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John
Tamargo		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 7, 1951 in Usa, FL, TAMPA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 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 24 DET AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1977 25 DET AL     4 4 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1978 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 9
1979 27 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 8
1980 28 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 9
1981 29 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1982 30 DET AL $ 940,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1983 31 DET AL $ 1,450,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1984 32 NYA AL $ 5,600,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
1985 33 NYA AL $ 5,600,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1986 34 NYA AL $ 5,600,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 7 8 7 8 8 8 8
1987 35 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1988 36 MIA NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 7 4 4 4 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1989 37 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8
1990 38 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 3 3 3 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,600,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 8 8 8 9 8 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
1976 24 AAA   31 118 14 30 8 1 2 13 1 0 13 4 .254 .328 .390 .718 15.3  
    AA   106 376 48 104 28 0 9 31 0 1 74 35 .277 .396 .423 .818 65.3  
1977 25 AAA   57 206 25 53 12 0 5 29 0 0 37 22 .257 .370 .388 .759 31.7  
    AA   78 275 33 77 14 1 10 45 2 1 56 20 .280 .402 .447 .849 51.6  
1978 26 DET AL 138 452 43 91 21 3 6 42 2 0 53 43 .201 .283 .301 .584 37.9 1.0
1979 27 DET AL 71 234 22 42 8 0 2 16 0 0 16 14 .179 .234 .239 .473 10.5 0.0
1980 28 DET AL 42 116 21 35 9 0 3 16 1 0 15 7 .302 .379 .457 .836 19.9 4.0
1981 29 DET AL 87 259 40 69 18 1 6 27 0 0 27 21 .266 .333 .413 .746 30.9 4.8
1982 30 DET AL 120 414 54 100 15 3 13 47 0 2 45 30 .242 .318 .386 .705 48.9 7.4
1983 31 DET AL 109 312 46 90 25 3 9 44 0 1 34 27 .288 .356 .474 .831 50.3 10.1
1984 32 NYA AL 145 517 67 149 38 5 9 61 0 0 65 47 .288 .367 .433 .800 76.9 15.6
1985 33 NYA AL 149 502 58 127 33 0 10 59 1 4 50 45 .253 .321 .378 .700 56.6 9.2
1986 34 NYA AL 143 478 68 124 26 4 10 67 0 0 63 49 .259 .344 .393 .737 63.2 10.4
1987 35 NYA AL 65 148 26 51 14 1 1 25 1 1 27 15 .345 .443 .473 .916 27.5 7.1
  MIA NL 39 139 14 35 9 0 1 19 0 0 15 15 .252 .325 .338 .663 13.3 1.4
  TOT   104 287 40 86 23 1 2 44 1 1 42 30 .300 .388 .408 .796 40.8 8.5
1988 36 MIA NL 123 419 46 111 26 1 5 52 0 1 48 52 .265 .339 .368 .707 49.7 7.9
1989 37 SDP NL 73 164 22 40 11 0 3 21 0 0 18 25 .244 .315 .366 .681 17.9 2.7
1990 38 SDP NL 78 199 37 60 13 0 6 35 0 0 18 18 .302 .356 .457 .813 28.9 5.9
13 Years Sim 1382 4353 564 1124 266 21 84 531 5 9 494 408 .258 .333 .387 .720 532.3 87.5
2 Years AAA 88 324 39 83 20 1 7 42 1 0 50 26 .256 .355 .389 .744 47.1  
2 Years AA 184 651 81 181 42 1 19 76 2 2 130 55 .278 .396 .433 .829 116.9  
4 Years Minors 272 975 120 264 62 2 26 118 3 2 180 81 .271 .382 .418 .801 164.0  
162 Game Average 510 66 131 31 2 9 62 0 1 57 47 .258 .333 .387 .720 62.4  
Career Highs 149 517 68 149 38 5 13 67 2 4 65 52 .302 .388 .474 .836 76.9  
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   3115 402 808 192 13 58 373 4 6 338 294 .259 .330 .385 .716 400.0
vs LH   1238 162 316 74 8 26 158 1 3 156 114 .255 .339 .391 .730 166.8
Home 685 2113 289 571 147 10 46 255 1 4 232 197 .270 .342 .415 .756 296.2
Away 697 2240 275 553 119 11 38 276 4 5 262 211 .247 .325 .361 .685 270.6
RISP   1130 0 288 69 6 26 423 0 0 147 110 .255 .334 .396 .730 156.0
Pinch Hitting   142 20 40 11 1 3 29 0 0 22 13 .282 .376 .437 .812 23.5
Close/Late   560 51 137 25 4 10 71 0 0 67 39 .245 .324 .357 .681 67.7
Mar/Apr 211 660 87 175 44 5 11 74 2 1 72 54 .265 .336 .397 .733 88.2
May 245 745 97 194 43 5 14 85 1 1 84 67 .260 .333 .388 .721 97.8
June 231 737 104 174 45 6 13 89 0 1 88 74 .236 .316 .366 .682 87.9
July 206 675 86 174 39 1 17 88 0 3 77 64 .258 .334 .394 .728 89.2
