Otto Vélez

Positions: Rightfielder, Designated Hitter and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: November 29, 1950 in Ponce, Puerto Rico pr

Debut: September 4, 1973 (Age 22-279d, 13,425th in major league history)
vs. DET 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 7, 1983 (Age 32-251d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein • Previously: Norm Kaplan, Dave Pinter

Full Name: Otoniel Vélez

Nicknames: Otto the Swatto

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.9

1802

452

.251

244

RBI

272

OBP

.369

SLG

.441

OPS

.810

OPS+

123

Summary of 78 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 8 tying, 24 go ahead

2 Tms
TOR	72
NYY	6

Platoon
vs LHP	46
vs RHP	32

Home/Road
Home	39
Away	39

Outs
0	30
2	25
1	23

13 Opps
CLE	14
DET	9
TEX	8
CAL	8
MIL	6
MIN	5
KCR	5
OAK	5
BOS	5
SEA	4
NYY	4
CHW	3
BAL	2

61 Pitchers
Rick Waits	4
Floyd Bannister	3
Wayne Garland	3
Geoff Zahn	3
John Hiller	2
Jon Matlack	2
Bill Travers	2
Moose Haas	2
Dick Tidrow	2
Paul Splittorff	2
Bob Sykes	2
Luis Tiant	2
Andy Hassler	1
Frank Tanana	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Jim Crawford	1
Dan Spillner	1
Pete Redfern	1
Joe Coleman	1
Rich Wortham	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Scott McGregor	1
Doyle Alexander	1
Mike Flanagan	1
John Montague	1
Ken Kravec	1
Roger Erickson	1
Kevin Kobel	1
Dock Ellis	1
John Denny	1
Jerry Koosman	1
John Henry Johnson	1
Dave Tobik	1
Vida Blue	1
Kevin Hickey	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Dan Schatzeder	1
Darrell Jackson	1
Jack Billingham	1
Don Gullett	1
Dennis Leonard	1
Bill Campbell	1
Ron Davis	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Larry Gura	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Ed Farmer	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Doc Medich	1
Matt Keough	1
Bob Owchinko	1
Paul Hartzell	1
Howard Bailey	1
Steve McCatty	1
Sid Monge	1
Paul Lindblad	1
Don Hood	1
Bob Lacey	1
Atlee Hammaker	1
Jesse Jefferson	1
Chris Knapp	1

15 Parks
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	37
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
7	44
9	22
8	5
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	65
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	12
-2-	9
12-	6
1-3	4
--3	3
123	1

125 RBI
RISP	23
0 on	43
1 on	24
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	35

Inning
1	5
2	12
3	11
4	7
5	5
6	14
7	10
8	10
9	1
Extra	3

1-3	28
4-6	26
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	4
+1	15
Tied	17
-1	14
-2	3
-3	6
-4..	12

Ahead	26
Tied	17
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	37
RF	28
LF	6
1B	4
PH	3

