Mario Mendoza
Mario (Aizpuru) Mendoza (Manos de Seda)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: December 26, 1950 in Chihuahua, 06, Mexico
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1974
Final Game: May 22, 1982
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Standard Batting

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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
1974 23 PIT NL 91 177 163 10 36 1 2 0 15 1 1 8 35 .221 .259 .252 .510 46 41 6 1 3 2 2 6
1975 24 PIT NL 56 56 50 8 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 17 .180 .226 .200 .426 20 10 1 0 3 0 0 6/5
1976 25 PIT NL 50 97 92 6 17 5 0 0 12 0 1 4 15 .185 .216 .239 .456 30 22 3 0 0 1 1 6/54
1977 26 PIT NL 70 86 81 5 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 .198 .226 .235 .461 23 19 1 0 2 0 0 65/1
1978 27 PIT NL 57 62 55 5 12 1 0 1 3 3 1 2 9 .218 .283 .291 .574 58 16 0 3 2 0 1 456
1979 28 SEA AL 148 401 373 26 74 10 3 1 29 3 0 9 62 .198 .216 .249 .466 25 93 12 1 13 5 0 *6
1980 29 SEA AL 114 305 277 27 68 6 3 2 14 3 4 16 42 .245 .286 .310 .596 63 86 5 0 11 1 0 *6
1981 30 TEX AL 88 254 229 18 53 6 1 0 22 2 1 7 25 .231 .254 .266 .521 55 61 9 1 14 3 0 *6
1982 31 TEX AL 12 18 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .118 .118 .118 .235 -33 2 1 0 1 0 0 6
9 Seasons 686 1456 1337 106 287 33 9 4 101 12 8 52 219 .215 .245 .262 .507 41 350 38 6 49 12 4
162 Game Avg. 162 344 316 25 68 8 2 1 24 3 2 12 52 .215 .245 .262 .507 41 83 9 1 12 3 1
PIT (5 yrs) 324 478 441 34 90 11 2 1 36 4 3 20 86 .204 .244 .245 .488 37 108 11 4 10 3 4
TEX (2 yrs) 100 272 246 19 55 6 1 0 22 2 1 7 29 .224 .245 .256 .501 48 63 10 1 15 3 0
SEA (2 yrs) 262 706 650 53 142 16 6 3 43 6 4 25 104 .218 .246 .275 .522 41 179 17 1 24 6 0
NL (5 yrs) 324 478 441 34 90 11 2 1 36 4 3 20 86 .204 .244 .245 .488 37 108 11 4 10 3 4
AL (4 yrs) 362 978 896 72 197 22 7 3 65 8 5 32 133 .220 .246 .270 .516 43 242 27 2 39 9 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1974 23 PIT NL 177 139 10 1.9 92 .277 .221 .259 .259 .330 .252 .374 .510 .704 46 .192 -12.3 -1.3 .373 .080 .031 .0
1975 24 PIT NL 56 45 2 1.2 95 .273 .180 .264 .226 .335 .200 .382 .426 .716 20 .088 -5.5 -0.6 .310 .080 .020
1976 25 PIT NL 97 80 4 1.4 92 .218 .185 .263 .216 .329 .239 .374 .456 .703 30 .116 -8.6 -0.9 .316 .087 .054
1977 26 PIT NL 86 68 4 1.6 105 .225 .198 .272 .226 .340 .235 .414 .461 .753 23 .124 -9.1 -0.9 .333 .074 .037
1978 27 PIT NL 62 46 5 2.9 99 .244 .218 .268 .283 .336 .291 .394 .574 .730 58 .340 -3.3 -0.3 .523 .145 .073 1.5
1979 28 SEA AL 401 329 19 1.5 104 .232 .198 .272 .216 .337 .249 .412 .466 .749 25 .114 -40.9 -4.0 .341 .083 .051 1.5
1980 29 SEA AL 305 230 24 2.8 100 .282 .245 .270 .286 .333 .310 .401 .596 .734 63 .289 -15.0 -1.5 .463 .119 .065 2.4
1981 30 TEX AL 254 203 15 2.0 84 .256 .231 .249 .254 .313 .266 .362 .521 .675 55 .210 -13.2 -1.4 .376 .070 .035 .0
1982 31 TEX AL 18 17 0 0.0 94 .154 .118 .258 .118 .321 .118 .393 .235 .715 -33 .000 -3.1 -0.3 .125 .000 .000
9 Seasons 1456 1157 83 1.9 97 .251 .215 .265 .245 .330 .262 .392 .507 .722 41 .179 -111.0 -11.2 .376 .089 .047 6.0