August 251 773 98 209 46 1 18 102 0 2 94 69 .270 .350 .402 .752 109.3
Sep/Oct 238 763 92 198 49 3 11 93 2 1 79 80 .260 .328 .375 .703 94.4
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
1978 26 DET AL C 135 129 1168.3 544 53 12 1 .980 4.60 103 31 .301 0 5.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 DET AL C 62 56 507.0 225 22 8 1 .969 4.38 55 11 .200 1 0.9
1980 28 DET AL C 39 32 287.3 139 10 0 0 1.000 4.67 17 5 .294 0 0.8
    1B 3 0 13.0 20 1 0 1 1.000 14.54 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 DET AL C 85 79 709.0 413 40 9 0 .981 5.75 59 21 .356 1 2.9
    1B 2 0 9.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 DET AL C 120 120 1067.3 596 55 8 1 .988 5.49 120 39 .325 2 6.5
1983 31 DET AL C 31 30 260.7 160 15 3 0 .983 6.04 29 10 .345 0 1.4
    1B 31 29 241.0 288 17 1 21 .997 11.39 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 9 7 64.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 5 44.3 1 0 4 0 .200 0.20 0 0 .000 0  
1984 32 NYA AL C 138 129 1155.7 744 38 6 0 .992 6.09 94 26 .277 3 4.9
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 33 NYA AL C 116 108 954.7 458 51 11 0 .979 4.80 111 36 .324 1 2.7
    1B 3 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 34 NYA AL C 128 125 1137.0 715 53 6 3 .992 6.08 100 34 .340 2 5.2
    1B 13 0 22.3 24 1 0 2 1.000 10.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 35 NYA AL C 48 38 297.0 182 19 3 0 .985 6.09 35 10 .286 1 1.1
    1B 6 2 18.7 20 1 1 2 .955 10.11 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MIA NL C 29 23 258.4 158 17 2 0 .989 6.10 31 8 .258 0 1.7
    1B 3 1 16.3 18 1 0 1 1.000 10.49 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 77 61 555.4 340 36 5 0 .987 6.09 66 18 .273 1 2.9
      1B 9 3 35.0 38 2 1 3 .976 10.29   0.1
1988 36 MIA NL C 115 111 1010.7 652 34 13 1 .981 6.11 108 20 .185 1 1.5
    1B 4 0 6.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 8.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 37 SDP NL C 31 29 227.0 136 12 4 0 .974 5.87 19 5 .263 0 0.8
    1B 20 15 125.7 138 10 2 13 .987 10.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 38 SDP NL C 33 31 248.3 133 10 2 0 .986 5.18 27 8 .296 0 1.0
    1B 14 12 93.0 114 6 0 11 1.000 11.61 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1110 1040 9288.4 5255 429 87 7 .985 5.51 908 264 .291 12 36.6
  1B 102 59 557.3 652 37 4 53 .994 11.13 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  RF 10 7 65.0 9 0 1 0 .900 1.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 6 5 46.7 1 0 4 0 .200 0.19 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1232 1111 9962.3 5917 466 97 60 .985 5.77 908 264 .291 12 37.8
Career Highs   141 129 1171.3 748 55 13 21 1.000 7.46 120 39 .356 3  
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
1981 29 DET AL 16 45 6 10 2 0 1 3 0 0 8 4 .222 .340 .333 .673
1983 31 DET AL 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
1987 35 MIA NL 5 18 2 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .444 .500 .611 1.111
1990 38 SDP NL 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 30 72 9 21 5 0 1 6 0 0 10 8 .292 .378 .403 .781
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Detroit in 1976
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1978, off Kent Tekulve (BOS)
Hit first career homerun on 5/23/1978, off Joe Coleman (BAL)
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $940,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/15/1982 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/20/1983
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/9/1984 to a 3-year deal worth $5,600,000 per year
10/3/1986: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (A) to Miami on 7/1/1987 (Going to MIA: C John Tamargo. Going to NYA: LF Ruben Sierra)
Was selected to the 1987 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Indianapolis on 7/15/1987
Injured on 8/19/1987 with a Broken Ulna, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 9/24/1987 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/4/1988 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
Traded from Miami to San Diego on 2/22/1989 (Going to MIA: LF Jose Gonzalez, 3B Ray Knight. Going to SDP: LF Mitchell Page, C John Tamargo, RF John Kruk)
 
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