Willis Otanez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 19, 1973 in Las 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
Final Game: October 3, 1999
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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
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 74 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 55 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 86 55 3 1 0 0 0 53/D
2 Seasons 74 231 212 28 50 11 0 7 24 0 0 15 48 .236 .291 .387 .678 72 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 72 180 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 52 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 86 55 3 1 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 3.7 113 .271 .237 .274 .293 .346 .391 .438 .685 .785 74 .332 -8.8 -0.8 .598 .227 .155 .0
1999 26 BAL AL 89 68 7 2.7 110 .238 .213 .270 .273 .342 .325 .432 .598 .774 55 .225 -5.5 -0.5 .500 .188 .113 .0
1999 26 TOR AL 137 98 16 4.3 115 .293 .252 .276 .307 .349 .433 .442 .740 .791 86 .402 -3.3 -0.3 .663 .252 .181 .0
2 Seasons 231 170 23 3.6 113 .272 .236 .274 .291 .346 .387 .438 .678 .784 72 .323 -9.5 -0.9 .589 .222 .151 .0
162 Game Avg. 506 372 50 3.6 113 .272 .236 .274 .291 .346 .387 .438 .678 .784 72 .323 -9.5 -0.9 .589 .222 .151
BAL (2 yrs) 94 72 7 2.6 110 .242 .212 .270 .269 .342 .318 .432 .586 .774 52 .207 -6.2 -0.6 .486 .176 .106 .0
TOR (1 yr) 137 98 16 4.3 115 .293 .252 .276 .307 .349 .433 .442 .740 .791 86 .402 -3.3 -0.3 .663 .252 .181 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 25 BAL AL 0 0 0% 1 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 0 0 36% 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 24% 12 9 3 4 4 0 5 1 2
1999 26 BAL AL 0 0 23% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20% 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1999 26 TOR AL 0 0 43% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 25% 8 6 2 3 3 0 5 1 2
2 Seasons 0 0 35% 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 24% 12 9 3 4 4 0 5 1 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 0.80 7 0 6 7 0 2 5 0 1 1 100% 48 6 13% 23 3 13% 143 17 12% 7 2 29% 4 1 25% 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% 3 0 0% 0
2 Seasons 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% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Batting

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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 72 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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 25 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1999 26 71 221 204 25 46 10 0 7 22 0 14 46 .225 .281 .377 .658 21 71
2 Seasons 74 226 209 25 46 10 0 7 22 0 14 48 .220 .274 .368 .643 21 74
162 Game Avg. 162 495 458 55 101 22 0 15 48 0 31 105 .220 .274 .368 .643 46 74

* 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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