162 Game Avg. 344 273 20 1.9 97 .251 .215 .265 .245 .330 .262 .392 .507 .722 41 .179 -111.0 -11.2 .376 .089 .047 1
PIT (5 yrs) 478 378 25 1.8 96 .249 .204 .264 .244 .333 .245 .385 .488 .718 37 .167 -38.8 -4.0 .364 .088 .041 1.6
TEX (2 yrs) 272 220 15 1.8 85 .250 .224 .250 .245 .313 .256 .365 .501 .678 48 .185 -16.2 -1.7 .356 .065 .033 .0
SEA (2 yrs) 706 559 43 2.1 102 .253 .218 .271 .246 .335 .275 .407 .522 .742 41 .183 -56.0 -5.5 .391 .098 .057 4.0
NL (5 yrs) 478 378 25 1.8 96 .249 .204 .264 .244 .333 .245 .385 .488 .718 37 .167 -38.8 -4.0 .364 .088 .041 1.6
AL (4 yrs) 978 779 58 2.0 97 .252 .220 .265 .246 .329 .270 .396 .516 .725 43 .183 -72.2 -7.2 .382 .089 .050 4.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 23 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 3 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1974 23 PIT NL 177 0.0% 19.8% 4.5% 1.7% 8% 4.38 4.7 10.9 1.58 73%
1975 24 PIT NL 56 0.0% 30.4% 5.4% 1.8% 11% 5.67 2.9 25.0 1.89 59%
1976 25 PIT NL 97 0.0% 15.5% 4.1% 5.2% 29% 3.75 6.1 7.7 1.13 80%
1977 26 PIT NL 86 0.0% 11.6% 3.5% 3.5% 19% 3.33 8.1 20.3 1.52 83%
1978 27 PIT NL 62 1.6% 14.5% 3.2% 3.2% 17% 4.50 6.1 55.0 18.3 1.11 73%
1979 28 SEA AL 401 0.3% 15.5% 2.2% 3.5% 19% 6.89 6.0 373.0 12.9 1.28 79%
1980 29 SEA AL 305 0.7% 13.8% 5.3% 3.6% 16% 2.63 6.6 138.5 19.8 1.29 77%
1981 30 TEX AL 254 0.0% 9.8% 2.8% 2.8% 13% 3.57 9.2 10.4 1.65 82%
1982 31 TEX AL 18 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 5.00 72%
9 Seasons 1456 0.3% 15.0% 3.6% 3.2% 16% 4.21 6.1 334.3 13.2 1.40 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1974 23 PIT NL 5 0 22% 66 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 38% 11 7 4 0 0 0 5 1 2
1975 24 PIT NL 2 0 67% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 67% 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 2
1976 25 PIT NL 1 0 29% 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 38% 5 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 0
1977 26 PIT NL 1 0 26% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 27 PIT NL 0 0 25% 27 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 50% 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 2
1979 28 SEA AL 4 0 30% 95 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 6 37% 17 16 1 4 1 3 9 2 7
1980 29 SEA AL 3 0 31% 131 3 4 43% 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 5 50% 14 8 6 2 1 1 8 2 5
1981 30 TEX AL 5 0 30% 84 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 53% 14 7 7 2 1 1 3 0 2
1982 31 TEX AL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
9 Seasons 21 0 30% 489 12 8 60% 11 6 0 1 1 1 4 0 21 29 46% 72 44 28 11 5 5 35 9 21
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1974 23 PIT NL 177 27% 36 1 0 0 0 3.15 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 43 6 14% 25 9 36% 128 16 13% 11 7 64% 13 5 38% 0
1975 24 PIT NL 56 36% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 9 1 11% 7 3 43% 30 3 10% 2 1 50% 5 1 20% 0