OrderPos
4th	32
5th	21
6th	10
3rd	8
7th	5
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1973-09-23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	Dick Tidrow	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	9	0.103	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	2	1973-09-23 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	Dick Tidrow	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	9	0.062	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1974-07-03	NYY	@	DET	John Hiller	behind 4-5	t 8	2	-2-	2	5	3	0.514	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Piniella Scores
4	4	2	1	1974-07-18	NYY		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 4-5	b 6	0	---	1	5	3	0.196	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1976-05-19	NYY	@	CLE	Don Hood	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	1	7	9	0.137	78%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1976-09-08	NYY		MIL	Kevin Kobel	ahead 6-0	b 8	0	1--	2	7	7	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1977-04-14	TOR		DET	John Hiller	behind 2-3	b 8	1	12-	3	5	PH	0.528	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Ault Scores; R. Fairly Scores
8	8	2	1	1977-04-18	TOR	@	NYY	Ed Figueroa	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	6	9	0.128	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1977-04-21	TOR	@	NYY	Ken Holtzman	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	4	DH	0.160	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Torres Scores
10	10	4	1	1977-04-25 (1)	TOR		BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	9	0.153	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	5	2	1977-04-25 (1)	TOR		BOS	Bill Campbell	behind 2-3	b 8	2	1--	2	5	9	0.611	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores
12	12	6	1	1977-05-01	TOR	@	KCR	Larry Gura	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	4	DH	0.078	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	7	1	1977-05-02	TOR		MIL	Moose Haas	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1	4	DH	0.081	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	8	1	1977-05-21	TOR	@	TEX	Paul Lindblad	ahead 8-4	t 7	2	---	1	4	9	0.031	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	9	1	1977-06-05	TOR	@	OAK	Vida Blue	ahead 5-3	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	0.083	87%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	10	2	1977-06-05	TOR	@	OAK	Joe Coleman	ahead 6-3	t 8	2	---	1	4	9	0.039	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	11	1	1977-07-03 (1)	TOR		TEX	Dock Ellis	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	---	1	6	9	0.119	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	12	1	1977-07-04	TOR	@	BOS	Fergie Jenkins	tied 2-2	t 6	0	-2-	2	6	9	0.177	76%		Home Run; S. Ewing Scores
19	19	13	1	1977-07-06	TOR	@	BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 2-3	t 3	2	1--	2	5	9	0.201	56%		Home Run; R. Fairly Scores
20	20	14	1	1977-07-29	TOR		MIL	Moose Haas	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	9	0.075	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	15	1	1977-09-22	TOR	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	behind 0-7	t 7	1	---	1	4	9	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	16	1	1977-09-23	TOR		NYY	Don Gullett	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	DH	0.103	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1978-04-11	TOR	@	CHW	Ken Kravec	behind 1-4	t 4	2	---	1	6	9	0.077	22%		Home Run
24	24	2	1	1978-06-21	TOR		DET	Jim Crawford	behind 6-10	b 7	2	--3	2	6	9	0.093	14%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Howell Scores
25	25	3	1	1978-06-23	TOR	@	CLE	Rick Waits	behind 1-8	t 8	2	1--	2	5	9	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carty Scores
26	26	4	1	1978-07-31	TOR		DET	Bob Sykes	tied 7-7	b 14	1	---	1	9	9	0.424	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	5	1	1978-08-12	TOR		KCR	Paul Splittorff	ahead 3-2	b 3	0	---	1	4	DH	0.099	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	6	1	1978-08-23 (2)	TOR	@	DET	Bob Sykes	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	3	9	0.179	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailor Scores
29	29	7	1	1978-08-29	TOR	@	TEX	Jon Matlack	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	2	3	9	0.174	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bailor Scores
30	30	8	1	1978-09-05	TOR		CLE	Rick Waits	behind 1-6	b 9	0	---	1	3	9	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	9	1	1978-09-11 (1)	TOR	@	CLE	Rick Waits	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.110	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1979-04-30	TOR		MIN	Paul Hartzell	behind 0-4	b 4	1	-2-	2	5	DH	0.125	28%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Mayberry Scores
33	33	2	1	1979-05-03	TOR	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 2-3	t 5	2	-2-	2	5	7	0.255	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bosetti Scores
34	34	3	1	1979-05-08	TOR	@	MIN	Roger Erickson	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.101	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)
35	35	4	1	1979-05-13 (2)	TOR		TEX	Ed Farmer	behind 1-7	b 8	1	12-	3	3	9	0.042	6%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Griffin Scores; B. Bailor Scores
36	36	5	1	1979-06-17	TOR		OAK	Bob Lacey	behind 5-8	b 7	1	12-	3	7	PH	0.363	55%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Carty Scores; A. Woods Scores
37	37	6	1	1979-06-29 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	Scott McGregor	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	7	0.104	60%		Home Run
38	38	7	1	1979-07-04	TOR	@	DET	Dave Tobik	tied 4-4	t 11	1	12-	3	9	PH	0.380	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cannon Scores; D. Ainge Scores
39	39	8	1	1979-07-19	TOR	@	MIL	Bill Travers	behind 0-1	t 8	1	1--	2	5	9	0.454	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
