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Ozzie
Virgil		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 17, 1933 in D.R., , MONTE CRISTI
 
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
1956 23 MON NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1957 24 MON NL     4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1958 25 MON NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1959 26 MON NL     4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 7
1960 27 TAM AL     5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8
1961 28 TAM AL     5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 9 8 8
1962 29 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8
1963 30 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 8
1964 31 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 7
1965 32 KCR AL $ 350,000   5 5 6 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7
1966 33 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 7 6 7
1967 34 COL NL $ 350,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6
1968 35 MON NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 9 8 8
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
1956 23 AA   31 123 17 39 6 1 6 12 3 0 9 11 .317 .364 .528 .892 22.5  
    A   106 407 61 115 15 0 24 78 6 5 44 34 .283 .353 .496 .849 69.8  
1957 24 AA   137 556 69 169 18 1 26 76 9 7 43 64 .304 .354 .480 .834 90.3  
1958 25 AA   137 595 92 148 15 2 29 70 9 12 37 61 .249 .293 .427 .720 73.1  
1959 26 AA   137 567 57 138 18 4 17 68 6 11 25 65 .243 .275 .379 .655 56.0  
1960 27 AA   137 561 68 150 14 5 19 66 8 8 30 68 .267 .305 .412 .716 68.3  
1961 28 AA   137 599 86 189 23 4 30 79 11 9 40 60 .316 .358 .518 .876 103.3  
1962 29 TAM AL 65 72 9 13 2 1 1 6 0 0 3 10 .181 .213 .278 .491 2.7 0.0
1963 30 TAM AL 92 187 17 44 0 2 1 13 1 0 5 13 .235 .255 .273 .528 10.4 0.0
1964 31 TAM AL 114 376 35 83 8 4 2 28 0 0 13 56 .221 .248 .279 .527 21.8 0.0
1965 32 TAM AL 15 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 .074 .138 .074 .212 -1.3 0.0
  KCR AL 34 92 9 20 2 1 1 5 2 3 3 12 .217 .250 .293 .543 5.1 0.0
  TOT   49 119 11 22 2 1 1 5 2 4 5 18 .185 .224 .244 .468 3.8 0.0
1966 33 COL NL 99 249 27 59 7 1 4 27 0 1 5 48 .237 .250 .321 .571 18.5 1.2
1967 34 COL NL 109 237 25 59 6 1 2 16 4 1 10 31 .249 .279 .308 .587 18.9 2.3
1968 35 AA   137 497 57 129 18 4 11 62 6 14 42 64 .260 .317 .378 .696 56.5  
6 Years Sim 528 1240 124 280 25 10 11 95 7 6 41 176 .226 .251 .289 .540 76.2 3.5
7 Years AA 853 3498 446 962 112 21 138 433 52 61 226 393 .275 .319 .437 .756 469.9  
1 Years A 106 407 61 115 15 0 24 78 6 5 44 34 .283 .352 .496 .848 69.8  
8 Years Minors 959 3905 507 1077 127 21 162 511 58 66 270 427 .276 .322 .444 .766 539.7  
162 Game Average 380 38 85 7 3 3 29 2 1 12 54 .226 .251 .289 .540 23.4  
Career Highs 114 376 35 83 8 4 4 28 4 4 13 56 .249 .279 .321 .587 21.8  
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   699 74 151 13 5 8 58 5 4 21 92 .216 .239 .283 .523 42.7
vs LH   541 50 129 12 5 3 37 2 2 20 84 .238 .266 .296 .562 39.6
Home 241 554 48 119 8 3 7 48 1 2 17 86 .215 .239 .278 .517 33.0
Away 287 686 76 161 17 7 4 47 6 4 24 90 .235 .261 .297 .559 49.3
RISP   269 0 48 3 0 4 74 0 0 5 46 .178 .194 .234 .428 8.9
Pinch Hitting   79 10 22 2 0 1 7 1 0 4 3 .278 .313 .342 .655 8.4
Close/Late   188 30 42 3 1 0 10 0 0 6 23 .223 .247 .250 .497 10.2
Mar/Apr 103 198 22 42 6 0 1 14 2 2 9 34 .212 .249 .258 .506 11.1
May 112 331 32 74 3 5 2 21 0 1 9 54 .224 .246 .281 .527 20.3
June 84 195 14 43 3 1 2 13 0 0 6 19 .221 .244 .277 .521 12.0
July 71 152 16 39 4 0 2 12 0 1 6 20 .257 .285 .322 .607 13.1
August 83 193 22 40 5 2 3 19 2 1 7 28 .207 .233 .301 .533 12.7
Sep/Oct 75 171 18 42 4 2 1 16 3 1 4 21 .246 .263 .310 .573 13.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1962 29 TAM AL SS 41 10 164.3 26 69 2 20 .979 5.20 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    3B 8 2 24.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 8 0 15.0 0 14 0 0 1.000 8.40 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 3 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 30 TAM AL SS 28 13 156.3 28 65 4 14 .959 5.35 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 18 15 143.0 9 33 7 4 .857 2.64 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 23 6 93.0 21 37 0 11 1.000 5.61 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 7 3 34.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 5 0 5.0 8 0 0 1 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 31 TAM AL 3B 43 42 370.7 31 85 7 12 .943 2.82 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    SS 28 24 226.0 25 93 2 16 .983 4.70 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    2B 30 22 207.3 59 100 5 25 .970 6.90 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    C 8 6 54.0 35 2 0 0 1.000 6.17 4 1 .250 0 0.3
