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José Vidal

Jose (Nicolas) Vidal (Papito)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 3, 1940 in Batey Lechuga, El Seibo, D.R.
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1966
Teams (by GP): Indians/Pilots 1966-1969

Final Game: May 16, 1969
Died: January 7, 2011 in La Romana, La Romana, D.R.
Buried: Cementerio Municipal, La Romana, La Romana, D.R.
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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
1958	18	SFG-min	D-	21	61	61		12	3	1	0						.197	.197	.279	.475		17							HAS · NESL
1959	19	PIT-min	D	85	284	284		61	14	1	11						.215	.215	.387	.602		110							DBQ · MIDW
1960	20	PIT-min	D	93	363	363		124	20	6	17						.342	.342	.570	.912		207							HOB · SOPH
1961	21	PIT-min	B	96	320	320		75	10	0	13						.234	.234	.388	.622		124							BUR · IIIL
1962	22	PIT-min	D,C	60	261	219	47	56	4	3	7	47	3		38	43	.256	.369	.397	.766		87		2	1	1	4		BUR,GFK · MIDW,NORL
1963	23	PIT-min	A	139	512	512		174	31	3	40						.340	.340	.646	.986		331							REN · CALL
1964	24	CLE-min	AA	44	172	155	22	43	3	5	3	26	4	1	17	39	.277	.349	.419	.768		65							CHL · EL
1965	25	CLE-min	AAA	141	562	495	73	129	26	5	21	86	17	4	48	144	.261	.332	.461	.793		228		8	5	6			POR · PCL
1966	26	CLE-min	AAA	115	459	403	65	118	19	8	15	57	14	4	47	81	.293	.362	.491	.854		198		1	1	7			POR · PCL
1966	26	CLE	AL	17	37	32	4	6	1	1	0	3	0	1	5	11	.188	.297	.281	.579	68	9	0	0	0	0	0	/98
1967	27	CLE-min	AAA	69	260	230	43	70	14	7	12	42	4	1	24	48	.304	.377	.583	.960		134		4	0	2			POR · PCL
1967	27	CLE	AL	16	41	34	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	12	.118	.268	.118	.386	17	4	2	0	0	0	0	7/8
1968	28	CLE-min	AAA	44	157	146	27	48	5	4	12	31	1	0	9	31	.329	.372	.664	1.036		97		1	1	0			POR · PCL
1968	28	CLE	AL	37	56	54	5	9	0	0	2	5	3	0	2	15	.167	.196	.278	.474	43	15	0	0	0	0	0	97/3
1969	29	NYY-min	AAA	86	270	231	30	49	8	2	7	35	10	4	34	60	.212	.313	.355	.668		82		1	2	2			SYR · IL
1969	29	SEP	AL	18	31	26	7	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	4	8	.192	.323	.385	.707	100	10	0	1	0	0	0	/97
1970	30	NYY-min	AAA	73	234	195	36	51	7	2	7	22	6	3	37	48	.262	.379	.426	.805		83		0	2	0			SYR · IL
1971	31	DET-min	AAA,Fgn	28	64	58	7	10	0	0	2	10	0	0	6	20	.172	.250	.276	.526		16		0	0	0			TOL,NSU · IL,JPPL
1972	32	TPC	AAA																										TPC · MEX
1973	33	TPC	AAA																										TPC · MEX
1974	34	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
1975	35	PZR	AAA																										PZR · MEX
4 Yrs				88	165	146	20	24	1	2	3	10	4	3	18	46	.164	.261	.260	.521	54	38	2	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	304	269	37	44	2	4	6	18	7	6	33	85	.164	.261	.260	.521	54	70	4	2	0	0	0

CLE (3 yrs)				70	134	120	13	19	1	1	2	8	3	2	14	38	.158	.246	.233	.480	43	28	2	0	0	0	0
SEP (1 yr)				18	31	26	7	5	0	1	1	2	1	1	4	8	.192	.323	.385	.707	100	10	0	1	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
1966	26	CLE	AL	17	37	-1	-0	0	1	-0	-0	-0.1	1	1	0.0	.497	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/98
1967	27	CLE	AL	16	41	-3	-0	-0	2	-1	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.480	.498	-0.4	0.2	-3	$	7/8
1968	28	CLE	AL	37	56	-4	0	0	1	-1	-3	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.488	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	97/3
1969	29	SEP	AL	18	31	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$12,000	/97
4 Seasons				88	165	-8	-0	-0	4	-3	-7	-1.0	5	-2	-0.5	.490	.499	-0.8	0.0	-6	$12,000

CLE (3 yrs)				70	134	-8	-0	-0	4	-2	-6	-0.9	4	-3	-0.5	.488	.498	-0.9	0.2	-7	$
SEP (1 yr)				18	31	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$12,000

