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Vicente Palacios

Vicente (Diaz) Palacios

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 19, 1963 in Manlio Fabio Altamirano, Veracruz, Mexico
High School: Veracruz (Veracruz, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1987
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Padres 1987-2000

Final Game: May 11, 2000
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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
1983		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1984	20	CHW-min	AA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		GLF · EL
1985	21	CHW-min	AA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		GLF · EL
1986		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1987	23	PIT-min	AAA	27	31	25	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	10	.200	.286	.200	.486		5		0	3	0	0		VAN · PCL
1987	23	PIT	NL	6	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1988	24	PIT-min	AAA	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		0		0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1988	24	PIT	NL	7	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1989	25	PIT-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1990	26	PIT-min	AAA	28	40	36	2	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	7	.194	.194	.194	.389		7		0	4	0	0		BFL · AA
1990	26	PIT	NL	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1991	27	PIT-min	AAA	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		BFL · AA
1991	27	PIT	NL	36	19	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.071	.071	.071	.143	-59	1	0	0	5	0	0	1
1992	28	PIT	NL	20	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	-59	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1994	30	STL	NL	31	36	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	3	0	0	1
1995	31	STL	NL	20	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	-11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1999	35	NYM-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NFK · IL
2000	36	SDP-CHC-min	AAA	44	16	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.083	.267	.083	.350		1	2	1	1	0	0		LVG,IWA · PCL
2000	36	SDP	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2001	37	SLT	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLT · MEX
2002	38	SLT,CMP	AAA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SLT,CMP · MEX
2003	39	DLA	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DLA · MEX
2004	40	TIJ	AAA																										TIJ · MEX
8 Yrs				134	101	88	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	0	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	122	106	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	52	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	5	1	0	13	0	0

PIT (5 yrs)				76	58	49	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	.061	.098	.061	.159	-54	3	0	0	7	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				51	43	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.026	.026	.026	.051	-86	1	1	0	4	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	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
1987	23	PIT	NL	6	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1988	24	PIT	NL	7	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$62,500	/1

1990	26	PIT	NL	7	5	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1991	27	PIT	NL	36	19	-4	-0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$125,000	1
1992	28	PIT	NL	20	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$170,000	1

1994	30	STL	NL	31	36	-10	0	-0	0	5	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.6	.482	.496	-0.6	0.0	-5	$175,000	1
1995	31	STL	NL	20	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	1

2000	36	SDP	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
8 Seasons				134	101	-22	0	0	0	13	-9	-1.0	3	-7	-1.0	.493	.499	-1.0	0.1	-7	$782,500

PIT (5 yrs)				76	58	-11	-0	0	0	7	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.494	.499	-0.4	0.0	-2	$357,500
STL (2 yrs)				51	43	-11	0	-0	0	6	-6	-0.6	1	-4	-0.6	.489	.498	-0.6	0.0	-5	$425,000
SDP (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1987	23	PIT	NL	9	8	0	0.0	106	.200	.111	.269	.111	.339	.111	.419	.222	.758	-41	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
1988	24	PIT	NL	9	8	0	0.0	88	.000	.000	.254	.111	.317	.000	.373	.111	.690	-65	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.125	.000

1990	26	PIT	NL	5	4	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.200	.325	.000	.390	.200	.715	-38	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1991	27	PIT	NL	19	18	0	0.0	93	.143	.071	.256	.071	.324	.071	.384	.143	.708	-59	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.077	.000	.000
1992	28	PIT	NL	16	15	0	0.0	92	.125	.071	.259	.071	.325	.071	.381	.143	.706	-59	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.077	.000	.000

1994	30	STL	NL	36	37	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.272	.000	.339	.000	.426	.000	.764	-100	.000	-9.7	-0.9	.000	.000	.000
1995	31	STL	NL	7	6	0	0.0	105	.500	.167	.268	.167	.337	.167	.418	.333	.755	-11	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
8 Yrs				101	96	0	0.0	100	.089	.045	.265	.067	.331	.045	.404	.112	.736	-69	.000	-20.9	-2.1	.071	.023	.000
162 Game Avg.				122	116	0	0.0	100	.089	.045	.265	.067	.331	.045	.404	.112	.736	-69	.000	-20.9	-2.1	.071	.023	.000

PIT (5 yrs)				58	53	0	0.0	94	.120	.061	.259	.098	.326	.061	.389	.159	.714	-54	.000	-10.3	-1.1	.109	.041	.000
STL (2 yrs)				43	43	0	0.0	107	.050	.026	.271	.026	.339	.026	.424	.051	.763	-86	.000	-10.7	-1.0	.026	.000	.000

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
1987	23	PIT	NL	9	0.0%	44.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3					56%
1988	24	PIT	NL	9	0.0%	55.6%	11.1%	0.0%		5.00	1.6					33%	0%

