Sandy Valdespino
Hilario (Borroto) Valdespino
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 14, 1939 in San Jose De Las Lajas, Cuba
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Final Game: September 28, 1971
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Standard Batting

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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
1965 26 MIN AL 108 273 245 38 64 8 2 1 22 7 4 20 28 .261 .319 .322 .641 80 79 5 2 3 3 3 79
1966 27 MIN AL 52 114 108 11 19 1 1 2 9 2 2 4 24 .176 .211 .259 .470 31 28 5 1 0 1 0 7
1967 28 MIN AL 99 103 97 9 16 2 0 1 3 3 1 5 22 .165 .204 .216 .420 21 21 1 0 0 1 1 7/9
1968 29 ATL NL 36 97 86 8 20 1 0 1 4 0 0 10 20 .233 .320 .279 .599 81 24 0 1 0 0 5 7
1969 30 TOT MLB 61 177 157 20 37 5 0 0 14 2 3 16 26 .236 .309 .268 .576 65 42 1 1 2 1 0 7
1969 30 HOU NL 41 137 119 17 29 4 0 0 12 2 2 15 19 .244 .326 .277 .603 72 33 1 0 2 1 0 7
1969 30 SEP AL 20 40 38 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 .211 .250 .237 .487 39 9 0 1 0 0 0 /7
1970 31 MIL AL 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /7
1971 32 KCR AL 18 65 63 10 20 6 0 2 15 0 0 2 5 .317 .338 .508 .846 139 32 2 0 0 0 0 7/9
7 Seasons 382 838 765 96 176 23 3 7 67 14 10 57 129 .230 .286 .295 .581 65 226 15 5 5 6 9
162 Game Avg. 162 355 324 41 75 10 1 3 28 6 4 24 55 .230 .286 .295 .581 65 96 6 2 2 3 4
MIN (3 yrs) 259 490 450 58 99 11 3 4 34 12 7 29 74 .220 .269 .284 .553 56 128 11 3 3 5 4
MIL (2 yrs) 28 49 47 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 11 .170 .204 .191 .396 12 9 1 1 0 0 0
KCR (1 yr) 18 65 63 10 20 6 0 2 15 0 0 2 5 .317 .338 .508 .846 139 32 2 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 36 97 86 8 20 1 0 1 4 0 0 10 20 .233 .320 .279 .599 81 24 0 1 0 0 5
HOU (1 yr) 41 137 119 17 29 4 0 0 12 2 2 15 19 .244 .326 .277 .603 72 33 1 0 2 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 305 604 560 71 127 18 3 6 51 12 8 32 90 .227 .271 .302 .573 61 169 14 4 3 5 4
NL (2 yrs) 77 234 205 25 49 5 0 1 16 2 2 25 39 .239 .323 .278 .601 76 57 1 1 2 1 5

Advanced Batting

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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
1965 26 MIN AL 273 196 26 3.6 96 .288 .261 .256 .319 .327 .322 .393 .641 .720 80 .445 -6.5 -0.7 .547 .155 .061 1.8
1966 27 MIN AL 114 97 5 1.4 95 .205 .176 .256 .211 .324 .259 .394 .470 .718 31 .131 -10.4 -1.1 .344 .120 .083 2.0
1967 28 MIN AL 103 84 4 1.3 91 .200 .165 .252 .204 .322 .216 .377 .420 .700 21 .125 -10.1 -1.1 .337 .124 .052 1.5
1968 29 ATL NL 97 66 8 3.3 82 .292 .233 .253 .320 .312 .279 .357 .599 .668 81 .460 -1.8 -0.2 .530 .163 .047 .0
1969 30 TOT MLB 177 127 14 3.0 93 .280 .236 .255 .309 .327 .268 .380 .576 .707 65 .347 -6.9 -0.7 .468 .127 .032 .0
1969 30 HOU NL 137 96 12 3.4 93 .287 .244 .257 .326 .327 .277 .381 .603 .708 72 .401 -3.7 -0.4 .516 .160 .034 .0
1969 30 SEP AL 40 31 2 1.7 92 .258 .211 .251 .250 .327 .237 .378 .487 .706 39 .165 -3.1 -0.3 .323 .026 .026
