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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 MIN AL 26 OF 57 47 39 445.2 99 94 4 1 1 .990 4 11 1.98 1.72 .978 2.04 2.03
1965 MIN AL 26 LF 43 38 33 350.0 75 71 3 1 1 .987 5 18 1.90 1.72 .979 1.87 1.86
1965 MIN AL 26 RF 17 9 6 95.2 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -13 1.98 1.24 .978 1.85 1.84
1966 MIN AL 27 LF 23 20 17 181.1 34 34 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.69 1.48 .980 1.83 1.82
1966 MIN AL 27 OF 23 20 17 181.1 36 36 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.79 1.57 .982 2.10 2.10
1967 MIN AL 28 OF 65 9 8 210.1 44 40 3 1 0 .977 -0 -2 1.84 0.66 .980 2.05 2.06
1967 MIN AL 28 LF 64 8 7 201.1 41 38 2 1 0 .976 -1 -5 1.79 0.63 .976 1.87 1.87
1967 MIN AL 28 RF 1 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 67 2.00 2.00 .980 1.80 1.80
1968 ATL NL 29 LF 20 20 15 174.0 40 39 0 1 0 .975 2 16 2.02 1.95 .963 1.64 1.65
1968 ATL NL 29 OF 20 20 15 174.0 41 40 0 1 0 .976 2 16 2.07 2.00 .975 2.02 2.03
1969 TOT MLB 30 LF 36 35 20 290.0 63 55 4 4 0 .937 -1 -6 1.83 1.64 .969 1.75 1.73
1969 TOT MLB 30 OF 36 35 20 290.0 68 60 4 4 0 .941 -1 -6 1.99 1.78 .975 2.04 2.03
1969 HOU NL 30 LF 29 28 15 227.0 37 33 3 1 0 .973 -2 -11 1.43 1.24 .963 1.69 1.67
1969 HOU NL 30 OF 29 28 15 227.0 41 37 3 1 0 .976 -2 -11 1.59 1.38 .973 2.02 2.01
1969 SEP AL 30 LF 7 7 5 63.0 26 22 1 3 0 .885 1 13 3.29 3.29 .978 1.99 1.99
1969 SEP AL 30 OF 7 7 5 63.0 27 23 1 3 0 .889 1 13 3.43 3.43 .978 2.13 2.13
1970 MIL AL 31 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1970 MIL AL 31 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1971 KCR AL 32 OF 15 15 11 127.0 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -0 -1 1.35 1.27 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 KCR AL 32 LF 13 13 9 110.0 16 15 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.31 1.23 .981 1.93 1.92
1971 KCR AL 32 RF 2 2 2 17.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0 21 2.12 2.00 .980 2.06 2.05
7 Seasons OF 217 146 110 1430.1 308 288 12 8 1 .974 4 3 1.89 1.38 .978 2.07 2.06
7 Seasons LF 200 134 101 1308.2 269 252 10 7 1 .974 4 4 1.80 1.31 .974 1.81 1.82
3 Seasons RF 20 12 9 121.2 28 25 2 1 0 .964 -0 -2 2.00 1.35 .979 1.88 1.86
7 Seasons TOT 217 146 110 1430.1 308 288 12 8 1 .974 4 3 1.89 1.38 .978 2.07 2.06
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 MIN AL 26 LF 5 18 4 -1 6 1
1965 MIN AL 26 RF -1 -13 -1 -1 0 0
1966 MIN AL 27 LF -0 -3 -0 -0 -0 0
1967 MIN AL 28 LF -1 -5 -1 -1 -0 0
1967 MIN AL 28 RF 0 67 -0 -0 0 1
1968 ATL NL 29 LF 2 16 3 3 0 -1
1969 HOU NL 30 LF -2 -11 -3 -1 -2 1
1969 SEP AL 30 LF 1 13 2 2 0 -1
1970 MIL AL 31 LF -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1971 KCR AL 32 LF -0 -4 -1 -1 -0 1
1971 KCR AL 32 RF 0 21 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons LF 4 4 3 0 3 1
3 Seasons RF -0 -2 -1 -1 0 1
7 Seasons TOT 4 3 2 -1 3 2

Appearances

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 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 17 57 0 56 0
1966 MIN AL 27 52 20 52 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 23 0 29 2
1967 MIN AL 28 99 9 99 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 1 65 0 36 12
1968 ATL NL 29 36 20 36 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 16 0
1969 HOU NL 30 42 28 42 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 29 0 13 0
1969 SEP AL 30 20 7 20 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 13 0
1970 MIL AL 31 8 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
1971 KCR AL 32 18 15 18 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2 15 0 3 0
7 Seasons 383 146 383 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 20 217 0 174 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 20 18 0 5 1 0 6 3 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 37 27 73.0% 10 0 0.0% 3 1441 69% 78% 26% 145 50%
1966 MIN AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 0 4 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 23 16 69.6% 7 0 0.0% 0 752 68% 78% 25% 89 38%
1967 MIN AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 17 12 0 7 2 0 6 4 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 35 22 62.9% 13 0 0.0% 2 829 63% 80% 31% 99 40%
1968 ATL NL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 3 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 17 9 52.9% 8 0 0.0% 0 653 69% 84% 30% 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% 0 932 70% 74% 19% 88 41%
1969 SEP AL 30 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 1 254 54% 83% 31% 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% 1 448 67% 79% 27% 42 40%
7 Seasons 7 0 7 0 0 10 0 6 1 2 69 52 1 33 10 2 24 15 0 8 3 0 21 19 0 155 99 63.9% 53 3 1.9% 7 5322 67% 79% 26% 581 45%
MLB Averages 58.6% 2.9% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 7 3 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 17 6 35.3% 10 1 5.9% 0 425 65% 75% 24% 42 50%
1967 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 1 1 33.3% 0 44 64% 73% 20% 4 50%
1971 KCR AL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 72 67% 79% 19% 8 50%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 10 4 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 0 5 3 0 25 9 36.0% 14 2 8.0% 0 541 65% 75% 23% 54 50%
MLB Averages 40.4% 3.3% 64% 79% 26% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 AL  5 (5th)
1968 NL  2 (5th)

                                         

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