José Herrera

Jose Concepcion (Ontiveros) Herrera (Loco)

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 8, 1942 in San Lorenzo, Zulia, Venezuela
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1967
Teams (by GP): Expos/Astros 1967-1970

Final Game: April 6, 1970
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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
1964	22	SVL	A	118	482	430	78	127	16	3	2	41	12	6	52	46	.295	.371	.360	.732		155							SVL · WCRS
1965	23	HOU-min	A	141	532	532		155	20	3	13						.291	.291	.414	.705		220							DHM · CARL
1966	24	HOU-min	AA,AAA	72	258	246	26	73	15	6	6	31	1	1	11	28	.297	.329	.480	.809		118		1	0	0			AMA,OKC · TL,PCL
1967	25	HOU-min	AAA	57	237	227	27	64	16	3	1	18	2	1	7	12	.282	.309	.392	.701		89		2	1	0			OKC · PCL
1967	25	HOU	NL	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	46	1	0	0	0	0	0
1968	26	HOU-min	AAA	107	420	396	63	123	27	4	11	52	10	6	13	40	.311	.340	.482	.822		191		6	2	3			OKC · PCL
1968	26	HOU	NL	27	109	100	9	24	5	0	0	7	0	2	4	12	.240	.269	.290	.559	71	29	1	0	5	0	0	9/47
1969	27	VAN	AAA	64	262	239	34	72	10	1	2	24	8	3	16	26	.301	.350	.377	.727		90		3	2	2			VAN · PCL
1969	27	MON	NL	47	130	126	7	36	5	0	2	12	1	2	3	14	.286	.302	.373	.675	89	47	3	0	1	0	0	78/45
1970	28	MIL-WSN-min	AAA,AA	125	473	446	50	110	16	3	12	55	4	1	14	40	.247	.278	.377	.655		168		7	2	4			POR,BUF,JCK · PCL,IL,SOUL
1970	28	MON	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	29	DET-MIL-min	AAA	104	328	301	43	78	9	1	9	38	2	4	11	33	.259	.298	.385	.684		116		8	3	5			TOL,EVN · IL,AA
1972	30	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1973	31	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1974	32	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
1975	33	COA	AAA																										COA · MEX
4 Yrs				80	244	231	16	61	10	0	2	20	1	4	7	28	.264	.286	.333	.619	80	77	4	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	494	468	32	124	20	0	4	41	2	8	14	57	.264	.286	.333	.619	80	156	8	0	12	0	0

MON (2 yrs)				48	131	127	7	36	5	0	2	12	1	2	3	15	.283	.300	.370	.670	87	47	3	0	1	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				32	113	104	9	25	5	0	0	8	0	2	4	13	.240	.269	.288	.557	70	30	1	0	5	0	0

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
1967	25	HOU	NL	5	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1968	26	HOU	NL	27	109	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	4	-0	-0.1	.480	.497	-0.1	-0.1	0	$	9/47
1969	27	MON	NL	47	130	-1	-1	0	-0	-1	-3	-0.3	4	2	0.2	.494	.498	0.2	-0.1	2	$	78/45
1970	28	MON	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.468	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
4 Seasons				80	244	-3	-2	0	-1	-2	-8	-0.8	8	1	0.1	.489	.499	0.1	-0.2	2	$

MON (2 yrs)				48	131	-1	-1	0	-0	-1	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.2	.493	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$
HOU (2 yrs)				32	113	-2	-1	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.482	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$

