Willis Otanez

Willis Alexander Otanez

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 19, 1973 in Vega Baja, P.R.
High School: Cotui (Cotui, DO)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1998
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Orioles 1998-1999
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.036 [*],
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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
1991	18	LAD-min	Rk	58	248	222	38	64	9	2	6	39	3	3	19	34	.288	.344	.428	.772		95	7	2	1	4	0		GRF · PION
1992	19	LAD-min	A+	117	426	390	27	86	18	0	3	27	2	4	24	60	.221	.271	.290	.561		113	10	4	5	3	0		VRO · FLOR
1993	20	LAD-min	A+	95	362	325	34	85	11	2	10	39	1	4	29	63	.262	.324	.400	.724		130	9	2	4	2	1		BAK · CALL
1994	21	LAD-min	A+	131	540	476	77	132	27	1	19	72	4	2	53	98	.277	.350	.458	.808		218	10	4	0	7	2		VRO · FLOR
1995	22	LAD-min	A+,AA	119	497	454	47	116	28	1	11	60	1	2	34	84	.256	.306	.394	.700		179	18	2	0	7	3		VRO,SAN · FLOR,TL
1996	23	BAL-min	AA	138	559	506	60	134	27	2	24	75	3	7	45	97	.265	.323	.468	.792		237	17	1	2	5	2		BOW · EL
1997	24	BAL-min	AAA,AA,Rk	76	302	271	38	69	20	0	10	41	0	1	26	58	.255	.318	.439	.757		119	12	1	0	4	0		ROC,BOW,OLS · IL,EL,GULF
1998	25	BAL-min	AAA	124	537	481	87	137	24	2	27	100	1	0	41	104	.285	.343	.511	.855		246	8	6	1	8	6		ROC · IL
1998	25	BAL	AL	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1999	26	TOT	AL	71	226	207	28	49	11	0	7	24	0	0	15	46	.237	.293	.391	.685	75	81	6	2	1	1	0	53/D
1999	26	BAL	AL	29	89	80	7	17	3	0	2	11	0	0	6	16	.213	.273	.325	.598	56	26	3	1	1	1	0	5/3D
1999	26	TOR	AL	42	137	127	21	32	8	0	5	13	0	0	9	30	.252	.307	.433	.740	87	55	3	1	0	0	0	53/D
2000	27	TOR-min	AA,AAA	49	198	179	19	46	8	0	7	33	0	0	16	31	.257	.318	.419	.737		75	6	1	0	2	1		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
2001	28	ATL-min	AA,AAA	111	421	364	44	90	15	2	13	46	2	2	48	75	.247	.337	.407	.744		148	17	4	0	5	3		GRV,MTY · SOUL,MEX
2002	29	MVA,CCU	AAA	70	298	263	29	71	13	0	12	43	0	2	32	52	.270	.346	.456	.802		120	6	0	0	3	2		MVA,CCU · MEX
2003	30	BAL-min	AA	16	63	55	6	13	3	0	0	9	0	0	7	13	.236	.333	.291	.624		16	1	1	0	0	0		BOW · EL
2004	31	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
2005	32	VCZ	AAA	108	473	402	76	151	19	1	30	123	2	1	62	68	.376	.455	.652	1.106		262	17	2	0	7	9		VCZ · MEX
2006	33	VCZ	AAA	96	423	381	70	135	23	0	19	76	0	0	37	55	.354	.409	.564	.973		215	12	1	0	4	6		VCZ · MEX
2007	34	VCZ	AAA	100	429	367	73	133	21	1	21	89	2	1	53	52	.362	.448	.597	1.044		219	9	6	0	3	5		VCZ · MEX
2008	35	VCZ,MTN	AAA	106	465	400	50	112	23	0	10	61	4	3	53	54	.280	.368	.413	.780		165	13	6	0	6	6		VCZ,MTN · MEX
2009	36	PUE	AAA	104	446	370	58	129	29	0	19	91	0	0	64	46	.349	.451	.581	1.032		215	19	8	0	4	8		PUE · MEX
2010	37	PUE	AAA	91	394	338	71	133	26	1	12	76	0	0	49	37	.393	.470	.583	1.052		197	15	3	0	4	8		PUE · MEX
2011	38	REY	AAA	90	401	343	66	117	16	0	22	82	0	0	53	50	.341	.429	.580	1.009		199	11	2	0	3	7		REY · MEX
2012	39	VIL	AAA	59	252	220	28	66	12	0	9	47	0	0	27	34	.300	.381	.477	.858		105	11	3	0	2	3		VIL · MEX
2 Yrs				74	231	212	28	50	11	0	7	24	0	0	15	48	.236	.291	.387	.678	73	82	6	2	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	506	464	61	109	24	0	15	53	0	0	33	105	.236	.291	.387	.678	73	180	13	4	2	2	0

