Mike
De La Hoz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: October 2, 1938 in , ,
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1962   
Gold Glove 1971    1972    1975   
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
1960 21 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1961 22 PIT NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1962 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8
1963 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1964 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1965 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1966 27 MON NL $ 1,125,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1967 28 TOR AL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1968 29 NYG NL $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
1969 30 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1970 31 NYG NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1971 32 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1972 33 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1973 34 WAS NL $ 1,200,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 7 7
1974 35 WAS NL $ 1,200,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 36 DET AL $ 751,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5
1976 37 DET AL $ 751,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,078,571   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 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
1960 21 AAA   111 487 53 133 15 1 22 55 2 7 24 67 .273 .307 .444 .751 63.3  
    AA   15 13 3 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .923 1.352 4.2  
1961 22 AAA   124 496 66 129 25 2 17 59 3 6 23 61 .260 .293 .421 .714 58.3  
1962 23 PIT NL 83 227 29 57 14 3 4 23 0 0 9 17 .251 .292 .392 .684 22.3 3.5
    AAA   26 110 14 34 5 1 3 11 2 1 3 8 .309 .327 .455 .782 15.2  
1963 24 PIT NL 146 494 61 143 16 5 11 59 1 2 22 44 .289 .320 .409 .729 62.3 13.3
1964 25 PIT NL 155 557 60 157 32 1 12 59 0 2 36 50 .282 .325 .408 .733 73.0 15.0
1965 26 MON NL 98 279 33 72 12 1 3 16 0 0 14 36 .258 .293 .341 .633 27.1 4.4
1966 27 MON NL 151 520 65 151 24 3 11 65 1 0 27 44 .290 .325 .412 .736 63.0 13.3
1967 28 TOR AL 126 452 42 105 17 2 6 48 1 1 26 46 .232 .273 .319 .592 33.5 1.5
    AAA   2 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7  
1968 29 TOR AL 76 175 17 46 8 0 6 27 1 1 10 20 .263 .303 .411 .715 20.9 3.1
  NYG NL 46 150 19 37 5 1 5 24 1 0 10 15 .247 .292 .393 .685 16.4 2.3
  TOT   122 325 36 83 13 1 11 51 2 1 20 35 .255 .298 .403 .701 37.2 5.5
1969 30 NYG NL 149 473 52 129 24 1 4 42 1 2 37 78 .273 .326 .353 .679 52.0 6.1
1970 31 NYG NL 135 463 57 116 13 2 10 48 1 3 25 58 .251 .291 .352 .643 45.1 4.4
1971 32 WAS NL 145 435 55 112 13 0 7 53 1 4 29 56 .257 .306 .336 .642 41.0 4.0
1972 33 WAS NL 136 379 41 94 10 3 1 21 1 1 20 54 .248 .288 .298 .586 30.2 2.0
1973 34 WAS NL 93 210 13 40 3 1 0 18 0 1 12 28 .190 .237 .214 .451 6.6 0.0
1974 35 WAS NL 29 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .115 .115 .154 .269 -0.4 0.0
1975 36 DET AL 155 486 44 109 13 1 2 32 2 0 26 87 .224 .265 .267 .532 29.9 0.0
1976 37 DET AL 97 300 23 80 11 2 1 23 0 2 16 71 .267 .305 .327 .632 26.6 2.1
15 Years Sim 1820 5626 612 1451 216 26 83 559 11 19 319 708 .258 .299 .350 .649 549.6 75.1
4 Years AAA 263 1098 133 298 45 4 42 125 7 14 50 136 .271 .305 .434 .739 137.5  
1 Years AA 15 13 3 5 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 .385 .429 .923 1.352 4.2  
5 Years Minors 278 1111 136 303 46 4 44 128 7 14 51 137 .273 .306 .440 .746 141.7  
162 Game Average 500 54 129 19 2 7 49 0 1 28 63 .258 .299 .350 .649 48.9  
Career Highs 155 557 65 157 32 5 12 65 2 4 37 87 .290 .326 .412 .736 73.0  
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   3415 378 903 133 16 51 354 3 12 192 441 .264 .305 .358 .662 358.2
vs LH   2211 234 548 83 10 32 205 8 7 127 267 .248 .290 .338 .628 210.5
Home 912 2764 293 701 94 11 41 264 7 7 155 355 .254 .295 .340 .635 269.3
Away 908 2862 319 750 122 15 42 295 4 12 164 353 .262 .303 .359 .662 299.3
RISP   1212 0 331 60 2 21 447 0 0 86 147 .273 .318 .378 .696 144.2
Pinch Hitting   77 6 19 2 1 1 12 0 0 3 6 .247 .284 .338 .622 6.9
Close/Late   566 54 155 23 5 8 44 0 0 31 66 .274 .311 .375 .685 63.9
Mar/Apr 253 780 84 198 37 2 9 74 2 3 56 93 .254 .305 .341 .646 79.2
May 328 1007 101 264 39 6 14 111 1 3 55 144 .262 .299 .355 .654 103.6
June 313 965 111 275 38 3 17 93 3 3 53 127 .285 .321 .383 .704 114.8
July 310 947 101 243 32 5 19 88 2 3 46 115 .257 .294 .361 .655 96.6
August 335 1040 119 252 35 6 14 96 2 2 62 136 .242 .287 .328 .615 95.3
Sep/Oct 278 887 96 219 35 4 10 97 1 5 47 93 .247 .288 .329 .617 79.2
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
1962 23 PIT NL 2B 58 55 453.0 76 200 8 34 .972 5.48   2.3
    3B 17 15 123.3 5 40 5 3 .900 3.28   0.5
    SS 4 3 28.0 8 12 1 4 .952 6.43   0.2
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1963 24 PIT NL 2B 104 102 863.7 194 396 19 83 .969 6.15   3.5
    SS 40 37 317.0 62 162 13 35 .945 6.36   1.9
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1964 25 PIT NL 2B 99 99 825.3 182 378 14 92 .976 6.11   3.1
    SS 52 52 453.7 86 184 16 43 .944 5.36   1.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1965 26 MON NL 2B 64 56 495.3 121 203 6 37 .982 5.89   2.7
    3B 12 12 102.0 10 31 2 2 .953 3.62   0.3
    SS 4 4 34.0 4 12 0 6 1.000 4.24   0.2