1990	26	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%		2.00	2.0					40%	0%
1991	27	PIT	NL	19	0.0%	36.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0			0.75	2.67	37%	0%	0.0%	25%
1992	28	PIT	NL	16	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3			2.50	4.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%

1994	30	STL	NL	36	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	0.0%			2.2			2.40	3.40	50%	5%	0.0%	60%
1995	31	STL	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5			1.00		29%	33%	0.0%	0%
8 Yrs				101	0.0%	42.6%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	21.50	2.0			2.17	4.40	45%	4%	0.0%	33%
MLB Averages					2.5%	15.8%	8.9%	7.3%	31%	1.78	5.6	35.9	7.8	0.80	1.08	71%	21%	7.4%	18%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1987	23	PIT	NL	-1.8	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	1.18	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.02	-1.9	0
1988	24	PIT	NL	-1.7	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	1.03	-1.6	0

1990	26	PIT	NL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.33	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.45	-0.9	0
1991	27	PIT	NL	-3.0	-0.3	19	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.80	-0.4	-0.0	-3.8	-0.4	0.99	-3.9	0
1992	28	PIT	NL	-3.0	-0.3	16	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.92	-0.3	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	1.00	-3.7	0

1994	30	STL	NL	-9.7	-0.9	36	-0.9	0.0	-0.9	.89	-1.0	-0.0	-10.2	-1.0	0.89	-10.9	0
1995	31	STL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.06	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.01	-1.2	0

2000	36	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-20.9	-2.1	101	-2.0	0.1	-2.1	.87	-2.1	-0.1	-23.8	-2.4	0.98	-24.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	23	PIT	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	24	PIT	NL	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

1990	26	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	27	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1994	30	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	31	STL	NL	0	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	33%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

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
1987	23	PIT	NL	9	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1988	24	PIT	NL	9	11%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1990	26	PIT	NL	5	20%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1991	27	PIT	NL	19	63%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	5	0	0%	7	0	0%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1992	28	PIT	NL	16	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	2	0	0%	4	1	25%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1994	30	STL	NL	36	28%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	1	20%	6	1	17%	22	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1995	31	STL	NL	7	43%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
8 Yrs				101	35%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	11	73%	17	1	6%	22	3	14%	69	0	0%	4	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			52%			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
1988	24	PIT	NL	9	33	3.67	23	70%	22%	30%	35%	13%	78%	0%	55%	61%	33%	0%	0	0	11%	1	1	0%	0	0	40%	0	0	0

1990	26	PIT	NL	5	20	4.00	13	65%	23%	46%	15%	15%	77%	0%	50%	40%	20%	20%	1	0	20%	1	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
1991	27	PIT	NL	19	54	2.84	42	78%	21%	24%	26%	29%	79%	0%	61%	70%	53%	0%	0	0	5%	1	0	0%	0	0	29%	0	0	0
1992	28	PIT	NL	16	45	2.81	36	80%	28%	22%	22%	28%	72%	0%	58%	69%	56%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0

1994	30	STL	NL	24	95	3.96	68	72%	29%	24%	26%	21%	71%	0%	51%	67%	38%	8%	2	0	13%	3	0	8%	2	0	30%	12	0	0
1995	31	STL	NL	7	23	3.29	19	83%	32%	42%	11%	16%	68%	0%	57%	38%	43%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				80	270	3.38	201	74%	26%	27%	24%	22%	74%	0%	55%	63%	44%	4%	3	0	8%	6	1	4%	3	0	29%	12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1987	23	6	9	9	1	1	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0	0
1988	24	13	18	17	1	1	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	-51	1	0	0
1989	25	13	18	17	1	1	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	-51	1	0	0
1990	26	20	23	21	1	1	2	11	.048	.130	.048	.178	-48	1	0	0
1991	27	56	42	35	1	2	2	18	.057	.108	.057	.165	-52	2	0	5
1992	28	76	58	49	1	3	2	24	.061	.098	.061	.159	-54	3	0	7
1993	29	76	58	49	1	3	2	24	.061	.098	.061	.159	-54	3	0	7
1994	30	107	94	82	1	3	2	39	.037	.060	.037	.096	-73	3	1	10
1995	31	127	101	88	2	4	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	11
1996	32	127	101	88	2	4	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	11
1997	33	127	101	88	2	4	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	11
1998	34	127	101	88	2	4	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	11
1999	35	127	101	88	2	4	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	11
2000	36	134	101	88	2	4	2	43	.045	.067	.045	.112	-69	4	1	11

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
1987	23	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1988	24	7	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	7

1990	26	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	7
1991	27	36	19	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1992	28	20	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20

1994	30	44	50	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	31
1995	31	22	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
7 Yrs		142	116	102	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	49	.000	.019	.000	.019	0	127
162 Game Avg.		162	132	116	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	56	.000	.019	.000	.019	0	127

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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