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Coco Laboy

Jose Alberto Laboy

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 3, 1940 in Ponce, P.R.
High School: Santo Domingo (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Team: Expos 1969-1973

Final Game: May 16, 1973
Relatives: Cousin of Angel Mangual and Cousin of Pepe Mangual
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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
1959	18	SFG-min	C,D	121	439	439		123	23	3	12						.280	.280	.428	.708		188							FRE,ART · CALL,SOPH
1960	19	SFG-min	C	126	439	439		134	26	6	10						.305	.305	.460	.765		202							FRE · CALL
1961	20	SFG-min	A	92	290	264	35	82	15	2	7	46	0		26	47	.311	.372	.462	.835		122							SPF · EL
1962	21	SFG-min	AA	13	39	36	5	14	4	0	0	6	0		2	6	.389	.436	.500	.936		18		1	0	0	0		ELP · TL
1963	22	STL-min	A,AA	116	429	429	0	124	15	6	21	1	0	0	0	4	.289	.289	.499	.788		214							WPG,TUL · NORL,TL
1964	23	STL-min	A,AA,AAA	135	446	441	9	143	36	3	26	10	0	0	5	15	.324	.332	.596	.928		263		0	0	0			RAL,TUL,JCK · CARL,TL,IL
1965	24	STL-min	AAA	133	487	446	45	124	21	5	8	44	3	1	29	64	.278	.320	.401	.722		179		1	6	5			JCK · IL
1966	25	STL-min	AAA	112	422	367	63	113	25	2	16	56	0	1	46	62	.308	.388	.518	.906		190		2	7	0			TUL · PCL
1967	26	STL-min	AAA	128	478	436	52	130	22	1	12	54	1	5	36	44	.298	.351	.436	.787		190		2	0	4			TUL · PCL
1968	27	STL-min	AAA	142	577	527	61	154	44	0	15	100	5	4	42	89	.292	.343	.461	.804		243		2	0	6			TUL · PCL
1969	28	MON	NL	157	616	562	53	145	29	1	18	83	0	2	40	96	.258	.308	.409	.717	100	230	13	4	2	8	2	*5	RoY-2
1970	29	MON	NL	137	476	432	37	86	26	1	5	53	0	2	31	81	.199	.254	.299	.552	48	129	12	2	7	4	5	*5/4
1971	30	MON	NL	76	162	151	10	38	4	0	1	14	0	1	11	19	.252	.302	.298	.600	72	45	3	0	0	0	0	5/4
1972	31	WSN-min	AAA	33	121	110	7	36	5	1	2	17	1	0	8	21	.327	.380	.445	.826		49		2	0	1			PNS · IL
1972	31	MON	NL	28	81	69	6	18	2	0	3	14	0	0	10	16	.261	.350	.420	.770	118	29	0	0	1	1	3	5/46
1973	32	WSN-min	AAA,AA	94	353	325	31	77	15	0	9	37	0	1	22	42	.237	.290	.366	.656		119		3	1	2			PNS,QUE · IL,EL
1973	32	MON	NL	22	39	33	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	5	8	.121	.237	.242	.479	32	8	0	0	1	0	1	5/4
5 Yrs				420	1374	1247	108	291	62	2	28	166	0	5	97	220	.233	.289	.354	.643	77	441	28	6	11	13	11
162 Game Avg.				162	530	481	42	112	24	1	11	64	0	2	37	85	.233	.289	.354	.643	77	170	11	2	4	5	4

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
1969	28	MON	NL	157	616	-0	-2	-1	2	3	2	0.3	21	22	2.3	.501	.501	1.9	0.7	20	$	*5	RoY-2
1970	29	MON	NL	137	476	-26	-2	-2	-14	2	-40	-4.1	14	-27	-2.8	.469	.474	-1.4	-1.1	-13	$	*5/4
1971	30	MON	NL	76	162	-5	-1	-0	-9	1	-14	-1.5	5	-9	-1.1	.479	.490	-0.1	-0.8	-0	$	5/4
1972	31	MON	NL	28	81	1	-0	0	-1	1	1	0.1	2	3	0.4	.504	.501	0.5	0.0	4	$	5/46
1973	32	MON	NL	22	39	-4	-0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	5/4
5 Seasons				420	1374	-33	-5	-2	-22	7	-56	-5.7	43	-13	-1.5	.486	.493	0.6	-1.3	9	$

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
1969	28	MON	NL	616	442	70	4.2	95	.279	.258	.259	.308	.330	.409	.384	.717	.714	100	.509	-0.9	-0.1	.630	.219	.151	.0
1970	29	MON	NL	476	371	31	2.2	103	.231	.199	.266	.254	.339	.299	.406	.552	.745	48	.209	-31.8	-3.2	.444	.167	.100	.0
1971	30	MON	NL	162	117	13	3.0	92	.282	.252	.259	.302	.325	.298	.379	.600	.703	72	.363	-5.7	-0.6	.470	.113	.046	.0
1972	31	MON	NL	81	53	11	5.6	93	.294	.261	.258	.350	.326	.420	.381	.770	.707	118	.644	1.8	0.2	.765	.304	.159	.0
1973	32	MON	NL	39	30	2	1.8	99	.125	.121	.266	.237	.336	.242	.396	.479	.731	32	.170	-3.2	-0.3	.448	.273	.121	.0
5 Yrs				1374	1013	127	3.4	97	.260	.233	.262	.289	.332	.354	.391	.643	.723	77	.388	-39.8	-4.0	.545	.194	.120	.0
162 Game Avg.				530	391	49	3.4	97	.260	.233	.262	.289	.332	.354	.391	.643	.723	77	.388	-39.8	-4.0	.545	.194	.120

