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Amos
Otis		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 181
 
Born: April 26, 1947 in Usa, AL, MOBILE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1968    1969    1970    1971    1972    1973   
All-Star Selections 1971    1973    1974   
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
1967 20 PIT NL     5 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 6 5 5 7 6 7
1968 21 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
1969 22 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
1970 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 7 7
1971 24 PIT NL $ 2,857,143   7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 5 5 8 8 8
1972 25 PIT NL $ 3,785,714   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 7 8
1973 26 PIT NL $ 3,785,714   7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8 6 5 6 8 8 8
1974 27 LAD NL $ 5,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1975 28 LAD NL $ 5,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7
1976 29 NYA AL $ 5,750,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 7 7
1977 30 NYA AL $ 5,750,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 7
1978 31 DET AL $ 12,000,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 7 7
1979 32 DET AL $ 12,000,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 5 7 6 6
1980 33 DET AL $ 12,000,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 6 6 6
1981 34 LAD NL $ 12,000,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1982 35 DET AL $ 2,550,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4
1983 36 PIT NL $ 2,550,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   7 7 7 9 8 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 8 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
1967 20 AAA   135 475 59 146 27 6 18 77 13 6 52 70 .307 .376 .503 .879 85.6  
1968 21 PIT NL 131 435 44 102 17 1 16 53 10 1 28 73 .234 .280 .389 .669 47.3 5.5
1969 22 PIT NL 151 489 53 104 25 4 8 48 5 2 44 108 .213 .277 .329 .606 46.8 4.1
1970 23 PIT NL 150 496 59 131 24 6 10 57 9 2 46 80 .264 .325 .397 .723 62.9 11.6
1971 24 PIT NL 154 576 94 176 35 4 16 96 9 6 64 64 .306 .373 .464 .837 95.6 25.5
1972 25 PIT NL 147 558 71 146 34 1 13 70 7 5 44 63 .262 .315 .396 .711 67.9 11.2
1973 26 PIT NL 154 595 89 179 37 8 18 77 9 4 57 48 .301 .359 .481 .840 96.3 20.6
1974 27 LAD NL 155 567 84 156 30 3 22 116 22 4 57 65 .275 .337 .455 .792 89.8 20.6
1975 28 LAD NL 156 593 87 157 22 2 28 78 33 10 40 73 .265 .311 .450 .762 79.1 14.4
1976 29 LAD NL 52 185 24 44 5 2 8 26 4 3 20 24 .238 .311 .416 .727 23.1 3.2
  NYA AL 104 351 51 98 22 3 10 48 9 7 35 48 .279 .344 .444 .788 49.5 9.0
  TOT   156 536 75 142 27 5 18 74 13 10 55 72 .265 .332 .435 .767 72.6 12.2
1977 30 NYA AL 145 546 94 141 31 4 24 93 20 7 55 78 .258 .323 .462 .785 80.6 13.8
1978 31 DET AL 154 604 94 172 31 6 36 131 14 8 52 69 .285 .339 .535 .874 106.2 19.9
1979 32 DET AL 154 600 73 131 30 7 21 91 12 5 50 90 .218 .279 .397 .676 64.8 6.9
1980 33 DET AL 155 607 70 146 25 8 20 76 14 8 49 101 .241 .296 .407 .703 72.4 8.9
1981 34 LAD NL 156 558 65 135 29 5 18 73 0 3 53 104 .242 .308 .409 .716 63.6 13.9
1982 35 DET AL 69 209 24 37 8 1 3 19 8 4 12 38 .177 .223 .268 .491 10.2 0.0
1983 36 PIT NL 8 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0
16 Years Sim 2195 7979 1076 2056 405 65 271 1152 185 79 706 1129 .258 .317 .427 .743 1055.8 188.9
1 Years AAA 135 475 59 146 27 6 18 77 13 6 52 70 .307 .375 .503 .879 85.6  
162 Game Average 588 79 151 29 4 20 85 13 5 52 83 .258 .317 .427 .743 77.9  
Career Highs 156 607 94 179 37 8 36 131 33 10 64 108 .306 .373 .535 .874 106.2  
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   5172 650 1269 246 41 165 721 128 58 418 747 .245 .301 .404 .705 637.8
vs LH   2807 426 787 159 24 106 431 57 21 288 382 .280 .346 .467 .813 448.6
Home 1094 3915 504 1009 209 36 125 523 76 29 358 576 .258 .319 .425 .744 534.6
Away 1101 4064 572 1047 196 29 146 629 109 50 348 553 .258 .315 .428 .743 551.8
RISP   2017 0 548 106 20 79 841 0 0 230 312 .272 .338 .462 .800 319.6
Pinch Hitting   115 12 22 5 0 1 15 1 0 9 18 .191 .250 .261 .511 7.4
Close/Late   971 130 255 53 7 35 119 0 0 92 125 .263 .326 .440 .766 138.4
Mar/Apr 353 1326 172 338 67 9 45 172 28 13 97 180 .255 .304 .421 .725 169.9
May 382 1392 185 345 56 9 47 185 36 12 145 183 .248 .317 .402 .719 185.3
June 354 1284 187 344 66 8 51 193 36 13 115 218 .268 .328 .451 .779 190.0
July 352 1313 178 334 79 12 35 193 34 15 104 175 .254 .308 .413 .720 166.5
August 387 1353 173 365 66 14 46 206 23 9 128 191 .270 .331 .441 .772 197.8
Sep/Oct 366 1311 181 330 71 13 47 203 28 17 117 182 .252 .314 .433 .747 177.0
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
1968 21 PIT NL CF 128 122 1029.0 331 2 0 0 1.000 2.91   5.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1969 22 PIT NL CF 147 142 1249.3 399 4 0 4 1.000 2.90   5.6
1970 23 PIT NL CF 147 142 1274.0 369 5 0 3 1.000 2.64   4.6
1971 24 PIT NL CF 150 147 1281.3 372 6 0 1 1.000 2.66   3.8
    1B 1 0 8.0 6 0 1 0 .857 6.75   0.0
