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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	11-17 / in Starts: 6-10
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 65 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	41 (24-11-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 65 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	39 (19-13-6)

Most Driven In
D GarcÃa	1
R Mulliniks	1
A Griffin	1
G Iorg	1
Self	1
W Upshaw	0

Most Driven In By
T Johnson	1
Self	1
W Upshaw	1
A Griffin	1
J Barfield	0

1982 Batting Game Log

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1982 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	600	3 (2)	Apr 11	TOR		MIL	L,5-14	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
2	601	9 (5)	Apr 17	TOR	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	6	1.53	0.002	2.31	0.00%	-0.07	DH
3	602	13 (3)	Apr 22	TOR	@	MIL	L,0-7	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	5	.49	0.014	.65	0.01%	0.48	DH
4	603	14	Apr 23	TOR		BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	5	1.54	-0.125	1.84	-0.09%	-1.11	DH
5	604	15	Apr 24	TOR		BOS	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.222	.586	9	4.79	-0.117	4.95	-0.07%	-0.32	PH
6	605	16	Apr 25	TOR		BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.273	.467	.273	.739	5	1.25	0.087	1.19	0.05%	0.87	DH
7	606	18 (1)	Apr 28	TOR		TEX	W,6-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.389	.214	.603	4	.83	-0.068	.57	-0.03%	-0.67	DH
8	607	20 (1)	Apr 30	TOR	@	KCR	L,7-8	7-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.421	.214	.635	4	.93	0.021	.84	0.01%	0.21	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	608	21	May 1	TOR	@	KCR	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	.200	.600	9	2.80	-0.079	2.24	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
10	609	27 (5)	May 9	TOR		KCR	W,2-0	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.391	.176	.568	5	1.03	-0.013	.68	-0.01%	-0.23	DH
11	610	28	May 10	TOR		CHW	L,3-6	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.423	.250	.673	5	1.17	0.024	.88	0.01%	0.26	DH
12	611	29	May 11	TOR		CHW	W,9-4	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.429	.238	.667	5	.92	0.022	.58	0.01%	0.17	DH
13	612	32 (2)	May 14	TOR	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.419	.375	.794	5	.97	0.057	.54	0.02%	0.51	DH
14	613	33	May 15	TOR	@	TEX	W,5-2	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.222	.382	.333	.716	5	.59	-0.060	.27	-0.02%	-0.94	DH
15	614	38 (4)	May 21	TOR		BAL	L,0-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.351	.300	.651	5	1.63	-0.130	.80	-0.04%	-1.29	DH
16	615	44 (5)	May 29 (1)	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-3	4-GF	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.350	.281	.631	4	.92	-0.027	.30	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
17	616	45	May 29 (2)	TOR	@	BAL	W,11-10	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.306	.669	3	.41	-0.009	.11	0.00%	-0.09	DH
18	617	47 (1)	May 31	TOR		NYY	W,5-4	5-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.348	.289	.637	4	.48	-0.028	.20	-0.01%	-0.84	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	618	49 (1)	Jun 2	TOR		NYY	L,6-12	GS-7	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.367	.325	.692	3	1.69	0.222	.83	0.07%	1.55	DH
20	619	50	Jun 3	TOR		NYY	W,3-1	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.373	.317	.690	3	.81	-0.001	.29	0.00%	0.05	DH
21	620	68 (17)	Jun 22	TOR	@	SEA	L,5-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.365	.310	.675	5	2.05	-0.049	.54	-0.01%	-0.30	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	621	81 (12)	Jul 8	TOR	@	KCR	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.358	.302	.661	7	.66	-0.017	.05	0.00%	-0.24	PH
23	622	83 (1)	Jul 10	TOR		CHW	L,5-6	GS-5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.364	.295	.659	6	1.05	0.031	.15	0.00%	0.44	DH
24	623	84	Jul 11	TOR		CHW	L,7-16	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.333	.265	.599	5	.23	-0.031	.02	0.00%	-1.41	DH
25	624	87 (2)	Jul 17	TOR		TEX	W,11-3	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.339	.260	.599	5	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.02	PH
26	625	90 (2)	Jul 20	TOR		KCR	W,9-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.349	.275	.624	3	.05	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.66	PH
27	626	92 (1)	Jul 22	TOR	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.344	.269	.613	9	1.41	-0.036	.15	0.00%	-0.10	PH
28	627	94 (1)	Jul 24	TOR	@	CHW	W,8-1	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.354	.269	.623	6	.02	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
							11-17		65	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	13	0	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.192	.354	.269	.623		.99	-0.306	.71	-0.13%	-2.32

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