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Luis
Aponte		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 14, 1953 in Venezuela, , ELTIGRE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 27 KCR AL $ 300,000 5 4 5 4 7 7 7 7 8 7
1981 28 KCR AL $ 300,000 5 4 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 7
1982 29 KCR AL $ 300,000 5 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 7 6
1983 30 KCR AL $ 920,000 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1984 31 DET AL $ 1,280,000 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1985 32 DET AL $ 1,280,000 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7
1986 33 BSN NL $ 1,300,000 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6
1987 34 KCR AL $ 1,300,000 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 6
1988 35 BSN NL $ 2,390,000 4 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1989 36 BSN NL $ 2,390,000 4 5 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6
1990 37 CLE AL $ 1,000,000 3 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 5 4 6 7 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,390,000 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1980 27 BAL AL 1 1 .500 28 0 0 0 2 52.0 54 24 5 22 7 4.15 .270 .344 .415 .759 2.8
  KCR AL 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 17.0 16 7 2 2 8 3.71 .246 .269 .385 .653 0.9
  TOT   1 2 .333 41 0 0 0 2 69.0 70 31 7 24 15 4.04 .264 .326 .408 .734 3.7
1981 28 KCR AL 4 2 .667 58 0 0 0 6 59.0 60 25 3 20 26 3.81 .260 .315 .338 .653 5.8
1982 29 KCR AL 5 2 .714 64 1 0 0 2 73.3 77 27 11 16 30 3.31 .275 .317 .450 .767 6.5
1983 30 KCR AL 7 5 .583 70 0 0 0 2 87.3 78 26 5 31 42 2.68 .234 .300 .335 .635 8.5
1984 31 KCR AL 0 0 .000 35 0 0 0 1 65.3 50 22 4 19 46 3.03 .218 .279 .323 .602 4.8
  DET AL 4 3 .571 35 0 0 0 8 43.3 52 20 5 10 26 4.16 .295 .333 .460 .794 3.5
  TOT   4 3 .571 70 0 0 0 9 108.7 102 42 9 29 72 3.48 .252 .302 .383 .685 8.3
1985 32 DET AL 9 12 .429 87 0 0 0 13 158.3 157 76 25 65 84 4.32 .257 .327 .425 .752 8.3
1986 33 BSN NL 8 4 .667 49 0 0 0 29 62.0 55 13 1 15 42 1.89 .240 .286 .319 .604 15.4
1987 34 KCR AL 5 5 .500 49 0 0 0 2 57.3 61 25 5 22 43 3.92 .271 .331 .396 .726 4.4
1988 35 BSN NL 7 6 .538 53 0 0 0 22 60.7 78 35 6 24 37 5.19 .316 .374 .462 .835 3.2
1989 36 BSN NL 3 6 .333 57 0 0 0 2 78.7 88 49 12 23 53 5.61 .286 .337 .484 .821 0.5
1990 37 CLE AL 5 4 .556 64 0 0 0 1 71.0 65 22 5 23 50 2.79 .242 .298 .349 .648 7.3
11 Years Sim 58 51 .532 662 1 0 0 90 885.3 891 371 89 292 494 3.77 .262 .319 .399 .718 71.8
Season Average 5 4 .556 60 0 0 0 8 80.5 81 33 8 26 44 3.77 .262 .319 .399 .718  
Career Highs 9 12 .714 87 1 0 0 29 158.3 157 76 25 65 84 5.61 .316 .374 .484 .835  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   407 171 42 110 291   .245 .291 .380 .672
vs LH   484 200 47 182 203   .278 .347 .416 .763
Home 39 24 .619 343 0 0 0 43 509.6 483 204 50 169 302 3.60 .249 .310 .386 .696
Away 19 27 .413 319 1 0 0 47 375.6 408 167 39 123 192 4.00 .278 .334 .416 .750
Mar/Apr 7 7 .500 99 0 0 0 12 131.3 129 56 12 44 73 3.84 .261 .322 .387 .708
May 5 12 .294 117 0 0 0 17 169.0 169 76 17 65 98 4.05 .259 .326 .399 .725
June 10 6 .625 116 0 0 0 11 158.3 156 56 14 60 92 3.18 .260 .327 .383 .709
July 14 8 .636 106 0 0 0 20 141.3 153 69 15 41 74 4.39 .279 .329 .423 .751
August 13 12 .520 126 1 0 0 18 164.0 170 64 18 46 93 3.51 .262 .311 .404 .714
Sep/Oct 9 6 .600 98 0 0 0 12 121.3 114 50 13 36 64 3.71 .249 .304 .397 .701
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 27 BAL AL P 28 0 52.0 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.56    
  KCR AL P 13 0 17.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.06    
  TOT   P 41 0 69.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.43    
1981 28 KCR AL P 58 0 59.0 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.83    
1982 29 KCR AL P 64 1 73.3 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1983 30 KCR AL P 70 0 87.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.34    
1984 31 KCR AL P 35 0 65.3 4 8 1 1 .923 1.65    
  DET AL P 35 0 43.3 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.66    
  TOT   P 70 0 108.7 6 14 1 1 .952 1.66    
1985 32 DET AL P 87 0 158.3 9 18 1 0 .964 1.53    
1986 33 BSN NL P 49 0 62.0 6 7 1 1 .929 1.89    
1987 34 KCR AL P 49 0 57.3 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.88    
1988 35 BSN NL P 53 0 60.7 2 11 0 2 1.000 1.93    
1989 36 BSN NL P 57 0 78.7 4 14 1 1 .947 2.06    
1990 37 CLE AL P 64 0 71.0 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.15    
Career Totals   662 1 885.3 51 121 4 5 .977 1.75    
Career Highs   87 1 158.3 9 18 1 2 1.000 2.15    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 28 KCR AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 1 3 3.00 .250 .308 .500 .808
1987 34 KCR AL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 6 1 0 0 3 5.42 .600 .600 .600 1.200
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 4.7 9 2 1 1 6 3.86 .409 .435 .545 .980
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1986-6-29
1988-7-22
 Games Pitched
1983-6-70
1984-7-70
1985-1-87
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 65th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1980
Earned first career win on 4/28/1980
Traded from Baltimore to Kansas City on 7/1/1980 (Going to KCR: P Luis Aponte, 3B Luis Salazar. Going to BAL: 2B Sixto Lezcano, P Rob Gardner)
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $920,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,280,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: P Luis Aponte, P Ed Halicki, P Balor Moore, P Ray Corbin, 2B Bob Sheldon. Going to KCR: RF Sam Mejias)
Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 3/4/1984 (Going to KCR: RF Greg Luzinski, 2B Bobby Grich, 2B Keith Moreland, P Balor Moore, P Luis Aponte. Going to SDP: RF Jim Fuller)
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: CF Dan Ford, SS Damaso Garcia, LF Rich Murray. Going to DET: P Luis Aponte, P Dick Drago, C Charlie Sands)
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,280,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/10/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
Traded from Boston (N) to Kansas City on 3/4/1987 (Going to BSN: P Rick Rodriguez. Going to KCR: P Luis Aponte, CF Jerry Hairston)
Injured on 4/24/1987 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/8/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $2,390,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/14/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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