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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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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

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
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1977 26 PIT NL 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 29 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
1 Season 0 0 13.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 10 29 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 13.50 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 204 204 204 68 136 0 0 0 0 68 680 29 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
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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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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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 (2131), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

July 14, 1970: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 1978: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Odell Jones and Rafael Vasquez to the Seattle Mariners for Rick Jones, Tom McMillan and Enrique Romo.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton and Leon Roberts to the Texas Rangers for Steve Finch (minors), Brian Allard, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton and Richie Zisk.

June 7, 1982: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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

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