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Jose Oquendo
Jose Manuel (Contreras) Oquendo (Secret Weapon)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 4, 1963 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1983
Final Game: September 29, 1995
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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
1983 19 NYM NL 120 353 328 29 70 7 0 1 17 8 9 19 60 .213 .260 .244 .504 42 80 10 2 3 1 2 *6
1984 20 NYM NL 81 211 189 23 42 5 0 0 10 10 1 15 26 .222 .284 .249 .532 52 47 2 2 3 2 2 6
1986 22 STL NL 76 158 138 20 41 4 1 0 13 2 3 15 20 .297 .359 .341 .700 95 47 3 0 2 3 4 64/57
1987 23 STL NL 116 312 248 43 71 9 0 1 24 4 4 54 29 .286 .408 .335 .743 99 83 6 0 6 4 6 946/57381
1988 24 STL NL 148 518 451 36 125 10 1 7 46 4 6 52 40 .277 .350 .350 .700 102 158 8 0 12 3 7 4563/98721
1989 25 STL NL 163 650 556 59 162 28 7 1 48 3 5 79 59 .291 .375 .372 .747 112 207 12 0 7 8 7 *4/63
1990 26 STL NL 156 553 469 38 118 17 5 1 37 1 1 74 46 .252 .350 .316 .666 85 148 7 0 5 5 8 *4/6
1991 27 STL NL 127 441 366 37 88 11 4 1 26 1 2 67 48 .240 .357 .301 .658 88 110 5 1 4 3 13 *46/31
1992 28 STL NL 14 40 35 3 9 3 1 0 3 0 0 5 3 .257 .350 .400 .750 115 14 0 0 0 0 1 /46
1993 29 STL NL 46 89 73 7 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 8 .205 .314 .205 .519 44 15 5 0 3 1 1 64
1994 30 STL NL 55 152 129 13 34 2 2 0 9 1 1 21 16 .264 .364 .310 .674 80 40 6 0 1 1 4 64
1995 31 STL NL 88 260 220 31 46 8 3 2 17 1 1 35 21 .209 .316 .300 .616 65 66 1 0 4 1 3 46/59
12 Seasons 1190 3737 3202 339 821 104 24 14 254 35 33 448 376 .256 .346 .317 .663 86 1015 65 5 50 32 58
162 Game Avg. 162 509 436 46 112 14 3 2 35 5 4 61 51 .256 .346 .317 .663 86 138 9 1 7 4 8
STL (10 yrs) 989 3173 2685 287 709 92 24 13 227 17 23 414 290 .264 .359 .331 .690 93 888 53 1 44 29 54
NYM (2 yrs) 201 564 517 52 112 12 0 1 27 18 10 34 86 .217 .269 .246 .514 45 127 12 4 6 3 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
1987 23 STL NL NLCS SFG W 5 16 12 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .167 .313 .417 .729 5 0 0 0 1 1
1987 23 STL NL WS MIN L 7 26 24 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 .250 .269 .250 .519 6 0 0 0 1 0
1 Season (2 Series) 12 42 36 5 8 0 0 1 6 0 1 4 6 .222 .286 .306 .591 11 0 0 0 2 1
1 NLCS 5 16 12 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 2 .167 .313 .417 .729 5 0 0 0 1 1
1 WS 7 26 24 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 .250 .269 .250 .519 6 0 0 0 1 0

Standard Pitching

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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
1987 23 STL NL 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 15 5.000 36.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1988 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 4.50 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 21 78 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 2.3 0.17
1991 27 STL NL 0 0 27.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 7 14 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
3 Seasons 0 1 .000 12.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 10 8 8 0 9 2 2 1 0 1 37 30 3.167 15.0 0.0 13.5 3.0 0.22
162 Game Avg. 0 23 .000 12.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 136 227 181 181 0 204 45 45 23 0 23 839 30 3.167 15.0 0.0 13.5 3.0 0.22