BAL (2 yrs)				32	94	85	7	18	3	0	2	11	0	0	6	18	.212	.269	.318	.586	53	27	3	1	1	1	0
TOR (1 yr)				42	137	127	21	32	8	0	5	13	0	0	9	30	.252	.307	.433	.740	87	55	3	1	0	0	0

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
1998	25	BAL	AL	3	5	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.465	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$170,000	/9
1999	26	BAL	AL	29	89	-6	0	-0	-4	-0	-10	-0.9	3	-8	-0.7	.466	.494	-0.3	-0.4	-4	$200,000	5/3D
1999	26	TOR	AL	42	137	-4	-2	-0	-2	-1	-9	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.480	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	53/D
2 Seasons				74	231	-11	-1	-1	-7	-1	-20	-1.9	8	-13	-1.2	.474	.496	-0.6	-0.7	-6	$370,000

BAL (2 yrs)				32	94	-7	0	-0	-4	-0	-12	-1.1	3	-8	-0.8	.466	.497	-0.4	-0.4	-4	$370,000
TOR (1 yr)				42	137	-4	-2	-0	-2	-1	-9	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.480	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$

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
1998	25	BAL	AL	5	4	0	0.0	108	.333	.200	.269	.200	.338	.200	.429	.400	.766	6	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1999	26	TOT	AL	226	166	23	3.7	112	.271	.237	.273	.293	.345	.391	.436	.685	.781	75	.332	-8.4	-0.8	.598	.227	.155	.0
1999	26	BAL	AL	89	68	7	2.7	109	.238	.213	.269	.273	.341	.325	.430	.598	.771	56	.225	-5.4	-0.5	.500	.188	.113	.0
1999	26	TOR	AL	137	98	16	4.3	114	.293	.252	.275	.307	.348	.433	.440	.740	.788	87	.402	-3.1	-0.3	.663	.252	.181	.0
2 Yrs				231	170	23	3.6	112	.272	.236	.273	.291	.345	.387	.436	.678	.781	73	.323	-9.1	-0.8	.589	.222	.151	.0
162 Game Avg.				506	372	50	3.6	112	.272	.236	.273	.291	.345	.387	.436	.678	.781	73	.323	-9.1	-0.8	.589	.222	.151