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1969	28	MON	NL	616	2.9%	15.6%	6.5%	7.8%	33%	2.40	5.9	31.2	6.8	0.68	74%
1970	29	MON	NL	476	1.1%	17.0%	6.5%	6.7%	37%	2.61	5.3	86.4	8.2	0.86	74%
1971	30	MON	NL	162	0.6%	11.7%	6.8%	3.1%	13%	1.73	7.9	151.0	10.8	0.57	81%
1972	31	MON	NL	81	3.7%	19.8%	12.4%	6.2%	28%	1.60	4.3	23.0	4.9	0.33	63%
1973	32	MON	NL	39	2.6%	20.5%	12.8%	5.1%	50%	1.60	4.1	33.0	16.5	0.47	62%
5 Yrs				1374	2.0%	16.0%	7.1%	6.7%	32%	2.27	5.7	44.5	7.5	0.70	74%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.6%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.66	6.1	43.3	9.0	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	28	MON	NL	-0.9	-0.1	624	-1.1	10.9	-12.0	1.08	0.7	-1.7	-5.5	-0.6	1.00	6.2	2.70	4
1970	29	MON	NL	-31.8	-3.2	480	-1.8	7.1	-8.9	1.06	-2.1	0.5	-20.7	-2.1	1.00	-26.8	1.33	7
1971	30	MON	NL	-5.9	-0.6	162	-0.4	2.2	-2.6	.94	-0.4	0.0	-4.4	-0.5	0.94	-5.2	0.92	14
1972	31	MON	NL	1.8	0.2	81	-0.1	1.3	-1.4	1.12	0.2	-0.3	5.2	0.5	1.00	3.2	1.70	2
1973	32	MON	NL	-3.2	-0.3	39	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.01	-0.3	-0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.88	-1.6	2.95	3
5 Yrs				-39.9	-4.0	1386	-3.8	21.9	-25.7	1.06	-1.9	-1.8	-27.3	-2.8	0.99	-24.2	1.51	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	28	MON	NL	8	21%	224	2	0%	0	2	2	5	7	43%	24	17	7	5	3	2	18	5	11
1970	29	MON	NL	15	28%	148	2	0%	1	2	0	9	5	47%	17	11	5	4	1	3	11	4	7
1971	30	MON	NL	2	19%	65	1	0%	0	1	0	2	2	35%	12	10	2	1	1	0	4	0	4
1972	31	MON	NL	1	12%	20	0		0	0	0	1	2	25%	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1973	32	MON	NL	0	13%	8	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
5 Yrs				26	22%	465	5	0%	1	5	2	17	16	41%	55	40	14	12	6	6	35	10	22

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
1969	28	MON	NL	616	30%	145			4	2	0	2	2.70	18	0	19	13	5	12	6	0	5	2	40%	124	13	10%	64	17	27%	433	67	15%	46	23	50%	23	10	43%	0
1970	29	MON	NL	476	43%	86			7	0	0	0	1.33	5	0	15	4	1	2	3	0	7	7	100%	90	12	13%	52	15	29%	326	52	16%	39	22	56%	16	7	44%	0
1971	30	MON	NL	162	70%	38			14	4	0	3	0.92	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		27	3	11%	11	4	36%	91	12	13%	6	3	50%	3	3	100%	0
1972	31	MON	NL	81	27%	18			2	0	0	0	1.70	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	100%	14	0	0%	6	3	50%	58	11	19%	5	3	60%	1	1	100%	0
1973	32	MON	NL	39	21%	4			3	0	0	0	2.95	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	2	1	50%	21	1	5%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				1374	39%	291			30	6	0	5	1.51	28	0	42	20	8	17	11	0	14	11	79%	262	28	11%	135	40	30%	929	143	15%	97	51	53%	44	22	50%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1969	28	157	616	562	53	145	29	1	18	83	2	40	96	.258	.308	.409	.717	100	230	13	4	2	8	2
1970	29	294	1092	994	90	231	55	2	23	136	4	71	177	.232	.284	.361	.646	77	359	25	6	9	12	7
1971	30	370	1254	1145	100	269	59	2	24	150	5	82	196	.235	.287	.353	.640	76	404	28	6	9	12	7
1972	31	398	1335	1214	106	287	61	2	27	164	5	92	212	.236	.291	.357	.647	79	433	28	6	10	13	10
1973	32	420	1374	1247	108	291	62	2	28	166	5	97	220	.233	.289	.354	.643	77	441	28	6	11	13	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	28	157	626	570	58	153	31	1	19	90	42	96	.268	.319	.426	.745	77	157
1970	29	137	475	431	36	85	26	1	5	52	31	81	.197	.252	.297	.549	32	137
1971	30	76	167	155	12	42	4	0	1	16	12	19	.271	.323	.316	.639	16	76
1972	31	29	88	74	7	21	2	0	4	17	12	17	.284	.379	.473	.852	13	28
1973	32	22	39	33	2	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	.121	.237	.242	.479	2	22
5 Yrs		421	1395	1263	115	305	64	2	30	177	102	221	.241	.298	.367	.665	140	420
162 Game Avg.		162	537	486	44	117	25	1	12	68	39	85	.241	.298	.367	.665	54	420

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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