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Pedro Muñoz

Pedro Javier (Gonzalez) Munoz

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 19, 1968 in Ponce, P.R.
Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1990
Teams (by GP): Twins/Athletics 1990-1996

Final Game: June 1, 1996
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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
1985	16	TOR-min	Rk	40	160	145	14	38	3	0	2	17	4	1	9	20	.262	.321	.324	.645		47		4	1	1	0		BJY · GULF
1986	17	TOR-min	A	122	508	445	69	131	16	5	14	82	9	5	54	100	.294	.375	.447	.823		199		5	2	2	4		FLR · SALL
1987	18	TOR-min	A	92	382	341	55	80	11	5	8	44	13	4	34	74	.235	.304	.367	.671		125		2	1	4	0		DUN · FLOR
1988	19	TOR-min	A	133	544	481	59	141	21	7	8	73	15	4	52	87	.293	.362	.416	.778		200	23	4	0	7	5		DUN · FLOR
1989	20	TOR-min	AA	122	468	442	54	118	15	4	19	65	10	4	20	85	.267	.299	.448	.747		198		2	0	4	2		KNX · SOUL
1990	21	TOR-MIN-min	AAA	116	475	427	60	136	26	3	12	77	24	11	39	82	.319	.380	.478	.857		204		5	1	3	4		SYR,POR · IL,PCL
1990	21	MIN	AL	22	90	85	13	23	4	1	0	5	3	0	2	16	.271	.281	.341	.622	70	29	3	0	1	2	0	9/7D
1991	22	MIN-min	AAA	56	233	212	33	67	19	2	5	28	9	5	19	42	.316	.373	.495	.869		105	6	1	0	1	3		POR · PCL
1991	22	MIN	AL	51	151	138	15	39	7	1	7	26	3	0	9	31	.283	.327	.500	.827	121	69	2	1	1	2	0	97/D
1992	23	MIN	AL	127	439	418	44	113	16	3	12	71	4	5	17	90	.270	.298	.409	.707	96	171	18	1	0	3	1	*9/7D
1993	24	MIN	AL	104	354	326	34	76	11	1	13	38	1	2	25	97	.233	.294	.393	.686	83	128	7	3	0	0	2	79
1994	25	MIN	AL	75	268	244	35	72	15	2	11	36	0	0	19	67	.295	.348	.508	.857	118	124	4	2	0	2	0	79D
1995	26	MIN	AL	104	400	376	45	113	17	0	18	58	0	3	19	86	.301	.338	.489	.827	112	184	14	3	0	2	0	D9/37
1996	27	OAK	AL	34	130	121	17	31	5	0	6	18	0	0	9	31	.256	.308	.446	.754	87	54	2	0	0	0	1	D9
7 Yrs				517	1832	1708	203	467	75	8	67	252	11	10	100	418	.273	.315	.444	.760	100	759	50	10	2	11	4
162 Game Avg.				162	574	535	64	146	24	3	21	79	3	3	31	131	.273	.315	.444	.760	100	238	16	3	1	3	1

MIN (6 yrs)				483	1702	1587	186	436	70	8	61	234	11	10	91	387	.275	.316	.444	.760	102	705	48	10	2	11	3
OAK (1 yr)				34	130	121	17	31	5	0	6	18	0	0	9	31	.256	.308	.446	.754	87	54	2	0	0	0	1

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
1990	21	MIN	AL	22	90	-3	1	-1	-6	-1	-10	-1.1	3	-7	-0.8	.451	.493	-0.1	-0.8	-1	$100,000	9/7D
1991	22	MIN	AL	51	151	3	1	0	-4	-2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.495	.498	0.7	-0.6	7	$	97/D
1992	23	MIN	AL	127	439	-4	1	-2	9	-6	-3	-0.1	15	12	1.2	.498	.498	0.2	0.5	3	$155,000	*9/7D
1993	24	MIN	AL	104	354	-9	-0	-1	-16	-5	-32	-3.2	12	-20	-2.1	.469	.480	-0.3	-2.1	-4	$253,600	79
1994	25	MIN	AL	75	268	7	-1	1	-7	-4	-4	-0.3	8	4	0.5	.495	.497	1.1	-1.0	11	$590,000	79D
1995	26	MIN	AL	104	400	6	-1	-3	-10	-9	-17	-1.5	13	-4	-0.3	.485	.490	0.6	-1.7	6	$725,000	D9/37
1996	27	OAK	AL	34	130	-3	0	-0	-9	-2	-15	-1.3	4	-11	-0.9	.460	.492	-0.1	-1.0	-1	$595,000	D9
7 Seasons				517	1832	-3	-0	-6	-44	-30	-84	-7.7	60	-23	-2.1	.484	.493	2.1	-6.8	21	$2,418,600

