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Luis
Aparicio		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 165
 
Born: April 29, 1934 in Venezuela, , MARACAIBO
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 22 BOS AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 23 MON NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 24 MON NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 28 WAS NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 29 TAM AL $ 492,857 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 30 BSN NL $ 1,800,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 31 BSN NL $ 1,800,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 32 BSN NL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 33 BSN NL $ 650,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 34 BSN NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 35 TAM AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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 22 BOS AL     5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 9 8 9
1957 23 MON NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1958 24 MON NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1959 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1960 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1961 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 3 10 10 10
1962 28 WAS NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 4 3 4 10 10 10
1963 29 TAM AL $ 492,857   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 4 10 10 10
1964 30 BSN NL $ 1,800,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 3 10 9 9
1965 31 BSN NL $ 1,800,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1966 32 BSN NL $ 650,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 9 9 9
1967 33 BSN NL $ 650,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 4 9 9 9
1968 34 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 8 8 8
1969 35 TAM AL     2 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 7 7 7 4 3 4 10 10 10
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1966 32 BSN NL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 1 4 0 54.00 .571 .727 1.286 2.013 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 1 4 0 54.00 .571 .727 1.286 2.013 0.0
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2 3 1 3 0   .400 .625 1.000 1.625
vs LH   2 3 0 1 0   1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Home 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 1 4 0 54.00 .571 .727 1.286 2.013
June 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 6 1 4 0 54.00 .571 .727 1.286 2.013
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 22 AAA   136 573 107 176 31 4 17 89 15 7 41 53 .307 .353 .464 .818 89.2  
1957 23 AAA   132 483 60 139 21 6 8 44 14 4 27 40 .288 .325 .406 .731 62.3  
1958 24 AAA   136 560 73 183 29 3 8 66 15 5 44 41 .327 .376 .432 .808 86.9  
1959 25 OAK AL 10 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.9 0.2
    AAA   135 541 74 185 34 2 16 68 22 3 42 43 .342 .389 .501 .890 99.2  
1960 26 OAK AL 124 372 59 102 21 5 3 33 23 7 22 23 .274 .314 .382 .696 42.7 7.8
1961 27 OAK AL 132 388 47 87 20 5 4 42 15 2 16 22 .224 .252 .332 .585 31.7 2.4
1962 28 WAS NL 152 564 54 135 21 6 5 45 0 0 29 28 .239 .278 .324 .602 46.3 5.0
1963 29 TAM AL 129 383 65 103 11 5 5 32 24 4 21 13 .269 .306 .363 .669 46.6 7.9
1964 30 BSN NL 149 583 64 149 22 7 2 37 45 16 30 29 .256 .293 .328 .620 55.5 7.2
1965 31 BSN NL 130 398 57 107 18 3 2 28 30 9 10 24 .269 .287 .344 .631 39.5 6.3
1966 32 BSN NL 103 256 27 61 13 0 1 19 28 5 11 22 .238 .268 .301 .568 21.3 1.6
1967 33 BSN NL 111 335 53 95 14 4 2 26 27 9 23 32 .284 .328 .367 .695 42.1 7.7
1968 34 BSN NL 117 353 41 97 13 5 3 37 29 18 26 23 .275 .322 .365 .687 39.6 5.6
1969 35 TAM AL 47 125 14 23 3 2 0 9 5 3 3 25 .184 .202 .240 .442 3.7 0.0
    A   56 242 32 76 8 1 4 29 10 4 27 31 .314 .383 .405 .788 37.8  
11 Years Sim 1204 3762 482 961 156 42 27 308 227 73 191 242 .255 .291 .341 .631 370.0 51.7
4 Years AAA 539 2157 314 683 115 15 49 267 66 19 154 177 .317 .360 .452 .812 337.6  
1 Years A 56 242 32 76 8 1 4 29 10 4 27 31 .314 .381 .405 .786 37.8  
5 Years Minors 595 2399 346 759 123 16 53 296 76 23 181 208 .316 .362 .447 .810 375.4  
162 Game Average 506 64 129 20 5 3 41 30 9 25 32 .255 .291 .341 .631 49.8  
Career Highs 152 583 65 149 22 7 5 45 45 18 30 32 .400 .400 .400 .800 55.5  
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   2014 284 534 94 25 19 182 118 40 95 126 .265 .297 .365 .662 217.7
vs LH   1748 198 427 62 17 8 126 109 33 96 116 .244 .283 .313 .596 158.7
Home 588 1742 244 457 77 24 16 139 100 30 90 99 .262 .297 .362 .659 189.1
Away 616 2020 238 504 79 18 11 169 127 43 101 143 .250 .285 .323 .608 187.3
RISP   724 0 179 34 7 1 251 0 0 41 51 .247 .280 .318 .598 63.3
Pinch Hitting   52 7 16 3 2 2 12 1 0 3 5 .308 .328 .558 .885 9.4
Close/Late   440 85 129 16 5 8 47 0 0 27 29 .293 .331 .407 .738 57.6
Mar/Apr 188 587 87 139 31 5 5 53 34 8 25 30 .237 .268 .332 .600 52.8
May 211 685 78 185 23 7 4 67 44 11 23 46 .270 .292 .342 .634 69.3
June 206 598 87 159 20 12 5 55 43 15 39 40 .266 .309 .365 .673 69.1
July 187 572 68 145 19 2 5 37 34 10 24 38 .253 .285 .320 .604 52.5
August 209 666 82 189 36 10 3 53 37 13 32 36 .284 .314 .381 .695 78.2
Sep/Oct 203 654 80 144 27 6 5 43 35 16 48 52 .220 .274 .303 .577 54.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 25 OAK AL 1B 2 0 5.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1960 26 OAK AL SS 71 61 549.7 76 207 13 31 .956 4.63   2.5
