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Ángel Salazar

Argenis Antonio (Yepez) Salazar

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 4, 1961 in Anaco, Anzoategui, Venezuela
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 1983
Teams (by GP): Royals/Expos/Cubs 1983-1988

Final Game: October 1, 1988
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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 21 MON NL 36 40 37 5 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 .216 .231 .297 .528 46 11 1 0 1 1 0 6
1984 22 MON NL 80 184 174 12 27 4 2 0 12 1 1 4 38 .155 .178 .201 .379 9 35 2 1 4 1 0 6
1986 24 KCR AL 117 313 298 24 73 20 2 0 24 1 1 7 47 .245 .266 .326 .592 60 97 3 2 5 1 0 *6/4
1987 25 KCR AL 116 332 317 24 65 7 0 2 21 4 4 6 46 .205 .219 .246 .465 23 78 6 0 8 1 0 *6
1988 26 CHC NL 34 63 60 4 15 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 11 .250 .262 .300 .562 58 18 1 0 2 0 1 6/45
5 Yrs 383 932 886 69 188 33 6 2 59 6 6 19 150 .212 .230 .270 .500 36 239 13 3 20 4 1
162 Game Avg. 162 394 375 29 80 14 3 1 25 3 3 8 63 .212 .230 .270 .500 36 101 5 1 8 2 0
KCR (2 yrs) 233 645 615 48 138 27 2 2 45 5 5 13 93 .224 .242 .285 .527 40 175 9 2 13 2 0
MON (2 yrs) 116 224 211 17 35 5 3 0 13 1 1 5 46 .166 .187 .218 .405 15 46 3 1 5 2 0
CHC (1 yr) 34 63 60 4 15 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 11 .250 .262 .300 .562 58 18 1 0 2 0 1
NL (3 yrs) 150 287 271 21 50 6 4 0 14 1 1 6 57 .185 .204 .236 .440 25 64 4 1 7 2 1
AL (2 yrs) 233 645 615 48 138 27 2 2 45 5 5 13 93 .224 .242 .285 .527 40 175 9 2 13 2 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 Awards
1983 21 MON NL 36 40 -2 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 6
1984 22 MON NL 80 184 -19 -1 1 0 3 -15 -1.7 6 -9 -1.1 .479 .489 -1.2 0.4 -10 $ 6
1986 24 KCR AL 117 313 -15 1 2 10 5 3 0.4 10 12 1.3 .502 .502 0.3 1.6 3 $75,000 *6/4
1987 25 KCR AL 116 332 -35 -1 1 13 5 -17 -1.6 10 -7 -0.7 .485 .489 -1.9 1.9 -20 $100,000 *6
1988 26 CHC NL 34 63 -2 -0 0 -5 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .480 .496 0.1 -0.4 1 $ 6/45
5 Seasons 383 932 -73 -1 4 17 15 -37 -3.8 29 -9 -1.1 .489 .495 -2.7 3.5 -26 $175,000
KCR (2 yrs) 233 645 -50 -0 3 22 10 -14 -1.2 20 5 0.6 .494 .496 -1.6 3.5 -17 $175,000
MON (2 yrs) 116 224 -21 -1 1 -0 4 -17 -1.9 7 -10 -1.2 .483 .494 -1.2 0.5 -10 $
CHC (1 yr) 34 63 -2 -0 0 -5 1 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .480 .496 0.1 -0.4 1 $

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
1983 21 MON NL 40 32 2 1.7 96 .267 .216 .262 .231 .330 .297 .388 .528 .719 46 .155 -2.8 -0.3 .400 .108 .081
1984 22 MON NL 184 155 6 1.0 90 .197 .155 .259 .178 .323 .201 .376 .379 .699 9 .073 -21.4 -2.3 .267 .069 .046 .0
1986 24 KCR AL 313 235 26 3.0 101 .290 .245 .263 .266 .331 .326 .410 .592 .741 60 .303 -17.1 -1.7 .463 .104 .081 .0
1987 25 KCR AL 332 271 16 1.6 108 .233 .205 .267 .219 .336 .246 .429 .465 .765 23 .109 -36.6 -3.5 .321 .060 .041 2.7
1988 26 CHC NL 63 48 5 2.8 94 .306 .250 .262 .262 .326 .300 .384 .562 .711 58 .345 -3.7 -0.4 .413 .067 .050
5 Yrs 932 741 55 2.0 101 .252 .212 .263 .230 .331 .270 .408 .500 .738 36 .176 -81.7 -8.2 .364 .079 .058 3.0
162 Game Avg. 394 313 23 2.0 101 .252 .212 .263 .230 .331 .270 .408 .500 .738 36 .176 -81.7 -8.2 .364 .079 .058 1
KCR (2 yrs) 645 506 42 2.2 105 .261 .224 .265 .242 .334 .285 .420 .527 .753 40 .194 -53.8 -5.2 .387 .081 .060 2.9
MON (2 yrs) 224 187 8 1.2 91 .210 .166 .259 .187 .324 .218 .378 .405 .702 15 .086 -24.3 -2.6 .289 .076 .052 .0
CHC (1 yr) 63 48 5 2.8 94 .306 .250 .262 .262 .326 .300 .384 .562 .711 58 .345 -3.7 -0.4 .413 .067 .050
NL (3 yrs) 287 235 13 1.5 92 .231 .185 .260 .204 .325 .236 .380 .440 .704 25 .133 -28.0 -2.9 .314 .074 .052 .0
AL (2 yrs) 645 506 42 2.2 105 .261 .224 .265 .242 .334 .285 .420 .527 .753 40 .194 -53.8 -5.2 .387 .081 .060 2.9

