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Tony
Armas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: July 2, 1953 in Venezuela, , ANZOATEGU
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1985    1987   
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
1976 22 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1977 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1978 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1979 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1980 26 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1981 27 WAS NL $ 2,307,143   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 28 WAS NL $ 2,307,143   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1983 29 WAS NL $ 2,307,143   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 30 DET AL $ 6,100,111   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1985 31 DET AL $ 6,100,111   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1986 32 BAL AL $ 6,100,111   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1987 33 BAL AL $ 6,100,111   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1988 34 MIN AL $ 9,090,765   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
1989 35 MIN AL     6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,090,765   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 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
1976 22 WAS NL 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
    AA   135 550 85 163 32 5 37 115 5 9 44 95 .296 .348 .575 .923 101.8  
1977 23 WAS NL 25 81 6 17 5 0 1 6 1 0 3 17 .210 .235 .309 .544 5.4 0.0
    AAA   61 228 31 55 12 0 12 39 3 2 17 37 .241 .294 .452 .746 30.5  
1978 24 WAS NL 152 520 61 149 23 4 17 82 3 3 19 78 .287 .311 .444 .755 66.2 12.1
1979 25 WAS NL 143 530 56 114 17 6 11 75 2 1 15 80 .215 .235 .332 .567 38.0 0.0
1980 26 WAS NL 150 557 67 143 25 1 18 63 2 4 23 84 .257 .286 .402 .688 61.9 10.3
1981 27 WAS NL 140 472 62 117 19 4 14 55 3 5 24 89 .248 .283 .394 .677 47.3 7.7
1982 28 WAS NL 18 13 6 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .231 .231 .308 .538 -0.2 0.0
1983 29 WAS NL 96 241 30 63 12 0 11 47 3 2 18 30 .261 .308 .448 .756 34.6 7.5
1984 30 KCR AL 76 322 44 78 13 2 13 40 1 0 16 45 .242 .276 .416 .693 36.1 5.7
  DET AL 77 299 40 74 17 2 9 37 1 0 22 52 .247 .297 .408 .705 34.9 5.8
  TOT   153 621 84 152 30 4 22 77 2 0 38 97 .245 .287 .412 .699 71.0 11.5
1985 31 DET AL 157 607 94 194 44 3 28 116 5 5 32 85 .320 .350 .540 .890 104.2 21.7
1986 32 BAL AL 126 321 49 88 16 2 10 52 4 2 23 59 .274 .323 .430 .753 42.0 7.6
1987 33 BAL AL 153 606 90 191 32 4 20 102 6 5 27 111 .315 .342 .480 .822 88.2 18.2
1988 34 MIN AL 141 550 80 171 30 11 15 88 1 0 25 120 .311 .341 .487 .829 79.8 16.5
1989 35 MIN AL 101 330 39 70 14 2 5 45 0 1 27 87 .212 .270 .312 .582 26.1 1.1
14 Years Sim 1562 5450 725 1472 268 41 172 810 32 29 274 937 .270 .303 .429 .732 663.9 114.2
1 Years AAA 61 228 31 55 12 0 12 39 3 2 17 37 .241 .292 .452 .744 30.5  
1 Years AA 135 550 85 163 32 5 37 115 5 9 44 95 .296 .346 .575 .920 101.8  
2 Years Minors 196 778 116 218 44 5 49 154 8 11 61 132 .280 .330 .539 .868 132.3  
162 Game Average 565 75 152 27 4 17 84 3 3 28 97 .270 .303 .429 .732 68.9  
Career Highs 157 621 94 194 44 11 28 116 6 5 38 120 .320 .350 .540 .890 104.2  
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   3785 497 986 180 25 119 546 18 24 166 659 .261 .290 .416 .705 441.3
vs LH   1665 228 486 88 16 53 264 14 5 108 278 .292 .334 .459 .794 245.3
Home 774 2661 357 732 142 21 89 411 19 10 128 447 .275 .307 .445 .752 350.8
Away 785 2789 368 740 126 20 83 399 13 19 146 490 .265 .300 .414 .714 335.7
RISP   1401 0 386 72 10 51 593 0 0 85 235 .276 .309 .450 .759 193.6
Pinch Hitting   127 21 33 6 0 4 22 0 0 4 21 .260 .280 .402 .682 13.9
Close/Late   713 81 181 33 5 22 115 0 0 39 126 .254 .290 .407 .697 83.3
Mar/Apr 249 876 134 229 50 6 23 116 7 6 50 140 .261 .302 .411 .713 104.6
May 291 1031 124 263 54 7 30 165 4 2 43 193 .255 .282 .408 .691 116.3
June 254 924 110 238 37 13 36 147 3 5 44 162 .258 .290 .443 .733 116.0
July 223 802 111 240 44 6 24 137 9 8 36 148 .299 .327 .459 .786 112.8
August 259 904 126 270 45 4 32 126 6 5 47 138 .299 .332 .463 .796 131.7
Sep/Oct 286 913 120 232 38 5 27 119 3 3 54 156 .254 .293 .395 .689 105.0
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
1976 22 WAS NL CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 23 WAS NL CF 18 17 134.0 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.4
1978 24 WAS NL CF 148 146 1231.3 323 13 8 1 .977 2.46   2.1
1979 25 WAS NL CF 134 133 1143.7 319 9 9 3 .973 2.58   4.0
    RF 6 0 17.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53    
