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Omar Vizquel
Omar Enrique (Gonzalez) Vizquel (Little O)
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 24, 1967 in Caracas, Venezuela
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1989
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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
1989 22 SEA AL 143 431 387 45 85 7 3 1 20 1 4 28 40 .220 .273 .261 .534 50 101 6 1 13 2 0 *6
1990 23 SEA AL 81 285 255 19 63 3 2 2 18 4 1 18 22 .247 .295 .298 .593 66 76 7 0 10 2 0 6
1991 24 SEA AL 142 482 426 42 98 16 4 1 41 7 2 45 37 .230 .302 .293 .595 66 125 8 0 8 3 0 *6/4
1992 25 SEA AL 136 527 483 49 142 20 4 0 21 15 13 32 38 .294 .340 .352 .692 95 170 14 2 9 1 0 *6
1993 26 SEA AL 158 630 560 68 143 14 2 2 31 12 14 50 71 .255 .319 .298 .618 67 167 7 4 13 3 2 *6/D GG
1994 27 CLE AL 69 322 286 39 78 10 1 1 33 13 4 23 23 .273 .325 .325 .650 70 93 4 0 11 2 0 6 GG
1995 28 CLE AL 136 622 542 87 144 28 0 6 56 29 11 59 59 .266 .333 .351 .684 78 190 4 1 10 10 0 *6 GG
1996 29 CLE AL 151 623 542 98 161 36 1 9 64 35 9 56 42 .297 .362 .417 .779 98 226 10 4 12 9 0 *6 GG
1997 30 CLE AL 153 642 565 89 158 23 6 5 49 43 12 57 58 .280 .347 .368 .715 85 208 16 2 16 2 1 *6 GG
1998 31 CLE AL 151 660 576 86 166 30 6 2 50 37 12 62 64 .288 .358 .372 .730 89 214 10 4 12 6 1 *6 AS,GG
1999 32 CLE AL 144 664 574 112 191 36 4 5 66 42 9 65 50 .333 .397 .436 .833 110 250 8 1 17 7 0 *6/9 AS,MVP-16,GG
2000 33 CLE AL 156 717 613 101 176 27 3 7 66 22 10 87 72 .287 .377 .375 .753 92 230 13 5 7 5 0 *6 GG
2001 34 CLE AL 155 693 611 84 156 26 8 2 50 13 9 61 72 .255 .323 .334 .657 75 204 14 2 15 4 0 *6 GG
2002 35 CLE AL 151 663 582 85 160 31 5 14 72 18 10 56 64 .275 .341 .418 .759 104 243 7 8 7 10 3 *6 AS
2003 36 CLE AL 64 285 250 43 61 13 2 2 19 8 3 29 20 .244 .321 .336 .657 78 84 11 0 5 1 0 6
2004 37 CLE AL 148 651 567 82 165 28 3 7 59 19 6 57 62 .291 .353 .388 .741 99 220 12 1 20 6 0 *6
2005 38 SFG NL 152 651 568 66 154 28 4 3 45 24 10 56 58 .271 .341 .350 .691 82 199 10 5 20 2 0 *6 GG
2006 39 SFG NL 153 659 579 88 171 22 10 4 58 24 7 56 51 .295 .361 .389 .749 93 225 13 6 13 5 3 *6 GG
2007 40 SFG NL 145 575 513 54 126 18 3 4 51 14 6 44 48 .246 .305 .316 .621 62 162 14 1 14 3 6 *6
2008 41 SFG NL 92 300 266 24 59 10 1 0 23 5 4 24 29 .222 .283 .267 .550 45 71 4 0 7 3 9 6
2009 42 TEX AL 29 82 74 10 22 4 1 0 7 4 0 5 7 .297 .342 .378 .720 90 28 0 0 3 0 0 6/54
21 Seasons 2709 11164 9819 1371 2679 430 73 77 899 389 156 970 987 .273 .338 .355 .693 83 3486 192 47 242 86 25
162 Game Avg. 162 668 587 82 160 26 4 5 54 23 9 58 59 .273 .338 .355 .693 83 208 11 3 14 5 1
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
CLE (11 yrs) 1478 6542 5708 906 1616 288 39 60 584 279 95 612 586 .283 .352 .379 .731 90 2162 109 28 132 62 5
SEA (5 yrs) 660 2355 2111 223 531 60 15 6 131 39 34 173 208 .252 .309 .303 .612 70 639 42 7 53 11 2
SFG (4 yrs) 542 2185 1926 232 510 78 18 11 177 67 27 180 186 .265 .329 .341 .671 75 657 41 12 54 13 18
TEX (1 yr) 29 82 74 10 22 4 1 0 7 4 0 5 7 .297 .342 .378 .720 90 28 0 0 3 0 0
AL (17 yrs) 2167 8979 7893 1139 2169 352 55 66 722 322 129 790 801 .275 .341 .358 .699 85 2829 151 35 188 73 7
NL (4 yrs) 542 2185 1926 232 510 78 18 11 177 67 27 180 186 .265 .329 .341 .671 75 657 41 12 54 13 18

