Joe
Azcue
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: August 18, 1939 in Cuba, , CIENFUEGOS
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1960 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1961 21 PIT NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1962 22 WAS NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 23 WAS NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1964 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1965 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
1966 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1967 27 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1968 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1969 29 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1970 30 WAS NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5
1971 31 WAS NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1972 32 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1973 33 SDP NL $ 350,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 34 SDP NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 35 SDP NL $ 500,000   3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 500,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1960 20 AAA   52 202 13 40 1 0 6 10 0 2 15 41 .198 .253 .292 .546 14.8  
    AA   62 213 33 68 13 3 11 43 4 2 27 26 .319 .396 .563 .959 44.2  
1961 21 AA   137 550 51 153 20 0 13 76 5 8 38 70 .278 .325 .385 .710 66.3  
1962 22 AAA   137 551 69 149 25 2 20 65 3 7 41 69 .270 .321 .432 .753 73.5  
1963 23 AAA   107 371 53 110 16 2 13 47 2 6 24 43 .296 .339 .456 .795 53.4  
1964 24 WAS NL 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.4
    AAA   137 526 56 135 16 7 13 62 3 7 39 114 .257 .308 .388 .696 61.0  
1965 25 WAS NL 61 186 10 32 5 0 1 9 1 1 13 40 .172 .226 .215 .441 6.0 0.0
    AAA   71 303 48 82 14 0 13 36 3 4 26 49 .271 .328 .446 .774 43.2  
1966 26 WAS NL 83 256 20 63 9 3 3 28 1 0 18 51 .246 .296 .340 .636 26.1 4.4
1967 27 WAS NL 50 130 19 39 9 2 3 17 0 0 12 31 .300 .364 .469 .833 18.5 3.9
1968 28 WAS NL 23 23 2 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 3 .174 .296 .261 .557 2.2 0.2
1969 29 WAS NL 12 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .231 .333 .231 .564 0.9 0.0
1970 30 WAS NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0
    AAA   31 105 11 27 2 0 2 5 1 2 9 20 .257 .316 .333 .649 10.9  
1971 31 AAA   137 577 67 161 24 0 18 74 3 3 47 107 .279 .333 .414 .748 78.3  
1972 32 SDP NL 20 61 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 15 .148 .224 .197 .421 2.0 0.0
    AAA   135 507 58 134 25 2 12 73 6 5 54 105 .264 .335 .393 .728 66.9  
1973 33 SDP NL 16 29 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .138 .167 .172 .339 -0.1 0.0
1974 34 SDP NL 17 46 4 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 12 .196 .275 .283 .557 2.8 0.0
    AAA   81 317 33 84 14 5 9 58 4 4 23 60 .265 .315 .426 .741 41.1  
1975 35 AAA   135 475 61 134 14 0 24 76 1 5 56 100 .282 .358 .463 .821 77.5  
10 Years Sim 285 745 62 164 29 6 8 65 2 1 61 160 .220 .281 .307 .589 59.6 8.9
10 Years AAA 1023 3934 469 1056 151 18 130 506 26 45 334 708 .268 .327 .415 .742 520.7  
2 Years AA 199 763 84 221 33 3 24 119 9 10 65 96 .290 .352 .435 .787 110.4  
12 Years Minors 1222 4697 553 1277 184 21 154 625 35 55 399 804 .272 .331 .418 .749 631.1  
162 Game Average 423 35 93 16 3 4 36 1 0 34 90 .220 .281 .307 .589 33.8  
Career Highs 83 256 20 63 9 3 3 28 1 1 18 51 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 26.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   349 37 81 12 3 3 35 2 1 34 70 .232 .306 .309 .615 33.5
vs LH   396 25 83 17 3 5 30 0 0 27 90 .210 .259 .306 .564 30.7
Home 155 415 29 82 15 3 5 26 1 1 30 100 .198 .253 .284 .537 28.7
Away 130 330 33 82 14 3 3 39 1 0 31 60 .248 .316 .336 .652 35.4
RISP   159 0 38 9 1 1 51 0 0 18 41 .239 .317 .327 .644 17.0
Pinch Hitting   16 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .188 .235 .250 .485 0.8
Close/Late   99 7 25 4 1 0 10 0 0 9 24 .253 .321 .313 .634 9.9
Mar/Apr 36 92 10 23 5 1 1 9 0 0 12 24 .250 .349 .359 .708 11.5
May 32 82 7 26 1 2 0 8 1 0 6 20 .317 .364 .378 .742 11.1
June 32 93 11 27 8 0 1 17 0 0 7 18 .290 .337 .409 .745 12.2
July 55 136 7 28 7 1 1 9 0 0 8 30 .206 .253 .294 .548 9.4
August 68 175 17 36 0 2 3 10 1 0 15 33 .206 .268 .280 .548 13.8
Sep/Oct 60 167 10 24 8 0 2 12 0 1 13 35 .144 .206 .228 .433 6.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1965 25 WAS NL 1B 48 48 383.3 456 31 2 38 .996 11.43 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    C 14 11 110.0 51 3 0 0 1.000 4.42 7 1 .143 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 26 WAS NL C 79 75 669.7 386 37 5 1 .988 5.68 51 22 .431 1 3.4
    1B 3 0 6.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 27 WAS NL C 45 38 341.3 199 13 1 0 .995 5.59 19 8 .421 1 1.8
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 28 WAS NL 1B 12 5 50.0 59 3 1 8 .984 11.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 6 0 13.0 10 1 0 0 1.000 7.62 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 29 WAS NL 1B 8 2 27.7 34 1 0 1 1.000 11.39 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 4 1 13.0 12 2 0 0 1.000 9.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 30 WAS NL C 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 1.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 32 SDP NL C 20 20 173.0 92 5 1 0 .990 5.05 13 3 .231 1 0.6
1973 33 SDP NL 1B 9 4 46.0 61 10 1 8 .986 13.89 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 4 2 24.0 10 3 0 0 1.000 4.88 3 2 .667 0 0.1
1974 34 SDP NL C 16 15 122.0 59 2 3 0 .953 4.50 8 1 .125 1 0.3
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 35 SDP NL 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 189 162 1468.0 820 66 10 1 .989 5.43 101 37 .366 4 6.7
  1B 84 59 517.7 621 48 4 56 .994 11.63 0 0 .000 0 0.8
  RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   275 221 1989.6 1442 114 14 57 .991 7.04 101 37 .366 4 7.5
Career Highs   82 75 675.7 507 39 5 38 1.000 10.85 51 22 .667 1  
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 40th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Injured on 7/18/1963 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/31/1963 with a Broken Hip, out for full season
Had first career hit (double) on 9/26/1964, off Bob Duliba (PIT)
Injured on 4/18/1965 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 9/30/1965, off Jack Kralick (BSN)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/13/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Washington
Traded from Washington to San Diego on 2/7/1972 (Going to WAS: P Dick Lemay. Going to SDP: CF Ted Uhlaender, C Joe Azcue)
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 2/6/1974 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Injured on 6/16/1975 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/20/1975 with a Fractured Cheekbone, out for 8 weeks
Injured on 8/18/1975 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks