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Damaso
Garcia		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: February 7, 1955 in D.R., , MOCA
 
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
1978 23 DET AL     5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
1979 24 DET AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
1980 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8
1981 26 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1982 27 DET AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1983 28 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 5 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1984 29 KCR AL $ 350,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 8 9
1985 30 KCR AL $ 400,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 8 9
1986 31 KCR AL $ 400,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9
1987 32 KCR AL $ 400,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 7 6 6 1 1 1 9 8 8
1988 33 KCR AL $ 400,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
1989 34 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 7 7
1990 35 KCR AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 5 4 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 4 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 6 6 1 1 1 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
1978 23 AAA   3 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 0.7  
    AA   133 544 44 144 20 3 8 51 15 13 26 25 .265 .298 .357 .655 54.5  
1979 24 AAA   137 576 66 163 20 4 9 62 16 4 25 21 .283 .313 .378 .691 67.0  
1980 25 DET AL 22 7 8 2 0 0 1 4 2 0 1 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089 1.5 0.1
1981 26 DET AL 34 42 8 12 2 1 1 5 2 2 0 0 .286 .286 .452 .738 4.9 0.7
1982 27 DET AL 23 10 3 3 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 .300 .300 .500 .800 1.6 0.5
1983 28 DET AL 75 159 17 33 6 0 1 12 10 5 1 13 .208 .213 .264 .477 7.1 0.0
1984 29 DET AL 55 200 18 54 12 2 2 26 7 3 4 24 .270 .291 .380 .671 19.1 2.8
  KCR AL 22 47 5 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 .128 .128 .191 .319 -0.5 0.0
  TOT   77 247 23 60 12 2 3 27 9 4 4 27 .243 .261 .344 .605 18.6 2.8
1985 30 KCR AL 149 549 68 152 34 5 2 43 5 3 11 42 .277 .291 .368 .658 51.3 6.2
1986 31 KCR AL 149 553 62 161 31 4 5 64 15 4 14 42 .291 .309 .389 .698 60.7 10.6
1987 32 KCR AL 152 570 59 154 24 9 4 80 0 0 13 45 .270 .285 .365 .650 55.6 4.4
1988 33 KCR AL 40 128 19 43 16 3 0 17 0 0 1 7 .336 .338 .508 .846 19.8 4.7
1989 34 KCR AL 124 420 54 123 21 5 1 38 0 0 10 55 .293 .311 .374 .685 45.7 7.4
1990 35 KCR AL 147 512 45 140 20 6 3 41 0 1 9 58 .273 .290 .354 .643 43.8 2.8
11 Years Sim 992 3197 366 883 166 36 21 335 44 19 64 289 .276 .291 .370 .662 310.5 40.3
2 Years AAA 140 587 67 166 20 4 9 62 16 4 25 21 .283 .318 .376 .694 67.7  
1 Years AA 133 544 44 144 20 3 8 51 15 13 26 25 .265 .298 .357 .654 54.5  
3 Years Minors 273 1131 111 310 40 7 17 113 31 17 51 46 .274 .308 .367 .675 122.2  
162 Game Average 522 59 144 27 5 3 54 7 3 10 47 .276 .291 .370 .662 50.7  
Career Highs 152 570 68 161 34 9 5 80 15 5 14 58 .336 .375 .714 1.089 60.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2337 256 628 114 30 16 231 34 15 44 220 .269 .283 .364 .647 222.5
vs LH   860 109 255 52 6 5 104 10 4 20 69 .297 .312 .388 .701 96.1
Home 507 1598 175 434 80 18 9 168 22 11 33 141 .272 .287 .361 .648 152.7
Away 485 1599 191 449 86 18 12 167 22 8 31 148 .281 .296 .380 .675 166.0
RISP   755 0 206 39 8 8 286 0 0 15 62 .273 .287 .377 .664 75.8
Pinch Hitting   19 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .316 .350 .316 .666 2.1
Close/Late   365 70 104 16 5 4 36 0 0 10 44 .285 .302 .389 .691 40.3
Mar/Apr 193 660 94 207 51 11 3 86 10 6 9 56 .314 .322 .438 .760 82.9
May 176 606 56 160 24 9 3 65 11 4 14 58 .264 .280 .348 .629 55.6
June 155 530 51 148 23 6 3 55 6 0 11 55 .279 .295 .362 .657 53.3
