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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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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
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	/
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
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	-min	AAA	70	298	263	29	71	13	0	12	43	0	2	32	52	.270	.346	.456	.802		120	6	0	0	3	2	CCU,MVA · 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
2005	32	-min	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	-min	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	-min	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	-min	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	-min	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	-min	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	-min	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
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1998	25	BAL	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$170,000	/
1999	26	BAL	AL	89	-6	1	-1	0	-4	0	3	-8	-0.8	-3	-0.3	-0.5	$200,000	5/3D
1999	26	TOR	AL	137	-4	-2	-1	0	-2	-1	5	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	53/D
2 Seasons				231	-11	-1	-2	0	-7	-1	8	-14	-1.4	-7	-0.7	-0.7	$370,000

BAL (2 yrs)				94	-7	1	-1	0	-4	0	3	-9	-0.9	-4	-0.4	-0.5	$370,000
TOR (1 yr)				137	-4	-2	-1	0	-2	-1	5	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1998	BAL	AL	25	OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0			0.50	.980		2.30
1998	BAL	AL	25	RF	2	2	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	1.12	0.50	.980	2.14	2.10
1999	TOT	AL	26	3B	46	38	29	339.0	91	32	53	6	8	.934	-6	-22	2.26	1.85	.950	0.00	2.54
1999	TOT	AL	26	1B	18	11	11	114.0	102	95	7	0	11	1.000	-0	-1	8.05	5.67	.992	0.00	9.36
1999	TOT	AL	26	DH	4	4
1999	BAL	AL	26	3B	22	20	15	173.0	48	16	28	4	2	.917	-4	-24	2.29	2.00	.950	0.00	2.54
1999	BAL	AL	26	1B	5	0	0	7.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-103	7.71	1.20	.992	0.00	9.36
1999	BAL	AL	26	DH	2	2
1999	TOR	AL	26	3B	24	18	14	166.0	43	16	25	2	6	.953	-3	-20	2.22	1.71	.950	0.00	2.54
1999	TOR	AL	26	1B	13	11	11	107.0	96	89	7	0	11	1.000	0	6	8.07	7.38	.992	0.00	9.35
1999	TOR	AL	26	DH	2	2
	1 Season			3B	46	38	29	339.0	91	32	53	6	8	.934	-6	-22	2.26	1.85	.950	0.00	2.54
	1 Season			1B	18	11	11	114.0	102	95	7	0	11	1.000	-0	-1	8.05	5.67	.992	0.00	9.36
	1 Season			OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0			0.50	.980		2.30
	1 Season			RF	2	2	1	8.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-60	1.12	0.50	.980	2.14	2.10
	2 Seasons			TOT	66	49	40	453.0	194	128	60	6	19	.969	-7	-18	3.72	2.85	.972	0.00	4.39

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

February 10, 1990: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.
November 29, 1995: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Miguel Cairo to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Blowers.
February 12, 1996: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Seattle Mariners.
December 21, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
January 8, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
May 28, 1999: Selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	25	Baltimore Orioles	$170,000	11/23/98 USA Today
1999	26	Baltimore Orioles	$200,000	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$370,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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