1970 31 MIL AL 9 10 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .258 .000 .332 .000 .394 .000 .726 -100 .000 -2.5 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1971 32 KCR AL 65 45 10 6.0 91 .321 .317 .254 .338 .326 .508 .377 .846 .702 139 .673 2.9 0.3 .756 .222 .190 .0
7 Seasons 838 625 67 2.9 93 .266 .230 .255 .286 .324 .295 .383 .581 .707 65 .360 -35.2 -3.8 .476 .145 .065 9.3
162 Game Avg. 355 265 28 2.9 93 .266 .230 .255 .286 .324 .295 .383 .581 .707 65 .360 -35.2 -3.8 .476 .145 .065 4
MIN (3 yrs) 490 377 35 2.5 95 .252 .220 .255 .269 .325 .284 .390 .553 .715 56 .303 -27.0 -2.9 .447 .140 .064 6.0
MIL (2 yrs) 49 41 2 1.3 93 .222 .170 .252 .204 .328 .191 .381 .396 .709 12 .105 -5.6 -0.6 .244 .021 .021
KCR (1 yr) 65 45 10 6.0 91 .321 .317 .254 .338 .326 .508 .377 .846 .702 139 .673 2.9 0.3 .756 .222 .190 .0
ATL (1 yr) 97 66 8 3.3 82 .292 .233 .253 .320 .312 .279 .357 .599 .668 81 .460 -1.8 -0.2 .530 .163 .047 .0
HOU (1 yr) 137 96 12 3.4 93 .287 .244 .257 .326 .327 .277 .381 .603 .708 72 .401 -3.7 -0.4 .516 .160 .034 .0
AL (6 yrs) 604 463 47 2.7 94 .258 .227 .255 .271 .325 .302 .388 .573 .713 61 .335 -29.7 -3.2 .459 .139 .075 8.0
NL (2 yrs) 234 162 20 3.3 88 .289 .239 .255 .323 .321 .278 .371 .601 .691 76 .424 -5.5 -0.6 .522 .161 .039 1.3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 26 MIN AL WS LAD L 5 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 5 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .273 .364 .636 4 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1965 26 MIN AL 273 0.4% 10.3% 7.3% 4.0% 17% 1.40 8.8 245.0 11.1 1.28 80%
1966 27 MIN AL 114 1.8% 21.1% 3.5% 3.5% 21% 6.00 4.5 54.0 12.0 1.19 73%
1967 28 MIN AL 103 1.0% 21.4% 4.9% 2.9% 19% 4.40 4.4 97.0 32.3 1.30 73%
1968 29 ATL NL 97 1.0% 20.6% 10.3% 2.1% 10% 2.00 4.3 86.0 21.5 1.81 67%
1969 30 TOT MLB 177 0.0% 14.7% 9.0% 2.8% 14% 1.63 6.0 11.2 1.65 75%
1969 30 HOU NL 137 0.0% 13.9% 11.0% 2.9% 14% 1.27 6.3 9.9 1.36 74%
1969 30 SEP AL 40 0.0% 17.5% 2.5% 2.5% 13% 7.00 5.4 19.0 3.00 78%
1970 31 MIL AL 9 0.0% 44.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3 2.00 56%
1971 32 KCR AL 65 3.1% 7.7% 3.1% 12.3% 40% 2.50 12.6 31.5 4.2 1.44 86%
7 Seasons 838 0.8% 15.4% 6.8% 3.9% 19% 2.26 5.9 109.3 11.4 1.39 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1965 26 MIN AL 7 1 44% 87 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 11 69% 14 6 8 4 2 2 14 2 12
1966 27 MIN AL 3 0 41% 32 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 57% 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
1967 28 MIN AL 0 0 40% 51 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1968 29 ATL NL 0 0 23% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 71% 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2
1969 30 TOT MLB 1 0 37% 60 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 50% 11 7 4 3 2 1 4 0 4
1969 30 HOU NL 1 0 39% 49 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 57% 8 4 4 2 2 0 4 0 4
