Andy
Etchebarren
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 207
 
Born: June 20, 1943 in Usa, CA, WHITTIER
 
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
1962 19 COL NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1963 20 COL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6
1964 21 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1965 22 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1966 23 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1967 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6
1968 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6
1969 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6
1970 27 OAK AL $ 1,536,429   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
1971 28 OAK AL $ 1,536,429   5 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1972 29 OAK AL $ 1,536,429   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 6
1973 30 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 6
1974 31 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1975 32 MIN AL $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1976 33 COL NL $ 528,376   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6
1977 34 COL NL $ 528,376   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6
1978 35 CLE AL $ 750,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6
1979 36 CLE AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 4 3 4 6 5 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6
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 19 AA   137 524 58 134 24 3 13 57 4 6 65 99 .256 .338 .387 .725 69.6  
1963 20 AA   135 513 70 166 30 3 25 82 5 8 56 76 .324 .390 .540 .930 98.8  
1964 21 OAK AL 22 81 8 18 1 0 3 12 0 1 6 13 .222 .276 .346 .622 6.8 0.6
    AAA   135 495 57 128 25 4 16 65 9 4 61 96 .259 .340 .422 .762 72.5  
1965 22 OAK AL 23 78 8 17 4 0 1 9 1 0 4 13 .218 .274 .308 .582 5.8 0.4
    AAA   130 421 46 113 22 4 6 51 1 7 55 69 .268 .353 .382 .735 56.2  
1966 23 OAK AL 23 75 10 26 4 0 1 10 0 1 3 13 .347 .383 .440 .823 11.7 3.0
    AAA   131 465 64 137 23 0 12 56 6 4 50 71 .295 .363 .422 .785 70.2  
1967 24 OAK AL 114 277 31 61 13 2 8 40 2 0 23 47 .220 .286 .368 .654 29.0 4.5
1968 25 OAK AL 127 303 38 78 9 0 7 34 4 1 26 63 .257 .316 .356 .673 35.4 5.8
1969 26 OAK AL 104 316 40 70 15 3 4 37 1 1 47 66 .222 .324 .326 .650 34.9 5.0
1970 27 OAK AL 68 235 43 61 8 2 2 35 0 0 26 38 .260 .332 .336 .668 27.0 4.3
1971 28 OAK AL 93 290 49 73 15 1 9 61 0 1 42 60 .252 .353 .403 .757 42.3 8.8
1972 29 OAK AL 94 235 30 58 9 1 4 30 2 0 41 46 .247 .359 .345 .704 32.8 4.8
1973 30 OAK AL 135 472 55 128 24 1 8 78 0 5 51 85 .271 .353 .377 .730 58.7 8.9
1974 31 OAK AL 129 468 51 115 18 1 10 61 0 1 40 87 .246 .305 .353 .657 49.0 4.9
1975 32 MIN AL 136 461 54 115 16 3 4 38 1 2 49 81 .249 .325 .323 .648 47.1 4.2
1976 33 COL NL 21 50 11 13 2 0 1 8 0 1 5 9 .260 .321 .360 .681 5.9 0.7
1977 34 COL NL 27 84 8 17 0 0 0 11 0 1 6 17 .202 .264 .202 .466 3.7 0.0
1978 35 CLE AL 46 102 15 28 3 0 1 16 0 0 11 19 .275 .347 .333 .681 12.8 2.0
1979 36 CLE AL 33 90 9 17 2 1 3 11 0 1 3 17 .189 .229 .333 .563 6.3 0.0
16 Years Sim 1195 3617 460 895 143 15 66 491 11 16 383 674 .247 .324 .350 .674 409.1 57.8
3 Years AAA 396 1381 167 378 70 8 34 172 16 15 166 236 .274 .358 .410 .768 198.9  
2 Years AA 272 1037 128 300 54 6 38 139 9 14 121 175 .289 .368 .463 .831 168.4  
5 Years Minors 668 2418 295 678 124 14 72 311 25 29 287 411 .280 .362 .433 .795 367.3  
162 Game Average 490 62 121 19 2 8 66 1 2 51 91 .247 .324 .350 .674 55.5  
Career Highs 136 472 55 128 24 3 10 78 4 5 51 87 .347 .383 .440 .823 58.7  
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   2215 284 528 82 9 41 304 5 8 207 401 .238 .307 .339 .646 232.2
vs LH   1402 176 367 61 6 25 187 6 8 176 273 .262 .349 .367 .717 182.7
Home 579 1751 204 406 47 7 26 211 6 4 175 326 .232 .305 .311 .617 171.7
Away 616 1866 256 489 96 8 40 280 5 12 208 348 .262 .341 .386 .727 243.1
RISP   975 0 255 44 4 16 395 0 0 112 177 .262 .333 .364 .697 123.3
Pinch Hitting   179 26 52 9 1 5 36 0 0 18 31 .291 .360 .436 .796 27.1
Close/Late   463 58 134 20 1 12 82 0 0 53 72 .289 .366 .415 .781 69.7
Mar/Apr 174 516 65 134 24 5 9 67 0 1 57 102 .260 .336 .378 .714 65.8