MIN (6 yrs)				483	1702	-0	-0	-6	-35	-27	-69	-6.4	56	-13	-1.2	.486	.493	2.2	-5.7	22	$1,823,600
OAK (1 yr)				34	130	-3	0	-0	-9	-2	-15	-1.3	4	-11	-0.9	.460	.492	-0.1	-1.0	-1	$595,000

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
1990	21	MIN	AL	90	68	8	3.1	99	.324	.271	.266	.281	.335	.341	.398	.622	.733	70	.352	-3.7	-0.4	.523	.129	.071	.0
1991	22	MIN	AL	151	104	23	6.0	101	.314	.283	.266	.327	.335	.500	.403	.827	.739	121	.621	3.4	0.3	.812	.304	.217	4.2
1992	23	MIN	AL	439	331	44	3.6	96	.317	.270	.262	.298	.331	.409	.388	.707	.719	96	.406	-5.1	-0.5	.573	.177	.139	6.0
1993	24	MIN	AL	354	259	36	3.7	103	.292	.233	.267	.294	.337	.393	.408	.686	.745	83	.384	-9.4	-0.9	.598	.233	.160	1.9
1994	25	MIN	AL	268	178	44	6.6	111	.363	.295	.273	.348	.345	.508	.434	.857	.779	118	.596	5.9	0.5	.824	.291	.213	.0
1995	26	MIN	AL	400	282	56	5.3	110	.347	.301	.272	.338	.346	.489	.429	.827	.774	112	.507	4.6	0.4	.725	.231	.189	.0
1996	27	OAK	AL	130	92	16	4.7	117	.298	.256	.278	.308	.352	.446	.447	.754	.799	87	.418	-3.1	-0.3	.685	.264	.190	.0
7 Yrs				1832	1314	227	4.6	105	.324	.273	.268	.315	.339	.444	.413	.760	.753	100	.474	-7.5	-0.8	.669	.230	.171	18.9
162 Game Avg.				574	412	71	4.6	105	.324	.273	.268	.315	.339	.444	.413	.760	.753	100	.474	-7.5	-0.8	.669	.230	.171	6

MIN (6 yrs)				1702	1222	211	4.6	104	.326	.275	.267	.316	.338	.444	.411	.760	.749	102	.479	-4.4	-0.5	.667	.227	.170	18.6
OAK (1 yr)				130	92	16	4.7	117	.298	.256	.278	.308	.352	.446	.447	.754	.799	87	.417	-3.1	-0.3	.685	.264	.190	.0

