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Orlando Sánchez

Orlando (Marquez) Sanchez

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 7, 1956 in Canovanas, P.R.
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1981
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Royals/Orioles 1981-1984

Final Game: May 25, 1984
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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
1974	17	NYM-min	Rk	23	72	63	11	13	3	0	0	8	0	0	6	18	.206	.282	.254	.536		16	1	1	1	1	1		MIO · APPY
1975	18	PHI-min	Rk	52	184	167	34	44	11	0	7	46	3	0	9	30	.263	.306	.455	.761		76		3	1	4			PUL · APPY
1976	19	PHI-min	A	122	445	445		118	18	5	13						.265	.265	.416	.681		185							SPB · WCRS
1977	20	PHI-min	A	109	431	390	61	108	18	3	6	48	10	7	36	47	.277	.335	.385	.719		150		0	1	4			PNS · CARL
1978	21	PHI-min	AA	80	305	288	50	84	12	3	14	48	9	4	11	45	.292	.322	.500	.822		144		3	1	2			REA · EL
1979	22	PHI-min	AA,AAA	101	345	311	37	98	16	3	7	39	4	5	17	50	.315	.358	.453	.811		141		7	4	6			REA,OKC · EL,AA
1980	23	PHI-min	AAA	68	228	218	21	67	9	2	1	21	1	3	6	18	.307	.320	.381	.701		83		0	0	4			OKC · AA
1981	24	STL-min	A-	6	20	14	1	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	2	.357	.526	.357	.883		5		1	1	0	0		ERI · NYPL
1981	24	STL	NL	27	52	49	5	14	2	1	0	6	1	0	2	6	.286	.308	.367	.675	89	18	2	0	0	1	1	2
1982	25	STL-min	AAA	41	141	132	14	31	9	0	3	14	0	1	7	21	.235	.271	.371	.643		49		0	1	1	0		LOU · AA
1982	25	STL	NL	26	43	37	6	7	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	5	.189	.286	.243	.529	49	9	0	0	1	0	0	2
1983	26	STL-min	AAA	116	465	424	70	125	27	2	16	89	4	2	30	54	.295	.338	.481	.819		204		1	3	7	4		LOU · AA
1983	26	STL	NL	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1984	27	BAL-min	AAA	74	245	223	23	68	17	3	3	34	0	0	15	33	.305	.347	.448	.796		100		1	3	3	2		ROC · IL
1984	27	TOT	AL	14	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.222	.389	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1984	27	KCR	AL	10	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-19	2	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1984	27	BAL	AL	4	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1985	28	CLE-min	AAA	12	45	38	1	9	1	0	0	4	1	0	5	9	.237	.318	.263	.581		10		0	1	1	1		MAI,PUE · IL,MEX
1986	29	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1987	30	PUE	AAA																										PUE · MEX
1988	31	JAL	AAA																										JAL · MEX
1989	32	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1991	34	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1992	35	MTY	AAA																										MTY · MEX
1993	36	SLT,MNY,ASC	AAA																										SLT,MNY,ASC · MEX
4 Yrs				73	119	110	11	24	3	2	0	12	1	0	7	19	.218	.263	.282	.545	53	31	3	0	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	264	244	24	53	7	4	0	27	2	0	16	42	.218	.263	.282	.545	53	69	7	0	2	2	2

STL (3 yrs)				59	101	92	11	21	2	2	0	9	1	0	7	15	.228	.280	.293	.573	61	27	2	0	1	1	1
KCR (1 yr)				10	10	10	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.100	.100	.200	.300	-19	2	1	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				4	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	2	0	0	0	0	0

AL (1 yr)				14	18	18	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.222	.389	8	4	1	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				59	101	92	11	21	2	2	0	9	1	0	7	15	.228	.280	.293	.573	61	27	2	0	1	1	1

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
1981	24	STL	NL	27	52	-2	1	0	-4	1	-4	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.482	.497	0.2	-0.4	1	$	2
1982	25	STL	NL	26	43	-3	-0	0	-3	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.479	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	2
1983	26	STL	NL	6	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.470	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/2
1984	27	KCR	AL	10	10	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1984	27	BAL	AL	4	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.484	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
4 Seasons				73	119	-7	1	0	-7	1	-12	-1.4	4	-9	-1.0	.481	.498	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$

STL (3 yrs)				59	101	-6	1	0	-7	1	-11	-1.2	3	-8	-0.9	.480	.498	-0.1	-0.6	-1	$
KCR (1 yr)				10	10	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
BAL (1 yr)				4	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.484	.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	PwrSpd
1981	24	STL	NL	52	38	5	3.6	94	.318	.286	.266	.308	.332	.367	.381	.675	.713	89	.435	-0.9	-0.1	.568	.143	.082	.0
1982	25	STL	NL	43	31	3	2.6	95	.219	.189	.267	.286	.330	.243	.388	.529	.718	49	.294	-2.6	-0.3	.467	.189	.054
1983	26	STL	NL	6	6	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1984	27	TOT	AL	18	16	1	1.7	96	.214	.167	.262	.167	.324	.222	.395	.389	.720	8	.140	-2.3	-0.2	.250	.056	.056
1984	27	KCR	AL	10	10	0	0.0	97	.125	.100	.264	.100	.326	.200	.398	.300	.724	-19	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.200	.100	.100
1984	27	BAL	AL	8	6	1	4.5	94	.333	.250	.260	.250	.322	.250	.392	.500	.715	41	.495	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
4 Yrs				119	91	9	2.7	95	.261	.218	.266	.263	.330	.282	.386	.545	.716	53	.301	-7.4	-0.8	.438	.136	.064	.0
162 Game Avg.				264	202	20	2.7	95	.261	.218	.266	.263	.330	.282	.386	.545	.716	53	.301	-7.4	-0.8	.438	.136	.064