Postseason Batting

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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
1995 28 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 15 12 2 2 1 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 .167 .286 .250 .536 3 0 0 1 0 0
1995 28 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 6 29 23 2 2 1 0 0 2 3 0 5 2 .087 .241 .130 .372 3 0 0 0 1 0
1995 28 CLE AL WS ATL L 6 26 23 3 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 5 .174 .269 .261 .530 6 0 0 0 0 0
1996 29 CLE AL ALDS BAL L 4 18 14 4 6 1 0 0 2 4 2 3 4 .429 .500 .500 1.000 7 0 0 0 1 0
1997 30 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 5 22 18 3 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 1 .500 .550 .500 1.050 9 0 0 2 0 0
1997 30 CLE AL ALCS BAL W 6 29 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .040 .143 .040 .183 1 0 1 1 0 0
1997 30 CLE AL WS FLA L 7 35 30 5 7 2 0 0 1 5 0 3 5 .233 .303 .300 .603 9 0 0 2 0 0
1998 31 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 4 16 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .067 .125 .067 .192 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 31 CLE AL ALCS NYY L 6 27 25 2 11 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 3 .440 .481 .520 1.001 13 0 1 0 0 0
1999 32 CLE AL ALDS BOS L 5 24 21 3 5 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 3 .238 .304 .381 .685 8 0 0 1 0 0
2001 34 CLE AL ALDS SEA L 5 23 22 2 9 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 1 .409 .435 .545 .980 12 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons (11 Series) 57 264 228 28 57 7 4 0 20 23 3 25 36 .250 .327 .316 .643 72 0 2 7 2 0
6 ALDS 26 118 102 15 32 4 2 0 16 10 2 11 11 .314 .377 .392 .769 40 0 0 4 1 0
3 ALCS 18 85 73 5 14 1 1 0 2 7 1 8 15 .192 .286 .233 .519 17 0 2 1 1 0
2 WS 13 61 53 8 11 2 1 0 2 6 0 6 10 .208 .288 .283 .571 15 0 0 2 0 0

