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Otto Vélez

Otoniel (Franceschi) Velez (Otto the Swatto)

Positions: Outfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 29, 1950 in Ponce, P.R.
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1973
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Yankees/Indians 1973-1983
Agents: Jerry Kapstein, previously: Norm Kaplan,Dave Pinter [*]
Final Game: August 7, 1983
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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
1970	19	NYY-min	Rk,A	73	241	230	7	74	10	5	7	4	0	1	11	14	.322	.353	.500	.853		115							JOH,FTL · APPY,FLOR
1971	20	NYY-min	A	113	384	384		119	21	4	16						.310	.310	.510	.820		196							KIN · CARL
1972	21	NYY-min	AA	122	499	409	64	102	17	1	13	68	1	1	80	98	.249	.371	.391	.762		160		2	3	5			WHA · EL
1973	22	NYY-min	AAA	138	552	409	92	110	19	7	29	98	8	4	130	106	.269	.450	.562	1.012		230		8	1	4			SYR · IL
1973	22	NYY	AL	23	92	77	9	15	4	0	2	7	0	1	15	24	.195	.326	.325	.651	88	25	0	0	0	0	0	9
1974	23	NYY-min	AAA	65	273	200	44	62	13	0	13	35	5	1	64	65	.310	.483	.570	1.053		114		5	2	2			SYR · IL
1974	23	NYY	AL	27	84	67	9	14	1	1	2	10	0	0	15	24	.209	.345	.343	.689	100	23	1	0	0	2	1	3/95
1975	24	NYY-min	AAA	81	335	244	56	61	18	2	10	35	1	1	87	54	.250	.442	.463	.905		113		0	0	4			SYR · IL
1975	24	NYY	AL	6	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	89	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
1976	25	NYY	AL	49	117	94	11	25	6	0	2	10	0	0	23	26	.266	.410	.394	.804	138	37	1	0	0	0	1	9/37D5
1977	26	TOR	AL	120	434	360	50	92	19	3	16	62	4	2	65	87	.256	.366	.458	.824	124	165	9	1	2	6	1	9D
1978	27	TOR	AL	91	300	248	29	66	14	2	9	38	1	3	45	41	.266	.380	.448	.828	132	111	8	2	3	2	1	79/D3
1979	28	TOR	AL	99	325	274	45	79	21	0	15	48	0	1	46	45	.288	.396	.529	.925	148	145	8	3	2	0	2	79/D3
1980	29	TOR	AL	104	417	357	54	96	12	3	20	62	0	0	54	86	.269	.365	.487	.852	127	174	8	2	0	4	8	D/3
1981	30	TOR	AL	80	302	240	32	51	9	2	11	28	0	3	55	60	.213	.363	.404	.767	116	97	5	3	2	2	3	*D/3
1982	31	TOR-min	AAA	7	22	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.158	.273	.211	.483		4		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1982	31	TOR	AL	28	65	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	1	0	13	15	.192	.354	.269	.623	69	14	1	0	0	0	0	D
1983	32	CLE-min	AAA	48	177	142	27	44	9	0	9	42	0	1	32	34	.310	.435	.563	.998		80		1	0	2	2		CHL · IL
1983	32	CLE	AL	10	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.080	.179	.080	.259	-27	2	0	0	0	0	0	/D
11 Yrs				637	2174	1802	244	452	87	11	78	272	6	10	336	414	.251	.369	.441	.810	123	795	41	11	9	16	17
162 Game Avg.				162	553	458	62	115	22	3	20	69	2	3	85	105	.251	.369	.441	.810	123	202	10	3	2	4	4

TOR (6 yrs)				522	1843	1531	214	394	76	10	72	243	6	9	278	334	.257	.372	.461	.834	127	706	39	11	9	14	15
NYY (4 yrs)				105	303	246	29	56	11	1	6	28	0	1	55	74	.228	.366	.354	.720	110	87	2	0	0	2	2
CLE (1 yr)				10	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.080	.179	.080	.259	-27	2	0	0	0	0	0

