Julio Gotay

Julio Enrique (Sanchez) Gotay

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 9, 1939 in Fajardo, P.R.
Signed
by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 1960
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cardinals/Angels/Pirates 1960-1969

Final Game: September 23, 1969
Died: July 4, 2008 in Ponce, P.R.
Buried: Nuevo Municipal de Florencio,in Fajardo, P.R.
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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
1960 21 STL NL 3 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 100 3 0 0 0 0 0 /65
1961 22 STL NL 10 48 45 5 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .244 .292 .333 .625 60 15 1 0 0 0 1 6
1962 23 STL NL 127 406 369 47 94 12 1 2 27 7 3 27 47 .255 .316 .309 .625 62 114 14 6 4 0 6 *6/475
1963 24 PIT NL 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 190 1 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1964 25 PIT NL 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 237 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 26 CAL AL 40 82 77 6 19 4 0 1 3 0 0 4 9 .247 .284 .338 .622 79 26 2 0 1 0 2 4/56
1966 27 HOU NL 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1967 28 HOU NL 77 255 234 30 66 10 2 2 15 1 1 15 30 .282 .329 .368 .697 103 86 6 2 3 1 1 46/5
1968 29 HOU NL 75 171 165 9 41 3 0 1 11 1 2 4 21 .248 .271 .285 .555 70 47 6 1 1 0 0 4/5
1969 30 HOU NL 46 88 81 7 21 5 0 0 9 2 1 7 13 .259 .318 .321 .639 82 26 4 0 0 0 1 4/5
10 Yrs 389 1068 988 106 257 38 3 6 70 12 7 61 127 .260 .309 .323 .632 75 319 33 9 9 1 11
162 Game Avg. 162 445 411 44 107 16 1 2 29 5 3 25 53 .260 .309 .323 .632 75 133 14 4 4 0 5
HOU (4 yrs) 202 519 485 46 128 18 2 3 35 4 4 26 64 .264 .305 .328 .633 86 159 16 3 4 1 2
STL (3 yrs) 140 462 422 53 108 16 1 2 32 8 3 30 54 .256 .314 .313 .627 62 132 15 6 4 0 7
PIT (2 yrs) 7 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100 219 2 0 0 0 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 40 82 77 6 19 4 0 1 3 0 0 4 9 .247 .284 .338 .622 79 26 2 0 1 0 2
NL (9 yrs) 349 986 911 100 238 34 3 5 67 12 7 57 118 .261 .311 .322 .632 75 293 31 9 8 1 9
AL (1 yr) 40 82 77 6 19 4 0 1 3 0 0 4 9 .247 .284 .338 .622 79 26 2 0 1 0 2

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 Awards
1960 21 STL NL 3 8 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .469 .499 0.0 -0.1 1 $ /65
1961 22 STL NL 10 48 -3 -0 -0 -6 1 -9 -0.9 2 -7 -0.7 .412 .495 -0.2 -0.5 -2 $ 6
1962 23 STL NL 127 406 -22 1 -1 8 6 -8 -0.8 14 6 0.6 .494 .495 -0.3 1.6 -2 $ *6/475
1963 24 PIT NL 4 2 0 -0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .463 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /4
1964 25 PIT NL 3 3 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .515 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
1965 26 CAL AL 40 82 -1 0 0 4 1 4 0.5 2 6 0.7 .512 .503 0.3 0.5 3 $ 4/56
1966 27 HOU NL 4 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .466 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /5
1967 28 HOU NL 77 255 2 -2 -1 -3 2 -1 -0.1 9 8 0.8 .498 .499 1.0 0.0 10 $ 46/5
1968 29 HOU NL 75 171 -6 -1 -0 -9 1 -15 -1.8 6 -9 -1.3 .474 .488 -0.2 -0.9 -1 $ 4/5
1969 30 HOU NL 46 88 -1 0 0 3 0 3 0.3 3 6 0.6 .507 .502 0.3 0.4 3 $ 4/5
10 Seasons 389 1068 -32 -2 -2 -4 11 -29 -3.1 36 7 0.3 .492 .498 0.8 1.0 11 $
HOU (4 yrs) 202 519 -6 -3 -1 -8 3 -15 -1.7 18 3 0.0 .491 .497 1.0 -0.4 11 $
STL (3 yrs) 140 462 -25 1 -1 2 7 -17 -1.7 16 -2 -0.2 .487 .496 -0.5 1.0 -3 $
PIT (2 yrs) 7 5 1 -1 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.2 .485 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $
CAL (1 yr) 40 82 -1 0 0 4 1 4 0.5 2 6 0.7 .512 .503 0.3 0.5 3 $

