Jose
Herrera
 
Nickname: Loco
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 165
 
Born: April 8, 1942 in Venezuela, , SAN LOREN
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 26 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 7 1 1 1 8 8 8
1969 27 LAD NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 8 8 8
1970 28 LAD NL     7 7 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 7 7 7
1971 29 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1972 30 LAD NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1973 31 LAD NL $ 350,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1974 32 LAD NL $ 350,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
1975 33 LAD NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 6 6 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 7 1 1 1 6 5 6 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 8 8 8
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
1968 26 LAD NL 38 103 8 16 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 18 .155 .193 .175 .367 1.1 0.0
1969 27 LAD NL 30 90 8 23 3 0 1 9 0 0 2 11 .256 .272 .322 .594 6.6 0.4
    AAA   54 247 25 74 16 0 5 28 0 0 2 25 .300 .305 .425 .730 29.3  
1970 28 AAA   135 602 64 179 31 3 8 48 3 0 18 66 .297 .318 .399 .716 71.5  
1971 29 LAD NL 54 154 17 47 7 1 0 22 0 0 7 21 .305 .333 .364 .697 17.8 2.9
1972 30 LAD NL 18 19 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .421 .421 .474 .895 3.2 1.0
1973 31 AAA   137 562 61 178 34 0 6 50 0 1 39 67 .317 .361 .409 .770 78.2  
1974 32 AAA   137 576 61 187 28 0 6 58 0 2 16 60 .325 .343 .405 .747 72.8  
1975 33 AAA   135 556 58 183 37 2 3 50 1 0 15 66 .329 .347 .419 .766 73.0  
4 Years Sim 140 366 37 94 13 1 1 37 0 0 14 52 .257 .283 .306 .589 28.8 4.3
5 Years AAA 598 2543 269 801 146 5 28 234 4 3 90 284 .315 .337 .409 .747 324.8  
162 Game Average 423 42 108 15 1 1 42 0 0 16 60 .257 .283 .306 .589 33.3  
Career Highs 54 154 17 47 7 1 1 22 0 0 7 21 .421 .421 .474 .895 17.8  
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   161 25 48 7 1 1 19 0 0 7 22 .298 .329 .373 .702 18.6
vs LH   205 12 46 6 0 0 18 0 0 7 30 .224 .247 .254 .500 11.4
Home 62 169 15 41 5 1 0 15 0 0 4 22 .243 .264 .284 .548 11.2
Away 78 197 22 53 8 0 1 22 0 0 10 30 .269 .299 .325 .623 18.8
RISP   72 0 21 1 0 1 36 0 0 5 11 .292 .321 .347 .668 8.5
Pinch Hitting   7 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .571 .667 .714 1.381 2.6
Close/Late   35 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .229 .250 .286 .536 2.2
Mar/Apr 35 97 11 24 4 0 0 14 0 0 4 13 .247 .282 .289 .570 7.2
May 29 62 5 19 3 0 1 5 0 0 1 7 .306 .317 .403 .721 7.3
June 27 92 9 27 4 1 0 9 0 0 2 16 .293 .305 .359 .664 9.4
July 15 40 4 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 11 .150 .222 .150 .372 1.1
August 15 33 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .152 .176 .152 .328 0.2
Sep/Oct 17 42 3 13 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 .310 .333 .357 .690 4.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1968 26 LAD NL LF 21 20 167.3 28 1 3 0 .906 1.56   0.3
    RF 10 9 70.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.54    
    2B 1 0 5.0 0 6 0 0 1.000 10.80   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 27 LAD NL CF 14 8 92.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.5
    LF 9 8 71.0 6 0 1 0 .857 0.76    
    RF 7 6 52.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 29 LAD NL 2B 45 41 346.0 65 148 7 31 .968 5.54   1.9
    RF 4 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    3B 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 30 LAD NL 2B 7 1 21.0 7 5 0 3 1.000 5.14   0.1
    SS 3 0 6.0 1 2 1 0 .750 4.50   0.0
    CF 5 0 4.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 54 42 373.0 72 160 7 34 .971 5.60   2.0
  LF 32 28 240.3 35 1 4 0 .900 1.35   0.3
  RF 22 15 128.3 21 1 1 0 .957 1.54   0.0
  CF 20 8 97.3 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.5
  SS 3 0 6.0 1 2 1 0 .750 4.50   0.0
  3B 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   133 93 846.3 155 164 13 34 .961 3.39   2.8
Career Highs   53 41 353.7 66 148 7 31 .977 5.45    
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  6. Clyde Beck (961)
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  8. Curtis Wilkerson (958)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 74th overall pick, by San Diego in 1968
Traded from San Diego to Los Angeles on 3/3/1968 (Going to LAD: SS Gene Freese, P Clay Carroll, LF Jose Herrera. Going to SDP: LF Danny Napoleon)
Had first career hit on 5/6/1968, off Jim Kaat (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1969, off Camilo Pascual (BSN)
Injured on 6/13/1970 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/17/1970 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Injured on 3/28/1972 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/15/1975 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days