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Ozzie Virgil

Osvaldo Jose (Lopez) Virgil

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 7, 1956 in Mayaguez, P.R.
High School: Moon Valley (Glendale, AZ)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 6th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 5, 1980
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Braves/BlueJays 1980-1990
Agents: Arthur Rosenberg [*]
Final Game: April 24, 1990
Relatives: Son of Ozzie Virgil
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:57AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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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 Awards
1980 23 PHI NL 1 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 61 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1981 24 PHI NL 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1982 25 PHI NL 49 111 101 11 24 6 0 3 8 0 1 10 26 .238 .306 .386 .692 91 39 3 0 0 0 0 2
1983 26 PHI NL 55 151 140 11 30 7 0 6 23 0 2 8 34 .214 .272 .393 .664 83 55 8 3 0 0 0 2
1984 27 PHI NL 141 512 456 61 119 21 2 18 68 1 1 45 91 .261 .331 .434 .765 112 198 19 5 1 5 5 *2
1985 28 PHI NL 131 483 426 47 105 16 3 19 55 0 0 49 85 .246 .330 .432 .762 109 184 14 5 1 2 6 *2 AS
1986 29 ATL NL 114 431 359 45 80 9 0 15 48 1 0 63 73 .223 .343 .373 .716 94 134 9 4 2 3 5 *2
1987 30 ATL NL 123 486 429 57 106 13 1 27 72 0 1 47 81 .247 .331 .471 .801 107 202 18 7 2 1 4 *2 AS
1988 31 ATL NL 107 350 320 23 82 10 0 9 31 2 0 22 54 .256 .313 .372 .685 93 119 10 5 2 1 1 2
1989 32 TOR AL 9 15 11 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .182 .400 .545 .945 172 6 0 0 0 0 0 /D2
1990 33 TOR AL 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2D
11 Seasons 739 2555 2258 258 549 84 6 98 307 4 5 248 453 .243 .324 .416 .740 102 939 81 29 8 12 21
162 Game Avg. 162 560 495 57 120 18 1 21 67 1 1 54 99 .243 .324 .416 .740 102 206 18 6 2 3 5
PHI (6 yrs) 383 1268 1134 131 279 51 5 46 154 1 4 112 239 .246 .319 .422 .741 105 478 44 13 2 7 11
ATL (3 yrs) 344 1267 1108 125 268 32 1 51 151 3 1 132 208 .242 .330 .411 .741 99 455 37 16 6 5 10
TOR (2 yrs) 12 20 16 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .125 .300 .375 .675 92 6 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 727 2535 2242 256 547 83 6 97 305 4 5 244 447 .244 .324 .416 .741 102 933 81 29 8 12 21
AL (2 yrs) 12 20 16 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .125 .300 .375 .675 92 6 0 0 0 0 0

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 Awards
1980 23 PHI NL 5 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ /2
1981 24 PHI NL 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /2
1982 25 PHI NL 111 0 0 1 0 -5 2 4 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $ 2
1983 26 PHI NL 151 -3 -1 -1 -2 -5 2 5 -5 -0.6 0 0.0 -0.6 $ 2
1984 27 PHI NL 512 2 0 -1 -3 -2 8 16 20 2.0 22 2.4 -0.4 $ *2
1985 28 PHI NL 483 6 0 0 -1 -7 8 15 21 2.2 28 2.9 -0.7 $350,000 *2 AS
1986 29 ATL NL 431 -5 1 1 -1 -2 7 14 15 1.4 17 1.7 -0.3 $575,000 *2
1987 30 ATL NL 486 2 -2 2 -2 -5 8 15 18 1.9 23 2.4 -0.5 $760,000 *2 AS
1988 31 ATL NL 350 -1 -2 0 -1 -2 6 11 11 1.1 13 1.4 -0.3 $900,000 2
1989 32 TOR AL 15 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $ /D2
1990 33 TOR AL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $275,000 /2D
11 Seasons 2555 -1 -4 2 -10 -29 40 80 78 7.9 107 11.2 -3.3 $2,860,000
PHI (6 yrs) 1268 3 -1 -1 -6 -20 20 40 35 3.5 55 5.8 -2.3 $350,000
ATL (3 yrs) 1267 -4 -3 3 -4 -9 21 40 44 4.4 53 5.5 -1.1 $2,235,000
TOR (2 yrs) 20 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 -1 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $275,000

