Otto Velez
Otoniel (Franceschi) Velez (Otto the Swatto)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 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
Final Game: August 7, 1983
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 NYY AL 22 OF 23 23 204.1 49 45 2 2 0 .959 2.0 11.7 1.0 1.3 -0.3 1 2.07 2.04 .980 2.29 2.02
1973 NYY AL 22 RF 23 23 204.1 47 43 2 2 0 .957 2.0 11.7 1.0 1.3 -0.3 1 1.98 1.96 .977 2.09 1.73
1974 NYY AL 23 1B 21 18 148.2 143 136 5 2 8 .986 -1.0 -8.1 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 8.54 6.71 .992 9.70 8.01
1974 NYY AL 23 OF 3 2 17.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.5 -105.9 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -1 0.53 0.33 1.000 2.44 2.13
1974 NYY AL 23 RF 3 2 17.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -1.5 -105.9 -0.5 -0.3 -0.3 -1 0.53 0.33 1.000 2.17 1.87
1974 NYY AL 23 3B 2 2 16.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.4 30.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 3.38 3.00 .950 3.09 2.75
1975 NYY AL 24 1B 1 1 9.0 11 11 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 11.00 11.00 .991 9.80 8.30
1975 NYY AL 24 DH 1
1976 NYY AL 25 OF 24 20 174.0 48 46 1 1 1 .979 1.5 10.3 1.5 0.5 1.0 0 2.43 1.96 .981 2.47 2.21
1976 NYY AL 25 RF 20 15 131.0 36 35 0 1 0 .972 1.6 14.7 1.6 0.9 0.7 0 2.40 1.75 .981 2.21 1.92
1976 NYY AL 25 1B 8 4 43.0 45 43 1 1 4 .978 -0.6 -16.7 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 9.21 5.50 .991 9.86 8.88
1976 NYY AL 25 LF 6 5 43.0 12 10 2 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 0 2.51 2.00 .975 2.24 1.92
1976 NYY AL 25 DH 5
1976 NYY AL 25 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1977 TOR AL 26 OF 79 72 625.2 149 140 5 4 1 .973 -3.9 -7.5 -2.9 0.1 -2.9 -1 2.09 1.84 .978 2.34 2.03
1977 TOR AL 26 RF 79 72 625.2 149 140 5 4 1 .973 -3.9 -7.5 -2.9 0.1 -2.9 -1 2.09 1.84 .974 2.08 1.71
1977 TOR AL 26 DH 28
1978 TOR AL 27 OF 74 58 562.0 163 150 10 3 4 .982 5.4 11.5 3.4 3.8 -0.4 2 2.56 2.16 .979 2.47 2.13
1978 TOR AL 27 LF 39 29 272.0 88 78 8 2 3 .977 4.4 19.4 3.4 3.0 0.4 1 2.85 2.21 .974 2.21 1.78
1978 TOR AL 27 RF 39 29 290.0 79 76 2 1 1 .987 1.0 4.1 0.0 0.8 -0.8 1 2.42 2.00 .977 2.24 1.85
1978 TOR AL 27 DH 9
1978 TOR AL 27 1B 1 1 11.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 0.2 21.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 10.64 13.00 .992 10.06 8.80
1979 TOR AL 28 OF 73 64 523.1 137 130 3 4 1 .971 0.4 0.9 -1.6 -1.4 -0.2 2 2.29 1.82 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 TOR AL 28 LF 43 35 268.2 65 61 0 4 0 .938 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 0 2.04 1.42 .982 2.22 1.80
1979 TOR AL 28 RF 35 29 254.2 73 70 3 0 1 1.000 0.6 2.8 -1.4 -1.7 0.3 2 2.58 2.09 .979 2.25 1.88
1979 TOR AL 28 DH 9
1979 TOR AL 28 1B 6 4 31.0 31 29 2 0 2 1.000 -0.1 -3.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 5.17 .994 10.07 8.85
1980 TOR AL 29 DH 97
1980 TOR AL 29 1B 3 3 32.0 40 36 3 1 2 .975 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.97 13.00 .992 10.01 8.40
1981 TOR AL 30 DH 74
1981 TOR AL 30 1B 1 1 9.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 9.00 9.00 .989 10.10 8.60
1982 TOR AL 31 DH 24
1983 CLE AL 32 DH 8
6 Seasons OF 276 239 2106.1 548 512 21 15 7 .973 3.9 2.2 0.9 4.0 -3.1 3 2.28 1.93 .980 2.41 2.10
9 Seasons DH 255
6 Seasons RF 199 170 1522.2 386 365 12 9 3 .977 -0.2 -0.2 -2.2 1.1 -3.3 2 2.23 1.89 .977 2.15 1.79
3 Seasons LF 88 69 583.2 165 149 10 6 4 .964 4.1 8.4 3.1 2.9 0.2 1 2.45 1.81 .977 2.22 1.80
7 Seasons 1B 41 32 283.2 292 275 13 4 17 .986 -1.8 -7.6 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 9.14 7.02 .992 9.83 8.37
2 Seasons 3B 3 2 17.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 21.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 3.18 2.00 .950 3.07 2.70
11 Seasons TOT 320 273 2407.0 846 790 37 19 24 .978 2.4 1.2 -0.6 3.6 -4.2 3 0 3.09 2.58 .961 3.29 2.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof 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
1973 NYY AL 22 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 0 0 0
1974 NYY AL 23 27 22 27 25 0 0 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0
1975 NYY AL 24 6 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
1976 NYY AL 25 49 27 49 34 0 0 8 0 1 0 6 0 20 25 3 17 0
1977 TOR AL 26 120 98 120 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 79 26 18 1
1978 TOR AL 27 91 61 91 75 0 0 1 0 0 0 39 0 39 74 2 27 2
1979 TOR AL 28 99 77 99 78 0 0 6 0 0 0 43 0 35 73 9 21 0
1980 TOR AL 29 104 100 104 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97 4 0
1981 TOR AL 30 80 72 80 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 8 0
1982 TOR AL 31 28 16 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 12 0
1983 CLE AL 32 10 8 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
11 Seasons 637 506 637 319 0 0 41 0 3 0 88 0 199 277 233 115 3
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 -- 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%
1973 NYY AL 22 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 10 7 0 6 1 1 4 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 24 12 50.0% 11 1 4.2% 1 876 59% 82% 25% 90 50%
1974 NYY AL 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 79 76% 72% 18% 5 20%
1976 NYY AL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 547 65% 80% 30% 57 61%
1977 TOR AL 26 4 0 4 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 23 8 0 20 7 0 13 6 0 6 1 0 12 8 0 74 30 40.5% 44 0 0.0% 5 2873 53% 79% 24% 272 52%
1978 TOR AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 3 0 16 2 1 4 3 0 6 4 1 3 3 0 38 15 39.5% 21 2 5.3% 0 1340 59% 79% 25% 150 51%
1979 TOR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 19 12 0 11 4 0 6 3 0 6 1 0 10 6 0 52 26 50.0% 26 0 0.0% 3 1194 55% 81% 25% 130 55%
6 Seasons 9 0 9 0 2 12 0 5 2 3 65 31 0 56 15 2 28 15 0 21 7 1 28 18 0 198 86 43.4% 109 3 1.5% 9 6909 56% 80% 25% 704 53%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.0% 58% 79% 26% 52%

