Otto Vélez

Positions: Rightfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: November 29, 1950 in Ponce, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: September 4, 1973 (Age 22-279d, 13,425th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 7, 1983 (Age 32-251d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein • Previously: Norm Kaplan, Dave Pinter

Full Name: Otoniel Vélez

Nicknames: Otto the Swatto

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

1802

452

.251

244

RBI

272

OBP

.369

SLG

.441

OPS

.810

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-23 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 117 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	64 (32-21-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 117 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (35-24-12)

Most Driven In
G Nettles	3
L Piniella	3
Self	2
F Healy	1
C Chambliss	1

Most Driven In By
W Randolph	5
Self	2
F Healy	1
G Nettles	1
F Stanley	1

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	57	2 (1)	Apr 10	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.46	-0.012	.73	-0.01%	-0.09	PH
2	58	5 (2)	Apr 15	NYY		MIN	W,11-4	4-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	1.57	0.116	2.53	0.11%	0.84	PH
3	59	9 (3)	Apr 21	NYY		CHW	W,10-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	7	.46	-0.006	.79	-0.01%	-0.23	RF
4	60	10	Apr 23	NYY		KCR	L,2-3	GS-7	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.500	.429	.929	7	1.25	0.031	2.26	0.03%	0.01	RF
5	61	11	Apr 24	NYY		KCR	W,9-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	9	1.74	-0.047	2.78	-0.05%	-0.21	PH
6	62	13 (1)	Apr 30	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	6	.75	-0.021	1.34	-0.02%	-0.15	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	63	16 (2)	May 4	NYY	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.471	.308	.778	6	.46	0.029	.83	0.03%	0.13	RF
8	64	19 (2)	May 7	NYY	@	OAK	W,14-4	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.235	.409	.235	.644	6	.50	0.002	1.04	0.00%	0.34	RF
9	65	22 (2)	May 11	NYY		DET	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.400	.211	.611	6	1.42	-0.006	3.84	-0.01%	0.25	RF
10	66	24 (1)	May 13	NYY		DET	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.385	.200	.585	5	1.64	-0.041	4.55	-0.07%	-0.09	PH
11	67	25	May 14	NYY		BAL	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.367	.174	.541	7	.48	-0.034	1.28	-0.06%	-0.58	RF
12	68	28 (2)	May 18	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-6	GS-10	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.382	.222	.605	7	.53	0.019	1.38	0.03%	0.19	RF
13	69	29	May 19	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.405	.345	.750	7	.80	0.143	2.09	0.23%	1.14	RF
14	70	30	May 20	NYY		BOS	L,2-8	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.425	.355	.780	7	1.04	-0.042	2.76	-0.07%	-0.41	RF
15	71	31	May 21	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.439	.406	.845	9	3.29	0.243	8.83	0.39%	0.61	PH
16	72	32	May 22	NYY		BOS	W,1-0	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.394	.823	8	2.85	-0.066	7.70	-0.11%	-0.27	PH LF
17	73	35 (2)	May 25	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.422	.371	.794	7	1.19	0.001	3.21	0.00%	0.02	RF
18	74	36	May 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.404	.351	.756	7	1.57	-0.111	4.43	-0.19%	-0.77	RF
19	75	41 (4)	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,8-3	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.396	.342	.738	9	.90	-0.023	2.63	-0.04%	-0.44	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	76	50 (8)	Jun 10	NYY		CAL	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.404	.341	.745	7	.97	0.058	2.38	0.09%	0.27	RF
21	77	53 (2)	Jun 13	NYY		TEX	L,1-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.375	.311	.686	7	.34	-0.037	.87	-0.06%	-1.07	RF
22	78	62 (8)	Jun 23	NYY		CLE	L,1-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.368	.304	.673	9	1.84	-0.046	5.88	-0.09%	-0.40	PH RF
23	79	65 (2)	Jun 26	NYY		MIL	W,6-3	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.379	.319	.698	9	.60	0.017	1.46	0.03%	0.37	PH
24	80	69 (3)	Jun 29	NYY	@	DET	L,5-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.373	.313	.685	9	1.00	-0.025	2.62	-0.04%	-0.09	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	81	80 (10)	Jul 10	NYY		CHW	L,1-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.224	.367	.306	.673	9	1.39	0.039	2.71	0.05%	0.20	PH 3B
26	82	89 (8)	Jul 21	NYY		OAK	W,10-1	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.361	.300	.661	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH 1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	83	100 (10)	Aug 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.354	.315	.669	7	.72	-0.035	.74	-0.02%	-0.41	1B
28	84	103 (2)	Aug 4 (1)	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.348	.309	.658	9	1.51	-0.036	.99	-0.01%	-0.14	PH
29	85	105 (1)	Aug 5	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-9	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.353	.316	.669	8	1.51	0.022	1.08	0.01%	0.67	RF
30	86	107 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.348	.310	.658	3	1.45	-0.039	2.30	-0.04%	-0.46	PH
31	87	111 (3)	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	W,12-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.343	.305	.648	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.09	1B
32	88	120 (8)	Aug 22	NYY		CAL	L,8-11	CG(11)	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.360	.323	.683	6	.61	0.021	.31	0.01%	0.87	LF RF
33	89	122 (1)	Aug 24	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	GS-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.372	.317	.689	7	1.35	0.025	.64	0.01%	0.51	DH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	90	133 (10)	Sep 5	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-5	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.380	.317	.697	8	.64	0.034	.06	0.00%	0.36	PH
35	91	136 (2)	Sep 8	NYY		MIL	W,8-0	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.398	.394	.792	7	.30	-0.015	.01	0.00%	1.94	LF
36	92	137	Sep 9	NYY		MIL	W,4-2	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.395	.406	.801	7	1.02	-0.057	.02	0.00%	-0.54	LF
37	93	139 (1)	Sep 11	NYY		DET	L,5-6	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.398	.400	.798	7	1.70	0.075	.01	0.00%	0.16	RF
38	94	143 (3)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.398	.400	.798	4						1B
39	95	146 (2)	Sep 18	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.380	.378	.759	8	.43	-0.041	.01	0.00%	-0.76	LF
40	96	149 (2)	Sep 21	NYY		BAL	L,8-11	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.230	.380	.378	.759	7						RF
41	97	151 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.385	.377	.762	8	.73	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.04	1B
42	98	152	Sep 23	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.384	.375	.759	8	1.09	-0.003	.00	0.00%	0.02	LF
43	99	153	Sep 24 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.382	.373	.756	7	1.19	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.02	1B
44	100	154	Sep 24 (2)	NYY	@	DET	W,8-0	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.383	.379	.762	5	.29	0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.28	1B
45	101	155	Sep 25	NYY	@	DET	W,10-6	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.393	.378	.771	7	.32	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.81	DH
46	102	156	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.404	.391	.795	7	1.83	0.236	.00	0.00%	2.05	DH
47	103	157	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-6	5-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.409	.398	.807	4	.28	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.51	1B
48	104	158	Oct 2 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,6-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.414	.398	.812	1	5.42	0.258	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
49	105	159	Oct 2 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.410	.394	.804	5	.47	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH RF
							26-23		117	94	11	25	6	0	2	10	23	1	26	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.266	.410	.394	.804		.89	0.687	1.24	0.13%	5.35

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