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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 18	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
2	12	Apr 19	TOR	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	15 (2)	Apr 24	TOR		BOS	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
4	16	Apr 25 (1)	TOR		BOS	W,4-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
5	17	Apr 25 (2)	TOR		BOS	L,5-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
6	18	Apr 27	TOR	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	19	Apr 28	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
8	20	Apr 29	TOR	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	29 (8)	May 8	TOR		MIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
10	30	May 9	TOR		SEA	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
11	31	May 10	TOR		SEA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	32	May 13	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	41	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
13	33	May 14	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-13	CG	48	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
14	34	May 15	TOR	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
15	35	May 17	TOR	@	MIL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
16	36	May 18	TOR	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	46	9.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
17	37	May 19	TOR	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
18	38	May 20	TOR	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	39	May 21	TOR	@	TEX	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
20	41 (1)	May 23	TOR		OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
21	42	May 25	TOR		OAK	L,5-6	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
22	43	May 27	TOR		CAL	L,1-4	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
23	44	May 28	TOR		CAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
24	45	May 29	TOR		CAL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	46	May 30	TOR		KCR	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	47	Jun 1	TOR		KCR	L,3-11	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
27	48	Jun 3	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
28	49	Jun 4	TOR	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
29	50	Jun 5	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
30	51	Jun 7	TOR	@	CAL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
31	52	Jun 8	TOR	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
32	53	Jun 10	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	54	Jun 11	TOR	@	SEA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
34	55	Jun 12	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
35	56	Jun 14	TOR	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
36	57	Jun 15	TOR	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
37	66 (8)	Jun 24	TOR	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	RF
38	68 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	69	Jun 26	TOR	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	70	Jun 27	TOR		NYY	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	71	Jun 28 (1)	TOR		NYY	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF
42	72	Jun 28 (2)	TOR		NYY	L,1-5	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	74 (1)	Jul 1	TOR		TEX	L,8-11	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
44	75	Jul 2	TOR		TEX	W,10-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
45	76	Jul 3 (1)	TOR		TEX	L,3-6	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
46	77	Jul 3 (2)	TOR		TEX	W,5-3	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	78	Jul 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
48	79	Jul 6	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
49	80	Jul 7	TOR	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
50	81	Jul 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,5-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	82	Jul 9	TOR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	83	Jul 10	TOR	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
53	84	Jul 11	TOR	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF
54	85	Jul 12	TOR	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
55	99 (13)	Jul 29	TOR		MIL	L,3-7	GF	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	PR RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	109 (9)	Aug 9	TOR		MIN	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
57	110	Aug 11	TOR		MIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
58	111	Aug 12	TOR		KCR	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
59	112	Aug 13	TOR		KCR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
60	113	Aug 14	TOR		KCR	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	114	Aug 15	TOR		CAL	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	117 (2)	Aug 18	TOR	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
63	119 (1)	Aug 20	TOR	@	CAL	W,5-4	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
64	120	Aug 21	TOR	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
65	122 (1)	Aug 23	TOR	@	OAK	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
66	123	Aug 24 (1)	TOR	@	SEA	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
67	124	Aug 24 (2)	TOR	@	SEA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	126 (1)	Aug 27	TOR		OAK	L,8-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
69	127	Aug 28	TOR		OAK	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
70	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	TOR	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	134 (4)	Sep 5 (2)	TOR		BOS	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
72	135	Sep 6	TOR		BOS	L,2-11	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
73	141 (5)	Sep 11 (2)	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-4	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
74	142	Sep 12	TOR		BAL	L,3-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
75	151 (8)	Sep 21	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
76	152	Sep 22	TOR	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
77	156 (3)	Sep 27 (1)	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
78	157	Sep 27 (2)	TOR	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							78gm		625.2	140	5	4	149	1