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
1973	22	NYY	AL	23	92	-1	-0	0	2	-1	0	0.1	3	3	0.3	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$7,800	9
1974	23	NYY	AL	27	84	0	-0	-0	-2	-1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.484	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$	3/95
1975	24	NYY	AL	6	10	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/3D
1976	25	NYY	AL	49	117	6	-0	-0	1	-2	4	0.5	4	8	0.9	.510	.503	0.8	-0.1	7	$	9/37D5
1977	26	TOR	AL	120	434	13	-1	-1	-4	-7	1	0.3	14	15	1.6	.501	.501	2.0	-0.9	19	$30,000	9D
1978	27	TOR	AL	91	300	10	-0	-0	6	-5	10	1.2	10	20	2.1	.512	.507	1.5	0.2	14	$	79/D3
1979	28	TOR	AL	99	325	21	2	-1	0	-5	17	1.8	10	27	2.7	.517	.510	2.7	-0.4	27	$	79/D3
1980	29	TOR	AL	104	417	10	1	-1	0	-10	-0	0.1	13	12	1.3	.500	.500	1.3	-0.9	12	$	D/3
1981	30	TOR	AL	80	302	6	0	-0	-0	-8	-1	-0.1	9	8	0.8	.498	.499	0.8	-0.8	8	$	*D/3
1982	31	TOR	AL	28	65	-2	0	1	0	-2	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.486	.498	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	D
1983	32	CLE	AL	10	28	-4	-0	0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.449	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	/D
11 Seasons				637	2174	60	1	-3	2	-42	19	2.6	69	87	9.0	.503	.501	8.7	-3.6	85	$37,800

TOR (6 yrs)				522	1843	58	1	-3	2	-36	23	2.9	58	81	8.3	.504	.502	8.1	-3.1	79	$30,000
NYY (4 yrs)				105	303	6	-1	0	1	-5	1	0.2	10	10	1.1	.501	.500	1.0	-0.4	10	$7,800
CLE (1 yr)				10	28	-4	-0	0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.449	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$

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
1973	22	NYY	AL	92	63	9	3.8	90	.255	.195	.255	.326	.323	.325	.375	.651	.697	88	.444	-0.7	-0.1	.619	.312	.130	.0
1974	23	NYY	AL	84	56	9	4.3	88	.279	.209	.257	.345	.322	.343	.370	.689	.691	100	.521	0.7	0.1	.704	.358	.134	.0
1975	24	NYY	AL	10	6	1	4.5	92	.250	.250	.257	.400	.326	.250	.377	.650	.704	89	.518	0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1976	25	NYY	AL	117	70	17	6.6	85	.348	.266	.255	.410	.319	.394	.359	.804	.678	138	.713	6.2	0.6	.857	.372	.128	.0
1977	26	TOR	AL	434	287	64	6.0	100	.289	.256	.266	.366	.330	.458	.405	.824	.735	124	.614	14.4	1.4	.835	.389	.203	6.4
1978	27	TOR	AL	300	198	43	5.8	94	.285	.266	.262	.380	.328	.448	.386	.828	.714	132	.632	12.5	1.3	.808	.355	.181	1.8
1979	28	TOR	AL	325	206	58	7.5	102	.299	.288	.270	.396	.334	.529	.408	.925	.743	148	.701	20.2	1.9	.946	.405	.241	.0
1980	29	TOR	AL	417	273	65	6.4	103	.298	.269	.275	.365	.338	.487	.408	.852	.746	127	.647	14.0	1.4	.855	.370	.218	.0
1981	30	TOR	AL	302	201	38	5.1	94	.234	.213	.263	.363	.328	.404	.382	.767	.711	116	.598	7.3	0.8	.772	.408	.192	.0
1982	31	TOR	AL	65	43	6	3.8	106	.250	.192	.274	.354	.340	.269	.418	.623	.758	69	.409	-1.9	-0.2	.651	.346	.077	1.0
1983	32	CLE	AL	28	23	0	0.0	101	.105	.080	.270	.179	.333	.080	.408	.259	.740	-27	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.217	.120	.000
11 Yrs				2174	1426	310	5.8	98	.282	.251	.266	.369	.331	.441	.396	.810	.727	123	.621	68.1	6.7	.812	.375	.190	11.1
162 Game Avg.				553	363	79	5.8	98	.282	.251	.266	.369	.331	.441	.396	.810	.727	123	.621	17	2	.812	.375	.190	3