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
1966	26	CLE	AL	37	27	3	3.0	90	.286	.188	.248	.297	.315	.281	.383	.579	.698	68	.381	-1.3	-0.1	.481	.219	.094
1967	27	CLE	AL	41	33	1	0.8	86	.182	.118	.246	.268	.315	.118	.368	.386	.683	17	.059	-3.4	-0.4	.303	.176	.000
1968	28	CLE	AL	56	45	3	1.8	79	.189	.167	.237	.196	.306	.278	.351	.474	.656	43	.226	-4.0	-0.5	.444	.204	.111	2.4
1969	29	SEP	AL	31	22	3	3.7	92	.235	.192	.251	.323	.327	.385	.379	.707	.706	100	.438	-0.1	-0.0	.682	.346	.192	1.0
4 Yrs				165	127	10	2.1	85	.216	.164	.244	.261	.314	.260	.367	.521	.681	54	.257	-8.8	-1.0	.457	.226	.096	3.4
162 Game Avg.				304	234	18	2.1	85	.216	.164	.244	.261	.314	.260	.367	.521	.681	54	.257	-8.8	-1.0	.457	.226	.096	6

CLE (3 yrs)				134	105	7	1.8	84	.213	.158	.242	.246	.311	.233	.364	.480	.675	43	.211	-8.7	-1.0	.410	.200	.075	2.4
SEP (1 yr)				31	22	3	3.7	92	.235	.192	.251	.323	.327	.385	.379	.707	.706	100	.438	-0.1	-0.0	.682	.346	.192	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	26	CLE	AL	37	0.0%	29.7%	13.5%	5.4%	33%	2.20	2.9		10.7	0.56	57%
1967	27	CLE	AL	41	0.0%	29.3%	17.1%	0.0%	0%	1.71	2.8			1.50	54%
1968	28	CLE	AL	56	3.6%	26.8%	3.6%	3.6%	22%	7.50	3.6	27.0	10.8	0.76	66%
1969	29	SEP	AL	31	3.2%	25.8%	12.9%	6.5%	40%	2.00	3.3	26.0	13.0	1.17	55%
4 Yrs				165	1.8%	27.9%	10.9%	3.6%	25%	2.56	3.2	48.7	14.6	0.93	59%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.6%	8.1%	5.9%	27%	1.92	5.7	45.2	9.5	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	26	CLE	AL	-1.3	-0.1	39	0.2	0.6	-0.4	.78	-0.1	0.4	1.6	0.2	0.84	-0.0	1.26	4
1967	27	CLE	AL	-3.4	-0.4	42	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	1.07	-0.4	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.97	-3.2	1.53	4
1968	28	CLE	AL	-4.0	-0.5	59	0.2	1.2	-1.0	1.13	-0.1	0.3	-1.2	-0.1	0.88	-2.1	0.68	11
1969	29	SEP	AL	-0.1	-0.0	34	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.79	-0.0	-0.3	0.7	0.1	0.90	2.0	0.93	5
4 Yrs				-8.8	-1.0	174	-0.5	2.4	-2.9	.97	-0.6	0.1	-2.9	-0.3	0.90	-3.3	0.97	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1966	26	CLE	AL	1	36%	18	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	2	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1967	27	CLE	AL	0	36%	16	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1968	28	CLE	AL	0	33%	21	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
1969	29	SEP	AL	0	67%	23	1	1	50%	0	0	1	1	0	1	63%	5	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	2
4 Yrs				1	43%	78	4	3	57%	3	2	1	1	1	4	41%	12	10	2	3	1	2	7	2	5

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
1966	26	CLE	AL	37	41%	6			4	0	0	0	1.26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	14	3	21%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1967	27	CLE	AL	41	59%	4			4	1	0	0	1.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	3	1	33%	24	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
1968	28	CLE	AL	56	77%	9			11	1	0	1	0.68	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	2	0	0%	27	3	11%	4	2	50%	2	1	50%	0
1969	29	SEP	AL	31	77%	5			5	0	0	0	0.93	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	1	10%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				165	64%	24			24	2	0	1	0.97	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0%	24	2	8%	8	1	13%	75	7	9%	6	2	33%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

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
1966	26	17	37	32	4	6	1	1	0	3	0	1	5	11	.188	.297	.281	.579	68	9	0	0
1967	27	33	78	66	8	10	1	1	0	3	0	2	12	23	.152	.282	.197	.479	42	13	2	0
1968	28	70	134	120	13	19	1	1	2	8	3	2	14	38	.158	.246	.233	.480	43	28	2	0
1969	29	88	165	146	20	24	1	2	3	10	4	3	18	46	.164	.261	.260	.521	54	38	2	1

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
1966	26	17	37	32	5	6	1	1	0	3	0	5	11	.188	.297	.281	.579	3	17
1967	27	16	41	34	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	.118	.268	.118	.386	1	16
1968	28	37	58	56	7	11	0	0	2	7	4	2	15	.196	.224	.304	.528	4	37
1969	29	18	31	26	7	5	0	1	1	2	1	4	8	.192	.323	.385	.707	3	18
4 Yrs		88	167	148	23	26	1	2	3	12	5	18	46	.176	.269	.270	.540	11	88
162 Game Avg.		162	307	272	42	48	2	4	6	22	9	33	85	.176	.269	.270	.540	20	88

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