1980 26 WAS NL CF 148 147 1320.7 372 9 3 1 .992 2.60   6.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1981 27 WAS NL CF 136 128 1136.3 338 6 5 0 .986 2.72   3.1
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1982 28 WAS NL CF 10 3 31.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.56   0.1
1983 29 WAS NL CF 49 41 367.0 91 0 1 0 .989 2.23   1.6
    RF 18 11 113.0 26 0 1 0 .963 2.07    
1984 30 KCR AL CF 74 74 679.1 182 5 7 1 .964 2.48   1.6
    RF 1 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  DET AL CF 74 74 643.2 173 5 6 1 .967 2.49   1.2
    RF 2 0 1.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
  TOT   CF 148 148 1322.3 355 10 13 2 .966 2.48   2.8
      RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1985 31 DET AL CF 143 141 1274.0 348 9 11 1 .970 2.52   4.5
    RF 12 5 59.7 9 0 1 0 .900 1.36    
1986 32 BAL AL CF 58 9 182.3 41 4 1 3 .978 2.22   1.1
    RF 9 9 78.0 22 2 1 0 .960 2.77    
    3B 2 1 9.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.96   0.0
    SS 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.0
1987 33 BAL AL RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1988 34 MIN AL CF 137 135 1193.3 310 7 6 4 .981 2.39   4.7
    RF 4 0 16.0 4 0 1 0 .800 2.25    
1989 35 MIN AL CF 49 45 399.3 112 1 5 1 .958 2.55   2.5
    RF 21 18 165.0 37 3 0 0 1.000 2.18    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1181 1093 9739.9 2652 69 62 16 .978 2.51   32.8
  RF 76 43 458.7 101 5 4 0 .964 2.08   0.0
  3B 3 1 10.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87   0.0
  SS 3 0 4.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1264 1137 10214.3 2756 76 66 16 .977 2.50   32.9
Career Highs   155 148 1333.7 373 13 13 4 1.000 2.72    
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
1979 25 WAS NL 5 15 3 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .733 1.000
1981 27 WAS NL 4 9 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333
1986 32 BAL AL 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .200 .273 .200 .473
1987 33 BAL AL 13 46 6 14 1 1 3 8 0 2 3 8 .304 .347 .565 .912
Career Post-Season Batting 26 80 12 21 3 1 5 13 0 2 4 14 .263 .298 .513 .810
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.
Batting Average
1985-5-.320
1987-10-.315
1988-7-.311
 Slugging Pct
1985-3-.540
 OPS
1985-3-.890
 XR
1985-3-104.2
 Games
1985-1-157
 At-Bats
1984-2-621
1985-5-607
1987-8-606
Runs
1985-10-94
 Hits
1985-3-194
1987-4-191
 Total Bases
1985-3-328
1987-8-291
 Singles
1987-7-135
 Doubles
1985-3-44
 Triples
1988-1-11
Homeruns
1984-8-22
1985-6-28
 RBIs
1985-3-116
1987-6-102
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Washington in 1976
Injured on 5/18/1977 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 6 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1977, off Tom Underwood (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 9/14/1977, off Bill Campbell (SEM)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1978, hitting .611 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Bronze Rookie in 1978, hitting .287 with 17 HR, 82 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1980, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/8/1982 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 9-10 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,307,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Kansas City on 2/17/1984 to a 4-year deal worth $6,100,111 per year
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 7/1/1984 (Going to KCR: 2B Lou Whitaker, P Scott Sanderson, P Dick Ruthven, P Mike Lacoss. Going to DET: P Balor Moore, CF Tony Armas, 2B Bobby Grich, P Phil Hennigan)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1985, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 5/22/1985
Was selected to the 1985 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/28/1985
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against San Diego on 8/4/1985
Traded from Detroit to Baltimore on 4/3/1986 (Going to DET: 1B Pete Lacock, C Joe Lefebvre. Going to BAL: P Jesse Orosco, RF Tony Armas)
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 7/21/1987
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1987, hitting .385 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/19/1987, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/12/1988 to a 3-year deal worth $9,090,765 per year
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/26/1988
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 5/17/1988
Had 5 hits with 8 RBI against Montreal on 5/17/1988
Drove in 6 runs against Oakland on 5/22/1988
Drove in 7 runs against Colorado on 7/9/1988
Released by Minnesota on 10/3/1989
 
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