    RF 3 0 4.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1965 32 TAM AL SS 3 2 17.9 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 2 2 17.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.05 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 2 15.5 3 7 0 3 1.000 5.81 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 2 1 9.1 5 1 0 0 1.000 5.93 1 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 3.1 4 1 0 0 1.000 14.52 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  KCR AL SS 7 6 58.4 10 21 1 5 .969 4.78 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 6 5 57.9 5 15 2 2 .909 3.11 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 7 6 50.5 9 24 0 9 1.000 5.88 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 4 3 29.6 17 2 0 0 1.000 5.78 3 2 .667 0 0.1
    1B 3 1 10.2 12 2 0 1 1.000 12.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 10 8 76.3 13 28 1 6 .976 4.84   0.4
      3B 8 7 75.6 7 19 2 3 .929 3.10   0.2
      2B 10 8 66.0 12 31 0 12 1.000 5.86   0.3
      C 6 4 38.7 22 3 0 0 1.000 5.81 4 2 .500 0 0.2
      1B 5 1 13.3 16 3 0 1 1.000 12.86   0.0
      LF 1 0 5.6 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.0
      RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1966 33 COL NL SS 19 17 161.0 29 71 4 11 .962 5.59 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    1B 16 14 120.0 108 12 1 7 .992 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 15 11 95.0 15 25 1 5 .976 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 10 9 76.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 7 4 41.0 13 0 1 0 .929 2.85 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 6 1 19.0 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 34 COL NL SS 17 15 129.0 22 36 2 10 .967 4.05 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 20 12 110.7 27 37 2 11 .970 5.21 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 13 12 100.0 115 5 1 4 .992 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 10 10 85.3 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.11 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 6 5 45.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 8.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 143 87 913.0 143 362 15 77 .971 4.98 0 0 .000 0 4.8
  3B 85 67 640.6 51 150 16 19 .926 2.82 0 0 .000 0 1.7
  2B 106 59 587.0 134 244 8 64 .979 5.80 0 0 .000 0 3.4
  1B 42 27 243.3 250 20 2 13 .993 9.99 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  RF 28 17 167.0 38 1 1 0 .975 2.10 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  LF 22 14 137.6 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  C 18 10 98.4 59 5 0 0 1.000 5.86 8 3 .375 0 0.5
  CF 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   445 281 2790.8 710 783 42 173 .973 4.81 8 3 .375 0 11.8
Career Highs   113 94 863.7 191 281 14 53 .984 5.30 4 2 .500 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
1964 31 TAM AL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1967 34 COL NL 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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  1. Gil English (989)
  2. Edgar Diaz (976)
  3. Ricky Adams (969)
  4. Ed Jurak (968)
  5. Mario Diaz (967)
  6. Dave Nelson (965)
  7. Tim Jones (964)
  8. Jim Lentine (963)
  9. Vic Barnhart (958)
  10. Alex Grammas (957)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 52nd overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Traded from Montreal to Tampa Bay on 7/31/1960 (Going to TAM: P Ralph Lumenti, P Stan Williams, CF Gary Geiger, 2B Julio Gotay, C Ozzie Virgil. Going to MON: RF Steve Bilko, C Stan Lopata, P Diomedes Olivo)
3/23/1962: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Had first career hit on 4/2/1962, off Bobby Tiefenauer (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1962, off Joey Jay (COL)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1965: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Kansas City on 5/1/1965 (Going to KCR: CF Bob Hazle, SS Ozzie Virgil, CF Barry Shetrone. Going to TAM: RF Bob Skinner)
6/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $300,000 per year, for 2 years
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/1/1966 (Going to COL: C Johnny Roseboro, SS Ozzie Virgil, P Bill Landis, P Rudy May. Going to KCR: P Gene Conley, C Billy Bryan)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 4/2/1968 to a minor league deal
 
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