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Pancho
Herrera		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 16, 1934 in Cuba, , SANTIAGO DE CU
 
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
1958 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
1959 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1960 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1961 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1962 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1963 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1964 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1965 31 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1966 32 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1967 33 BSN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1968 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1969 35 BSN NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 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
1958 24 AAA   135 491 66 109 21 1 28 73 8 6 52 152 .222 .297 .440 .736 66.5  
1959 25 NYG NL 48 172 24 43 9 2 8 28 0 1 12 47 .250 .299 .465 .764 22.5 3.3
    AAA   96 308 60 85 9 1 21 49 2 2 40 90 .276 .359 .516 .875 56.7  
1960 26 TAM AL 53 184 23 40 7 1 7 22 0 3 22 61 .217 .301 .380 .681 19.9 2.8
    AAA   58 229 54 69 16 1 17 44 5 2 35 69 .301 .394 .603 .997 51.3  
1961 27 TAM AL 124 305 44 76 15 3 13 38 0 0 22 97 .249 .304 .446 .750 40.8 8.2
1962 28 TAM AL 116 203 32 63 9 2 8 31 2 2 26 45 .310 .390 .493 .882 37.9 8.2
1963 29 TAM AL 14 41 7 13 2 2 2 7 0 0 4 12 .317 .362 .610 .971 9.4 2.2
1964 30 TAM AL 108 257 30 53 7 3 8 33 2 0 21 62 .206 .269 .350 .619 23.2 2.7
1965 31 TAM AL 22 32 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 1 3 10 .125 .200 .188 .388 0.0 0.0
  BSN NL 69 83 15 24 6 0 1 16 3 1 11 18 .289 .368 .398 .766 11.7 2.2
  TOT   91 115 16 28 8 0 1 18 4 2 14 28 .243 .323 .339 .662 11.7 2.2
    AAA   28 106 21 37 7 1 8 21 4 2 12 21 .349 .415 .660 1.076 25.6  
1966 32 BSN NL 127 238 26 48 11 1 4 29 2 0 13 63 .202 .250 .307 .557 17.5 0.2
1967 33 BSN NL 127 328 31 73 14 3 7 41 1 1 33 88 .223 .298 .348 .645 34.1 4.2
1968 34 BSN NL 43 45 3 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 12 .267 .327 .333 .660 4.3 0.7
    AAA   29 116 17 33 9 2 8 28 3 1 14 27 .284 .362 .603 .965 24.1  
1969 35 AAA   27 99 11 16 4 1 1 8 2 0 14 30 .162 .265 .253 .518 7.5  
10 Years Sim 851 1888 236 449 85 17 58 248 11 9 171 515 .238 .304 .393 .697 221.2 34.6
6 Years AAA 373 1349 229 349 66 7 83 223 24 13 167 389 .259 .344 .503 .846 231.8  
162 Game Average 359 44 85 16 3 11 47 2 1 32 98 .238 .304 .393 .697 42.1  
Career Highs 127 328 44 76 15 3 13 41 4 3 33 97 .317 .390 .610 .971 40.8  
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   1212 169 295 54 16 37 161 6 5 120 330 .243 .314 .406 .720 155.0
vs LH   676 67 154 31 1 21 87 5 4 51 185 .228 .285 .370 .655 70.9
Home 418 980 121 238 40 10 33 132 6 6 84 272 .243 .305 .405 .710 120.7
Away 433 908 115 211 45 7 25 116 5 3 87 243 .232 .302 .380 .682 105.3
RISP   458 0 105 19 3 19 176 0 0 48 137 .229 .300 .408 .708 58.6
Pinch Hitting   280 31 70 16 3 7 51 1 1 31 76 .250 .334 .404 .738 37.0
Close/Late   300 39 66 9 3 8 30 0 0 28 83 .220 .287 .350 .637 31.2
Mar/Apr 128 209 27 49 5 6 5 17 1 2 17 58 .234 .291 .388 .679 23.5
May 137 304 35 74 19 2 10 45 1 0 24 81 .243 .300 .418 .718 37.9
June 119 201 21 39 8 0 5 23 0 0 26 56 .194 .293 .308 .602 19.2
July 133 322 48 84 15 4 9 43 4 1 32 79 .261 .331 .416 .747 44.4
August 155 404 53 89 15 2 12 52 3 2 40 112 .220 .294 .356 .651 43.4
Sep/Oct 179 448 52 114 23 3 17 68 2 4 32 129 .254 .306 .433 .739 57.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 25 NYG NL RF 44 43 383.0 69 0 1 0 .986 1.62   1.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 7 3 0 1 1.000 10.00   0.0
1960 26 TAM AL RF 52 52 446.7 87 1 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.0
1961 27 TAM AL RF 69 62 526.0 108 3 0 0 1.000 1.90   1.1
    LF 12 7 73.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.36    