40	40	9	1	1979-07-22	TOR	@	MIN	Pete Redfern	behind 0-5	t 7	2	---	1	6	9	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	10	1	1979-07-25	TOR		TEX	John Henry Johnson	tied 1-1	b 1	2	1--	2	5	9	0.181	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carty Scores
42	42	11	1	1979-07-26	TOR		TEX	Doc Medich	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1-3	3	6	9	0.141	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Carty Scores; J. Mayberry Scores
43	43	12	2	1979-07-26	TOR		TEX	Doyle Alexander	ahead 7-2	b 7	0	---	1	6	9	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	13	1	1979-08-04	TOR		CHW	Rich Wortham	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	5	7	0.157	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carty Scores; O. Vélez Scores
45	45	14	1	1979-08-22	TOR	@	SEA	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	7	0.105	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	15	1	1979-09-30	TOR	@	NYY	Ron Davis	behind 1-5	t 6	1	---	1	4	DH	0.048	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	1980-04-13	TOR	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1	4	DH	0.098	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	2	1	1980-04-20	TOR	@	CLE	John Denny	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	DH	0.248	74%		Home Run (LF Line); A. Griffin Scores; R. Bosetti Scores
49	49	3	1	1980-04-29	TOR		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 2-1	b 6	1	---	1	5	DH	0.113	83%		Home Run (Deep RF)
50	50	4	1	1980-05-04 (1)	TOR		CLE	Dan Spillner	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	4	5	DH	0.209	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bailor Scores; B. Bonnell Scores; J. Mayberry Scores
51	51	5	2	1980-05-04 (1)	TOR		CLE	Wayne Garland	ahead 6-5	b 8	0	1--	2	5	DH	0.087	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Cannon Scores
52	52	6	3	1980-05-04 (1)	TOR		CLE	Sid Monge	tied 8-8	b 10	0	---	1	5	DH	0.357	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	7	1	1980-05-04 (2)	TOR		CLE	Bob Owchinko	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1-3	3	4	DH	0.178	79%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Bosetti Scores; B. Bonnell Scores
54	54	8	1	1980-05-07	TOR	@	CAL	Chris Knapp	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	1--	2	4	DH	0.189	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Bosetti Scores
55	55	9	1	1980-05-19	TOR		BOS	Jack Billingham	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	1-3	3	4	DH	0.070	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Bailor Scores; A. Woods Scores
56	56	10	1	1980-06-02	TOR		CAL	John Montague	behind 1-6	b 8	1	---	1	4	DH	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	11	1	1980-06-04	TOR		CAL	Frank Tanana	ahead 6-2	b 7	0	--3	2	4	DH	0.010	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Howell Scores
58	58	12	1	1980-06-08 (2)	TOR	@	MIN	Jerry Koosman	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	DH	0.126	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	13	1	1980-07-11	TOR		CLE	Wayne Garland	tied 3-3	b 5	0	1--	2	4	DH	0.197	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores
60	60	14	1	1980-07-17	TOR	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	4	DH	0.078	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	15	1	1980-07-18	TOR	@	CAL	Andy Hassler	behind 2-6	t 6	0	---	1	4	DH	0.054	13%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	16	1	1980-07-22 (1)	TOR	@	OAK	Matt Keough	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	4	DH	0.111	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	17	1	1980-07-27	TOR		SEA	Floyd Bannister	tied 0-0	b 4	2	-2-	2	4	DH	0.215	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Griffin Scores
64	64	18	1	1980-07-29	TOR		OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 1-2	b 3	2	-2-	2	4	DH	0.213	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. García Scores
65	65	19	1	1980-08-07	TOR	@	CLE	Wayne Garland	behind 1-5	t 6	1	1-3	3	6	DH	0.175	30%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Woods Scores; J. Mayberry Scores
66	66	20	1	1980-08-28	TOR		MIN	Darrell Jackson	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	2	4	3	0.134	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. García Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1981-04-17	TOR		DET	Howard Bailey	behind 1-4	b 3	2	-2-	2	5	DH	0.177	38%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Mayberry Scores
68	68	2	1	1981-04-28	TOR	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	DH	0.114	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	3	1	1981-05-07	TOR		CLE	Rick Waits	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	DH	0.137	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	4	1	1981-05-19	TOR		CHW	Kevin Hickey	ahead 7-4	b 6	0	---	1	3	DH	0.038	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	5	1	1981-05-26	TOR	@	CAL	Jesse Jefferson	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	--3	2	4	DH	0.136	84%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. García Scores
72	72	6	1	1981-06-03	TOR		CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	4	DH	0.114	55%		Home Run (Deep CF)
73	73	7	2	1981-06-03	TOR		CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 2-8	b 6	2	---	1	4	DH	0.015	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
74	74	8	1	1981-08-10	TOR	@	DET	Milt Wilcox	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	3	DH	0.174	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	9	1	1981-08-11	TOR	@	DET	Dan Schatzeder	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	3	4	DH	0.226	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Moseby Scores; B. Bonnell Scores
76	76	10	1	1981-08-27	TOR		KCR	Atlee Hammaker	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	3	0.109	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	11	1	1981-09-20	TOR		CAL	Geoff Zahn	behind 1-3	b 2	0	---	1	5	DH	0.105	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1982-05-14	TOR	@	TEX	Jon Matlack	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	DH	0.110	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)