Sandy Valdespino

Hilario (Borroto) Valdespino

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 24, 1939 in San Jose de las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba
Signed
by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Teams (by GP): Twins/Astros/Braves/Pilots/Royals/... 1965-1971

Final Game: September 28, 1971
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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
1956 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1965 26 MIN AL 108 274 245 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 20 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 .846 140 32 2 0 0 0 0 7/9
7 Yrs 382 839 765 96 176 23 3 7 67 14 10 57 129 .230 .286 .295 .581 65 226 15 5 5 6 9
162 Game Avg. 162 356 324 41 75 10 1 3 28 6 4 24 55 .230 .286 .295 .581 65 96 6 2 2 3 4
MIN (3 yrs) 259 491 450 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 .846 140 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) 305 605 560 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

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
1965 26 MIN AL 108 274 -4 1 -0 4 -3 -2 -0.3 8 6 0.5 .498 .498 0.0 0.1 1 $ 79
1966 27 MIN AL 52 114 -8 -1 0 -0 -1 -10 -1.3 3 -7 -0.9 .476 .492 -0.9 -0.2 -7 $ 7
1967 28 MIN AL 99 103 -10 0 1 -0 -1 -11 -1.4 3 -8 -1.1 .486 .492 -1.0 -0.3 -8 $ 7/9
1968 29 ATL NL 36 97 -4 1 1 2 -1 -0 0.0 3 3 0.4 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 1 $ 7
1969 30 HOU NL 41 137 -4 0 0 -2 -1 -7 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .480 .495 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $12,000 7
1969 30 SEP AL 20 40 -3 -0 1 1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .487 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /7
1970 31 MIL AL 8 9 -2 0 -0 -0 0 -3 -0.3 0 -2 -0.3 .461 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $12,000 /7
1971 32 KCR AL 18 65 3 -0 -0 -0 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .512 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $ 7/9
7 Seasons 382 839 -33 2 2 4 -9 -34 -4.1 25 -9 -1.5 .490 .497 -2.1 -0.7 -13 $24,000
MIN (3 yrs) 259 491 -23 1 1 3 -5 -24 -2.9 14 -10 -1.5 .489 .494 -1.9 -0.4 -13 $
MIL (2 yrs) 28 49 -6 -0 1 0 -0 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .479 .498 -0.5 0.0 -4 $12,000
KCR (1 yr) 18 65 3 -0 -0 -0 -1 2 0.2 2 4 0.4 .512 .501 0.4 -0.1 4 $
ATL (1 yr) 36 97 -4 1 1 2 -1 -0 0.0 3 3 0.4 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 1 $
HOU (1 yr) 41 137 -4 0 0 -2 -1 -7 -0.8 5 -3 -0.3 .480 .495 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $12,000

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
1965 26 MIN AL 274 196 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 .253 .204 .324 .216 .379 .420 .703 20 .125 -10.2 -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 .256 .309 .327 .268 .380 .576 .708 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 .379 .487 .706 39 .165 -3.2 -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 .253 .338 .324 .508 .375 .846 .699 140 .673 3.0 0.3 .756 .222 .190 .0
7 Yrs 839 625 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. 356 265 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) 491 377 35 2.5 95 .252 .220 .255 .269 .325 .284 .390 .553 .716 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 .710 12 .105 -5.6 -0.6 .244 .021 .021
KCR (1 yr) 65 45 10 6.0 91 .321 .317 .253 .338 .324 .508 .375 .846 .699 140 .673 3.0 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 .461 -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) 605 463 47 2.7 94 .258 .227 .255 .271 .326 .302 .388 .573 .713 61 .336 -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

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*

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 274 0.4% 10.2% 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 1.80 75%
1969 30 HOU NL 137 0.0% 13.9% 11.0% 2.9% 14% 1.27 6.3 9.9 1.55 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 Yrs 839 0.8% 15.4% 6.8% 3.9% 19% 2.26 5.9 109.3 11.4 1.42 76%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.83 5.8 43.4 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1965 26 MIN AL -6.5 -0.7 286 -0.2 4.9 -5.1 1.10 0.0 -0.2 1.5 0.2 0.98 -1.9 1.73 47
1966 27 MIN AL -10.4 -1.1 120 -1.0 1.7 -2.7 1.11 -0.9 0.0 -7.9 -0.8 0.96 -8.8 1.47 27
1967 28 MIN AL -10.1 -1.1 109 -1.5 0.7 -2.2 .99 -0.9 -0.6 -11.5 -1.2 0.97 -9.9 1.24 33
1968 29 ATL NL -1.8 -0.2 93 -0.9 1.0 -1.9 1.25 -0.1 -0.6 -2.9 -0.3 0.96 -0.7 1.35 14
1969 30 TOT MLB -6.9 -0.7 184 -0.1 3.1 -3.3 1.11 -0.4 0.3 2.0 0.2 0.95 -3.3 2.04 22
1969 30 HOU NL -3.7 -0.4 143 0.2 2.5 -2.3 1.00 -0.1 0.3 4.8 0.5 0.94 0.1 2.45 11
1969 30 SEP AL -3.2 -0.3 41 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 1.48 -0.3 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.96 -3.4 1.63 11
1970 31 MIL AL -2.5 -0.3 9 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .94 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.72 -2.5 1.04 8
1971 32 KCR AL 2.9 0.3 66 1.0 2.4 -1.3 1.29 0.4 0.4 7.7 0.8 0.95 4.6 4.62 3
7 Yrs -35.2 -3.8 867 -2.9 13.9 -16.7 1.12 -2.0 -0.5 -13.0 -1.4 0.96 -22.4 1.61 154

