Ernie
Fazio
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7''
Weight: 180
 
Born: January 25, 1942 in Usa, CA, OAKLAND
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1962 20 NYA AL     3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2
1963 21 NYA AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3
1964 22 NYA AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 7 7 7 3 3 3
1965 23 NYA AL     3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 3 3
1966 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 9 9 9 3 3 3
1967 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 3 3 3
1968 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10 4 4 4
1969 27 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10 4 4 4
1970 28 TAM AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10 4 4 4
1971 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 5 5
1972 30 TAM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 5 5
1973 31 TAM AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 5 5
1974 32 TAM AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 5 5
1975 33 TAM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4 4
1976 34 TAM AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9 10 10 10 5 5 5
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
1962 20 A   137 480 74 122 33 6 13 55 15 14 121 136 .254 .404 .429 .833 88.7  
1963 21 A   128 425 53 96 25 5 5 27 17 15 114 107 .226 .390 .344 .733 66.3  
1964 22 A   137 469 74 125 30 11 8 57 20 19 123 93 .267 .419 .429 .847 88.9  
1965 23 A   137 468 76 116 35 6 11 62 13 11 130 94 .248 .411 .419 .830 88.5  
1966 24 NYA AL 34 39 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 4 3 5 .179 .238 .282 .520 1.5 0.0
    A   81 272 54 67 22 2 12 32 16 12 93 59 .246 .438 .474 .913 61.7  
1967 25 NYA AL 25 55 5 10 2 0 0 4 2 1 13 12 .182 .338 .218 .556 5.1 0.2
    AAA   83 319 47 74 20 4 9 40 10 6 56 94 .232 .347 .404 .751 47.4  
1968 26 NYA AL 61 113 6 27 7 0 1 9 2 8 12 31 .239 .310 .327 .637 9.5 0.3
  TAM AL 6 9 3 2 0 1 1 3 0 1 1 5 .222 .300 .778 1.078 1.8 0.4
  TOT   67 122 9 29 7 1 2 12 2 9 13 36 .238 .309 .361 .669 11.4 0.8
    AA   51 138 21 35 12 3 3 18 3 2 24 25 .254 .364 .449 .813 22.8  
1969 27 AA   134 499 72 137 33 9 7 66 14 11 108 106 .275 .404 .419 .822 88.2  
1970 28 AA   137 505 87 140 35 7 14 75 31 10 120 124 .277 .416 .457 .873 102.8  
1971 29 TAM AL 27 13 9 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 3 .231 .286 .308 .593 1.5 0.4
    AAA   13 27 2 3 2 0 0 3 2 1 4 7 .111 .226 .185 .411 1.0  
1972 30 AA   136 505 93 127 36 5 17 92 19 10 114 103 .251 .389 .444 .833 92.8  
1973 31 AA   137 497 90 145 42 6 13 76 20 17 118 100 .292 .428 .479 .907 101.7  
1974 32 AA   123 433 79 94 35 6 6 61 14 10 102 83 .217 .366 .367 .734 65.0  
1975 33 AAA   53 171 21 33 12 2 1 20 7 1 32 41 .193 .320 .304 .624 19.7  
    AA   83 299 53 84 29 1 12 62 4 8 56 62 .281 .394 .505 .899 56.8  
1976 34 AAA   137 542 86 129 42 5 5 45 8 9 106 123 .238 .363 .362 .724 76.1  
4 Years Sim 153 229 32 49 12 2 2 20 7 14 30 56 .214 .304 .310 .614 19.4 1.4
4 Years AAA 286 1059 156 239 76 11 15 108 27 17 198 265 .226 .347 .361 .708 144.3  
7 Years AA 801 2876 495 762 222 37 72 450 105 68 642 603 .265 .399 .443 .842 530.0  
5 Years A 620 2114 331 526 145 30 49 233 81 71 581 489 .249 .411 .415 .826 394.1  
16 Years Minors 1707 6049 982 1527 443 78 136 791 213 156 1421 1357 .252 .394 .419 .813 1068.4  
162 Game Average 242 33 51 12 2 2 21 7 14 31 59 .214 .304 .310 .614 20.6  
Career Highs 67 122 9 29 7 1 2 12 2 9 13 36 .238 .338 .361 .669 11.4  
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   168 27 35 8 2 2 16 6 10 17 40 .208 .280 .315 .595 13.1
vs LH   61 5 14 4 0 0 4 1 4 13 16 .230 .365 .295 .660 6.7
Home 72 103 17 26 4 2 2 14 3 9 19 24 .252 .366 .388 .754 13.6
Away 81 126 15 23 8 0 0 6 4 5 11 32 .183 .248 .246 .494 6.2
RISP   54 0 13 0 2 1 16 0 0 5 15 .241 .300 .370 .670 6.3
Pinch Hitting   10 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .400 .455 .500 .955 2.0
Close/Late   29 15 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 .276 .364 .414 .777 4.5