1972 25 PIT NL CF 144 137 1217.0 434 6 0 4 1.000 3.25   4.5
1973 26 PIT NL CF 151 147 1301.7 408 12 0 10 1.000 2.90   2.6
1974 27 LAD NL CF 154 139 1264.3 361 8 0 7 1.000 2.63   3.1
1975 28 LAD NL CF 153 148 1332.0 359 6 0 6 1.000 2.47   2.9
1976 29 LAD NL CF 51 48 446.7 128 0 0 0 1.000 2.58   1.5
  NYA AL CF 102 97 845.7 241 0 1 0 .996 2.56   3.2
  TOT   CF 153 145 1292.4 369 0 1 0 .997 2.57   4.7
1977 30 NYA AL CF 143 133 1202.3 386 2 0 0 1.000 2.90   5.3
1978 31 DET AL CF 149 146 1333.0 360 2 0 1 1.000 2.44   3.9
1979 32 DET AL CF 151 149 1337.3 358 8 0 2 1.000 2.46   5.7
1980 33 DET AL CF 152 146 1333.0 404 3 1 1 .998 2.75   7.8
1981 34 LAD NL CF 156 140 1283.3 362 5 0 1 1.000 2.57   2.1
1982 35 DET AL CF 47 39 348.0 101 2 0 0 1.000 2.66   1.9
    LF 11 9 91.3 23 0 1 0 .958 2.27    
    RF 9 9 77.0 22 0 1 0 .957 2.57    
1983 36 PIT NL CF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  CF 2126 2023 18087.0 5374 71 2 40 1.000 2.71   63.9
  LF 11 9 91.3 23 0 1 0 .958 2.27    
  RF 10 9 78.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.65    
  1B 1 0 8.0 6 0 1 0 .857 6.75   0.0
Career Totals   2148 2041 18264.4 5426 71 5 40 .999 2.71   63.9
Career Highs   156 149 1337.3 434 12 2 10 1.000 3.25    
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
1976 29 NYA AL 7 26 2 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 .231 .259 .462 .721
1977 30 NYA AL 5 18 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .222 .300 .389 .689
1980 33 DET AL 17 68 8 19 3 1 1 10 1 2 5 11 .279 .324 .397 .721
Career Post-Season Batting 29 112 12 29 4 2 3 12 1 2 8 15 .259 .306 .411 .716
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
1971-7-.306
1973-8-.301
 On-Base Pct
1971-9-.373
 Slugging Pct
1973-9-.481
1974-10-.455
1978-4-.535
 OPS
1973-9-.840
1978-6-.874
 XR
1971-8-95.6
1973-7-96.3
1978-5-106.2
 Games
1975-7-156
1980-6-155
1981-4-156
At-Bats
1973-9-595
1975-6-593
1978-3-604
1979-7-600
1980-9-607
 Runs
1971-6-94
1977-8-94
 Hits
1971-3-176
1973-5-179
 Total Bases
1973-7-286
1975-8-267
1978-2-323
 Singles
1971-10-121
 Doubles
1971-3-35
1972-8-34
1973-6-37
Triples
1970-3-6
1973-3-8
1979-9-7
1980-10-8
 Homeruns
1975-3-28
1977-8-24
1978-2-36
 RBIs
1974-2-116
1978-1-131
 Stolen Bases
1974-8-22
1975-8-33
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Ellis Valentine (915)
  5. Frank Robinson (913)
  6. Fred Lynn (900)
  7. Dusty Baker (900)
  8. Earl Robinson (899)
  9. Bill White (898)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1967
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/5/1968, off Jim Merritt (NYG)
Injured on 6/22/1968 with a Fractured Hand, out for 3 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1968
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1969
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1970
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Detroit on 5/12/1971
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1971
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/12/1972 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1972, hitting .571 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Hit for the cycle against Los Angeles on 5/11/1973
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1973, hitting .354 with 7 HR, 17 RBI
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1973, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 9/29/1973 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
10/14/1973: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $5,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1973
Traded from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles on 4/2/1974 (Going to LAD: CF Amos Otis, P Rick Reuschel. Going to PIT: SS Doug Decinces)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1974, hitting .400 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1974 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1974, hitting .448 with 1 HR, 11 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1975, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Los Angeles to New York (A) on 6/1/1976 (Going to NYA: CF Amos Otis, CF Mickey Rivers, P Tug Mcgraw. Going to LAD: P Mike Garman, 3B Art Shamsky)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1977, hitting .458 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1977, hitting .550 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Hit for the cycle against Oakland on 8/16/1977
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/7/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $12,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 8/12/1978, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 8 runs against Oakland on 4/11/1979
Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1979, hitting .385 with 2 HR, 14 RBI
Traded from Detroit to Los Angeles on 3/4/1981 (Going to LAD: CF Amos Otis. Going to DET: LF Al Bumbry, P Tippy Martinez, RF Dave Kingman)
Had 2000th career hit on 9/6/1981, off John Fulgham (BAL)
 
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