    3B 17 13 124.0 8 27 1 2 .972 2.54   0.5
    2B 16 11 104.7 25 37 1 9 .984 5.33   0.6
    LF 3 2 19.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95   0.1
    RF 4 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1961 27 OAK AL SS 50 44 390.0 57 146 7 26 .967 4.68   1.8
    2B 18 13 127.7 20 53 1 10 .986 5.15   0.9
    1B 23 11 120.0 142 11 1 9 .994 11.48   0.3
    LF 15 9 96.0 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.59   0.4
    3B 15 10 92.0 5 18 1 0 .958 2.25   0.3
    RF 5 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1962 28 WAS NL 3B 148 144 1198.7 63 306 10 24 .974 2.77   6.2
    1B 4 0 7.7 12 1 0 1 1.000 15.27   0.0
    LF 5 0 7.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1963 29 TAM AL 2B 106 99 866.3 174 370 7 74 .987 5.65   5.5
    3B 10 9 77.0 3 25 2 3 .933 3.27   0.3
    SS 7 5 41.0 6 9 1 2 .938 3.29   0.1
    RF 2 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 4 0 8.0 9 0 0 2 1.000 10.13   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1964 30 BSN NL 2B 107 105 910.7 173 365 6 66 .989 5.32   2.5
    SS 39 37 321.3 39 123 6 17 .964 4.54   2.0
    1B 1 0 1.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 21.69   0.0
1965 31 BSN NL SS 55 42 361.7 44 160 6 25 .971 5.08   2.1
    3B 32 30 267.7 18 59 2 3 .975 2.59   0.9
    2B 24 19 173.3 31 70 2 12 .981 5.24   0.7
    1B 10 4 39.7 50 3 0 3 1.000 12.03   0.1
    RF 5 3 27.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67   0.0
    LF 3 1 11.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1966 32 BSN NL SS 57 49 387.7 46 153 7 19 .966 4.62   2.0
    3B 20 14 125.0 7 31 2 2 .950 2.74   0.3
    LF 8 5 46.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.1
    1B 12 3 33.0 42 0 0 2 1.000 11.45   0.1
    RF 5 3 30.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    2B 3 2 15.0 4 5 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1967 33 BSN NL LF 65 63 509.3 95 0 3 0 .969 1.68   1.4
    3B 16 11 102.7 8 21 1 0 .967 2.54   0.3
    1B 12 9 80.0 102 6 0 6 1.000 12.15   0.2
    RF 12 4 45.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.40    
    SS 8 0 16.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
    2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
1968 34 BSN NL SS 45 40 347.7 37 134 4 12 .977 4.43   1.4
    2B 18 14 130.7 29 59 0 10 1.000 6.06   1.5
    RF 12 10 90.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.40   0.5
    LF 12 10 89.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.41    
    1B 10 10 84.0 102 13 0 4 1.000 12.32   0.3
    3B 10 9 75.7 5 19 1 1 .960 2.85   0.3
1969 35 TAM AL SS 24 23 194.3 30 81 4 18 .965 5.14   1.0
    2B 7 2 27.0 7 13 0 1 1.000 6.67   0.1
    3B 3 2 25.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.81   0.1
    1B 3 2 17.0 17 3 0 3 1.000 10.59   0.0
    LF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  SS 359 301 2614.6 337 1021 48 150 .966 4.67   13.1
  2B 302 265 2363.3 465 975 17 183 .988 5.48   11.9
  3B 272 242 2089.3 119 512 20 36 .969 2.72   9.3
  LF 115 91 791.7 138 1 3 1 .979 1.58   2.0
  1B 82 39 397.0 489 38 1 30 .998 11.95   1.1
  RF 51 20 227.3 32 1 1 0 .971 1.31   0.5
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1182 958 8484.2 1580 2548 90 400 .979 4.38   38.0
Career Highs   161 144 1233.7 242 488 15 83 1.000 6.75    
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
1959 25 OAK AL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1961 27 OAK AL 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 29 TAM AL 6 11 2 6 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 .545 .545 .727 1.273
Career Post-Season Batting 15 15 4 7 2 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 .467 .467 .600 1.067
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.
At-Bats
1964-8-583
 Singles
1964-6-118
 Triples
1962-6-6
1964-1-7
1968-7-5
 Stolen Bases
1960-3-23
1961-6-15
1964-2-45
1965-4-30
1966-4-28
1967-5-27
1968-3-29
 Caught Stealing
1960-4-7
1964-2-16
1965-9-9
1967-5-9
1968-2-18
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  8. Phil Bradley (901)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1956
Injured on 6/11/1956 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to Montreal on 2/3/1957 (Going to MON: SS Luis Aparicio. Going to BOS: 1B Joe Cunningham, CF Clyde Vollmer, SS Bob Kennedy)
Traded from Montreal to Oakland on 7/31/1959 (Going to MON: C Sammy White, SS Lyle Luttrell. Going to OAK: C Joe Ginsberg, 2B Luis Aparicio)
Had first career hit on 9/1/1959, off Leo Kiely (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1960, off Juan Pizarro (CLE)
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Tampa Bay on 5/20/1960
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $492,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Washington to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1963 (Going to WAS: 1B Ken Harrelson, 3B Andy Carey, P Stu Miller. Going to TAM: CF Bob Hazle, P Frank Baumann, 2B Luis Aparicio)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 2/13/1964 (Going to BSN: 2B Luis Aparicio. Going to TAM: RF Tony Oliva, RF Sam Bowens, P Ray Washburn)
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $650,000 per year, for 2 years
4/2/1967: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/6/1969 to a 3-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Released by Tampa Bay on 10/31/1969
 
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