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
1960 21 STL NL 8 5 1 5.4 106 .500 .375 .272 .375 .339 .375 .418 .750 .757 100 .595 -0.0 0.0 .800 .125 .000 .0
1961 22 STL NL 48 35 4 3.0 113 .275 .244 .280 .292 .348 .333 .437 .625 .785 60 .315 -2.6 -0.3 .514 .156 .089
1962 23 STL NL 406 296 34 3.1 112 .288 .255 .283 .316 .352 .309 .429 .625 .780 62 .326 -20.8 -2.1 .517 .138 .054 3.1
1963 24 PIT NL 2 1 1 26.9 89 .500 .500 .254 .500 .316 .500 .380 1.000 .696 190 .972 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1964 25 PIT NL 3 1 1 26.8 93 .500 .500 .262 .667 .320 .500 .390 1.167 .709 237 .969 0.5 0.1 2.000 .500 .000
1965 26 CAL AL 82 61 7 3.1 89 .269 .247 .247 .284 .317 .338 .379 .622 .696 79 .381 -2.3 -0.2 .500 .143 .091 .0
1966 27 HOU NL 5 5 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .256 .000 .314 .000 .386 .000 .700 -100 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1967 28 HOU NL 255 179 28 4.2 87 .315 .282 .254 .329 .315 .368 .372 .697 .688 103 .528 0.9 0.1 .589 .150 .085 1.3
1968 29 HOU NL 171 133 11 2.2 79 .280 .248 .249 .271 .306 .285 .351 .555 .657 70 .298 -6.6 -0.8 .386 .055 .036 1.0
1969 30 HOU NL 88 65 7 2.9 93 .309 .259 .257 .318 .327 .321 .381 .639 .708 82 .338 -1.8 -0.2 .523 .160 .062 .0
10 Yrs 1068 781 94 3.2 97 .293 .260 .265 .309 .330 .323 .394 .632 .725 75 .384 -33.8 -3.5 .511 .130 .063 8.0
162 Game Avg. 445 325 39 3.2 97 .293 .260 .265 .309 .330 .323 .394 .632 .725 75 .384 -33.8 -3.5 .511 .130 .063 3
HOU (4 yrs) 519 382 46 3.3 85 .298 .264 .252 .305 .314 .328 .366 .633 .681 86 .420 -8.8 -1.0 .499 .118 .064 3.4
STL (3 yrs) 462 336 39 3.1 112 .290 .256 .282 .314 .351 .313 .430 .627 .781 62 .331 -23.5 -2.3 .521 .140 .057 3.2
PIT (2 yrs) 5 2 2 26.9 91 .500 .500 .258 .600 .318 .500 .385 1.100 .703 219 .970 0.8 0.1 1.500 .250 .000
CAL (1 yr) 82 61 7 3.1 89 .269 .247 .247 .284 .317 .338 .379 .622 .696 79 .381 -2.3 -0.2 .500 .143 .091 .0
NL (9 yrs) 986 720 87 3.2 98 .295 .261 .266 .311 .332 .322 .396 .632 .727 75 .384 -31.6 -3.2 .512 .128 .060 7.1
AL (1 yr) 82 61 7 3.1 89 .269 .247 .247 .284 .317 .338 .379 .622 .696 79 .381 -2.3 -0.2 .500 .143 .091 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1960 21 STL NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 0.00 75%
1961 22 STL NL 48 0.0% 10.4% 6.3% 8.3% 36% 1.67 9.0 9.0 0.76 83%
1962 23 STL NL 406 0.5% 11.6% 6.7% 3.7% 16% 1.74 7.9 184.5 13.7 1.25 79%
1963 24 PIT NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 100%
1964 25 PIT NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 67%
1965 26 CAL AL 82 1.2% 11.0% 4.9% 6.1% 26% 2.25 8.6 77.0 25.7 1.63 82%
1966 27 HOU NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.00 100%
1967 28 HOU NL 255 0.8% 11.8% 5.9% 5.5% 21% 2.00 7.8 117.0 15.6 1.48 80%
1968 29 HOU NL 171 0.6% 12.3% 2.3% 2.3% 10% 5.25 7.9 165.0 15.0 1.88 84%
1969 30 HOU NL 88 0.0% 14.8% 8.0% 5.7% 24% 1.86 6.2 9.0 1.08 77%
10 Yrs 1068 0.6% 11.9% 5.7% 4.4% 18% 2.08 7.8 164.7 14.1 1.35 80%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.1% 8.3% 6.2% 28% 1.82 5.9 41.3 9.0 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 21 STL NL -0.0 0.0 9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 .68 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.90 0.2 1.57 1
1961 22 STL NL -2.7 -0.3 48 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .87 -0.2 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.89 -2.2 0
1962 23 STL NL -20.8 -2.1 422 -1.9 5.5 -7.4 .97 -1.8 -0.1 -16.0 -1.5 0.93 -19.1 0.77 1
1963 24 PIT NL 0.2 0.0 3 -0.0 0.1 -0.2 1.27 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.89 -0.2 1.52 1
1964 25 PIT NL 0.5 0.1 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 2.46 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.99 0.4 2.46 2
1965 26 CAL AL -2.3 -0.2 85 -0.4 0.9 -1.3 .86 -0.3 -0.2 -2.5 -0.3 0.85 -2.8 1.23 7
1966 27 HOU NL -1.3 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.10 -0.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.94 -0.6 0.98 3
1967 28 HOU NL 0.9 0.1 255 0.4 4.2 -3.8 .94 0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.91 1.0 1.70 19
1968 29 HOU NL -6.6 -0.8 158 0.4 3.4 -3.0 1.19 -0.6 0.9 -3.8 -0.4 0.94 -5.3 2.02 23
1969 30 HOU NL -1.8 -0.2 92 -0.4 2.0 -2.4 1.40 -0.2 -0.1 -4.1 -0.4 1.13 -3.7 2.12 30
10 Yrs -33.9 -3.5 1080 -1.9 17.1 -19.0 1.02 -3.0 1.2 -26.3 -2.6 0.94 -32.3 1.87 87