May 201 614 79 172 19 2 15 97 2 5 57 100 .280 .346 .391 .736 81.1
June 196 605 75 137 27 2 8 68 2 3 73 115 .226 .313 .317 .630 62.3
July 184 545 75 136 27 1 8 85 3 0 64 106 .250 .334 .347 .681 65.0
August 175 529 68 136 21 3 13 77 0 1 55 104 .257 .328 .382 .710 67.1
Sep/Oct 265 808 98 180 25 2 13 97 4 6 77 147 .223 .297 .307 .604 73.5
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
1964 21 OAK AL C 22 22 191.7 124 11 0 1 1.000 6.34 12 6 .500 0 0.2
1965 22 OAK AL C 21 21 179.0 142 11 0 0 1.000 7.69 18 8 .444 0 0.6
1966 23 OAK AL 1B 22 22 189.0 240 12 5 21 .981 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1967 24 OAK AL C 65 65 547.3 452 28 2 0 .996 7.89 43 16 .372 0 3.6
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1968 25 OAK AL C 63 61 513.3 435 31 5 0 .989 8.17 49 17 .347 1 3.3
    1B 10 10 85.0 90 7 0 3 1.000 10.27 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1969 26 OAK AL C 79 77 642.3 492 34 2 1 .996 7.37 39 24 .615 0 4.2
    1B 11 11 95.7 122 8 0 13 1.000 12.23 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1970 27 OAK AL C 62 60 529.7 395 25 2 0 .995 7.14 47 18 .383 1 3.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
1971 28 OAK AL C 80 77 683.3 502 51 2 2 .996 7.28 79 34 .430 4 5.6
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 29 OAK AL C 56 54 451.0 293 29 3 1 .991 6.43 50 22 .440 2 2.7
    CF 1 0 3.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.92 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 30 OAK AL C 129 123 1127.3 733 56 10 0 .987 6.30 97 39 .402 2 5.9
1974 31 OAK AL C 125 123 1084.0 636 66 10 1 .986 5.83 119 45 .378 6 7.3
    SS 1 0 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 32 MIN AL C 107 97 894.7 487 57 8 0 .986 5.47 109 41 .376 3 5.0
    2B 19 19 166.0 41 52 0 17 1.000 5.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1976 33 COL NL C 15 13 101.0 73 4 1 0 .987 6.86 5 1 .200 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 34 COL NL C 23 21 181.7 108 9 0 1 1.000 5.80 11 4 .364 2 0.9
1978 35 CLE AL C 34 22 218.0 124 9 0 0 1.000 5.49 21 7 .333 1 0.7
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 36 CLE AL C 31 26 241.7 126 14 1 0 .993 5.21 20 8 .400 0 1.1
  C 912 862 7586.0 5122 435 46 7 .992 6.59 719 290 .403 22 44.5
  1B 43 43 369.7 452 27 5 37 .990 11.66 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  2B 20 19 168.7 42 53 0 17 1.000 5.07 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 3 0 12.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 5 0 11.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   988 924 8155.6 5623 519 51 61 .992 6.78 719 290 .403 22 45.7
Career Highs   129 123 1127.3 733 109 10 21 1.000 12.00 119 45 .615 6  
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 24 OAK AL 5 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
1970 27 OAK AL 8 21 5 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .286 .318 .476 .794
1971 28 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1973 30 OAK AL 17 66 9 17 5 0 0 4 0 1 8 10 .258 .333 .333 .667
1977 34 COL NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 33 104 14 25 6 0 1 7 1 1 9 19 .240 .298 .327 .625
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Colorado in 1962
Injured on 4/14/1963 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Colorado to Oakland on 4/2/1964 (Going to COL: SS Jim Brideweser, SS Leo Cardenas, P Gene Conley. Going to OAK: C Andy Etchebarren, 1B Billy Klaus, RF Lou Clinton, P Mickey Lolich)
Had first career hit on 9/1/1964, off Chuck Stobbs (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 9/5/1964, off Don Drysdale (NYA)
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,536,429 through salary arbitration
7/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Oakland to Minnesota on 2/7/1975 (Going to OAK: SS Rafael Robles. Going to MIN: C Andy Etchebarren)
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/26/1976 to a 2-year deal worth $528,376 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/5/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $750,000 per year
4/3/1978: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (A)