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 Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1983 NYM NL 19 SS 116 104 895.1 529 182 326 21 65 .960 4.4 5.9 3.4 3.4 0.0 1 5.11 4.38 .967 4.85 4.16
1984 NYM NL 20 SS 67 55 474.0 254 95 152 7 33 .972 -2.8 -7.1 -2.8 2.9 -5.7 0 4.69 3.69 .965 4.87 3.98
1986 STL NL 22 SS 29 17 179.1 90 30 56 4 12 .956 -1.7 -11.4 -1.7 -0.5 -1.2 0 4.32 2.97 .963 4.75 3.96
1986 STL NL 22 2B 21 10 116.0 62 22 36 4 11 .935 -0.7 -7.2 -1.7 -0.8 -0.9 1 4.50 2.76 .981 5.21 4.54
1986 STL NL 22 3B 1 0 2.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 135.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 6.75 2.00 .950 2.70 2.20
1986 STL NL 22 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.40
1986 STL NL 22 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1987 STL NL 23 OF 46 24 235.1 69 65 4 0 1 1.000 1.0 5.1 0.0 1.1 -1.1 1 2.64 1.50 .981 2.19 1.83
1987 STL NL 23 RF 37 17 164.2 46 43 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.2 -0.8 1 2.51 1.24 .976 2.00 1.68
1987 STL NL 23 2B 32 18 195.0 115 50 65 0 20 1.000 1.2 7.4 0.2 2.3 -2.2 1 5.31 3.59 .982 5.19 4.44
1987 STL NL 23 SS 23 9 105.2 63 11 50 2 7 .968 1.7 19.3 2.7 1.5 1.2 -1 5.20 2.65 .965 4.72 3.89
1987 STL NL 23 3B 8 3 44.2 22 6 14 2 1 .909 -0.6 -16.1 -0.6 -0.6 0.1 0 4.03 2.50 .955 2.82 2.34
1987 STL NL 23 LF 8 4 46.2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 5.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 2.12 1.38 .982 2.04 1.58
1987 STL NL 23 1B 3 1 13.2 17 17 0 0 2 1.000 -1.1 -96.6 -1.1 0.0 -1.1 0 11.20 5.67 .988 9.88 8.47
1987 STL NL 23 CF 3 3 24.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0.8 40.0 0.8 1.1 -0.3 0 3.75 3.33 .980 2.51 2.03
1987 STL NL 23 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.60
1988 STL NL 24 2B 69 64 528.0 334 149 184 1 41 .997 7.7 17.5 7.7 1.7 6.0 0 5.68 4.83 .980 5.22 4.58
1988 STL NL 24 3B 47 40 371.0 115 22 88 5 8 .957 0.5 1.6 -0.5 -1.0 0.5 1 2.67 2.34 .946 2.77 2.35
1988 STL NL 24 SS 17 10 101.2 63 23 37 3 8 .952 -2.9 -34.2 -2.9 -3.4 0.5 0 5.31 3.53 .968 4.63 3.99
1988 STL NL 24 1B 16 2 49.0 59 51 6 2 4 .966 1.8 44.1 1.8 0.1 1.8 0 10.47 3.56 .992 9.96 8.65
1988 STL NL 24 OF 15 7 84.0 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -14.3 -1.0 0.7 -1.6 0 2.36 1.47 .982 2.28 1.98
1988 STL NL 24 RF 9 4 44.1 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 24.4 0.9 1.0 0.0 0 2.84 1.56 .979 2.05 1.76
1988 STL NL 24 CF 4 2 29.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.8 -74.5 -1.8 -0.2 -1.6 0 1.55 1.25 .980 2.67 2.28
1988 STL NL 24 LF 2 1 10.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -11.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.53 1.50 .967 2.11 1.75
1988 STL NL 24 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.60 0 0 0 0
1988 STL NL 24 P 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 0.70
1989 STL NL 25 2B 156 155 1360.2 851 346 500 5 106 .994 19.4 17.1 18.4 1.0 17.4 1 5.60 5.42 .981 5.12 4.43
1989 STL NL 25 SS 7 7 61.2 33 9 23 1 2 .970 0.4 7.8 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 4.67 4.57 .967 4.51 3.89
1989 STL NL 25 1B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.00 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.40
1990 STL NL 26 2B 150 137 1202.2 681 285 393 3 65 .996 2.5 2.5 3.5 0.1 3.4 -1 5.07 4.52 .983 5.01 4.28
1990 STL NL 26 SS 4 4 33.0 20 9 10 1 2 .950 -1.0 -36.4 -1.0 -1.3 0.3 0 5.18 4.75 .970 4.58 4.00
1991 STL NL 27 2B 118 114 904.2 597 244 346 7 60 .988 8.9 11.8 9.9 2.9 7.0 -1 5.87 5.00 .982 5.14 4.28
1991 STL NL 27 SS 22 10 124.0 51 27 22 2 5 .961 -1.6 -15.5 -1.6 -0.6 -1.0 0 3.56 2.23 .967 4.67 3.88
1991 STL NL 27 1B 3 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.72 8.43
1991 STL NL 27 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.60
1992 STL NL 28 2B 9 8 54.0 36 14 22 0 5 1.000 -0.1 -2.2 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 0 6.00 4.00 .981 5.18 4.27
1992 STL NL 28 SS 5 4 29.0 13 4 8 1 2 .923 -0.3 -12.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 0 3.72 2.40 .969 4.59 3.86
1993 STL NL 29 SS 22 14 135.0 86 27 58 1 9 .988 4.5 40.0 4.5 2.4 2.1 0 5.67 3.86 .964 4.69 4.04
1993 STL NL 29 2B 16 8 72.1 49 25 24 0 6 1.000 0.9 14.9 0.9 1.4 -0.5 0 6.10 3.06 .980 5.16 4.49
1994 STL NL 30 SS 28 21 193.0 73 18 51 4 8 .945 2.6 16.2 2.6 0.8 1.8 0 3.22 2.46 .967 4.53 4.05
1994 STL NL 30 2B 16 13 124.2 82 35 47 0 14 1.000 3.6 34.7 2.6 2.4 0.2 1 5.92 5.13 .980 5.26 4.56
1995 STL NL 31 2B 62 45 417.0 267 114 148 5 37 .981 4.1 11.8 5.1 2.1 3.0 -1 5.65 4.23 .984 5.25 4.58
1995 STL NL 31 SS 24 16 161.1 82 20 61 1 14 .988 5.6 41.7 4.6 -1.0 5.6 1 4.52 3.38 .967 4.51 3.97
1995 STL NL 31 3B 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.35
1995 STL NL 31 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1995 STL NL 31 RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
10 Seasons 2B 649 572 4975.0 3074 1284 1765 25 365 .992 47.5 11.5 46.5 13.5 32.9 1 5.52 4.70 .982 5.13 4.40
12 Seasons SS 364 271 2493.0 1357 455 854 48 167 .965 8.9 4.3 7.9 4.8 3.1 1 4.73 3.60 .966 4.75 4.03
4 Seasons OF 63 31 321.2 91 87 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 -1.0 1.8 -2.7 1 2.55 1.44 .981 2.22 1.87
4 Seasons 3B 58 43 424.1 139 28 104 7 9 .950 0.2 0.6 -0.8 -1.3 0.6 1 2.80 2.28 .947 2.77 2.34
3 Seasons RF 47 21 211.0 60 57 3 0 1 1.000 0.9 5.1 -0.1 0.8 -0.8 1 2.56 1.28 .977 2.01 1.70
4 Seasons 1B 23 3 67.0 77 69 6 2 6 .974 0.7 12.5 0.7 0.1 0.7 0 10.07 3.26 .991 9.93 8.59
3 Seasons LF 11 5 57.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.18 1.27 .979 2.06 1.59
2 Seasons CF 7 5 53.0 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -22.6 -1.0 0.9 -1.9 0 2.55 2.14 .980 2.60 2.17
3 Seasons P 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.95 0.63
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.60 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons TOT 1161 920 8288.0 4739 1924 2733 82 548 .983 57.3 8.3 53.3 18.9 34.6 1 3 0 5.06 4.01 .959 4.82 4.12 0 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1989 NL--.291--8th

