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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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
1957	18	MIN-min	B	94	352	352		104	17	12	11						.295	.295	.506	.801		178						MDL · SWLG
1958	19	MIN-min	C,B	121	465	465		126	22	6	19						.271	.271	.467	.738		217						MSO,FOX · PION,IIIL
1959	20	MIN-min	A	129	569	485	72	131	15	10	10	61	11		60	71	.270	.366	.404	.770		196		15	6	3	10	CHR · SALL
1960	21	MIN-min	AAA	152	645	591	85	158	31	10	11	67	10		54	90	.267	.329	.409	.738		242						CHL · AA
1961	22	MIN-CIN-min	AAA	79	243	221	25	58	14	2	4	28	2		22	31	.262	.329	.398	.727		88						SYR,INA · IL,AA
1962	23	ANA/PHI-MIN-min	AAA	102	328	297	37	77	21	3	5	26	2	1	25	37	.259	.327	.401	.728		119		5	1	0	7	DFW,VAN · AA,PCL
1963	24	MIN-min	AAA	114	363	349	41	99	14	7	8	44	5	5	14	32	.284	.311	.433	.744		151						DFW · PCL
1964	25	MIN-min	AAA	147	604	531	74	179	27	8	16	73	16	9	56	49	.337	.401	.508	.909		270		4	8	5		ATA · IL
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-min	AAA	72	323	293	57	94	21	4	8	39	4	3	18	29	.321	.363	.502	.864		147		4	3	5		DEN · PCL
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-min	AAA	74	268	255	32	66	12	3	7	25	2	3	9	49	.259	.285	.412	.696		105		1	1	2		RMD · IL
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	HOU-min	AAA	43	170	153	26	42	11	4	0	16	3	3	13	23	.275	.331	.399	.730		61		0	4	0		OKC · AA
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	KCR-MIL-min	AAA	113	455	399	72	116	21	4	2	45	7	9	49	47	.291	.370	.378	.749		151		2	4	1		OMA,POR · AA,PCL
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-min	AAA	99	367	334	40	104	12	2	2	35	4	5	24	43	.311	.365	.377	.742		126		4	5	0		OMA · AA
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
1972	33	KCR-min	AAA	107	352	325	25	78	12	3	3	30	5	2	18	47	.240	.283	.323	.606		105		2	6	1		OMA · AA
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1965	26	MIN	AL	274	-4	3	2	0	4	-3	8	10	1.0	6	0.6	0.4	$	79
1966	27	MIN	AL	114	-9	-1	1	0	-0	-1	3	-7	-0.8	-7	-0.7	-0.1	$	7
1967	28	MIN	AL	103	-9	1	-1	1	-0	-1	3	-7	-0.9	-6	-0.7	-0.2	$	7/9
1968	29	ATL	NL	97	-3	1	-1	1	2	-1	3	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$	7
1969	30	HOU	NL	137	-3	0	0	1	-2	-2	5	-1	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$12,000	7
1969	30	SEP	AL	40	-3	0	-1	1	1	0	1	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$	/7
1970	31	MIL	AL	9	-2	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$12,000	/7
1971	32	KCR	AL	65	3	0	0	0	-0	-1	2	4	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$	7/9
7 Seasons				839	-30	4	0	4	4	-9	25	-2	-0.5	-6	-0.7	0.2	$24,000

MIN (3 yrs)				491	-22	3	2	1	3	-5	14	-4	-0.7	-7	-0.8	0.1	$
MIL (2 yrs)				49	-5	0	-1	1	1	0	1	-3	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$12,000
KCR (1 yr)				65	3	0	0	0	-0	-1	2	4	0.5	4	0.4	0.1	$
ATL (1 yr)				97	-3	1	-1	1	2	-1	3	2	0.2	0	0.0	0.2	$
HOU (1 yr)				137	-3	0	0	1	-2	-2	5	-1	-0.2	1	0.1	-0.3	$12,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Fielding

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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

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Transactions

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.
November 28, 1967: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves from the Minnesota Twins in the 1967 rule 5 draft.
December 15, 1968: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Houston Astros for Paul Doyle. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
August 30, 1969: Traded by the Houston Astros with Danny Walton to the Seattle Pilots for Tommy Davis.
July, 1970: Purchased by the Kansas City Royals from the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1969	30	Houston Astros	$12,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1970	31	Milwaukee Brewers	$12,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$24,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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