TOR (6 yrs)				1843	1208	274	6.1	99	.283	.257	.268	.372	.332	.461	.400	.834	.732	127	.635	66.4	6.5	.837	.383	.204	11.1
NYY (4 yrs)				303	195	36	5.0	88	.298	.228	.256	.366	.321	.354	.368	.720	.689	110	.582	6.3	0.7	.731	.346	.126	.0
CLE (1 yr)				28	23	0	0.0	101	.105	.080	.270	.179	.333	.080	.408	.259	.740	-27	.000	-4.5	-0.5	.217	.120	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1976	25	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1976	25	NYY	AL	WS	CIN	L	3	3	3	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	4	4	3	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1 WS							3	3	3	3	.000	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1973	22	NYY	AL	92	2.2%	26.1%	16.3%	6.5%	40%	1.60	3.2	38.5	11.0	0.48	55%
1974	23	NYY	AL	84	2.4%	28.6%	17.9%	4.8%	29%	1.60	2.8	33.5	6.7	0.82	51%
1975	24	NYY	AL	10	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00			8.0	1.00	80%
1976	25	NYY	AL	117	1.7%	22.2%	19.7%	6.8%	32%	1.13	3.6	47.0	9.4	0.69	56%
1977	26	TOR	AL	434	3.7%	20.1%	15.0%	8.8%	41%	1.34	4.1	22.5	5.8	0.96	61%
1978	27	TOR	AL	300	3.0%	13.7%	15.0%	8.3%	38%	0.91	6.0	27.6	6.5	1.19	67%
1979	28	TOR	AL	325	4.6%	13.9%	14.2%	11.1%	46%	0.98	6.1	18.3	5.7	0.99	66%
1980	29	TOR	AL	417	4.8%	20.6%	13.0%	8.4%	37%	1.59	4.2	17.9	5.8	1.14	61%
1981	30	TOR	AL	302	3.6%	19.9%	18.2%	7.3%	43%	1.09	4.0	21.8	8.6	0.97	57%
1982	31	TOR	AL	65	1.5%	23.1%	20.0%	3.1%	20%	1.15	3.5	52.0	10.4	1.33	55%
1983	32	CLE	AL	28	0.0%	21.4%	10.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.2		25.0	1.29	68%
11 Yrs				2174	3.6%	19.0%	15.5%	8.1%	39%	1.23	4.4	23.1	6.6	1.00	61%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.0%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.53	6.9	45.9	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1973	22	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	96	-0.5	1.3	-1.8	1.07	-0.1	-0.4	-3.0	-0.3	0.98	-1.1		0
1974	23	NYY	AL	0.7	0.1	86	0.7	1.8	-1.1	.95	0.0	0.7	3.5	0.4	0.94	0.4	1.52	2
1975	24	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.82	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.97	-0.1	0.75	3
1976	25	NYY	AL	6.1	0.6	118	0.7	2.1	-1.5	.89	0.6	0.2	5.3	0.6	0.92	5.1	1.34	15
1977	26	TOR	AL	13.8	1.4	445	1.0	9.1	-8.2	1.10	1.3	-0.4	13.0	1.3	0.98	15.8	1.84	17
1978	27	TOR	AL	12.5	1.3	308	1.4	7.0	-5.6	1.20	1.1	0.1	9.9	1.0	0.97	11.2	1.61	20
1979	28	TOR	AL	20.2	1.9	328	1.8	8.4	-6.6	1.20	2.0	-0.4	20.7	2.0	0.97	23.1	2.17	19
1980	29	TOR	AL	14.0	1.4	419	1.1	8.3	-7.3	1.03	1.2	-0.1	14.9	1.4	0.94	13.6	2.15	3
1981	30	TOR	AL	7.3	0.8	306	-0.1	5.6	-5.6	1.09	0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.92	3.8	3.04	5
1982	31	TOR	AL	-2.0	-0.2	66	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.99	-0.2	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.94	-1.9	2.26	6
1983	32	CLE	AL	-4.5	-0.5	28	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.94	-0.4	0.0	-4.6	-0.5	0.83	-4.5	1.26	2
11 Yrs				67.3	6.7	2210	5.3	44.9	-39.6	1.09	5.5	-0.6	56.9	5.6	0.95	65.2	1.82	92

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	22	NYY	AL	1	25%	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	63%	5	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	2
1974	23	NYY	AL	1	26%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	31%	7	5	2	1	1	0	5	2	2
1975	24	NYY	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	25	NYY	AL	2	20%	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	46%	7	5	2	2	1	1	4	1	3
1977	26	TOR	AL	5	24%	155	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	1	0	8	10	46%	22	12	8	7	4	3	10	3	7
1978	27	TOR	AL	1	19%	113	1	3	25%	0	2	1	1	2	1	3	9	42%	11	6	5	5	2	3	10	5	3
1979	28	TOR	AL	5	27%	110	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	61%	10	4	6	4	2	2	9	2	6
1980	29	TOR	AL	1	26%	155	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	49%	22	13	9	7	3	4	10	4	6
1981	30	TOR	AL	3	21%	113	0	3	0%	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	5	48%	18	9	9	1	1	0	6	3	3
1982	31	TOR	AL	0	14%	29	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	25%	4	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	1
1983	32	CLE	AL	1	20%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
11 Yrs				20	23%	785	6	10	38%	5	8	1	2	4	1	27	45	47%	106	59	45	30	17	13	59	22	33