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
1983 26 PHI NL NLCS LAD W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 PHI NL WS BAL L 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1980 PHI NL 23 C 1 1 1 9.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -124 3.72 4.00 .982 6.14 6.10 0 0 5 0 0% 0
1981 PHI NL 24 C 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 2.00 .985 5.85 6.00 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 25 C 35 26 15 218.2 194 173 14 7 3 .964 -5 -27 7.70 5.34 .985 6.29 6.30 1 8 28 6 18% 0
1983 PHI NL 26 C 51 37 26 332.2 261 228 24 9 2 .966 -5 -18 6.82 4.94 .984 6.57 6.54 3 7 54 16 23% 1
1984 PHI NL 27 C 137 123 114 1104.0 786 722 58 6 6 .992 -2 -2 6.36 5.69 .986 6.53 6.51 6 27 100 38 28% 0
1985 PHI NL 28 C 120 115 109 1028.2 723 667 52 4 11 .994 -7 -8 6.29 5.99 .987 6.42 6.42 12 21 120 36 23% 0 AS
1986 ATL NL 29 C 111 106 97 936.0 788 682 93 13 9 .984 -2 -3 7.45 6.98 .985 6.93 6.94 8 31 136 60 31% 0
1987 ATL NL 30 C 122 119 112 1046.2 736 654 74 8 12 .989 -5 -6 6.26 5.97 .987 6.94 6.90 8 35 133 42 24% 1 AS
1988 ATL NL 31 C 96 81 66 756.0 498 448 45 5 3 .990 -2 -3 5.87 5.14 .987 6.56 6.57 8 33 78 29 27% 3
1989 TOR AL 32 DH 3 3
1989 TOR AL 32 C 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 6.30 6.20 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 33 C 2 0 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.50 0.50 .990 6.45 6.35 0 0 0 0 0
1990 TOR AL 33 DH 1 1
11 Seasons C 677 608 540 5441.1 3994 3582 360 52 46 .987 -29 -6 6.52 5.82 .986 6.65 6.63 46 162 654 227 26% 5
11 Seasons TOT 677 608 540 5441.1 3994 3582 360 52 46 .987 -29 -6 6.52 5.82 .986 6.65 6.63 46 162 654 227 26% 5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1985 *
1987 *

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL  5 (7th)
1987 NL  7 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1984 NL  19 (4th)
1987 NL  18 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1987 NL  15.9 (9th)**

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1984 NL  137 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1984 NL  722 (4th)
1985 NL  667 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1986 NL  93 (3rd)
1987 NL  74 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1986 NL  13 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1985 NL  12 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1984 NL  100 (5th)
1985 NL  120 (1st)
1986 NL  136 (1st)
1987 NL  133 (2nd)
Career  654 (94th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1986 NL  60 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1986 NL  7.45 (4th)
Career  6.52 (91st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1985 NL  5.99 (5th)
1986 NL  6.98 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1984 NL  .992 (3rd)
1985 NL  .994 (1st)
1988 NL  .990 (5th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1409), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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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 Notes
198528Philadelphia Phillies$350,0001985 USA Today survey
198629Atlanta Braves$575,0001986 USA Today survey
198730Atlanta Braves$760,0001987 USA Today survey
198831Atlanta Braves$900,000USA Today, 4/1/88
199033Toronto Blue Jays$275,000AP in Toronto Star
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,860,000
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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