	2	2	.978	3	10	2.25	1.53	.977	2.16	2.14
1989	SEA	AL	28	CF	30	22	14	201.1	62	58	4	0	1	1.000	1	5	2.77	2.07	.984	2.78	2.75
1989	SEA	AL	28	RF	14	8	6	73.2	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	-4	-73	1.10	0.64	.979	2.33	2.30
1990	SEA	AL	29	OF	118	80	65	766.1	200	194	4	2	1	.990	2	3	2.33	1.68	.981	2.39	2.36
1990	SEA	AL	29	RF	68	46	38	438.1	108	104	3	1	0	.991	-0	-1	2.20	1.57	.978	2.23	2.21
1990	SEA	AL	29	LF	41	23	17	227.1	67	66	0	1	0	.985	-1	-3	2.61	1.61	.978	2.19	2.16
1990	SEA	AL	29	CF	18	11	10	100.2	26	25	1	0	1	1.000	3	33	2.32	1.44	.985	2.74	2.71
1991	SEA	AL	30	OF	56	38	23	355.2	108	104	2	2	1	.981	-10	-34	2.68	1.89	.983	2.37	2.37
1991	SEA	AL	30	LF	38	20	12	184.0	52	51	0	1	0	.981	2	14	2.49	1.34	.978	2.17	2.16
1991	SEA	AL	30	CF	19	12	7	126.2	43	41	1	1	1	.977	-11	-100	2.98	2.21	.989	2.76	2.76
1991	SEA	AL	30	RF	8	6	4	45.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-45	2.60	1.63	.980	2.20	2.19
1991	SEA	AL	30	DH	1	1
1992	SEA	AL	31	OF	92	63	44	598.2	172	170	2	0	0	1.000	-2	-4	2.59	1.87	.983	2.47	2.46
1992	SEA	AL	31	LF	63	44	29	402.1	116	114	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	2.59	1.84	.981	2.29	2.28
1992	SEA	AL	31	CF	30	15	13	162.1	50	50	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-5	2.77	1.67	.986	2.90	2.89
1992	SEA	AL	31	RF	6	4	2	34.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.85	1.17	.981	2.22	2.22
1992	SEA	AL	31	DH	2	2
1993	TOT	MLB	32	OF	80	51	37	483.0	148	144	1	3	0	.980	2	5	2.70	1.81	.981	2.37	2.36
1993	TOT	MLB	32	LF	36	15	10	150.0	39	37	0	2	0	.949	2	15	2.22	1.03	.983	2.21	2.17
1993	TOT	MLB	32	RF	25	17	15	161.2	46	45	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-9	2.56	1.84	.976	2.18	2.16
1993	TOT	MLB	32	CF	24	19	12	171.1	65	64	0	1	0	.985	2	11	3.36	2.67	.985	2.76	2.73
1993	SEA	AL	32	OF	34	22	15	203.1	60	59	0	1	0	.983	2	13	2.61	1.74	.983	2.41	2.39
1993	SEA	AL	32	LF	23	14	9	121.0	33	32	0	1	0	.970	3	30	2.38	1.39	.984	2.23	2.21
1993	SEA	AL	32	CF	9	7	5	69.1	21	21	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-7	2.73	2.33	.986	2.76	2.73
1993	SEA	AL	32	RF	4	1	1	13.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-37	4.15	1.50	.978	2.22	2.20
1993	SEA	AL	32	DH	3	3
1993	FLA	NL	32	OF	46	29	22	279.2	88	85	1	2	0	.977	0	0	2.77	1.87	.979	2.34	2.33
1993	FLA	NL	32	RF	21	16	14	148.2	40	39	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-6	2.42	1.90	.976	2.17	2.15
1993	FLA	NL	32	CF	15	12	7	102.0	44	43	0	1	0	.977	2	22	3.79	2.87	.985	2.75	2.73
1993	FLA	NL	32	LF	13	1	1	29.0	6	5	0	1	0	.833	-1	-46	1.55	0.38	.975	2.11	2.10
	10 Seasons			OF	760	488	363	4715.1	1371	1324	32	15	6	.989	-4	-1	2.59	1.78	.981	2.40	2.38
	10 Seasons			CF	355	241	188	2299.1	727	703	17	7	3	.990	-5	-3	2.82	2.03	.986	2.83	2.80
	9 Seasons			LF	322	161	105	1601.2	450	433	9	8	3	.982	8	6	2.48	1.37	.978	2.20	2.16
	8 Seasons			RF	134	86	70	814.1	199	193	5	1	0	.995	-7	-10	2.19	1.48	.978	2.21	2.20
	10 Seasons			TOT	760	488	363	4715.1	1371	1324	32	15	6	.989	-4	-1	2.59	1.78	.981	2.40	2.38
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.
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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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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1988 AL .989 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y 1984 NL 3.19 (2nd) Career 2.59 (67th)	Fielding % as OF s c a p y 1992 AL 1.000 (1st) Career .989 (60th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1988 AL .989 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
1984 NL 3.19 (2nd)
Career 2.59 (67th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1992 AL 1.000 (1st)
Career .989 (60th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 3 (2527), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Most Similar by Ages

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Bob Borkowski (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jerry White (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Pilarcik (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Christopher (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Eric Owens (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pat Sheridan (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1980: Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
December 4, 1984: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi and Ron Hassey to the New York Yankees for Brian Dayett and Ray Fontenot.
December 22, 1987: Traded by the New York Yankees with Steve Trout to the Seattle Mariners for Lee Guetterman, Clay Parker and Wade Taylor.
October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
February 2, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
June 27, 1993: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Jeff Darwin to the Florida Marlins for Dave Magadan.
October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.
February 3, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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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
1988	27	Seattle Mariners	$90,000*
1989	28	Seattle Mariners	$250,000	1989 USA Today survey
1990	29	Seattle Mariners	$425,000*
1991	30	Seattle Mariners	$600,000	USA Today survey
1992	31	Seattle Mariners	$875,000	4/2/92 USA Today
1993	32	Seattle Mariners	$900,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,140,000

Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $130,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1990 - $440,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -

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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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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