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Otto
Velez		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 29, 1950 in Ponce, , P.R.
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978    1979   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1974 23 NYY   27 67 9 14 1 1 2 10 0 0 15 24 .209 .354 .343 .697 9.7  
1975 24 NYY   6 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 1.1  
1976 25 NYY   49 94 11 25 6 0 2 10 0 0 23 26 .266 .410 .394 .804 16.9  
1977 26 TOR AL 160 562 96 151 28 4 30 91 1 2 108 111 .269 .389 .493 .882 103.2 23.1
1978 27 TOR AL 160 572 78 155 34 1 25 94 1 1 96 122 .271 .378 .465 .843 99.1 24.5
1979 28 TOR AL 160 585 87 147 46 1 25 89 0 0 102 112 .251 .361 .462 .823 95.0 19.9
1980 29 TOR AL 161 597 88 155 30 6 22 92 1 2 102 123 .260 .367 .441 .808 93.2 22.9
1981 30 TOR AL 158 540 68 146 36 1 13 75 1 0 100 122 .270 .384 .413 .797 90.4 24.6
1982 31 TOR AL 157 561 88 144 22 0 25 79 1 1 80 133 .257 .348 .430 .778 85.8 17.9
1983 32 TOR AL 157 543 75 149 31 1 23 76 4 0 103 125 .274 .392 .462 .855 97.1 24.1
1984 33 TOR AL 158 545 59 117 36 0 15 66 2 1 74 128 .215 .309 .363 .672 60.9 9.7
1985 34 TOR AL 129 336 54 102 28 0 17 58 0 1 60 79 .304 .411 .539 .950 69.2 17.2
1986 35 MIN AL 158 560 64 145 34 3 17 76 5 0 71 132 .259 .342 .421 .763 81.3 17.0
1987 36 MIN AL 108 302 35 72 22 2 6 45 1 0 38 83 .238 .321 .384 .705 38.9 6.5
11 Years Sim 1666 5703 792 1483 347 19 218 841 17 8 934 1270 .260 .365 .442 .807 914.1 207.3
14 Years Pro 1748 5872 812 1524 354 20 222 862 17 8 974 1320 .260 .365 .440 .805 941.8  
162 Game Average 554 77 144 33 1 21 81 1 0 90 123 .260 .365 .442 .807 88.9  
Career Highs 161 597 96 155 46 6 30 94 5 2 108 133 .304 .411 .539 .950 103.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1977 26 TOR AL CF 80 80 703.3 196 8 9 0 .958 2.61   1.7
    LF 75 73 644.3 121 6 6 1 .955 1.77    
    RF 5 0 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1978 27 TOR AL LF 155 155 1351.0 292 11 10 2 .968 2.02   1.2
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 28 TOR AL LF 159 158 1380.7 296 9 17 3 .947 1.99   3.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 29 TOR AL LF 140 139 1266.7 255 11 7 2 .974 1.89   5.6
    1B 21 21 181.0 211 18 7 30 .970 11.39   0.0
1981 30 TOR AL LF 47 44 385.0 74 2 6 1 .927 1.78   1.8
    CF 2 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1982 31 TOR AL 1B 150 148 1317.0 1520 127 18 158 .989 11.26   0.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1983 32 TOR AL LF 1 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1985 34 TOR AL 1B 17 17 155.0 163 16 2 15 .989 10.39   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1987 36 MIN AL CF 3 2 18.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00   0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  LF 580 570 5046.7 1044 40 46 9 .959 1.93   11.7
  1B 188 186 1653.0 1894 161 27 203 .987 11.19   0.7
  CF 88 82 732.3 204 8 10 0 .955 2.61   1.8
  RF 11 0 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
Career Totals   867 838 7453.0 3145 209 83 212 .976 4.05   14.3
Career Highs   161 160 1447.7 1521 128 18 158 1.000 11.23    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1980 29 TOR AL 8 31 4 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 .161 .257 .258 .515
1981 30 TOR AL 5 18 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 .222 .364 .389 .753
Career Post-Season Batting 13 49 5 9 3 0 1 3 0 0 8 14 .184 .298 .306 .604
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1981-8-.384
1983-4-.392
 Slugging Pct
1983-9-.462
 OPS
1977-9-.882
1983-6-.855
 XR
1983-5-97.1
 Games
1981-7-158
1984-8-158
 Doubles
1979-4-46
Homeruns
1978-10-25
1982-6-25
1983-5-23
1985-9-17
 Walks
1977-5-108
1978-4-96
1979-2-102
1980-5-102
1981-3-100
1982-9-80
1983-2-103
1984-8-74
CAR-48-934
 Strikeouts
1978-5-122
1979-8-112
1980-3-123
1981-2-122
1982-3-133
1983-7-125
1984-6-128
1986-8-132
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Andy Thornton (926)
  2. J.T. Snow (908)
  3. Mark Whiten (905)
  4. Sixto Lezcano (902)
  5. Cliff Johnson (901)
  6. John Olerud (897)
  7. Phil Nevin (894)
  8. Jeff Burroughs (888)
  9. Kelly Stinnett (886)
  10. Oscar Gamble (880)
History
Hit 3 homeruns against Detroit, driving in 3 runs on 9/15/1977
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Milwaukee on 9/12/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1982, hitting .577 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 9/4/1983
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1985, hitting .526 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Toronto to Minnesota on 3/2/1986 (Going to MIN: DH O. Velez, P J. Reardon, P D. Robinson, SS K. Gruber, LF M. Young. Going to TOR: C S. Lake, 3B K. Mitchell)
 
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