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Omar
Vizquel		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: April 24, 1967 in Venezuela, , CARACAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1991   
All-Star Selections 1995   
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
1989 22 CHW AL 11 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .313 .313 .313 .625 1.5 0.3
1991 24 LAD NL 10 25 3 6 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .240 .296 .320 .616 2.0 0.1
1992 25 LAD NL 100 166 16 54 8 2 3 16 0 0 4 11 .325 .341 .452 .793 21.7 5.2
1993 26 LAD NL 92 148 17 37 5 2 1 20 0 0 10 16 .250 .300 .331 .631 14.9 2.1
1994 27 LAD NL 159 634 82 162 30 4 9 75 0 1 48 49 .256 .308 .358 .667 66.9 10.3
1995 28 LAD NL 155 615 103 204 43 1 14 66 3 3 57 57 .332 .388 .473 .861 104.7 27.6
1996 29 LAD NL 156 613 79 170 34 5 6 75 1 0 45 60 .277 .326 .378 .704 72.3 13.2
1997 30 LAD NL 158 638 80 192 32 6 2 70 2 1 60 72 .301 .360 .379 .739 86.3 17.3
1998 31 LAD NL 127 474 62 159 16 2 4 60 0 2 41 68 .335 .388 .403 .791 69.5 11.9
1999 32 LAD NL 153 569 73 178 36 3 4 65 4 1 37 56 .313 .354 .408 .761 74.2 10.8
2000 33 LAD NL 147 492 61 146 23 2 9 63 1 0 33 78 .297 .341 .407 .747 60.4 7.4
2001 34 LAD NL 147 525 61 166 24 2 6 63 3 2 37 88 .316 .362 .404 .766 71.6 9.8
2002 35 LAD NL 154 581 65 157 28 3 3 55 2 0 44 123 .270 .321 .344 .665 62.0 5.4
2003 36 LAD NL 141 421 45 109 18 1 6 46 1 0 29 114 .259 .307 .349 .656 40.8 2.9
14 Years Sim 1710 5917 749 1745 299 33 67 678 17 10 447 797 .295 .344 .391 .735 748.7 124.4
162 Game Average 560 70 165 28 3 6 64 1 0 42 75 .295 .344 .391 .735 70.9  
Career Highs 159 638 103 204 43 6 14 75 4 3 60 123 .335 .388 .473 .861 104.7  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1989 22 CHW AL SS 7 4 38.3 6 13 0 1 1.000 4.46 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    C 2 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1991 24 LAD NL SS 8 6 58.0 3 19 1 0 .957 3.41 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1992 25 LAD NL SS 27 27 209.7 29 81 3 17 .973 4.72 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1993 26 LAD NL SS 32 24 204.7 38 79 5 22 .959 5.15 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 3 2 26.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 5.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 27 LAD NL SS 159 158 1405.7 203 517 33 107 .956 4.61 0 0 .000 0 8.3
1995 28 LAD NL SS 153 150 1342.0 165 446 22 89 .965 4.10 0 0 .000 0 11.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1996 29 LAD NL SS 156 151 1348.3 207 449 25 90 .963 4.38 0 0 .000 0 7.5
1997 30 LAD NL SS 157 155 1408.3 166 464 28 97 .957 4.03 0 0 .000 0 5.6
1998 31 LAD NL SS 121 119 1068.0 151 363 17 76 .968 4.33 0 0 .000 0 6.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 32 LAD NL SS 148 143 1263.0 161 453 13 90 .979 4.38 0 0 .000 0 8.5
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2000 33 LAD NL SS 141 123 1100.0 170 369 12 77 .978 4.41 0 0 .000 0 6.2
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2001 34 LAD NL SS 144 142 1269.0 155 414 17 79 .971 4.04 0 0 .000 0 6.1
2002 35 LAD NL SS 153 152 1357.0 183 452 22 95 .967 4.21 0 0 .000 0 6.1
2003 36 LAD NL SS 126 112 982.7 122 280 11 52 .973 3.68 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  SS 1532 1466 13054.6 1759 4399 209 892 .967 4.25 0 0 .000 0 73.0
  1B 3 2 26.0 16 1 0 0 1.000 5.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 2 0 5.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1544 1468 13097.6 1782 4402 209 893 .967 4.25 0 0 .000 0 73.2
Career Highs   159 158 1408.3 207 517 33 107 1.000 5.22 0 0 .000 0  
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
1989 22 CHW AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1991 24 LAD NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1992 25 LAD NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1995 28 LAD NL 10 41 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 9 .268 .302 .317 .619
1998 31 LAD NL 17 69 11 32 4 2 1 9 0 2 6 6 .464 .500 .623 1.123
1999 32 LAD NL 15 62 5 26 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 8 .419 .438 .468 .905
2000 33 LAD NL 4 15 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .467 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 52 192 22 73 10 3 1 18 0 2 10 24 .380 .409 .479 .888
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.
Batting Average
1995-2-.332
1998-5-.335
 On-Base Pct
1995-8-.388
 XR
1995-10-104.7
 Games
1994-8-159
 At-Bats
1994-5-634
1995-9-615
1997-7-638
 Hits
1995-2-204
1997-4-192
Singles
1995-4-146
1996-8-125
1997-3-152
1998-7-137
1999-8-135
2001-3-134
 Doubles
1995-8-43
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Joey Cora (911)
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  3. Alex Arias (900)
  4. Vic Rodriguez (898)
  5. Mark McLemore (894)
  6. Kurt Stillwell (890)
  7. Ron Oester (889)
  8. Rance Mulliniks (888)
  9. Cal Ripken (884)
  10. Bryan Little (882)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 35th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1989
Traded from Cincinnati to Chicago (A) on 3/2/1989 (Going to CIN: C Ammy Pick. Going to CHW: SS Omar Vizquel)
Injured on 5/31/1989 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/9/1989 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/5/1989, off Brian Holman (OAK)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Los Angeles on 2/21/1991 (Going to CHW: 1B Don Mattingly, P Arthur Rhodes. Going to LAD: SS Omar Vizquel)
Won World Championship with Los Angeles in 1991
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1992, off Melido Perez (MON)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Montreal on 7/6/1994
Drove in 7 runs against Chicago (N) on 8/28/1994
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1995, hitting .480 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1995 Allstar game
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,478,571 through salary arbitration
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,478,571 through salary arbitration
9/17/1997: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $6,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 6/2/1998 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 10/25/1998
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/2001, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
9/16/2001: Signed a contract extension with Los Angeles, $2,100,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by New Orleans on 2/14/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/24/2004 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
 
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