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
1967	25	HOU	NL	4	3	0	0.0	87	.333	.250	.254	.250	.315	.250	.372	.500	.688	46	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1968	26	HOU	NL	109	84	7	2.3	79	.273	.240	.249	.269	.306	.290	.351	.559	.657	71	.301	-3.6	-0.4	.392	.070	.050
1969	27	MON	NL	130	96	13	3.6	95	.309	.286	.259	.302	.330	.373	.384	.675	.714	89	.437	-2.5	-0.3	.516	.103	.087	1.3
1970	28	MON	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.266	.000	.338	.000	.406	.000	.744	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				244	184	20	2.9	88	.294	.264	.255	.286	.319	.333	.370	.619	.689	80	.371	-6.7	-0.7	.455	.087	.069	1.3
162 Game Avg.				494	373	41	2.9	88	.294	.264	.255	.286	.319	.333	.370	.619	.689	80	.371	-6.7	-0.7	.455	.087	.069	3

MON (2 yrs)				131	97	13	3.6	95	.309	.283	.259	.300	.330	.370	.385	.670	.715	87	.432	-2.8	-0.3	.510	.102	.087	1.3
HOU (2 yrs)				113	87	7	2.2	79	.275	.240	.249	.269	.307	.288	.351	.557	.658	70	.286	-3.9	-0.4	.390	.067	.048

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	25	HOU	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		4.0	1.00	75%
1968	26	HOU	NL	109	0.0%	11.0%	3.7%	4.6%	21%	3.00	8.3		14.3	0.86	81%
1969	27	MON	NL	130	1.5%	10.8%	2.3%	5.4%	19%	4.67	9.0	63.0	10.5	1.71	85%
1970	28	MON	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
4 Yrs				244	0.8%	11.5%	2.9%	4.9%	20%	4.00	8.3	115.5	11.6	1.28	82%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.4%	8.5%	6.0%	27%	1.81	5.8	44.4	9.3	1.13	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	25	HOU	NL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.49	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.73	0.1	0.49	4
1968	26	HOU	NL	-3.6	-0.4	93	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	.99	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.97	-1.7	2.62	4
1969	27	MON	NL	-2.5	-0.3	135	-0.3	2.2	-2.5	.98	-0.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.95	-0.1	1.69	13
1970	28	MON	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3	0.14	1
4 Yrs				-6.7	-0.7	233	-0.4	3.7	-4.1	.97	-0.5	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.95	-2.0	1.57	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	25	HOU	NL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	26	HOU	NL	3	32%	36	0	2	0%	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	13%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	1	1
1969	27	MON	NL	3	14%	55	1	2	33%	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	25%	7	5	2	3	2	1	2	2	0
1970	28	MON	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				6	21%	92	1	4	20%	1	3	1	2	1	2	3	20%	11	9	2	4	3	1	5	3	1

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
1967	25	HOU	NL	4	25%	1			4	1	0	1	0.49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	26	HOU	NL	109	39%	24			4	1	0	0	2.62	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	12	1	8%	5	4	80%	46	9	20%	4	3	75%	1	1	100%	0
1969	27	MON	NL	130	82%	36			13	3	2	2	1.69	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	100%	17	3	18%	8	2	25%	84	10	12%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1970	28	MON	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				244	64%	61			22	5	2	3	1.57	2	0	3	0	2	0	2	0	6	6	100%	29	4	14%	13	6	46%	131	20	15%	5	3	60%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1967	25	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	46	1	0	0
1968	26	32	113	104	9	25	5	0	8	0	2	4	13	.240	.269	.288	.557	70	30	1	5
1969	27	79	243	230	16	61	10	2	20	1	4	7	27	.265	.287	.335	.622	80	77	4	6
1970	28	80	244	231	16	61	10	2	20	1	4	7	28	.264	.286	.333	.619	80	77	4	6

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
1967	25	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1968	26	27	114	104	11	28	6	0	9	0	5	12	.269	.303	.327	.630	10	27
1969	27	47	131	127	7	37	5	2	13	1	3	14	.291	.308	.378	.686	15	47
1970	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
4 Yrs		80	250	236	18	65	11	2	22	1	8	28	.275	.299	.347	.647	25	80
162 Game Avg.		162	506	478	36	132	22	4	45	2	16	57	.275	.299	.347	.647	51	80

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