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
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% 65 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 50% 11 7 4 3 2 1 4 0 4
1969 30 HOU NL 1 0 39% 54 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 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 Yrs 12 1 39% 301 14 10 58% 13 9 0 1 1 0 2 1 8 25 54% 43 26 17 9 5 4 26 5 21

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
1965 26 MIN AL 274 91% 64 47 10 0 6 1.73 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 100% 51 5 10% 25 8 32% 175 22 13% 17 6 35% 13 6 46% 0
1966 27 MIN AL 114 93% 19 27 2 0 1 1.47 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 27 5 19% 16 2 13% 64 7 11% 5 2 40% 9 4 44% 0
1967 28 MIN AL 103 84% 16 33 7 1 1 1.24 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 1 5% 7 3 43% 72 2 3% 5 1 20% 0 0 0
1968 29 ATL NL 98 93% 20 14 1 0 1 1.35 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 0% 8 1 13% 60 3 5% 5 1 20% 0 0 -1
1969 30 TOT MLB 177 95% 37 22 3 0 2 2.04 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 24 1 4% 12 6 50% 90 15 17% 8 4 50% 7 6 86% 0
1969 30 HOU NL 137 96% 29 11 2 0 2 2.45 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 14 1 7% 7 3 43% 67 13 19% 4 3 75% 4 3 75% 0
1969 30 SEP AL 40 90% 8 11 1 0 0 1.63 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 5 3 60% 23 2 9% 4 1 25% 3 3 100% 0
1970 31 MIL AL 9 100% 0 8 0 0 0 1.04 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 4.62 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 5 1 20% 39 13 33% 7 2 29% 4 3 75% 0
7 Yrs 840 92% 176 154 25 1 13 1.61 7 0 24 7 0 5 2 0 6 5 83% 152 15 10% 73 21 29% 502 62 12% 47 16 34% 33 19 58% -1
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 46% 52%

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
1965 26 108 274 245 38 64 8 2 1 22 7 4 20 28 .261 .319 .322 .641 80 79 5 2 3 3 3
1966 27 160 388 353 49 83 9 3 3 31 9 6 24 52 .235 .286 .303 .590 65 107 10 3 3 4 3
1967 28 259 491 450 58 99 11 3 4 34 12 7 29 74 .220 .269 .284 .553 56 128 11 3 3 5 4
1968 29 295 588 536 66 119 12 3 5 38 12 7 39 94 .222 .277 .284 .561 60 152 11 4 3 5 9
1969 30 356 765 693 86 156 17 3 5 52 14 10 55 120 .225 .285 .280 .565 61 194 12 5 5 6 9
1970 31 364 774 702 86 156 17 3 5 52 14 10 55 124 .222 .281 .276 .558 59 194 13 5 5 6 9
1971 32 382 839 765 96 176 23 3 7 67 14 10 57 129 .230 .286 .295 .581 65 226 15 5 5 6 9

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
1965 26 108 277 248 41 67 8 2 1 24 7 21 28 .270 .328 .331 .659 27 108
1966 27 52 116 110 12 20 1 1 2 9 2 4 24 .182 .216 .264 .479 6 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 11 24 1 0 1 5 0 12 20 .267 .359 .311 .670 10 36
1969 30 61 180 159 22 39 5 0 0 15 2 17 26 .245 .320 .277 .597 14 61
1970 31 8 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1971 32 18 67 65 12 22 7 0 2 18 0 2 5 .338 .358 .538 .897 13 18
7 Yrs 382 856 779 108 189 24 3 7 74 14 61 129 .243 .300 .308 .608 75 382
162 Game Avg. 162 363 330 46 80 10 1 3 31 6 26 55 .243 .300 .308 .608 32 382

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