Jose
Oquendo
 
Nickname: Secret Weapon
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 160
 
Born: July 4, 1963 in P.R., , RIO PIEDRAS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1986    1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1983 19 NYA AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1984 20 NYA AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1985 21 NYA AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 7 7 7
1986 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1987 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 8 8 8
1988 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9
1989 25 NYA AL $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 9 9 9 9 9 9
1990 26 NYA AL $ 2,435,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,435,714   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 9 9
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
1983 19 AAA   137 497 53 137 11 2 4 41 9 17 76 48 .276 .372 .330 .702 63.2  
1984 20 AAA   137 520 71 141 19 3 7 57 9 8 95 58 .271 .384 .360 .743 77.9  
1985 21 AAA   133 531 74 149 29 1 5 40 10 17 76 52 .281 .371 .367 .738 71.6  
1986 22 NYA AL 124 454 66 123 22 4 2 53 16 9 47 49 .271 .339 .350 .690 52.4 7.8
1987 23 NYA AL 146 449 50 105 19 3 2 46 12 6 60 43 .234 .323 .303 .626 44.4 4.8
1988 24 NYA AL 154 590 111 158 36 6 1 50 20 11 89 64 .268 .363 .354 .717 77.4 13.1
1989 25 NYA AL 156 548 71 141 30 4 3 48 20 6 62 43 .257 .330 .343 .673 65.6 9.1
1990 26 NYA AL 149 526 74 131 13 3 3 40 27 12 90 47 .249 .360 .302 .663 63.7 8.7
5 Years Sim 729 2567 372 658 120 20 11 237 95 44 348 246 .256 .344 .332 .676 303.6 43.6
3 Years AAA 407 1548 198 427 59 6 16 138 28 42 247 158 .276 .376 .353 .728 212.7  
162 Game Average 570 82 146 26 4 2 52 21 9 77 54 .256 .344 .332 .676 67.5  
Career Highs 156 590 111 158 36 6 3 53 27 12 90 64 .271 .363 .354 .717 77.4  
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   1856 272 472 80 16 8 165 74 30 254 183 .254 .344 .328 .671 227.0
vs LH   711 100 186 40 4 3 72 21 14 94 63 .262 .347 .342 .688 87.6
Home 362 1254 191 325 66 6 5 131 41 17 172 114 .259 .348 .333 .681 156.2
Away 367 1313 181 333 54 14 6 106 54 27 176 132 .254 .341 .330 .671 158.4
RISP   607 0 156 32 4 3 211 0 0 86 56 .257 .344 .338 .682 76.0
Pinch Hitting   19 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .211 .318 .211 .529 1.6
Close/Late   234 37 54 9 0 0 14 0 0 40 25 .231 .341 .269 .610 25.3
Mar/Apr 117 415 61 92 18 3 3 35 14 5 68 42 .222 .331 .301 .632 47.4
May 122 427 73 119 22 3 1 42 22 11 70 50 .279 .379 .351 .730 61.6
June 127 438 69 120 14 6 1 34 18 5 61 36 .274 .363 .340 .703 59.1
July 121 469 56 123 25 6 3 56 13 7 43 42 .262 .323 .360 .683 54.6
August 119 399 52 101 24 0 2 31 15 6 49 34 .253 .333 .328 .662 46.5
Sep/Oct 123 419 61 103 17 2 1 39 13 10 57 42 .246 .337 .303 .640 45.4
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
1986 22 NYA AL LF 122 122 1018.3 230 11 4 3 .984 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 4 0 6.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 23 NYA AL LF 122 122 995.7 227 6 6 2 .975 2.11 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    RF 21 21 172.7 43 1 0 1 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 8 0 13.7 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 1 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 5.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 24 NYA AL 2B 126 121 1101.0 237 417 5 87 .992 5.35 0 0 .000 0 5.5
    RF 25 25 220.3 40 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 27.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 25 NYA AL RF 99 96 829.7 167 5 0 1 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    2B 49 48 409.0 81 173 0 38 1.000 5.59 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    3B 4 0 12.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 26 NYA AL 2B 88 83 711.3 128 273 5 50 .988 5.07 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    RF 30 30 260.0 64 0 1 0 .985 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 14 14 114.0 5 29 1 3 .971 2.68 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 8 5 51.7 9 25 0 7 1.000 5.92 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 6 4 38.7 26 1 0 0 1.000 6.29 6 1 .167 0 0.2
    LF 2 2 18.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 11.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 275 252 2241.7 448 870 10 177 .992 5.29 0 0 .000 0 8.9
  LF 247 246 2033.0 460 18 10 5 .980 2.12 0 0 .000 0 4.9
  RF 175 172 1482.7 314 7 1 3 .997 1.95 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  3B 23 14 136.7 5 31 1 3 .973 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 16 5 67.7 10 31 0 8 1.000 5.45 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  C 9 5 49.0 32 1 0 0 1.000 6.06 6 1 .167 0 0.2
  CF 1 1 11.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   746 695 6021.6 1271 958 23 196 .990 3.33 6 1 .167 0 18.0
Career Highs   158 146 1326.7 278 419 8 88 1.000 4.73 6 1 .167 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
1988 24 NYA AL 9 34 3 12 1 0 0 7 2 0 8 2 .353 .476 .382 .859
Career Post-Season Batting 9 34 3 12 1 0 0 7 2 0 8 2 .353 .476 .382 .859
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.
Games
1989-1-156
Runs
1988-2-111
Stolen Bases
1990-10-27
Caught Stealing
1988-8-11
Walks
1988-6-89
1990-6-90
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 58th overall pick, by Montreal in 1974
Injured on 6/9/1974 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/12/1974 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/7/1974 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 3/3/1976 (Going to MON: P Frank Riccelli, P Mickey Lolich. Going to OAK: P Fritz Peterson, P John Hiller, C Rene Lachemann, LF Jerry Martin)
Injured on 3/27/1976 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (double) on 6/9/1977, off Al Holland (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/18/1977, off Fred Lasher (MIN)
Injured on 4/13/1981 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/24/1981 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1983
Had first career hit on 4/3/1986, off Ken Dayley (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1986, off Bill Caudill (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1986, hitting .435 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/9/1986 with a Inflamed Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1986
Injured on 5/14/1987 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1987
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,435,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1990 with a Sore Back, out for one week