Jorge Velandia
Jorge Luis (Macias) Velandia
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 12, 1975 in Caracas, Venezuela
High School: Caracas (Caracas, VE)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 20, 1997
Final Game: July 13, 2008
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 SDP NL 22 SS 6 4 38.2 17 4 12 1 4 .941 -1.8 -55.9 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 3.72 2.67 .976 4.59 3.85
1997 SDP NL 22 2B 5 2 25.0 14 7 6 1 1 .929 -1.3 -62.4 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 0 4.68 2.60 .979 5.08 4.30
1997 SDP NL 22 3B 3 1 13.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3.46 1.67 .950 2.63 2.20
1998 OAK AL 23 SS 7 1 12.0 11 3 7 1 1 .909 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 7.50 1.43 .973 4.72 4.26
1998 OAK AL 23 2B 1 1 8.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 4.50 4.00 .975 4.84 4.10
1999 OAK AL 24 2B 52 5 138.0 94 36 57 1 13 .989 0.5 4.3 -0.5 -3.1 2.6 1 6.07 1.79 .981 5.13 4.44
1999 OAK AL 24 SS 8 4 40.0 32 9 21 2 4 .938 1.5 45.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0 6.75 3.75 .972 4.72 4.19
1999 OAK AL 24 3B 2 0 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -90.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 6.75 1.00 .950 2.70 2.20
1999 OAK AL 24 DH 1
2000 TOT MLB 25 2B 21 7 68.2 40 18 22 0 5 1.000 -1.4 -24.5 -1.4 -0.3 -1.1 0 5.24 1.90 .980 5.02 4.33
2000 TOT MLB 25 SS 11 0 23.1 9 5 4 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -10.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0 3.47 0.82 .967 4.59 3.99
2000 OAK AL 25 2B 14 7 58.2 36 15 21 0 5 1.000 -0.8 -16.4 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 0 5.52 2.57 .981 5.03 4.32
2000 OAK AL 25 SS 4 0 8.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .975 4.73 4.18
2000 NYM NL 25 2B 7 0 10.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -72.0 -0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0 3.60 0.57 .975 4.95 4.34
2000 NYM NL 25 SS 7 0 15.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0 2.93 0.71 .960 4.52 3.89
2000 NYM NL 25 3B 3 0 8.0 5 2 2 1 0 .800 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.50 1.33 .960 2.59 2.17
2001 NYM NL 26 SS 8 2 31.1 10 2 8 0 2 1.000 0.5 19.1 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.87 1.25 .970 4.45 3.92
2001 NYM NL 26 3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
2003 NYM NL 28 SS 23 22 177.0 108 39 66 3 13 .972 3.8 25.8 2.8 1.9 0.9 1 5.34 4.57 .973 4.52 3.99
2007 TBD AL 32 2B 11 11 94.1 46 17 29 0 7 1.000 3.1 39.4 2.1 0.9 1.2 1 4.39 4.18 .985 4.98 4.54
2007 TBD AL 32 SS 4 3 27.0 19 7 12 0 4 1.000 1.5 66.7 0.5 0.2 0.3 1 6.33 4.75 .968 4.47 3.98
2008 TOT AL 33 SS 4 2 19.0 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 0.4 25.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 3.32 1.75 .971 4.41 3.85
2008 TOT AL 33 2B 2 2 17.0 8 4 4 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -14.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.24 4.00 .988 5.03 4.50
2008 TOR AL 33 SS 2 1 10.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.80 1.00 .950 4.41 3.85
2008 TOR AL 33 2B 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 5.06 4.50
2008 CLE AL 33 SS 2 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 2 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 5.00 2.50 .980 4.40 3.85
2008 CLE AL 33 2B 1 1 9.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 7.00 7.00 .986 5.00 4.50
6 Seasons 2B 92 28 351.0 206 83 121 2 27 .990 0.9 3.1 -1.1 -2.2 1.1 2 5.23 2.22 .982 5.05 4.42
8 Seasons SS 71 38 368.1 213 71 135 7 31 .967 5.7 18.6 3.7 2.7 1.0 2 5.03 2.90 .972 4.54 4.01
4 Seasons 3B 9 1 26.2 13 3 8 2 0 .846 -0.5 -22.5 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 0 3.71 1.22 .954 2.63 2.19
1 Season DH 1
8 Seasons TOT 172 67 746.0 432 157 264 11 58 .975 6.1 9.8 2.1 0.3 1.8 4 5.08 2.45 .951 4.72 4.13
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp 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
1997 SDP NL 22 14 7 14 14 0 0 0 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 OAK AL 23 8 2 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 OAK AL 24 63 9 63 59 0 0 0 52 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 12
2000 OAK AL 25 18 7 18 18 0 0 0 14 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
2000 NYM NL 25 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 7 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 NYM NL 26 9 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 28 23 22 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 TBD AL 32 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 11 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 CLE AL 33 7 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
2008 TOR AL 33 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 174 67 174 166 0 0 0 92 9 71 0 0 0 0 0 11 20
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 SDP NL 22 112 50% 79% 38% 8 100% 0 7 3 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 23 37 51% 73% 30% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 24 598 50% 74% 33% 55 100% 0 36 8 20 8 57 50 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 13 1 6 2 1 10 3 7 3 2 1
2000 OAK AL 25 274 44% 75% 29% 23 100% 0 16 5 9 2 21 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0 5 1 3 1 1 0
2000 NYM NL 25 48 58% 77% 33% 4 100% 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TBD AL 32 423 46% 68% 29% 34 97% 0 17 6 8 3 29 25 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 3 1 6 4 2 1 0 1
2008 CLE AL 33 46 67% 80% 37% 5 100% 0 3 2 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
2008 TOR AL 33 40 50% 78% 28% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1578 49% 73% 32% 133 99% 0 84 27 42 15 122 108 10 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 28 5 9 6 2 23 8 14 5 3 2
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1997 SDP NL 22 189 56% 69% 28% 14 79% 0 4 1 2 1 11 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1998 OAK AL 23 62 52% 73% 31% 8 88% 0 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 24 174 50% 77% 34% 25 92% 0 9 4 3 2 21 16 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
2000 NYM NL 25 62 56% 61% 21% 4 100% 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 OAK AL 25 37 35% 81% 27% 3 100% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2001 NYM NL 26 139 53% 72% 30% 10 100% 0 2 2 0 0 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2003 NYM NL 28 794 64% 77% 32% 82 94% 2 39 17 18 4 67 52 11 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 13 4 2 6 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 1
2007 TBD AL 32 117 51% 68% 28% 15 87% 1 7 2 3 2 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
2008 CLE AL 33 40 83% 78% 28% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
2008 TOR AL 33 37 49% 73% 22% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1651 58% 74% 30% 166 92% 3 72 31 31 10 133 104 22 1 0 7 1 3 3 6 31 10 9 7 2 0 28 19 9 1 0 1
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 SDP NL 22 62 61% 76% 27% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 24 14 64% 93% 43% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 NYM NL 25 31 68% 71% 32% 5 80% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NYM NL 26 12 75% 75% 42% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 119 65% 76% 32% 12 83% 0 3 3 0 0 8 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 88% 62%

* 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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