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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	TOR	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	3	Apr 8	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
3	4	Apr 10	TOR	@	CHW	W,10-2	GS	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	7 (2)	Apr 14	TOR		KCR	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
5	11 (3)	Apr 18	TOR		CHW	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	12	Apr 20	TOR	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
7	19 (6)	Apr 28	TOR		MIL	L,8-11	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
8	20	Apr 29 (1)	TOR		MIL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	21	Apr 29 (2)	TOR		MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	23 (1)	May 1	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	25 (1)	May 3	TOR	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	0	0	1	1	0	LF
12	26	May 4	TOR	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	29 (2)	May 7	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
14	30	May 8	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-16	GS	43	6.2	2	1	0	3	0	RF
15	31	May 11	TOR		TEX	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
16	34 (2)	May 13 (2)	TOR		TEX	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	35	May 14	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	36	May 15	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	39 (2)	May 18	TOR		BAL	L,6-7	GS	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
20	43 (3)	May 22	TOR		CLE	L,6-8	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
21	48 (4)	May 29	TOR		DET	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
22	49	May 30	TOR		DET	L,2-8	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
23	50	May 31	TOR		DET	L,0-1	GS	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	53 (2)	Jun 3	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
25	55 (1)	Jun 5	TOR	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	56	Jun 6	TOR	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	57	Jun 8	TOR	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	58	Jun 9	TOR	@	OAK	W,5-0	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	59	Jun 10	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-12	GS	24	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
30	67 (7)	Jun 17	TOR		OAK	W,10-9	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH 1B
31	68	Jun 19	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
32	69	Jun 20 (1)	TOR	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
33	72 (2)	Jun 22	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-12	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
34	77 (4)	Jun 28	TOR		NYY	L,3-5	CG	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	78	Jun 29 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	80 (1)	Jun 30	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	81	Jul 1	TOR	@	BAL	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	83 (1)	Jul 4	TOR	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
39	85 (1)	Jul 6	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
40	90 (4)	Jul 12	TOR		MIL	L,3-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
41	92 (1)	Jul 14	TOR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
42	93	Jul 15	TOR		MIN	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
43	94	Jul 19	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	6	0	0	6	0	RF
44	95	Jul 20	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
45	96	Jul 21 (1)	TOR	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
46	97	Jul 21 (2)	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	98	Jul 22	TOR	@	MIN	L,1-13	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
48	99	Jul 23	TOR	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
49	100	Jul 25	TOR		TEX	W,8-3	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
50	101	Jul 26	TOR		TEX	W,8-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
51	102	Jul 27	TOR		DET	L,3-4	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
52	103	Jul 28	TOR		DET	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	104	Jul 29	TOR		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
54	105	Jul 30	TOR	@	KCR	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
55	106	Jul 31	TOR	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	107	Aug 1	TOR	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
57	108	Aug 3	TOR		CHW	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	109	Aug 4	TOR		CHW	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	110	Aug 5	TOR		CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	111	Aug 6	TOR		KCR	L,12-16	GS	52	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF LF
61	112	Aug 7	TOR		KCR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	113	Aug 9	TOR		KCR	L,3-10	CG	40	9.0	3	0	2	5	0	LF
63	114	Aug 11 (1)	TOR	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	116 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	TOR	@	CHW	L,0-7	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF RF
65	119 (2)	Aug 14	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-2	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	120	Aug 15	TOR	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH RF LF
67	124 (3)	Aug 20	TOR	@	SEA	L,4-7	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	125	Aug 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,4-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
69	126	Aug 22	TOR	@	SEA	L,3-6	GS	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	135 (8)	Sep 1	TOR		SEA	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
71	138 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
72	140 (1)	Sep 7	TOR	@	CLE	L,8-9	GS	16	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
73	143 (2)	Sep 11	TOR		BAL	W,3-1	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	145 (1)	Sep 13	TOR		BAL	L,4-10	GS	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF RF
75	152 (6)	Sep 19	TOR		BOS	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	153	Sep 20	TOR		BOS	W,6-2	GS	20	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
77	154	Sep 21	TOR		NYY	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
78	156 (1)	Sep 23	TOR		NYY	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
							84gm		554.2	160	5	4	169	3