Mar/Apr 23 28 5 9 5 0 1 4 1 0 5 8 .321 .424 .607 1.031 6.6
May 28 29 3 8 1 0 0 1 2 4 3 6 .276 .344 .310 .654 2.3
June 29 63 3 10 1 0 0 4 1 5 5 18 .159 .217 .175 .392 0.4
July 19 13 7 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 .308 .357 .462 .819 1.6
August 12 10 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 .300 .364 .600 .964 1.3
Sep/Oct 42 86 11 15 2 1 1 7 3 2 15 20 .174 .297 .256 .553 7.6
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
1966 24 NYA AL SS 14 6 61.0 7 15 0 2 1.000 3.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 9 1 26.7 5 11 1 2 .941 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1967 25 NYA AL RF 16 16 124.0 26 0 2 0 .929 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    1B 2 2 16.0 24 0 0 2 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 2 1 10.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 26 NYA AL 3B 18 17 137.2 2 40 2 3 .955 2.76 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 12 4 47.3 11 14 0 3 1.000 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 8 4 45.4 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 7 4 33.7 6 13 0 3 1.000 5.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 6 2 25.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 1 12.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 0.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 3B 2 2 10.8 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 3.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 20 19 148.0 2 43 2 3 .957 2.74   0.3
      SS 13 4 51.0 12 15 0 3 1.000 4.76   0.2
      CF 9 4 49.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.20   0.2
      2B 8 4 36.4 7 14 0 3 1.000 5.19   0.1
      LF 7 2 27.0 6 0 1 0 .857 2.00   0.0
      RF 3 1 13.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .69   0.0
      1B 2 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 29 TAM AL 2B 5 0 11.0 1 9 1 1 .909 8.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 4 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 5 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 3 0 5.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 11.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 32 TAM AL SS 2 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 23 19 155.0 3 47 2 3 .962 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  RF 20 17 138.0 28 0 2 0 .933 1.83 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  SS 36 11 135.0 21 38 1 6 .983 3.93 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  CF 18 7 85.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  2B 23 5 77.1 13 36 2 7 .961 5.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 12 3 43.0 14 0 1 0 .933 2.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 6 2 20.0 29 0 0 2 1.000 13.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 3 0 5.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 11.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   141 64 658.7 132 121 8 18 .969 3.46 0 0 .000 0 2.3
Career Highs   62 34 325.4 53 72 3 9 .978 6.29 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
1967 25 NYA AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
History
Drafted in 4th round, 71st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1962
Injured on 6/14/1963 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/28/1966 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/15/1966, off Howie Koplitz (KCR)
Injured on 4/30/1967 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1968, off Jim Mcandrew (PIT)
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 7/1/1968 (Going to NYA: SS Reno Bertoia, 1B Johnny Callison. Going to TAM: 2B Ernie Fazio, P Jack Meyer)
Injured on 8/18/1968 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
4/2/1969: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
3/3/1972: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 6/13/1974 with a Pulled Bicep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
9/22/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 7/15/1975 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days