    1B 1 0 7.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 10.29   0.0
1966 27 MON NL SS 146 143 1253.7 174 507 24 90 .966 4.89   8.3
    2B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1967 28 TOR AL 2B 75 75 637.0 107 214 7 37 .979 4.54   2.3
    SS 47 46 410.7 55 160 8 26 .964 4.71   2.3
1968 29 TOR AL 2B 30 28 203.6 60 80 2 20 .986 6.19   1.7
    SS 26 22 170.4 19 59 3 8 .963 4.12   0.5
    1B 4 0 9.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 10.21   0.0
    3B 2 0 1.8 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYG NL 2B 18 17 173.7 51 68 2 17 .983 6.17   0.6
    SS 16 14 145.4 17 51 2 6 .971 4.21   0.8
    1B 3 0 8.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 9.76   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 48 45 377.3 111 148 4 37 .985 6.18   2.3
      SS 42 36 315.8 36 110 5 14 .967 4.16   1.2
      1B 7 0 18.0 19 1 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
      3B 3 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1969 30 NYG NL 2B 146 145 1215.7 289 516 17 118 .979 5.96   4.2
    3B 1 0 8.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 31 NYG NL 2B 130 130 1109.7 250 474 12 99 .984 5.87   6.0
    SS 5 4 39.0 3 17 5 1 .800 4.62   0.1
    1B 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1971 32 WAS NL 2B 144 143 1168.7 273 547 18 128 .979 6.31   5.8
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 33 WAS NL 2B 130 128 1051.3 245 480 18 115 .976 6.21   6.2
    SS 4 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    1B 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1973 34 WAS NL 2B 68 47 434.3 110 214 3 54 .991 6.71   2.7
    SS 19 8 112.0 21 46 4 10 .944 5.38   0.3
    3B 5 3 32.0 4 11 0 1 1.000 4.22   0.2
    1B 2 0 7.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.71   0.0
1974 35 WAS NL 3B 11 1 28.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.57   0.0
    SS 6 2 26.7 4 8 2 2 .857 4.05   0.1
    1B 8 1 16.7 25 1 0 2 1.000 14.05   0.1
    2B 4 0 5.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40   0.0
1975 36 DET AL 2B 154 154 1273.0 334 566 19 142 .979 6.36   4.9
    SS 8 0 15.0 2 3 1 0 .833 3.00   0.0
    3B 4 0 11.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
1976 37 DET AL 2B 96 93 765.7 178 377 11 65 .981 6.52   3.6
    3B 4 0 9.7 1 2 1 0 .750 2.80   0.0
  2B 1322 1272 10678.9 2471 4717 156 1042 .979 6.06   49.7
  SS 380 335 3016.4 455 1222 80 231 .954 5.00   15.6
  3B 59 32 328.6 22 97 8 6 .937 3.26   1.2
  1B 24 1 58.7 64 4 0 3 1.000 10.43   0.1
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1786 1640 14083.6 3012 6040 244 1282 .974 5.78   66.6
Career Highs   166 154 1299.7 336 571 32 142 .983 6.48    
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
1962 23 PIT NL 6 17 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .294 .368 .353 .721
1963 24 PIT NL 7 28 2 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .321 .321 .464 .786
1965 26 MON NL 9 27 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .222 .300 .259 .559
1966 27 MON NL 6 18 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .222 .300 .333 .633
1968 29 NYG NL 11 39 2 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .205 .225 .256 .481
1971 32 WAS NL 6 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .059 .111 .059 .170
1972 33 WAS NL 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .333 .500
1973 34 WAS NL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 48 154 10 34 11 0 0 12 0 0 9 17 .221 .264 .292 .556
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.
Doubles
1964-6-32
Triples
1963-9-5
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 37th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1960
Injured on 4/24/1961 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 5/6/1961 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 8/6/1961 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (triple) on 5/5/1962, off Bo Belinsky (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/9/1962, off Gary Peters (SDP)
Won World Championship with Pittsburgh in 1962
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 4/2/1965 (Going to PIT: 3B Jerry Kindall, 1B R.c. Stevens, 3B Gene Leek. Going to MON: SS Mike De la hoz, RF Rocky Colavito)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,125,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Toronto on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Fritz Peterson, 2B Bob Schroder. Going to TOR: P Don Drysdale, SS Mike De la hoz, RF Wes Covington, C Doc Edwards, P Joe Grzenda)
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Toronto to New York (N) on 7/31/1968 (Going to NYG: SS Mike De la hoz. Going to TOR: P Bob Botz)
10/3/1968: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/18/1970 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from New York (N) to Washington on 3/3/1971 (Going to WAS: 2B Mike De la hoz, 1B John Herrnstein. Going to NYG: 1B Fred Whitfield)
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1971
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $1,200,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1972
Injured on 9/21/1973 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/14/1975 to a 4-year deal worth $751,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1975
Injured on 4/3/1976 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 6 weeks