Ratio Batting*

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
1990	21	MIN	AL	90	0.0%	17.8%	2.2%	5.6%	22%	8.00	5.3		17.0	1.45	1.94	79%	15%	0.0%	3%
1991	22	MIN	AL	151	4.6%	20.5%	6.0%	9.9%	39%	3.44	4.5	19.7	5.3	0.82	1.32	68%	25%	13.0%	10%
1992	23	MIN	AL	439	2.7%	20.5%	3.9%	7.1%	27%	5.29	4.6	34.8	5.9	1.11	1.94	73%	19%	8.0%	4%
1993	24	MIN	AL	354	3.7%	27.4%	7.1%	7.1%	33%	3.88	3.4	25.1	8.6	0.76	1.15	61%	23%	10.8%	8%
1994	25	MIN	AL	268	4.1%	25.0%	7.1%	10.5%	39%	3.53	3.6	22.2	6.8	0.86	1.55	63%	22%	12.0%	4%
1995	26	MIN	AL	400	4.5%	21.5%	4.8%	8.8%	31%	4.53	4.4	20.9	6.5	0.81	1.31	69%	23%	12.3%	9%
1996	27	OAK	AL	130	4.6%	23.9%	6.9%	8.5%	36%	3.44	3.9	20.2	6.7	0.56	0.71	65%	19%	12.8%	18%
7 Yrs				1832	3.7%	22.8%	5.5%	8.2%	32%	4.18	4.1	25.5	6.8	0.88	1.42	67%	21%	10.5%	8%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.5%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	1.76	5.7	37.9	7.9	0.81	1.08	72%	21%	7.0%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	21	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	93	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	.93	-0.3	0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.92	-4.2		0
1991	22	MIN	AL	3.4	0.3	154	0.6	3.2	-2.6	1.01	0.2	0.4	4.2	0.4	1.01	3.2	0.25	6
1992	23	MIN	AL	-5.6	-0.6	458	1.0	9.0	-8.0	.99	-0.1	1.2	8.7	0.9	1.01	-2.1	1.68	6
1993	24	MIN	AL	-9.4	-0.9	362	0.4	7.1	-6.7	.98	-0.5	0.9	-7.0	-0.7	0.93	-9.3	0.84	3
1994	25	MIN	AL	5.9	0.5	272	0.2	4.3	-4.1	.88	0.6	-0.3	7.8	0.7	0.96	7.3	1.88	7
1995	26	MIN	AL	4.6	0.4	408	0.1	8.1	-7.9	1.05	0.4	-0.3	-4.3	-0.4	0.98	2.2	2.41	5
1996	27	OAK	AL	-3.1	-0.3	131	0.0	2.5	-2.5	1.03	-0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.0	0.88	-3.6	2.46	4
7 Yrs				-8.0	-0.9	1878	2.3	35.5	-33.2	.99	0.0	2.3	4.9	0.5	0.97	-6.4	1.58	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	21	MIN	AL	2	0	52%	38	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	2	33%	6	5	1	1	0	1	5	3	2
1991	22	MIN	AL	1	0	19%	50	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	4	1	42%	8	6	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
1992	23	MIN	AL	3	0	27%	141	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	4	19	24%	26	22	3	2	2	0	9	2	6
1993	24	MIN	AL	2	0	23%	104	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	3	11	35%	11	7	4	1	1	0	5	2	2
1994	25	MIN	AL	4	1	29%	106	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	6	33%	17	14	3	2	0	2	5	2	3
1995	26	MIN	AL	4	0	23%	150	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	4	11	28%	18	15	3	3	2	1	8	4	4
1996	27	OAK	AL	1	0	32%	49	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	2	71%	8	3	5	2	1	1	4	0	4
7 Yrs				17	1	27%	638	11	10	52%	10	10	1	1	19	52	35%	94	72	20	12	6	6	39	13	24