On-Base% s c a p y
1989 NL--.375--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1989 NL--163--1st
1990 NL--156--9th

Hits s c a p y
1989 NL--162--9th

Triples s c a p y
1989 NL--7--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1989 NL--79--8th
1990 NL--74--8th

Singles s c a p y
1989 NL--126--6th

Times On Base s c a p y
1989 NL--241--10th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 NL--12--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1989 NL--8--3rd

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1991 NL--13--6th

AB per SO s c a p y
1988 NL--11.275--8th
1989 NL--9.424--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1983 NL--born 1963-07-04--2nd
1984 NL--born 1963-07-04--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (697), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 10 (1256), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1148), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Mike Gonzalez (951)
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  8. Duane Kuiper (947)
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  3. Phil Lewis (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jose Offerman (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bobby Richardson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cesar Izturis (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cesar Izturis (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Owen (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Dave Chalk (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Mickey Owen (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

April 15, 1979: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

April 2, 1985: Traded by the New York Mets with Mark J. Davis (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Young (minors) and Angel Salazar.

November 1, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986St. Louis Cardinals$79,000
1987St. Louis Cardinals$100,000
1988St. Louis Cardinals$275,000
1989St. Louis Cardinals$525,000
1990St. Louis Cardinals$575,000
1991St. Louis Cardinals$775,000
1992St. Louis Cardinals$2,050,000
1993St. Louis Cardinals$2,050,000
1994St. Louis Cardinals$2,150,000
1995St. Louis Cardinals$2,250,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,829,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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