1976 25 PIT NL 97 41% 17 1 0 0 0 1.30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 3 13% 6 2 33% 72 12 17% 4 4 100% 7 0 0% 0
1977 26 PIT NL 86 45% 16 4 2 0 0 0.89 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 13 1 8% 9 4 44% 45 4 9% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1978 27 PIT NL 62 42% 12 2 1 0 0 0.20 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 67% 8 0 0% 5 3 60% 28 2 7% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
1979 28 SEA AL 401 32% 74 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 0 1 0 1 13 13 100% 80 12 15% 48 19 40% 271 29 11% 19 11 58% 23 8 35% 0
1980 29 SEA AL 305 33% 68 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 1 1 2 0 0 13 11 85% 50 5 10% 28 15 54% 152 13 9% 8 3 38% 12 6 50% 0
1981 30 TEX AL 254 35% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17 14 82% 63 9 14% 35 18 51% 179 25 14% 14 8 57% 14 8 57% 0
1982 31 TEX AL 18 6% 2 0 0 0 0 3.41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 0 0 11 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 1456 34% 287 8 3 0 0 1.05 4 0 37 3 1 4 0 1 58 49 84% 293 38 13% 163 73 45% 916 104 11% 63 37 59% 80 28 35% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1974 23 91 177 163 10 36 1 2 0 15 1 1 8 35 .221 .259 .252 .510 46 41 6 1 3 2 2
1975 24 147 233 213 18 45 2 2 0 17 1 1 11 52 .211 .251 .239 .491 39 51 7 1 6 2 2
1976 25 197 330 305 24 62 7 2 0 29 1 2 15 67 .203 .241 .239 .480 37 73 10 1 6 3 3
1977 26 267 416 386 29 78 10 2 0 33 1 2 18 77 .202 .238 .238 .476 34 92 11 1 8 3 3
1978 27 324 478 441 34 90 11 2 1 36 4 3 20 86 .204 .244 .245 .488 37 108 11 4 10 3 4
1979 28 472 879 814 60 164 21 5 2 65 7 3 29 148 .201 .231 .247 .478 31 201 23 5 23 8 4
1980 29 586 1184 1091 87 232 27 8 4 79 10 7 45 190 .213 .245 .263 .508 39 287 28 5 34 9 4
1981 30 674 1438 1320 105 285 33 9 4 101 12 8 52 215 .216 .247 .264 .510 42 348 37 6 48 12 4
1982 31 686 1456 1337 106 287 33 9 4 101 12 8 52 219 .215 .245 .262 .507 41 350 38 6 49 12 4

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1974 23 91 175 164 11 37 1 2 0 17 1 8 35 .226 .263 .256 .519 11 91
1975 24 56 56 52 10 11 1 0 0 2 0 4 17 .212 .268 .231 .499 3 56
1976 25 50 97 92 7 17 5 0 0 15 0 4 15 .185 .216 .239 .456 5 50
1977 26 70 83 80 5 15 3 0 0 4 0 3 10 .188 .217 .225 .442 4 70
1978 27 57 63 57 5 14 1 0 1 3 4 2 9 .246 .317 .316 .633 5 57
1979 28 149 388 373 26 72 10 3 1 29 3 9 62 .193 .211 .244 .455 19 148
1980 29 114 295 278 28 69 6 3 2 15 3 16 42 .248 .288 .313 .601 25 114
1981 30 133 371 353 33 87 10 2 0 41 3 11 38 .246 .270 .286 .556 27 88
1982 31 12 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
9 Seasons 732 1545 1466 125 322 37 10 4 126 14 57 232 .220 .250 .267 .517 99 686
162 Game Avg. 162 342 324 28 71 8 2 1 28 3 13 51 .220 .250 .267 .517 22 686

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1979 AL--13--8th
1981 AL--14--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2087), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Manos de Mario (Aizpuru) melvin Mario manny Seda mendosa Mendoza

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