STL (3 yrs)				101	75	8	2.9	95	.269	.228	.266	.280	.331	.293	.385	.573	.716	61	.338	-5.1	-0.5	.479	.152	.065	.0
KCR (1 yr)				10	10	0	0.0	97	.125	.100	.264	.100	.326	.200	.398	.300	.724	-19	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.200	.100	.100
BAL (1 yr)				8	6	1	4.5	94	.333	.250	.260	.250	.322	.250	.392	.500	.715	41	.495	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000

AL (1 yr)				18	16	1	1.7	96	.214	.167	.262	.167	.324	.222	.395	.389	.720	8	.140	-2.3	-0.2	.250	.056	.056
NL (3 yrs)				101	75	8	2.9	95	.269	.228	.266	.280	.331	.293	.385	.573	.716	61	.338	-5.1	-0.5	.479	.152	.065	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	24	STL	NL	52	0.0%	11.5%	3.9%	5.8%	21%	3.00	8.2		8.2	1.00	85%
1982	25	STL	NL	43	0.0%	11.6%	11.6%	2.3%	14%	1.00	7.4		12.3	1.17	74%
1983	26	STL	NL	6	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
1984	27	TOT	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	5.6%	33%		4.5		6.0	1.75	78%
1984	27	KCR	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	10.0%	100%		5.0		5.0	2.50	80%
1984	27	BAL	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		8.0	1.00	75%
4 Yrs				119	0.0%	16.0%	5.9%	4.2%	21%	2.71	5.8		9.2	1.09	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.4%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.61	6.7	44.9	8.6	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	24	STL	NL	-0.9	-0.1	54	0.1	0.9	-0.8	.99	-0.1	0.2	-1.4	-0.1	1.04	-1.1	1.13	10
1982	25	STL	NL	-2.6	-0.3	43	-0.7	0.5	-1.1	1.33	-0.2	-0.3	-3.8	-0.4	1.06	-3.2	1.93	10
1983	26	STL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.82	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.73	-0.9	0.89	5
1984	27	TOT	AL	-2.3	-0.2	18	0.0	0.6	-0.5	1.79	-0.2	0.2	-0.2	-0.0	1.08	-1.7	2.43	10
1984	27	KCR	AL	-1.6	-0.2	10	0.1	0.4	-0.4	2.29	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	1.03	-1.2	2.54	9
1984	27	BAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.18	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.13	-0.6	1.51	1
4 Yrs				-7.4	-0.8	121	-0.7	2.0	-2.6	1.22	-0.6	0.0	-6.1	-0.6	1.04	-6.9	1.70	35

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	24	STL	NL	0	31%	18	1	100%	1	1	60%	2	2	0	3	0	3
1982	25	STL	NL	0	50%	9	0		0	0	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0
1983	26	STL	NL	0		2	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	27	TOT	AL	1	0%	1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	27	KCR	AL	1	0%	1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	27	BAL	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	36%	30	1	100%	1	1	50%	4	3	1	4	1	3

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
1981	24	STL	NL	52	96%	14			10	3	0	1	1.13	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	8	4	50%	39	6	15%	5	3	60%	3	2	67%	0
1982	25	STL	NL	43	84%	7			10	3	0	2	1.93	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	0	0%	6	2	33%	35	3	9%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0
1983	26	STL	NL	6	100%	0			5	0	0	0	0.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1984	27	TOT	AL	18	100%	3			10	2	0	2	2.43	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	0	0		14	3	21%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1984	27	KCR	AL	10	100%	1			9	1	0	1	2.54	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		8	2	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1984	27	BAL	AL	8	100%	2			1	1	0	1	1.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				119	92%	24			35	8	0	5	1.70	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	26	3	12%	14	6	43%	88	12	14%	11	5	45%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	24	27	52	49	5	14	2	1	6	1	2	6	.286	.308	.367	.675	89	18	2	0	1	1
1982	25	53	95	86	11	21	2	2	9	1	7	11	.244	.298	.314	.612	72	27	2	1	1	1
1983	26	59	101	92	11	21	2	2	9	1	7	15	.228	.280	.293	.573	61	27	2	1	1	1
1984	27	73	119	110	11	24	3	2	12	1	7	19	.218	.263	.282	.545	53	31	3	1	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	24	41	80	75	8	22	3	2	10	2	3	9	.293	.313	.387	.699	9	27
1982	25	26	45	38	7	8	0	1	4	0	6	5	.211	.318	.263	.581	3	26
1983	26	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1984	27	14	19	19	0	4	1	0	4	0	0	4	.211	.211	.263	.474	1	14
4 Yrs		87	150	138	15	34	4	3	18	2	9	22	.246	.289	.319	.607	13	73
162 Game Avg.		162	279	257	28	63	7	6	34	4	17	41	.246	.289	.319	.607	24	73

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