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
1990	21	MIN	AL	90	29%	23	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	18	3	17%	10	3	30%	46	6	13%	5	3	60%	2	1	50%	0
1991	22	MIN	AL	151	32%	39	8	0	6	1	0	1	0.25	7	1	4	4	3	4	3	0	1	1	100%	33	2	6%	18	4	22%	102	19	19%	9	4	44%	5	3	60%	0
1992	23	MIN	AL	439	29%	113	35	0	6	1	0	0	1.68	12	0	20	9	3	8	4	0	0	0		80	18	23%	44	20	45%	308	62	20%	31	18	58%	19	16	84%	0
1993	24	MIN	AL	354	32%	76	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.84	13	0	10	7	6	2	11	0	0	0		68	7	10%	34	5	15%	209	28	13%	18	6	33%	13	5	38%	0
1994	25	MIN	AL	268	37%	72	8	0	7	1	0	2	1.88	11	0	8	6	5	5	6	0	0	0		57	4	7%	28	9	32%	181	29	16%	15	12	80%	19	10	53%	0
1995	26	MIN	AL	400	35%	113	9	0	5	2	1	1	2.41	18	0	8	11	7	10	8	0	0	0		82	14	17%	37	7	19%	278	42	15%	18	9	50%	16	8	50%	0
1996	27	OAK	AL	130	33%	31	3	0	4	2	0	1	2.46	6	0	1	5	1	2	4	0	0	0		24	2	8%	10	2	20%	68	12	18%	4	2	50%	2	0	0%	0
7 Yrs				1832	33%	467	70	0	31	7	1	5	1.58	67	1	52	42	25	31	36	0	2	2	100%	362	50	14%	181	50	28%	1192	198	17%	100	54	54%	76	43	57%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	21	MIN	AL	90	296	3.29	199	67%	13%	24%	27%	36%	87%	0%	58%	72%	53%	1%	1	1	6%	5	4	6%	5	4	13%	0	0	1
1991	22	MIN	AL	152	580	3.82	361	62%	14%	26%	30%	30%	86%	0%	54%	70%	47%	2%	3	2	9%	14	10	6%	9	6	26%	-1	0	0
1992	23	MIN	AL	442	1609	3.64	1041	65%	15%	23%	30%	32%	85%	0%	55%	73%	44%	2%	10	0	11%	49	33	7%	29	22	18%	-3	0	0
1993	24	MIN	AL	348	1325	3.81	843	64%	15%	27%	31%	27%	85%	1%	54%	68%	44%	4%	13	2	12%	43	29	8%	29	18	15%	6	0	1
1994	25	MIN	AL	250	955	3.82	608	64%	12%	26%	35%	27%	88%	0%	56%	71%	47%	3%	8	3	11%	28	19	8%	19	13	15%	18	0	1
1995	26	MIN	AL	374	1337	3.57	873	65%	11%	25%	33%	31%	89%	0%	58%	72%	53%	1%	5	3	8%	30	23	5%	19	15	20%	26	0	2
1996	27	OAK	AL	110	374	3.40	248	66%	13%	25%	31%	31%	87%	3%	57%	71%	46%	5%	5	2	11%	12	6	4%	4	4	8%	20	0	1
7 Yrs				1766	6476	3.67	4173	64%	13%	25%	31%	30%	87%	1%	56%	71%	47%	3%	45	13	10%	181	124	6%	114	82	17%	66	0	6
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1990	21	22	90	85	13	23	4	1	0	5	3	0	2	16	.271	.281	.341	.622	70	29	3	0	1	2	0
1991	22	73	241	223	28	62	11	2	7	31	6	0	11	47	.278	.310	.439	.749	102	98	5	1	2	4	0
1992	23	200	680	641	72	175	27	5	19	102	10	5	28	137	.273	.302	.420	.722	98	269	23	2	2	7	1
1993	24	304	1034	967	106	251	38	6	32	140	11	7	53	234	.260	.299	.411	.710	93	397	30	5	2	7	3
1994	25	379	1302	1211	141	323	53	8	43	176	11	7	72	301	.267	.309	.430	.740	98	521	34	7	2	9	3
1995	26	483	1702	1587	186	436	70	8	61	234	11	10	91	387	.275	.316	.444	.760	102	705	48	10	2	11	3
1996	27	517	1832	1708	203	467	75	8	67	252	11	10	100	418	.273	.315	.444	.760	100	759	50	10	2	11	4

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	21	22	91	86	14	24	4	1	0	5	3	2	16	.279	.289	.349	.638	9	22
1991	22	51	151	138	15	39	7	1	7	27	3	9	31	.283	.327	.500	.827	23	51
1992	23	127	445	423	47	118	17	3	13	76	4	18	90	.279	.308	.426	.733	55	127
1993	24	104	354	326	34	76	11	1	13	38	1	25	97	.233	.294	.393	.686	37	104
1994	25	107	373	341	45	97	20	3	15	47	0	26	95	.284	.338	.493	.830	55	75
1995	26	117	442	417	47	121	18	0	19	60	0	20	97	.290	.326	.470	.796	64	104
1996	27	34	126	118	14	28	5	0	5	15	0	8	31	.237	.286	.407	.692	14	34
7 Yrs		562	1982	1849	216	503	82	9	72	268	11	108	457	.272	.314	.443	.757	257	517
162 Game Avg.		162	571	533	62	145	24	3	21	77	3	31	132	.272	.314	.443	.757	74	517

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1992 AL 18 (9th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1992 AL 18 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1934), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Jerry Turner (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Torii Hunter (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rip Repulski (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Butch Huskey (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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