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Sixto
Lezcano		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 28, 1953 in P.R., , ARECIBO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1977   
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
1974 20 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
1975 21 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1976 22 KCR AL     5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1977 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5
1978 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 5 5
1979 25 KCR AL $ 1,278,571   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1980 26 BAL AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 9 9 9 5 5 5
1981 27 BAL AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 9 9 5 5 5
1982 28 BAL AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 9 10 6 5 5
1983 29 BAL AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 10 5 5 5
1984 30 BAL AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
1985 31 BAL AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9 5 5 5
1986 32 BAL AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 4 4
1987 33 BAL AL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 4 4 4
1988 34 BAL AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
1989 35 BAL AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 6 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
1974 20 KCR AL 74 293 34 59 9 2 9 37 6 4 26 57 .201 .262 .338 .600 26.3 0.0
    AAA   81 330 47 85 14 0 11 34 5 2 42 54 .258 .341 .400 .741 46.9  
1975 21 KCR AL 64 188 28 42 9 0 10 33 0 0 22 37 .223 .303 .431 .734 24.9 3.4
1976 22 AAA   137 558 98 170 32 3 26 91 7 8 91 100 .305 .402 .513 .915 110.5  
1977 23 KCR AL 89 259 37 61 15 0 11 48 0 1 37 67 .236 .329 .421 .750 36.2 5.6
1978 24 KCR AL 121 395 59 105 13 1 11 57 0 0 34 83 .266 .324 .387 .712 51.2 8.2
1979 25 KCR AL 155 491 55 94 18 2 8 47 1 0 60 113 .191 .279 .285 .565 40.1 1.8
1980 26 KCR AL 52 176 19 34 7 0 3 20 1 1 12 38 .193 .242 .284 .526 11.6 0.0
  BAL AL 61 150 18 37 6 1 3 27 0 1 27 26 .247 .358 .360 .718 21.0 2.9
  TOT   113 326 37 71 13 1 6 47 1 2 39 64 .218 .298 .319 .617 32.6 2.9
1981 27 BAL AL 107 301 38 69 15 1 4 39 4 2 38 70 .229 .314 .326 .640 33.5 4.7
1982 28 BAL AL 57 85 14 20 3 0 2 9 0 0 10 20 .235 .316 .341 .657 8.1 1.1
1983 29 BAL AL 89 200 26 54 8 2 8 30 0 3 29 32 .270 .365 .450 .815 29.1 5.9
1984 30 BAL AL 111 273 42 63 10 0 12 47 2 1 35 57 .231 .315 .399 .714 36.6 6.4
1985 31 BAL AL 73 118 15 34 3 0 4 16 0 0 11 28 .288 .346 .415 .761 17.4 3.7
1986 32 BAL AL 30 19 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 .263 .364 .316 .679 1.7 0.2
1987 33 BAL AL 55 170 21 36 10 0 2 19 1 0 26 48 .212 .316 .306 .622 17.7 2.0
    AAA   79 291 44 76 14 0 15 70 1 1 54 67 .261 .377 .464 .841 52.8  
1988 34 BAL AL 21 63 8 15 5 0 0 8 1 0 7 18 .238 .310 .317 .627 7.1 1.0
1989 35 AAA   137 571 84 136 11 4 26 70 5 6 64 167 .238 .315 .408 .723 76.0  
14 Years Sim 1159 3181 417 728 132 9 87 440 16 13 377 694 .229 .309 .358 .667 362.6 46.8
4 Years AAA 434 1750 273 467 71 7 78 265 18 17 251 388 .267 .358 .449 .807 286.2  
162 Game Average 444 58 101 18 1 12 61 2 1 52 97 .229 .309 .358 .667 50.7  
Career Highs 155 491 59 105 18 2 12 57 6 4 60 113 .288 .365 .450 .815 51.2  
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   1738 232 377 60 5 43 207 9 8 195 386 .217 .296 .331 .627 179.5
vs LH   1443 185 351 72 4 44 233 7 5 182 308 .243 .325 .390 .716 191.6
Home 594 1638 217 373 60 0 56 234 5 7 194 356 .228 .308 .367 .675 195.5
Away 565 1543 200 355 72 9 31 206 11 6 183 338 .230 .310 .349 .659 175.6
RISP   807 0 195 38 3 25 344 0 0 117 167 .242 .329 .389 .719 112.0
Pinch Hitting   193 31 50 5 0 6 34 0 0 27 40 .259 .347 .378 .725 27.2
Close/Late   449 51 111 21 0 10 56 0 0 61 103 .247 .337 .361 .697 57.8
Mar/Apr 162 427 51 95 16 0 9 63 0 0 55 98 .222 .309 .323 .632 46.3
May 193 495 68 97 17 0 14 59 1 1 54 111 .196 .272 .315 .587 45.4
June 171 437 74 113 19 2 13 61 4 1 62 73 .259 .349 .400 .749 64.4
July 185 552 76 130 25 1 20 84 1 2 71 106 .236 .323 .393 .716 73.0
August 233 678 79 167 31 2 22 109 7 1 79 158 .246 .324 .395 .719 90.8
Sep/Oct 214 592 69 126 24 4 9 64 3 8 56 148 .213 .280 .313 .592 51.2
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
1974 20 KCR AL 2B 63 63 550.7 147 224 8 49 .979 6.06   2.2
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 21 KCR AL 2B 47 46 397.7 94 179 9 43 .968 6.18   1.8
    LF 3 0 20.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
    RF 2 0 5.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.75    
    SS 2 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75   0.0
1977 23 KCR AL 2B 53 46 424.3 65 179 7 35 .972 5.18   1.9
    LF 11 10 89.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.6
    RF 11 8 78.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    CF 11 6 69.0 23 0 1 0 .958 3.00    
1978 24 KCR AL RF 58 58 512.7 133 2 1 1 .993 2.37   1.8
    2B 55 49 441.3 87 196 5 34 .983 5.77   2.5
    CF 6 4 37.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.43    
    LF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1979 25 KCR AL RF 95 95 801.7 176 2 2 1 .989 2.00   2.6