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
1973	22	NYY	AL	92	35%	15			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		22	0	0%	8	0	0%	62	5	8%	5	3	60%	4	1	25%	0
1974	23	NYY	AL	84	79%	14			2	0	0	0	1.52	2	0	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		15	1	7%	6	3	50%	54	8	15%	8	4	50%	4	1	25%	0
1975	24	NYY	AL	10	100%	2			3	1	0	1	0.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1976	25	NYY	AL	117	92%	25			15	3	0	2	1.34	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		16	1	6%	4	0	0%	64	8	13%	5	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1977	26	TOR	AL	434	41%	92			17	2	1	2	1.84	16	0	12	9	7	7	9	0	4	2	50%	80	9	11%	40	10	25%	311	48	15%	34	16	47%	12	5	42%	0
1978	27	TOR	AL	300	66%	66			20	8	0	4	1.61	9	0	8	0	9	4	5	0	3	3	100%	55	8	15%	21	7	33%	193	31	16%	20	11	55%	6	2	33%	0
1979	28	TOR	AL	325	55%	79			19	5	2	2	2.17	15	0	5	8	7	7	8	0	2	2	100%	67	8	12%	21	5	24%	214	35	16%	16	7	44%	14	10	71%	0
1980	29	TOR	AL	417	37%	96			3	1	0	1	2.15	20	1	6	11	9	12	8	0	0	0		76	8	11%	34	10	29%	261	43	16%	30	16	53%	20	9	45%	0
1981	30	TOR	AL	302	40%	51			5	1	0	2	3.04	11	0	3	2	9	7	4	0	3	2	67%	44	5	11%	29	5	17%	171	17	10%	18	5	28%	9	2	22%	0
1982	31	TOR	AL	65	88%	10			6	1	0	1	2.26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		14	1	7%	5	0	0%	41	4	10%	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	0
1983	32	CLE	AL	28	79%	2			2	0	0	0	1.26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	16	1	6%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
11 Yrs				2174	52%	452			92	22	3	15	1.82	78	1	43	32	46	39	39	0	12	9	75%	392	41	10%	170	40	24%	1393	201	14%	142	65	46%	76	31	41%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

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
1973	22	23	92	77	9	15	4	0	2	7	0	1	15	24	.195	.326	.325	.651	88	25	0	0	0	0	0
1974	23	50	176	144	18	29	5	1	4	17	0	1	30	48	.201	.335	.333	.669	94	48	1	0	0	2	1
1975	24	56	186	152	18	31	5	1	4	18	0	1	32	48	.204	.339	.329	.668	93	50	1	0	0	2	1
1976	25	105	303	246	29	56	11	1	6	28	0	1	55	74	.228	.366	.354	.720	110	87	2	0	0	2	2
1977	26	225	737	606	79	148	30	4	22	90	4	3	120	161	.244	.366	.416	.782	119	252	11	1	2	8	3
1978	27	316	1037	854	108	214	44	6	31	128	5	6	165	202	.251	.370	.425	.795	123	363	19	3	5	10	4
1979	28	415	1362	1128	153	293	65	6	46	176	5	7	211	247	.260	.376	.450	.827	129	508	27	6	7	10	6
1980	29	519	1779	1485	207	389	77	9	66	238	5	7	265	333	.262	.374	.459	.833	129	682	35	8	7	14	14
1981	30	599	2081	1725	239	440	86	11	77	266	5	10	320	393	.255	.372	.452	.824	127	779	40	11	9	16	17
1982	31	627	2146	1777	243	450	87	11	78	271	6	10	333	408	.253	.372	.446	.818	125	793	41	11	9	16	17
1983	32	637	2174	1802	244	452	87	11	78	272	6	10	336	414	.251	.369	.441	.810	123	795	41	11	9	16	17

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	22	23	94	78	10	16	4	0	2	8	0	16	24	.205	.340	.333	.674	9	23
1974	23	27	86	68	10	15	1	1	2	11	0	16	24	.221	.360	.353	.713	9	27
1975	24	6	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	1	6
1976	25	49	123	97	13	28	7	0	2	12	0	26	26	.289	.439	.423	.862	18	49
1977	26	120	437	362	52	94	19	3	16	64	4	66	87	.260	.370	.461	.831	63	120
1978	27	91	308	253	32	71	15	2	10	42	1	48	41	.281	.397	.474	.871	47	91
1979	28	100	328	276	46	80	21	0	15	49	0	47	45	.290	.399	.529	.928	57	99
1980	29	104	417	357	54	96	12	3	20	62	0	54	86	.269	.365	.487	.852	63	104
1981	30	121	465	367	53	81	14	3	17	46	0	87	91	.221	.374	.414	.789	58	80
1982	31	28	65	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	1	13	15	.192	.354	.269	.623	5	28
1983	32	10	28	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.000	.107	.000	.107	0	10
11 Yrs		679	2361	1943	274	493	94	12	85	300	6	378	445	.254	.376	.446	.822	330	637
162 Game Avg.		162	563	464	65	118	22	3	20	72	1	90	106	.254	.376	.446	.822	79	637

* 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.

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Hall of Fame Standards

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