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
1983 21 MON NL 40 0.0% 20.0% 2.5% 5.0% 25% 8.00 4.6 37.0 1.56 75%
1984 22 MON NL 184 0.0% 20.7% 2.2% 3.3% 22% 9.50 4.6 14.5 0.81 74%
1986 24 KCR AL 313 0.0% 15.0% 2.2% 7.0% 30% 6.71 6.3 12.4 1.28 81%
1987 25 KCR AL 332 0.6% 13.9% 1.8% 2.7% 14% 7.67 6.9 158.5 15.1 1.31 81%
1988 26 CHC NL 63 0.0% 17.5% 1.6% 3.2% 13% 11.00 5.5 60.0 1.88 2.50 78% 12% 0.0% 56%
5 Yrs 932 0.2% 16.1% 2.0% 4.4% 22% 7.89 5.9 443.0 15.0 1.88 1.23 79% 12% 0.0% 56%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.5% 8.5% 6.9% 30% 1.70 6.2 39.8 8.3 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 8.2% 41%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1983 21 MON NL -2.8 -0.3 40 -0.2 0.5 -0.6 .93 -0.1 -0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.89 -1.5 0.08 1
1984 22 MON NL -21.4 -2.3 187 -2.1 1.5 -3.6 .98 -2.0 -0.1 -21.1 -2.3 1.02 -20.6 0.04 0
1986 24 KCR AL -17.5 -1.7 319 -0.7 3.9 -4.6 .86 -1.4 0.6 -12.6 -1.2 0.91 -16.4 0.86 1
1987 25 KCR AL -36.6 -3.5 341 -3.4 3.0 -6.4 .91 -3.4 -0.4 -41.4 -3.9 0.93 -40.0 0
1988 26 CHC NL -3.7 -0.4 64 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 .74 -0.2 -0.4 -3.1 -0.3 0.86 -3.3 1.75 3
5 Yrs -82.1 -8.2 951 -6.9 9.3 -16.2 .90 -7.1 -0.6 -80.6 -8.0 0.94 -81.8 1.24 5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1983 21 MON NL 1 0 56% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 22 MON NL 4 0 38% 50 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18% 5 4 1 2 2 0 4 3 1
1986 24 KCR AL 6 0 29% 120 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 46% 19 12 7 2 1 1 14 6 8
1987 25 KCR AL 5 0 32% 105 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 45% 16 12 4 3 2 1 10 2 8
1988 26 CHC NL 3 0 25% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
5 Yrs 19 0 32% 328 6 6 50% 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 14 38% 48 36 12 7 5 2 31 12 19

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
1983 21 MON NL 40 33% 8 1 0 0 0 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 5 4 80% 21 2 10% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1984 22 MON NL 184 24% 27 0 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 38 2 5% 27 12 44% 132 12 9% 11 5 45% 11 5 45% 0
1986 24 KCR AL 313 35% 73 1 0 0 0 0.86 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 58 3 5% 26 11 42% 170 25 15% 10 9 90% 7 5 71% 0
1987 25 KCR AL 332 28% 65 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 11 8 73% 55 6 11% 32 16 50% 195 19 10% 14 7 50% 12 8 67% 0
1988 26 CHC NL 63 29% 15 5 0 3 0 0 0 1.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 9 1 11% 6 4 67% 29 1 3% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 932 30% 188 5 0 5 0 0 0 1.24 2 0 22 0 2 1 1 0 27 20 74% 164 13 8% 96 47 49% 547 59 11% 37 22 59% 34 19 56% 0
MLB Averages 60% 79% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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 26 CHC NL 63 187 2.97 127 68% 20% 13% 27% 40% 80% 7% 55% 83% 41% 2% 1 0 6% 4 2 3% 2 1 36% 0 1 0
1 Yr 63 187 2.97 127 68% 20% 13% 27% 40% 80% 7% 55% 83% 41% 2% 1 0 6% 4 2 3% 2 1 36% 0 1 0
MLB Averages 3.58 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 76% 2% 47% 81% 33% 5% 16% 8% 26%

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
1983 21 36 40 37 5 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 .216 .231 .297 .528 46 11 1 0 1 1 0
1984 22 116 224 211 17 35 5 3 0 13 1 1 5 46 .166 .187 .218 .405 15 46 3 1 5 2 0
1985 23 116 224 211 17 35 5 3 0 13 1 1 5 46 .166 .187 .218 .405 15 46 3 1 5 2 0
1986 24 233 537 509 41 108 25 5 0 37 2 2 12 93 .212 .233 .281 .514 42 143 6 3 10 3 0
1987 25 349 869 826 65 173 32 5 2 58 6 6 18 139 .209 .228 .268 .496 34 221 12 3 18 4 0
1988 26 383 932 886 69 188 33 6 2 59 6 6 19 150 .212 .230 .270 .500 36 239 13 3 20 4 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1983 21 36 41 38 6 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 .237 .250 .316 .566 3 36
1984 22 80 186 176 14 29 4 2 0 14 1 4 38 .165 .187 .210 .397 7 80
1986 24 117 314 299 25 74 20 2 0 25 1 7 47 .247 .269 .328 .596 26 117
1987 25 116 330 315 22 63 7 0 2 20 4 6 46 .200 .214 .241 .456 16 116
1988 26 34 64 61 4 16 1 1 0 1 0 1 11 .262 .274 .311 .586 5 34
5 Yrs 383 935 889 71 191 33 6 2 61 6 19 150 .215 .233 .272 .505 57 383
162 Game Avg. 162 395 376 30 81 14 3 1 26 3 8 63 .215 .233 .272 .505 24 383

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1987 AL  1.9 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1983 NL  born 1961-11-04 (9th)

                           

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