    2B 37 36 323.0 67 135 2 24 .990 5.63   1.8
1980 26 KCR AL CF 9 6 63.8 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.26   0.2
    RF 2 0 4.8 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BAL AL CF 11 6 60.2 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.2
    RF 3 0 4.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   CF 20 12 124.0 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.4
      RF 5 0 9.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.94   0.0
      LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1981 27 BAL AL RF 31 30 254.0 55 1 2 0 .966 1.98   1.1
    LF 18 15 143.3 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.70    
    CF 24 6 75.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.78    
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1982 28 BAL AL CF 36 8 118.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.6
    RF 6 3 31.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.19    
    LF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
    2B 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 29 BAL AL CF 25 0 40.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.88   0.2
    LF 2 0 6.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.84    
    RF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1984 30 BAL AL CF 24 12 125.0 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.6
    LF 17 0 38.7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.86    
    RF 3 1 13.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 31 BAL AL CF 22 7 106.0 17 0 3 0 .850 1.44   0.3
    LF 17 4 65.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.37    
    RF 5 3 30.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.40    
    2B 4 0 25.7 7 13 1 2 .952 7.01   0.2
    SS 6 0 7.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.0
1986 32 BAL AL 2B 14 0 32.0 11 12 0 1 1.000 6.47   0.2
    SS 8 0 16.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.94   0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 33 BAL AL 1B 45 44 358.0 387 33 7 32 .984 10.56   0.6
    LF 9 6 56.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.45   0.1
    2B 5 0 9.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
    CF 1 0 5.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07    
    SS 1 0 4.3 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.24   0.0
1988 34 BAL AL CF 4 4 32.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.3
    1B 5 4 30.7 36 1 0 4 1.000 10.86   0.1
    RF 5 2 28.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.83    
    LF 3 1 14.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21    
    2B 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  2B 288 240 2218.6 486 943 32 190 .978 5.80   10.7
  RF 224 201 1777.9 420 5 5 2 .988 2.15   5.5
  CF 173 59 733.0 186 0 4 0 .979 2.28   2.4
  LF 90 39 473.3 93 0 0 0 1.000 1.77   0.8
  1B 50 48 388.7 423 34 7 36 .985 10.58   0.7
  SS 17 0 31.3 7 9 1 2 .941 4.60   0.1
  3B 2 1 10.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
Career Totals   844 588 5632.9 1615 994 49 230 .982 4.17   20.3
Career Highs   132 131 1124.7 404 224 10 49 1.000 9.01    
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
1975 21 KCR AL 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333
1977 23 KCR AL 11 24 5 6 0 1 2 3 0 0 3 5 .250 .357 .583 .940
1978 24 KCR AL 7 23 0 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 5 5 .348 .433 .348 .781
1979 25 KCR AL 14 49 8 14 4 1 0 5 0 0 6 9 .286 .357 .408 .765
1981 27 BAL AL 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
1987 33 BAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1988 34 BAL AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 40 107 14 31 4 2 2 18 0 0 14 24 .290 .368 .421 .789
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
1979-5-155
 Strikeouts
1979-5-113
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Rusty Torres (951)
  2. Mike Jorgensen (941)
  3. Al Luplow (934)
  4. Ron Jackson (932)
  5. Mike Lum (931)
  6. Willie Aikens (927)
  7. Harry Simpson (925)
  8. Ed Bouchee (921)
  9. Dick Sisler (918)
  10. Len Matuszek (914)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1974
Had first career hit (homerun) on 7/4/1974, off Cecil Butler (TAM)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/13/1975
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 1977
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
9/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Kansas City to Baltimore on 7/1/1980 (Going to KCR: P Luis Aponte, 3B Luis Salazar. Going to BAL: 2B Sixto Lezcano, P Rob Gardner)
10/28/1983: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/31/1986 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 3-4 weeks
10/31/1987: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $510,000 per year, for 2 years
3/4/1988: Signed a minor league contract extension with Baltimore
Released by Baltimore on 10/27/1988
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 4/3/1989 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/28/1989 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 6 days
 
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