Luis Polonia

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: December 10, 1963 in Santiago, Dominican Republic do

High School: Santiago City (Santiago City, Dominican Republic)

Debut: April 24, 1987 (Age 23-135d, 12,925th in MLB history)
vs. SEA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 2000 (Age 36-296d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Luis Andrew Polonia

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.0

AB

4840

H

1417

HR

BA

.293

R

728

RBI

405

SB

321

OBP

.342

SLG

.383

OPS

.726

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1984	20	OAK-min	A	135	601	528	103	162	21	10	8	64	55	24	57	95	.307	.378	.430	.808		227		5	9	2	7		MAD · MIDW
1985	21	OAK-min	AA	130	584	515	82	149	15	18	2	36	39	20	59	54	.289	.360	.400	.760		206		0	6	4	3		HVL · SOUL
1986	22	OAK-min	AAA	134	610	549	98	165	20	4	3	63	36	21	52	65	.301	.362	.368	.730		202		3	2	4	2		TAC · PCL
1987	23	OAK-min	AAA	14	71	56	18	18	1	2	0	8	4	2	14	6	.321	.451	.411	.861		23		0	0	1	1		TAC · PCL
1987	23	OAK	AL	125	469	435	78	125	16	10	4	49	29	7	32	64	.287	.335	.398	.733	100	173	4	0	1	1	1	87DH/9
1988	24	OAK-min	AAA	65	287	254	58	85	13	5	2	27	31	15	29	28	.335	.401	.449	.850		114		1	0	3	1		TAC · PCL
1988	24	OAK	AL	84	313	288	51	84	11	4	2	27	24	9	21	40	.292	.338	.378	.716	104	109	3	0	2	2	0	7H/D9
1989	25	TOT	AL	125	466	433	70	130	17	6	3	46	22	8	25	44	.300	.338	.388	.726	107	168	13	2	2	4	1	7H/D
1989	25	OAK	AL	59	218	206	31	59	6	4	1	17	13	4	9	15	.286	.315	.369	.684	95	76	5	0	2	1	0	7H
1989	25	NYY	AL	66	248	227	39	71	11	2	2	29	9	4	16	29	.313	.359	.405	.764	117	92	8	2	0	3	1	7/DH
1990	26	TOT	AL	120	436	403	52	135	7	9	2	35	21	14	25	43	.335	.372	.412	.784	123	166	9	1	3	4	1	7HD8
1990	26	NYY	AL	11	23	22	2	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	.318	.304	.318	.623	75	7	1	0	0	1	0	/HD
1990	26	CAL	AL	109	413	381	50	128	7	9	2	32	20	14	25	42	.336	.376	.417	.793	125	159	8	1	3	3	1	7H8D
1991	27	CAL	AL	150	662	604	92	179	28	8	2	50	48	23	52	74	.296	.352	.379	.731	104	229	11	1	2	3	4	*7/HD8
1992	28	CAL	AL	149	635	577	83	165	17	4	0	35	51	21	45	64	.286	.337	.329	.666	88	190	18	1	8	4	6	7D/H
1993	29	CAL	AL	152	637	576	75	156	17	6	1	32	55	24	48	53	.271	.328	.326	.654	76	188	7	2	8	3	7	*7H/D
1994	30	NYY	AL	95	394	350	62	109	21	6	1	36	20	12	37	36	.311	.383	.414	.797	110	145	7	4	2	1	1	*7H/D
1995	31	TOT	MLB	95	326	291	43	76	16	3	2	17	13	4	28	38	.261	.322	.357	.679	78	104	3	0	3	4	1	7H/8D9
1995	31	NYY	AL	67	269	238	37	62	9	3	2	15	10	4	25	29	.261	.326	.349	.675	77	83	3	0	2	4	1	7H/D
1995	31	ATL	NL	28	57	53	6	14	7	0	0	2	3	0	3	9	.264	.304	.396	.700	81	21	0	0	1	0	0	H7/89
1996	32	BAL-min	AAA	13	57	50	9	12	2	0	0	3	5	0	7	8	.240	.333	.280	.613		14	1	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1996	32	TOT	MLB	80	220	206	28	55	4	1	2	16	9	7	11	23	.267	.306	.325	.631	61	67	10	1	1	1	0	7HD/9
1996	32	BAL	AL	58	187	175	25	42	4	1	2	14	8	6	10	20	.240	.285	.309	.594	51	54	10	1	1	0	0	7DH/9
1996	32	ATL	NL	22	33	31	3	13	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	.419	.424	.419	.844	120	13	0	0	0	1	0	H/7
1997			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Mexico)
1998			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Mexico)
1999	35	DET-min	AAA	42	171	161	20	52	7	1	3	22	13	3	10	28	.323	.363	.435	.797		70	2	0	0	0	1		TOL · IL
1999	35	DET	AL	87	355	333	46	108	21	8	10	32	17	9	16	32	.324	.357	.526	.882	123	175	2	2	2	2	0	D79/H
2000	36	TOT	AL	117	383	344	48	95	14	5	7	30	12	7	29	32	.276	.329	.407	.736	90	140	4	1	3	6	1	D9H7
2000	36	DET	AL	80	298	267	37	73	10	5	6	25	8	5	22	25	.273	.325	.416	.741	92	111	2	1	3	5	1	D9H/7
2000	36	NYY	AL	37	85	77	11	22	4	0	1	5	4	2	7	7	.286	.341	.377	.718	83	29	2	0	0	1	0	7H/D9
12 Yrs				1379	5296	4840	728	1417	189	70	36	405	321	145	369	543	.293	.342	.383	.726	97	1854	91	15	37	35	23
162 Game Avg.				162	622	569	86	166	22	8	4	48	38	17	43	64	.293	.342	.383	.726	97	218	11	2	4	4	3
				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
NYY (5 yrs)				276	1019	914	151	271	45	11	6	88	44	22	85	102	.296	.357	.389	.746	100	356	21	6	4	10	3
CAL (4 yrs)				560	2347	2138	300	628	69	27	5	149	174	82	170	233	.294	.345	.358	.704	95	766	44	5	21	13	18
OAK (3 yrs)				268	1000	929	160	268	33	18	7	93	66	20	62	119	.288	.332	.385	.717	100	358	12	0	5	4	1
ATL (2 yrs)				50	90	84	9	27	7	0	0	4	4	1	4	12	.321	.348	.405	.753	96	34	0	0	1	1	0
DET (2 yrs)				167	653	600	83	181	31	13	16	57	25	14	38	57	.302	.343	.477	.819	109	286	4	3	5	7	1
BAL (1 yr)				58	187	175	25	42	4	1	2	14	8	6	10	20	.240	.285	.309	.594	51	54	10	1	1	0	0

AL (12 yrs)				1329	5206	4756	719	1390	182	70	36	401	317	144	365	531	.292	.342	.383	.725	97	1820	91	15	36	34	23
NL (2 yrs)				50	90	84	9	27	7	0	0	4	4	1	4	12	.321	.348	.405	.753	96	34	0	0	1	1	0

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