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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
1989 SEA AL 22 SS 143 131 1124.0 614 208 388 18 102 .971 6.3 6.7 5.3 3.8 1.5 1 4.77 4.17 .971 4.79 4.11
1990 SEA AL 23 SS 81 78 680.0 349 103 239 7 48 .980 12.6 22.2 10.6 1.6 9.0 2 4.53 4.22 .973 4.74 4.00
1991 SEA AL 24 SS 138 123 1134.1 659 224 422 13 105 .980 13.6 14.4 9.6 4.3 5.3 4 5.13 4.68 .971 4.67 3.95
1991 SEA AL 24 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
1992 SEA AL 25 SS 136 128 1152.0 633 223 403 7 92 .989 12.5 13.0 11.5 7.9 3.6 1 4.89 4.60 .968 4.71 4.13
1993 SEA AL 26 SS 155 150 1330.2 735 245 475 15 108 .980 15.8 14.2 13.8 2.8 11.0 2 4.87 4.65 .973 4.69 4.13 GG
1993 SEA AL 26 DH 2 GG
1994 CLE AL 27 SS 69 68 612.2 323 113 204 6 54 .981 4.1 8.0 5.1 3.9 1.2 -1 4.66 4.59 .969 4.64 4.22 GG
1995 CLE AL 28 SS 136 135 1187.0 624 210 405 9 84 .986 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.5 0 4.66 4.52 .974 4.71 4.16 GG
1996 CLE AL 29 SS 150 149 1312.1 693 226 447 20 91 .971 1.0 0.9 2.0 1.8 0.2 -1 4.62 4.49 .971 4.66 4.19 GG
1997 CLE AL 30 SS 152 149 1307.1 684 245 429 10 98 .985 1.6 1.5 0.6 1.6 -1.0 1 4.64 4.43 .974 4.55 4.05 GG
1998 CLE AL 31 SS 151 149 1316.0 720 273 442 5 94 .993 8.6 7.8 11.6 9.8 1.8 -3 4.89 4.74 .971 4.71 4.26 AS,GG
1999 CLE AL 32 SS 143 140 1214.1 632 221 396 15 88 .976 13.8 13.6 14.8 6.3 8.5 -1 4.57 4.31 .970 4.73 4.19 AS,MVP-16,GG
1999 CLE AL 32 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00 AS,MVP-16,GG
1999 CLE AL 32 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80 AS,MVP-16,GG
2000 CLE AL 33 SS 156 154 1328.2 650 231 416 3 99 .995 -1.1 -1.0 -2.1 1.9 -4.0 1 4.38 4.15 .972 4.71 4.17 GG
2001 CLE AL 34 SS 154 152 1320.2 640 219 414 7 88 .989 -7.5 -6.8 -6.5 -4.4 -2.1 -1 4.31 4.11 .972 4.49 4.03 GG
2002 CLE AL 35 SS 150 148 1291.0 677 239 431 7 98 .990 -2.4 -2.2 -2.4 -6.0 3.6 0 4.67 4.47 .975 4.56 4.15 AS
2003 CLE AL 36 SS 64 63 551.1 325 114 204 7 59 .978 14.5 31.6 12.5 5.5 7.0 2 5.19 4.97 .971 4.54 4.13
2004 CLE AL 37 SS 147 141 1245.0 607 200 396 11 91 .982 -1.1 -1.1 -0.1 -5.6 5.5 -1 4.31 4.05 .972 4.56 4.12
2005 SFG NL 38 SS 150 144 1292.1 668 234 426 8 80 .988 6.3 5.8 9.3 1.9 7.4 -3 4.60 4.40 .976 4.51 4.04 GG
2006 SFG NL 39 SS 152 148 1281.1 598 205 389 4 86 .993 3.0 2.8 4.0 -0.6 4.6 -1 4.17 3.91 .971 4.41 4.00 GG
2007 SFG NL 40 SS 143 136 1219.1 651 198 444 9 90 .986 22.6 22.2 21.6 10.1 11.5 1 4.74 4.49 .975 4.44 4.00
2008 SFG NL 41 SS 84 76 657.2 289 108 179 2 43 .993 2.8 5.1 1.8 -2.8 4.6 1 3.93 3.42 .975 4.43 3.95
2009 TEX AL 42 SS 19 15 139.2 78 22 56 0 15 1.000 5.03 4.11 .972 4.43 3.95
2009 TEX AL 42 3B 7 2 29.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.55 0.71 .960 2.70 2.39
2009 TEX AL 42 2B 2 1 10.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 3.00 .983 4.77 4.40
21 Seasons SS 2673 2577 22697.2 11849 4061 7605 183 1713 .985 127.7 6.8 123.7 44.0 79.7 4 4.63 4.36 .972 4.61 4.10
1 Season 3B 7 2 29.0 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.55 0.71 .960 2.70 2.39
2 Seasons 2B 3 1 11.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 2.00 .983 4.83 4.40
1 Season DH 2
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.00
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
21 Seasons TOT 2684 2580 22738.2 11860 4065 7612 183 1714 .985 127.7 6.7 123.7 44.0 79.7 4 4.62 4.35 .957 4.61 4.09
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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1998 *
1999 *
2002 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1996-ML-Hutch Award

Gold Gloves
1993-AL-SS
1994-AL-SS
1995-AL-SS
1996-AL-SS
1997-AL-SS
1998-AL-SS
1999-AL-SS
2000-AL-SS
2001-AL-SS
2005-NL-SS
2006-NL-SS
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1999-AL-16-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1999 AL--.333--6th

Games Played s c a p y
1993 AL--158--7th
Active--2709--1st
Career--2709--26th

At Bats s c a p y
2000 AL--613--10th
Active--9819--1st
Career--9819--30th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2000 AL--717--3rd
Active--11164--1st
Career--11164--31st

Runs Scored s c a p y
Active--1371--10th
Career--1371--93rd

Hits s c a p y
1999 AL--191--8th
Active--2679--2nd
Career--2679--59th

Total Bases s c a p y
Active--3486--17th
Career--3486--150th

Doubles s c a p y
Active--430--15th
Career--430--116th

Triples s c a p y
1997 AL--6--10th
1998 AL--6--10th
2001 AL--8--7th
2006 NL--10--7th
Active--73--7th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
Active--899--34th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active--970--14th
Career--970--121st