    1B 5 0 9.0 20 2 0 2 1.000 22.00   0.0
1962 28 TAM AL 3B 17 17 151.0 8 29 4 5 .902 2.21   0.2
    LF 20 11 120.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.72   0.3
    RF 20 8 93.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.55    
    CF 2 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    1B 4 0 11.0 12 1 0 2 1.000 10.64   0.0
1963 29 TAM AL RF 13 12 105.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.36   0.2
1964 30 TAM AL RF 71 53 493.0 76 0 0 0 1.000 1.39   0.7
    LF 10 7 68.0 4 0 1 0 .800 0.53    
    1B 8 0 15.0 14 1 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1965 31 TAM AL RF 4 2 23.5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.0
    1B 3 1 15.3 18 1 0 2 1.000 11.18   0.1
    LF 2 1 12.1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.98   0.0
  BSN NL RF 11 7 62.5 10 0 1 0 .909 1.44   0.2
    1B 10 4 40.7 49 2 0 6 1.000 11.28   0.1
    LF 5 4 32.2 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.52   0.0
  TOT   RF 15 9 86.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.47   0.2
      1B 13 5 56.0 67 3 0 8 1.000 11.25   0.2
      LF 7 5 44.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.64   0.0
1966 32 BSN NL RF 41 35 317.0 64 0 2 0 .970 1.82   0.6
    1B 14 8 79.0 98 10 1 4 .991 12.30   0.2
    LF 7 6 50.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
1967 33 BSN NL LF 85 64 615.7 95 1 2 0 .980 1.40   1.4
    RF 12 9 75.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.08    
    1B 8 6 52.3 60 6 1 3 .985 11.35   0.1
    SS 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 34 BSN NL LF 3 2 16.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.56   0.0
    1B 2 1 9.0 12 1 0 0 1.000 13.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 337 283 2525.3 459 4 4 0 .991 1.65   3.8
  LF 144 102 988.0 156 1 4 0 .975 1.43   1.7
  1B 55 21 240.3 290 27 2 22 .994 11.87   0.7
  3B 18 17 153.0 8 29 4 5 .902 2.18   0.2
  CF 4 2 20.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  SS 2 1 10.0 3 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.1
Career Totals   560 426 3936.6 921 64 14 28 .986 2.25   6.4
Career Highs   107 80 753.0 171 30 4 8 1.000 4.69    
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
1958 24 NYG NL 6 10 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .600 1.100
1959 25 NYG NL 7 28 3 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 .179 .207 .321 .528
1962 28 TAM AL 12 41 6 9 2 0 2 9 0 0 3 17 .220 .250 .415 .665
1964 30 TAM AL 3 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .111 .200 .444 .644
Career Post-Season Batting 28 88 12 20 4 0 4 19 0 0 5 35 .227 .258 .409 .667
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.
Caught Stealing
1960-10-3
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Joe Frazier (952)
  7. Joe Christopher (952)
  8. Dan Pasqua (951)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 33rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1958
Won World Series with New York (N) in 1958
Had first career hit on 5/1/1959, off Jim Constable (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1959, off Bud Daley (MIN)
Injured on 3/18/1960 with a Broken Foot, out for 9 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to NYG: P Humberto Robinson. Going to TAM: 1B Pancho Herrera, SS Wayne Causey, C Gene Oliver, 3B Joe Garagiola)
Injured on 4/19/1963 with a Broken Foot, out for full season
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 5/1/1965 (Going to BSN: RF Pancho Herrera, P Leo Kiely, 3B Lee Walls. Going to TAM: 3B Rich Rollins, P Dave Morehead, LF Al Pilarcik, LF Gino Cimoli, P Rob Gardner)
Drove in 7 runs against Washington on 9/21/1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1967: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
3/3/1968: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Injured on 5/1/1969 with a Broken Foot, out for entire career
 
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