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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 MIN AL 26 OF 57 47 445.2 99 94 4 1 1 .990 4.2 11.3 3.2 5.6 -2.4 1 1.98 1.72 .978 2.04 1.78
1965 MIN AL 26 LF 43 38 350.0 75 71 3 1 1 .987 5.2 17.8 4.2 5.6 -1.4 1 1.90 1.72 .979 1.87 1.49
1965 MIN AL 26 RF 17 9 95.2 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -12.5 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 1.98 1.24 .976 1.85 1.57
1966 MIN AL 27 LF 23 20 181.1 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 1.69 1.48 .979 1.83 1.45
1966 MIN AL 27 OF 23 20 181.1 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -2.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0 1.79 1.57 .981 2.10 1.82
1967 MIN AL 28 OF 65 9 210.1 44 40 3 1 0 .977 -0.4 -2.3 -1.4 -0.3 -1.1 1 1.84 0.66 .980 2.05 1.76
1967 MIN AL 28 LF 64 8 201.1 41 38 2 1 0 .976 -0.9 -5.4 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 1.79 0.63 .976 1.87 1.40
1967 MIN AL 28 RF 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 66.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 1 2.00 2.00 1.000 1.80 1.60
1968 ATL NL 29 LF 20 20 174.0 40 39 0 1 0 .975 2.3 15.9 3.3 0.0 3.3 -1 2.02 1.95 .962 1.64 1.38
1968 ATL NL 29 OF 20 20 174.0 41 40 0 1 0 .976 2.3 15.9 3.3 0.0 3.3 -1 2.07 2.00 .976 2.02 1.82
1969 TOT MLB 30 LF 36 35 290.0 62 54 4 4 0 .935 -1.4 -5.8 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 0 1.80 1.61 .971 1.74 1.36
1969 TOT MLB 30 OF 36 35 290.0 68 60 4 4 0 .941 -1.4 -5.8 -1.4 -1.9 0.5 0 1.99 1.78 .976 2.04 1.77
1969 HOU NL 30 LF 29 28 227.0 36 32 3 1 0 .972 -2.1 -11.1 -3.1 -2.0 -1.1 1 1.39 1.21 .964 1.67 1.30
1969 HOU NL 30 OF 29 28 227.0 41 37 3 1 0 .976 -2.1 -11.1 -3.1 -2.0 -1.1 1 1.59 1.38 .973 2.02 1.75
1969 SEP AL 30 LF 7 7 63.0 26 22 1 3 0 .885 0.7 13.3 1.7 0.1 1.6 -1 3.29 3.29 .981 1.99 1.60
1969 SEP AL 30 OF 7 7 63.0 27 23 1 3 0 .889 0.7 13.3 1.7 0.1 1.6 -1 3.43 3.43 .981 2.13 1.84
1970 MIL AL 31 LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.50
1970 MIL AL 31 OF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 1.80
1971 KCR AL 32 OF 15 15 127.0 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -0.1 -0.9 -1.1 -0.1 -0.9 1 1.35 1.27 .985 2.24 1.96
1971 KCR AL 32 LF 13 13 110.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -4.4 -1.4 -0.3 -1.1 1 1.31 1.23 .981 1.93 1.60
1971 KCR AL 32 RF 2 2 17.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.3 21.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0 2.12 2.00 .980 2.06 1.70
7 Seasons OF 217 146 1430.1 308 288 12 8 1 .974 4.0 3.4 2.0 3.2 -1.1 2 1.89 1.38 .978 2.07 1.79
7 Seasons LF 200 134 1308.2 268 251 10 7 1 .974 4.2 3.9 3.2 3.0 0.2 1 1.79 1.31 .974 1.81 1.43
3 Seasons RF 20 12 121.2 28 25 2 1 0 .964 -0.2 -2.0 -1.2 0.2 -1.3 1 2.00 1.35 .979 1.88 1.58
7 Seasons TOT 217 146 1430.1 308 288 12 8 1 .974 4.0 3.4 2.0 3.2 -1.1 2 1.89 1.38 .952 2.07 1.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 MIN AL 26 108 47 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 17 57 56 0
1966 MIN AL 27 52 20 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 29 2
1967 MIN AL 28 99 9 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 1 65 36 12
1968 ATL NL 29 36 20 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 15 0
1969 HOU NL 30 41 28 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 13 0
1969 SEP AL 30 20 7 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 13 0
1970 MIL AL 31 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 0
1971 KCR AL 32 18 15 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 3 0
7 Seasons 382 146 382 382 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 20 217 173 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 MIN AL 26 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 16 15 0 5 1 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 33 24 72.7% 9 0 0.0% 3 1478 67% 77% 25% 145 50%
1966 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 20 14 70.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 782 66% 75% 24% 89 38%
1967 MIN AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 14 11 0 7 2 0 6 4 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 31 20 64.5% 11 0 0.0% 2 847 62% 78% 30% 99 40%
1968 ATL NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 15 8 53.3% 7 0 0.0% 0 677 66% 81% 29% 70 51%
1969 HOU NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 10 6 1 7 2 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 21 11 52.4% 7 3 14.3% 0 951 67% 71% 18% 87 40%
1969 SEP AL 30 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 1 267 52% 79% 29% 47 49%
1970 MIL AL 31 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 0 0 0 0 0 13 62% 85% 8% 1 0%
1971 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 461 65% 77% 26% 42 40%
7 Seasons 7 0 7 0 0 10 0 6 1 2 57 45 1 33 10 2 24 15 0 8 3 0 19 18 0 141 91 64.5% 47 3 2.1% 7 5476 65% 76% 25% 580 44%
MLB Averages 57.2% 2.8% 62% 76% 25% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 MIN AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 12 4 33.3% 7 1 8.3% 0 438 63% 73% 24% 42 50%
1967 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 0 1 50.0% 0 44 64% 73% 20% 4 50%
1971 KCR AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 74 65% 77% 19% 8 50%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 3 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 18 7 38.9% 9 2 11.1% 0 556 64% 73% 23% 54 50%
MLB Averages 41.6% 3.2% 62% 76% 25% 54%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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