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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 PIT NL 23 SS 87 48 471.1 274 77 187 10 21 .964 0.7 1.8 1.7 2.3 -0.6 -1 5.04 3.03 .961 4.97 4.26
1975 PIT NL 24 SS 53 17 195.0 104 29 70 5 10 .952 -1.8 -11.1 -0.8 1.4 -2.2 -1 4.57 1.87 .963 4.99 4.21
1975 PIT NL 24 3B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -205.7 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 3.09 2.60
1976 PIT NL 25 SS 45 24 256.0 150 42 103 5 19 .967 3.9 18.3 3.9 -0.2 4.1 0 5.10 3.22 .964 5.05 4.48
1976 PIT NL 25 3B 2 0 3.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 160.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 6.00 1.00 .950 3.00 2.60
1976 PIT NL 25 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.90
1977 PIT NL 26 SS 45 17 215.0 125 36 80 9 13 .928 0.1 0.6 0.1 -1.8 1.9 0 4.86 2.58 .964 5.02 4.30
1977 PIT NL 26 3B 19 0 46.1 12 5 6 1 0 .917 -1.0 -25.9 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 2.14 0.58 .958 2.97 2.54
1977 PIT NL 26 P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .900 1.80 0.70
1978 PIT NL 27 2B 21 4 84.2 49 17 31 1 3 .980 1.7 24.1 1.7 -0.9 2.6 0 5.10 2.29 .978 5.30 4.34
1978 PIT NL 27 3B 18 0 39.0 23 4 16 3 1 .870 0.8 24.6 0.8 1.0 -0.2 0 4.62 1.11 .957 3.00 2.53
1978 PIT NL 27 SS 14 2 55.0 22 7 14 1 0 .955 0.1 2.2 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0 3.44 1.50 .968 4.88 4.25
1979 SEA AL 28 SS 148 132 1082.2 619 177 422 20 91 .968 4.5 5.0 2.5 -1.8 4.3 2 4.98 4.05 .965 5.01 4.10
1980 SEA AL 29 SS 114 91 792.1 458 149 290 19 68 .959 -6.7 -10.1 -8.7 -7.8 -1.0 2 4.99 3.85 .963 4.99 4.26
1981 TEX AL 30 SS 88 83 687.2 396 114 270 12 47 .970 7.8 13.6 9.8 3.0 6.8 -2 5.03 4.36 .967 4.99 4.19
1982 TEX AL 31 SS 12 6 52.2 34 14 16 4 6 .882 -4.4 -100.3 -4.4 -3.2 -1.2 0 5.13 2.50 .968 4.87 4.17
9 Seasons SS 606 420 3807.2 2182 645 1452 85 275 .961 4.2 1.3 4.2 -8.4 12.5 0 4.96 3.46 .964 5.00 4.22
4 Seasons 3B 40 0 90.2 37 9 24 4 1 .892 -0.2 -2.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 3.28 0.83 .957 2.99 2.54
2 Seasons 2B 22 4 85.2 49 17 31 1 3 .980 1.5 21.0 1.5 -1.1 2.6 0 5.04 2.18 .978 5.31 4.36
1 Season P 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .900 1.80 0.70
9 Seasons TOT 669 424 3986.0 2269 671 1508 90 279 .960 5.5 1.7 5.5 -9.6 15.0 0 4.92 3.26 .925 4.95 4.12

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 PIT NL 23 91 48 91 87 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
1975 PIT NL 24 56 17 56 54 0 0 0 0 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
1976 PIT NL 25 50 24 50 48 0 0 0 1 2 45 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
1977 PIT NL 26 70 17 70 65 1 0 0 0 19 46 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
1978 PIT NL 27 57 6 57 53 0 0 0 21 19 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
1979 SEA AL 28 148 132 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 SEA AL 29 114 91 114 114 0 0 0 0 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TEX AL 30 88 83 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TEX AL 31 12 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 686 424 686 669 1 0 0 22 41 607 0 0 0 0 0 10 34
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 PIT NL 23 2071 69% 80% 27% 243 89% 1 80 40 27 13 188 149 34 2 4 10 1 6 3 8 21 9 0 8 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 2
1975 PIT NL 24 864 70% 79% 27% 94 88% 1 33 14 15 5 72 59 10 2 1 5 1 4 0 4 10 4 2 2 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2
1976 PIT NL 25 1099 65% 79% 27% 128 91% 1 40 22 12 6 104 71 27 0 1 5 1 4 0 3 19 11 1 6 1 0 19 12 7 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 26 931 70% 76% 25% 118 80% 2 35 21 11 3 81 59 17 1 2 9 0 9 0 7 13 7 0 3 2 0 13 7 5 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 27 241 59% 76% 21% 24 92% 0 7 6 0 1 16 13 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 SEA AL 28 4942 57% 80% 27% 472 93% 2 183 58 92 33 429 345 74 0 2 20 3 17 0 14 92 29 9 36 3 5 85 38 45 5 3 1
1980 SEA AL 29 3580 59% 81% 26% 362 89% 0 150 69 63 18 293 226 58 2 3 20 1 17 2 14 68 22 10 22 4 5 63 32 31 4 2 2
1981 TEX AL 30 2933 58% 80% 32% 315 91% 2 117 39 59 19 267 209 54 0 4 12 0 11 1 11 48 19 4 11 7 2 43 23 20 3 1 2
1982 TEX AL 31 259 63% 80% 20% 20 80% 0 13 4 8 1 15 12 3 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 5 1 0 2 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 1
9 Seasons 16920 61% 80% 28% 1776 90% 9 658 273 287 99 1465 1143 280 7 18 86 7 72 7 65 276 102 26 90 18 13 253 128 122 17 6 10
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 PIT NL 24 14 100% 64% 14% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1976 PIT NL 25 12 67% 92% 25% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 26 204 61% 78% 22% 13 85% 0 5 5 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 27 197 59% 78% 25% 24 88% 0 4 4 0 0 17 15 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 427 61% 78% 23% 40 85% 0 9 9 0 0 25 22 2 1 0 4 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 PIT NL 25 5 80% 60% 0% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 27 381 62% 77% 26% 43 86% 0 16 8 6 2 32 30 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 386 63% 77% 25% 44 84% 0 16 8 6 2 32 30 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1977 PIT NL 26 11 82% 9% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 11 82% 9% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* 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.

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

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