Strikeouts s c a p y
Active--987--42nd
Career--987--236th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1995 AL--29--10th
1996 AL--35--5th
1997 AL--43--5th
1998 AL--37--8th
1999 AL--42--2nd
2005 NL--24--9th
Active--389--2nd
Career--389--73rd

Singles s c a p y
1997 AL--124--7th
1998 AL--128--8th
1999 AL--146--3rd
2000 AL--139--5th
2004 AL--127--7th
2005 NL--119--10th
2006 NL--135--4th
Active--2099--1st
Career--2099--34th

Runs Created s c a p y
Active--1248--20th
Career--1248--157th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
Active--580--41st

Times On Base s c a p y
Active--3696--6th
Career--3696--67th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1989 AL--13--7th
1993 AL--13--4th
1994 AL--11--3rd
1995 AL--10--5th
1996 AL--12--7th
1997 AL--16--1st
1998 AL--12--5th
1999 AL--17--1st
2001 AL--15--2nd
2004 AL--20--1st
2005 NL--20--1st
2006 NL--13--9th
2007 NL--14--2nd
Active--242--1st
Career--242--43rd

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1995 AL--10--5th
1996 AL--9--8th
2002 AL--10--4th
Active--86--6th
Career--86--59th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Active--192--16th
Career--192--102nd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1992 AL--13--9th
1993 AL--14--5th
1995 AL--11--7th
1996 AL--9--10th
1997 AL--12--7th
1998 AL--12--6th
2000 AL--10--5th
2002 AL--10--6th
2005 NL--10--6th
Active--156--1st
Career--156--19th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
Active--128.6--37th
Career--128.6--236th

AB per SO s c a p y
1992 AL--12.711--9th
1996 AL--12.905--6th
1997 AL--9.741--4th
1998 AL--9.000--10th
1999 AL--11.480--5th
2001 AL--8.486--8th
2004 AL--9.145--4th
2005 NL--9.793--10th
2006 NL--11.353--6th
2007 NL--10.688--5th
Active--9.948--11th

Outs Made s c a p y
1995 AL--433--6th
2000 AL--472--8th
2001 AL--497--4th
Active--7816--1st
Career--7816--17th

Oldest s c a p y
2008 NL--born 1967-04-24--6th
2009 AL--born 1967-04-24--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 25 (886), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 104 (141), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 33 (210), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Luis Aparicio (927) *
  2. Rabbit Maranville (887) *
  3. Ozzie Smith (885) *
  4. Dave Concepcion (865)
  5. Nellie Fox (863) *
  6. Red Schoendienst (849) *
  7. Bill Dahlen (848)
  8. Pee Wee Reese (838) *
  9. Willie Randolph (831)
  10. Luke Appling (829) *
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  1. Rabbit Maranville (886) *
  2. Ozzie Smith (885) *
  3. Bill Dahlen (848)
  4. Bert Campaneris (823)
  5. Luke Appling (813) *
  6. Bobby Wallace (812) *
  7. Lave Cross (812)
  8. Jimmie Dykes (795)
  9. Doc Cramer (784)
  10. Bobby Lowe (761)
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  1. Dave Concepcion (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Johnny Rawlings (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Chalk (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Tommy Thevenow (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Chalk (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dave Chalk (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ivan DeJesus (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ivan DeJesus (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ron Hunt (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ron Hunt (946)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Johnny Evers (942) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Steve Sax (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Willie Randolph (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Willie Randolph (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Willie Randolph (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Dave Concepcion (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Ozzie Smith (906) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Ozzie Smith (881) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Rabbit Maranville (886) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 1, 1984: Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent.

December 20, 1993: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Cleveland Indians for Felix Fermin, Reggie Jefferson and cash.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

November 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

October 31, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

November 7, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1989Seattle Mariners$68,000
1990Seattle Mariners$135,000
1991Seattle Mariners$180,000
1992Seattle Mariners$360,000
1993Seattle Mariners$1,112,500
1994Cleveland Indians$2,350,000
1995Cleveland Indians$2,900,000
1996Cleveland Indians$3,050,000
1997Cleveland Indians$3,050,000
1998Cleveland Indians$3,050,000
1999Cleveland Indians$3,050,000
2000Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
2001Cleveland Indians$3,000,000
2002Cleveland Indians$4,500,000
2003Cleveland Indians$5,500,000
2004Cleveland Indians$6,000,000
2005San Francisco Giants$3,250,000
2006San Francisco Giants$3,640,084
2007San Francisco Giants$5,140,084
2008San Francisco Giants$5,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$58,335,668
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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