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%
1976 NYY AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 2 2 33.3% 0 169 54% 79% 28% 18 61%
1978 TOR AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 8 0 3 0 4 18 13 0 12 3 1 10 7 0 4 0 3 5 4 0 49 27 55.1% 18 4 8.2% 4 1234 62% 78% 28% 176 47%
1979 TOR AL 28 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 13 0 9 4 0 9 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 35 24 68.6% 11 0 0.0% 0 1191 60% 80% 26% 134 46%
3 Seasons 6 0 6 0 1 10 0 3 0 6 34 26 0 21 7 1 22 13 1 5 0 4 8 7 0 90 53 58.9% 31 6 6.7% 4 2594 61% 79% 27% 328 47%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 58% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 NYY AL 23 659 72% 74% 26% 28 82% 2 137 9 127 1 9 5 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 4 50%
1975 NYY AL 24 34 53% 85% 29% 1 100% 0 11 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 25 180 59% 83% 25% 5 100% 0 44 2 41 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
1978 TOR AL 27 45 71% 71% 20% 4 100% 0 11 0 10 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 TOR AL 28 145 41% 81% 22% 9 89% 0 29 1 28 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1980 TOR AL 29 140 36% 86% 28% 11 91% 0 37 2 35 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1981 TOR AL 30 50 36% 76% 24% 2 100% 0 9 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1253 61% 78% 26% 60 88% 2 278 15 259 4 27 12 11 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 2 17 0 0 0 16 0 1 0 1 6 67%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94% 89%

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%
1974 NYY AL 23 58 53% 81% 28% 6 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 NYY AL 25 5 60% 100% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 63 54% 83% 27% 6 100% 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 69%

* 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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