1969 30 SEP AL 0 0 30% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1970 31 MIL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 32 KCR AL 1 0 40% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 22% 4 4 0 1 0 1 4 3 1
7 Seasons 12 1 39% 296 14 10 58% 13 9 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 24 54% 43 26 17 9 5 4 26 5 21
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1965 26 MIN AL 274 91% 64 47 10 0 6 1.74 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 51 5 10% 25 8 32% 175 22 13% 17 6 35% 17 10 59% 0
1966 27 MIN AL 114 93% 19 27 2 0 1 1.50 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 27 5 19% 16 2 13% 64 7 11% 5 2 40% 8 2 25% 0
1967 28 MIN AL 103 84% 16 33 7 1 1 1.31 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 1 5% 7 3 43% 72 2 3% 5 1 20% 4 1 25% 0
1968 29 ATL NL 91 93% 20 14 1 0 1 1.49 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0% 8 1 13% 60 3 5% 5 1 20% 1 0 0% 6
1969 30 TOT MLB 169 95% 37 22 3 0 2 2.07 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 24 1 4% 12 6 50% 85 15 18% 8 4 50% 6 2 33% 8
1969 30 HOU NL 129 96% 29 11 2 0 2 2.48 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 14 1 7% 7 3 43% 62 13 21% 4 3 75% 5 2 40% 8
1969 30 SEP AL 40 90% 8 11 1 0 0 1.67 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 5 3 60% 23 2 9% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1970 31 MIL AL 9 100% 0 8 0 0 0 1.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1971 32 KCR AL 65 91% 20 3 2 0 2 4.28 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 5 1 20% 39 13 33% 7 2 29% 5 5 100% 0
7 Seasons 825 92% 176 154 25 1 13 1.65 7 0 24 7 0 5 2 0 6 5 83% 152 15 10% 73 21 29% 497 62 12% 47 16 34% 41 20 49% 14
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1965 26 108 273 245 38 64 8 2 1 22 7 4 20 28 .261 .319 .322 .641 80 79 5 2 3 3 3
1966 27 160 387 353 49 83 9 3 3 31 9 6 24 52 .235 .286 .303 .590 65 107 10 3 3 4 3
1967 28 259 490 450 58 99 11 3 4 34 12 7 29 74 .220 .269 .284 .553 56 128 11 3 3 5 4
1968 29 295 587 536 66 119 12 3 5 38 12 7 39 94 .222 .277 .284 .561 60 152 11 4 3 5 9
1969 30 356 764 693 86 156 17 3 5 52 14 10 55 120 .225 .285 .280 .565 61 194 12 5 5 6 9
1970 31 364 773 702 86 156 17 3 5 52 14 10 55 124 .222 .281 .276 .558 59 194 13 5 5 6 9
1971 32 382 838 765 96 176 23 3 7 67 14 10 57 129 .230 .286 .295 .581 65 226 15 5 5 6 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 26 108 274 248 40 67 8 2 1 23 7 21 28 .270 .328 .331 .659 27 108
1966 27 52 114 108 12 18 1 1 2 10 2 4 24 .167 .202 .250 .452 5 52
1967 28 99 104 98 10 17 2 0 1 3 3 5 22 .173 .212 .224 .436 5 99
1968 29 36 103 90 10 24 1 0 1 5 0 12 20 .267 .359 .311 .670 10 36
1969 30 61 182 162 23 42 6 0 0 16 2 18 26 .259 .335 .296 .631 16 61
1970 31 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1971 32 18 66 64 12 21 6 0 2 18 0 2 5 .328 .348 .516 .864 12 18
7 Seasons 382 852 779 107 189 24 3 7 75 14 62 129 .243 .300 .308 .609 75 382
162 Game Avg. 162 361 330 45 80 10 1 3 32 6 26 55 .243 .300 .308 .609 32 382

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