BAL (2 yrs)				94	72	7	2.6	109	.242	.212	.269	.269	.341	.318	.430	.586	.771	53	.207	-6.1	-0.6	.486	.176	.106	.0
TOR (1 yr)				137	98	16	4.3	114	.293	.252	.275	.307	.348	.433	.440	.740	.788	87	.402	-3.1	-0.3	.663	.252	.181	.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
1998	25	BAL	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5					60%	0%
1999	26	TOT	AL	226	3.1%	20.4%	6.6%	8.0%	37%	3.07	4.5	29.6	8.6	0.60	0.73	69%	17%	8.8%	21%
1999	26	BAL	AL	89	2.3%	18.0%	6.7%	5.6%	29%	2.67	5.0	40.0	7.3	0.63	0.79	71%	15%	7.7%	35%
1999	26	TOR	AL	137	3.7%	21.9%	6.6%	9.5%	41%	3.33	4.2	25.4	9.8	0.59	0.68	67%	19%	9.3%	11%
2 Yrs				231	3.0%	20.8%	6.5%	7.8%	36%	3.20	4.4	30.3	8.8	0.63	0.76	68%	17%	8.8%	21%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	9.1%	7.9%	33%	1.84	5.3	31.6	7.3	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1998	25	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.57	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.53	-0.8	0.00	1
1999	26	TOT	AL	-8.8	-0.8	229	-1.4	2.5	-3.9	.80	-0.7	-1.0	-9.6	-0.9	0.92	-11.6	0.79	8
1999	26	BAL	AL	-5.5	-0.5	91	-0.5	0.9	-1.5	.80	-0.5	-0.2	-4.5	-0.4	0.95	-6.2	0.87	4
1999	26	TOR	AL	-3.3	-0.3	138	-0.8	1.6	-2.4	.80	-0.3	-0.7	-5.0	-0.5	0.90	-5.3	0.72	4
2 Yrs				-9.5	-0.9	234	-1.4	2.5	-3.9	.79	-0.8	-1.0	-10.1	-0.9	0.92	-12.4	0.71	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	25	BAL	AL	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	26	TOT	AL	36%	66	2	6	24%	12	9	3	4	4	5	1	2
1999	26	BAL	AL	23%	29	0	3	20%	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0
1999	26	TOR	AL	43%	37	2	3	25%	8	6	2	3	3	5	1	2
2 Yrs				35%	67	2	6	24%	12	9	3	4	4	5	1	2

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
1998	25	BAL	AL	5	60%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1999	26	TOT	AL	226	24%	49	2	0	8	1	0	0	0.79	7	0	6	7	0	2	5	0	1	1	100%	48	6	13%	23	3	13%	143	17	12%	7	2	29%	3	1	33%	0
1999	26	BAL	AL	89	26%	17	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.87	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	21	3	14%	12	3	25%	59	9	15%	5	2	40%	1	1	100%	0
1999	26	TOR	AL	137	23%	32	2	0	4	1	0	0	0.72	5	0	2	5	0	1	4	0	0	0		27	3	11%	11	0	0%	84	8	10%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				231	25%	50	2	0	9	1	0	0	0.71	7	0	6	7	0	2	5	0	1	1	100%	48	6	13%	23	3	13%	143	17	12%	7	2	29%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			56%

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
1998	25	BAL	AL	5	19	3.80	13	68%	15%	23%	38%	23%	85%	0%	58%	73%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	1	1	50%	0	0	0
1999	26	TOT	AL	226	856	3.79	554	65%	20%	21%	29%	29%	80%	0%	52%	73%	40%	1%	3	0	9%	21	15	5%	12	9	11%	0	0	0
1999	26	BAL	AL	89	341	3.83	224	66%	20%	19%	31%	29%	80%	0%	52%	76%	38%	0%	0	0	8%	7	6	6%	5	3	13%	0	0	0
1999	26	TOR	AL	137	515	3.76	330	64%	21%	22%	28%	29%	79%	0%	51%	72%	41%	2%	3	0	10%	14	9	5%	7	6	10%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				231	875	3.79	567	65%	20%	21%	29%	29%	80%	0%	52%	73%	40%	1%	3	0	9%	21	15	6%	13	10	13%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1998	25	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
1999	26	74	231	212	28	50	11	0	7	24	0	0	15	48	.236	.291	.387	.678	73	82	6	2	1	1	0

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	25	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1999	26	71	223	205	26	47	11	7	22	14	46	.229	.284	.385	.669	22	71
2 Yrs		74	228	210	26	47	11	7	22	14	48	.224	.278	.376	.654	22	74
162 Game Avg.		162	499	460	57	103	24	15	48	31	105	.224	.278	.376	.654	48	74

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