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 21 STL NL 0 0 33% 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 22 STL NL 0 0 36% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 23 STL NL 4 0 36% 162 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 63% 20 10 10 1 0 1 19 3 14
1963 24 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 25 PIT NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1965 26 CAL AL 3 0 23% 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0% 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
1966 27 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 28 HOU NL 4 0 35% 115 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 11 29% 15 12 3 4 1 1 15 9 6
1968 29 HOU NL 1 0 18% 53 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 20% 6 5 1 3 3 0 1 0 1
1969 30 HOU NL 2 0 25% 34 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 73% 6 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 5
10 Yrs 14 0 31% 432 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 5 1 13 31 44% 50 33 17 12 8 2 42 13 27

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
1960 21 STL NL 8 88% 3 1 1 0 0 1.57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 22 STL NL 48 40% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 22 5 23% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1962 23 STL NL 406 32% 94 1 0 0 0 0.77 2 0 5 1 1 0 2 0 6 4 67% 78 14 18% 32 11 34% 252 28 11% 21 9 43% 15 7 47% 0
1963 24 PIT NL 2 50% 1 1 1 0 0 1.52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 25 PIT NL 3 33% 1 2 1 0 0 2.46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 26 CAL AL 82 33% 19 7 2 1 1 1.23 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 14 2 14% 6 1 17% 35 2 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1966 27 HOU NL 5 40% 0 3 0 0 0 0.98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 28 HOU NL 255 39% 66 19 6 0 0 1.70 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 3 100% 36 6 17% 9 3 33% 106 13 12% 8 3 38% 5 2 40% 0
1968 29 HOU NL 171 30% 41 23 8 1 5 2.02 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 27 6 22% 10 3 30% 81 10 12% 4 3 75% 3 1 33% 0
1969 30 HOU NL 88 52% 21 30 6 0 5 2.12 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 22 4 18% 11 2 18% 77 9 12% 12 2 17% 2 1 50% 0
10 Yrs 1068 36% 257 87 25 2 11 1.87 6 0 19 2 4 0 6 0 12 9 75% 184 33 18% 69 20 29% 580 67 12% 48 17 35% 26 12 46% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 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
1960 21 3 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 100 3 0 0 0 0 0
1961 22 13 56 53 6 14 4 0 0 5 1 0 3 7 .264 .304 .340 .643 66 18 1 0 0 0 1
1962 23 140 462 422 53 108 16 1 2 32 8 3 30 54 .256 .314 .313 .627 62 132 15 6 4 0 7
1963 24 144 464 424 53 109 16 1 2 32 8 3 30 54 .257 .315 .314 .629 63 133 15 6 4 0 7
1964 25 147 467 426 54 110 16 1 2 32 8 3 31 54 .258 .317 .315 .632 64 134 15 6 4 0 7
1965 26 187 549 503 60 129 20 1 3 35 8 3 35 63 .256 .313 .318 .631 66 160 17 6 5 0 9
1966 27 191 554 508 60 129 20 1 3 35 8 3 35 63 .254 .310 .315 .625 64 160 17 6 5 0 9
1967 28 268 809 742 90 195 30 3 5 50 9 4 50 93 .263 .316 .332 .647 76 246 23 8 8 1 10
1968 29 343 980 907 99 236 33 3 6 61 10 6 54 114 .260 .308 .323 .631 75 293 29 9 9 1 10
1969 30 389 1068 988 106 257 38 3 6 70 12 7 61 127 .260 .309 .323 .632 75 319 33 9 9 1 11

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1960 21 3 8 8 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 3
1961 22 10 50 47 5 11 4 0 0 5 0 3 5 .234 .280 .319 .599 4 10
1962 23 127 398 363 42 88 11 1 2 24 7 25 47 .242 .302 .295 .597 31 127
1963 24 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 4
1964 25 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 3
1965 26 40 84 79 7 21 4 0 1 4 0 4 9 .266 .301 .354 .656 9 40
1966 27 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1967 28 77 265 242 36 74 11 2 2 18 1 17 30 .306 .355 .393 .748 34 77
1968 29 75 179 172 12 49 4 0 1 15 1 5 21 .285 .309 .326 .635 17 75
1969 30 46 89 82 8 22 5 0 0 10 2 7 13 .268 .326 .329 .655 9 46
10 Yrs 389 1084 1003 112 271 39 3 6 76 12 62 127 .270 .318 .333 .651 107 389
162 Game Avg. 162 451 418 47 113 16 1 2 32 5 26 53 .270 .318 .333 .651 45 389

* 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

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WARs c a p y
1962 NL  1.6 (4th)

                                         

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