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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, Puerto Rico
High School: Cotui (Cotui, DO)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 25, 1998 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Orioles 1998-1999
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.036, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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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 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
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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1998 25 BAL AL 3 5 -1 0 0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .463 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $170,000 /9
1999 26 BAL AL 29 89 -6 1 -0 -4 -0 -10 -0.9 3 -7 -0.6 .467 .494 -0.3 -0.4 -3 $200,000 5/3D
1999 26 TOR AL 42 137 -4 -2 -0 -2 -1 -9 -0.8 5 -4 -0.3 .480 .495 -0.1 -0.2 -1 53/D
2 Seasons 74 231 -11 -1 -1 -7 -1 -20 -1.9 9 -12 -1.1 .474 .495 -0.4 -0.7 -5 $370,000
BAL (2 yrs) 32 94 -7 1 -0 -4 -0 -12 -1.1 4 -8 -0.7 .466 .495 -0.3 -0.4 -4 $370,000
TOR (1 yr) 42 137 -4 -2 -0 -2 -1 -9 -0.8 5 -4 -0.3 .480 .495 -0.1 -0.2 -1

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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 Awards
1998 BAL AL 25 OF 2 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 1.12 0.50 .980 2.36 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 2.58 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 9.50 9.36
1999 TOT AL 26 DH 5 4
1999 BAL AL 26 3B 22 20 15 173.0 48 16 28 4 2 .917 -4 -24 2.29 2.00 .950 2.58 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 9.51 9.36
1999 BAL AL 26 DH 3 2
1999 TOR AL 26 3B 24 18 14 166.0 43 16 25 2 6 .953 -3 -20 2.22 1.71 .950 2.58 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 9.50 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 2.58 2.54
1 Season 1B 18 11 11 114.0 102 95 7 0 11 1.000 -0 -1 8.05 5.67 .992 9.50 9.36
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
1 Season OF 2 2 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 1.12 0.50 .980 2.36 2.30
2 Seasons TOT 66 51 41 461.0 194 128 60 6 19 .969 -7 -18 3.67 2.85 .972 4.29 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199825Baltimore Orioles$170,00011/23/98 USA Today
199926Baltimore Orioles$200,0004/6/99 USA Today
Earliest Arb Eligible: 2015, Earliest Free Agent: 2018
Career to date (may be incomplete)$370,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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