July 144 468 45 112 21 1 1 33 6 2 11 34 .239 .257 .295 .552 32.1
August 151 479 64 135 24 7 7 51 3 2 11 41 .282 .301 .405 .706 53.8
Sep/Oct 160 454 53 121 23 2 4 45 7 4 8 45 .267 .281 .352 .633 41.1
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
1980 25 DET AL SS 3 0 11.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 6.55   0.1
    2B 3 0 8.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.20   0.0
    3B 4 0 6.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.0
1981 26 DET AL SS 15 5 64.7 5 25 0 5 1.000 4.18   0.3
    2B 6 3 34.0 6 14 1 1 .952 5.29   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1982 27 DET AL 3B 4 1 15.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    SS 8 0 12.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 3.75   0.0
    2B 3 0 6.3 1 4 0 2 1.000 7.11   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 28 DET AL 2B 22 15 134.0 32 52 3 12 .966 5.64   0.3
    3B 20 15 131.0 7 40 0 2 1.000 3.23   0.6
    SS 23 12 112.0 19 51 4 7 .946 5.63   0.5
1984 29 DET AL 2B 28 25 263.2 48 116 5 24 .970 5.61   0.7
    SS 16 9 107.0 23 50 1 12 .986 6.14   0.7
    3B 9 8 79.9 4 18 1 2 .957 2.48   0.1
    LF 1 0 5.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.58   0.0
  KCR AL 2B 11 10 59.8 11 26 1 5 .974 5.57   0.4
    SS 6 3 24.3 5 11 0 3 1.000 5.93   0.2
    3B 4 3 18.1 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.49   0.1
    LF 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 39 35 323.0 59 142 6 29 .971 5.60   1.1
      SS 22 12 131.3 28 61 1 15 .989 6.10   0.9
      3B 13 11 98.0 5 22 1 3 .964 2.48   0.2
      LF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1985 30 KCR AL SS 147 145 1290.7 219 568 14 103 .983 5.49   6.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 31 KCR AL SS 147 145 1299.3 231 584 20 104 .976 5.65   8.0
    2B 1 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1987 32 KCR AL SS 152 150 1366.0 227 596 22 113 .974 5.42   5.0
1988 33 KCR AL SS 36 34 302.0 61 131 3 22 .985 5.72   0.6
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 34 KCR AL 2B 113 111 955.3 221 468 15 85 .979 6.49   3.5
    SS 5 5 41.0 7 30 0 7 1.000 8.12   0.2
    3B 4 4 33.0 4 8 1 0 .923 3.27   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 35 KCR AL SS 100 96 830.7 152 379 5 80 .991 5.75   4.5
    2B 41 38 332.7 85 156 7 38 .972 6.52   1.2
    3B 4 0 11.7 1 4 1 0 .833 3.86   0.0
  SS 658 604 5460.6 955 2432 69 458 .980 5.58   26.1
  2B 230 202 1800.6 407 841 32 167 .975 6.24   6.4
  3B 54 31 300.0 19 78 3 5 .970 2.91   1.0
  LF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   946 837 7572.2 1386 3351 104 630 .979 5.63   33.5
Career Highs   152 150 1366.0 238 596 22 118 1.000 6.45    
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
1980 25 DET AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 27 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1984 29 KCR AL 11 42 2 9 1 0 0 6 1 1 2 4 .214 .250 .238 .488
1986 31 KCR AL 13 52 12 18 4 1 1 8 0 1 0 9 .346 .346 .519 .865
1987 32 KCR AL 7 24 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .292 .320 .292 .612
Career Post-Season Batting 34 120 14 34 5 1 1 15 1 2 3 15 .283 .301 .367 .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.
Triples
1987-2-9
1990-10-6
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 45th overall pick, by Detroit in 1978
Injured on 5/30/1978 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/24/1980, off Steve Crawford (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 9/17/1980, off Dwight Bernard (OAK)
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City 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)
7/31/1984: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/27/1985 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1986, hitting .652 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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