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Sal
Damiano		  
Nickname: Busdriver
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8''
Weight: 243
 
Born: November 3, 1963 in Queens, NY
 
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
1985 21 GRE JL     8 8 8 12 12 12 20 20 20 5 5 5 7 7 7
1986 22 GRE JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 6 6 6
1987 23 GRE JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 7 7 7
1988 24 GRE JL $ 300,000   8 8 9 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 7 7 7
1989 25 AUS FL     8 8 9 20 20 20 20 20 20 6 5 6 6 6 6
1990 26 AUS FL $ 300,000   8 8 9 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 6 6 6
1991 27 VAN JL $ 300,000   8 8 8 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 6 6 6
1992 28 VAN JL     9 9 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 7 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 8 12 12 12 20 20 20 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 7 7 7 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1985 21 AAA   79 296 43 79 17 2 7 33 5 5 22 73 .267 .318 .409 .726 36.8  
    AA   59 223 31 64 14 2 7 35 2 6 25 42 .287 .359 .462 .821 34.4  
1986 22 AAA   94 390 93 130 39 6 58 135 2 1 35 89 .333 .388 .910 1.298 118.3  
1987 23 GRE JL 149 486 78 109 49 5 44 101 0 0 26 171 .224 .262 .617 .879 83.2 11.4
1988 24 GRE JL 117 415 54 67 37 7 20 62 0 0 18 133 .161 .196 .429 .625 35.7 0.7
    AAA   10 39 12 16 6 0 9 25 1 0 2 8 .410 .439 1.256 1.695 16.4  
1989 25 AAA   111 454 134 146 57 3 82 147 2 1 41 125 .322 .378 1.002 1.380 148.7  
    AA   28 115 44 49 19 0 29 64 0 0 16 30 .426 .496 1.348 1.844 55.0  
1990 26 AUS FL 23 51 7 10 8 0 2 4 0 0 1 13 .196 .212 .471 .682 4.1 0.0
    AA   130 523 151 179 79 4 93 251 1 0 56 106 .342 .406 1.042 1.448 182.7  
1991 27 VAN JL 21 56 4 6 3 0 3 6 0 0 1 23 .107 .123 .321 .444 1.4 0.0
    AAA   94 405 114 116 30 1 80 157 0 0 35 123 .286 .343 .958 1.301 124.5  
1992 28 VAN JL 106 322 52 66 31 3 28 66 1 0 17 109 .205 .243 .581 .824 48.0 7.7
5 Years Sim 416 1330 195 258 128 15 97 239 1 0 63 449 .194 .230 .532 .761 172.3 19.8
5 Years AAA 388 1584 396 487 149 12 236 497 10 7 135 418 .307 .360 .864 1.223 444.7  
3 Years AA 217 861 226 292 112 6 129 350 3 6 97 178 .339 .402 .933 1.334 272.1  
8 Years Minors 605 2445 622 779 261 18 365 847 13 13 232 596 .319 .375 .888 1.263 716.9  
162 Game Average 517 75 100 49 5 37 93 0 0 24 174 .194 .230 .532 .761 67.1  
Career Highs 149 486 78 109 49 7 44 101 1 0 26 171 .224 .262 .617 .879 83.2  
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   915 135 177 91 10 66 167 1 0 31 302 .193 .218 .531 .749 115.8
vs LH   415 60 81 37 5 31 72 0 0 32 147 .195 .253 .533 .786 59.3
Home 208 652 91 134 70 6 48 110 1 0 26 214 .206 .235 .552 .787 90.1
Away 208 678 104 124 58 9 49 129 0 0 37 235 .183 .224 .512 .736 85.1
RISP   362 0 67 27 3 30 131 0 0 19 125 .185 .223 .525 .747 47.4
Pinch Hitting   95 13 20 9 2 6 18 0 0 5 26 .211 .250 .537 .787 13.2
Close/Late   168 24 32 17 1 10 26 0 0 8 59 .190 .226 .482 .708 19.3
Mar/Apr 66 189 22 39 22 2 14 33 0 0 7 76 .206 .239 .566 .805 26.6
May 81 277 39 53 24 4 21 62 0 0 13 93 .191 .225 .534 .760 36.6
June 74 275 39 52 25 5 15 45 0 0 14 87 .189 .227 .480 .707 31.7
July 74 256 34 43 26 0 15 35 0 0 15 83 .168 .212 .445 .657 26.0
August 57 164 31 34 14 3 16 38 1 0 10 55 .207 .251 .622 .873 27.8
Sep/Oct 64 169 30 37 17 1 16 26 0 0 4 55 .219 .237 .615 .852 26.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1987 23 GRE JL CF 125 105 949.3 275 2 6 1 .979 2.63   2.3
    RF 7 5 50.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.16    
1988 24 GRE JL LF 102 98 874.3 197 8 0 1 1.000 2.11   2.5
    CF 4 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
1990 26 AUS FL LF 8 4 37.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.2
    RF 4 3 27.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    CF 4 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
    1B 3 1 14.0 18 4 1 3 .957 14.14   0.0
1991 27 VAN JL CF 9 7 70.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.06   0.3
    RF 3 2 17.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.04    
    1B 3 1 11.0 9 1 0 1 1.000 8.18   0.0
    LF 1 1 8.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1992 28 VAN JL RF 44 42 381.3 111 2 2 0 .983 2.67   1.3
    CF 30 23 226.3 66 0 1 0 .985 2.62    
    1B 6 5 41.0 41 4 1 5 .978 9.88   0.1
    LF 6 3 29.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.48    
    SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
  CF 172 137 1277.7 364 2 7 1 .981 2.58   2.7
  LF 117 106 948.3 213 9 1 1 .996 2.11   2.7
  RF 58 52 476.0 136 2 3 0 .979 2.61   1.3
  1B 12 7 66.0 68 9 2 9 .975 10.50   0.1
  SS 1 1 9.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00   0.0
Career Totals   360 303 2777.0 782 25 13 11 .984 2.62   6.8
Career Highs   132 110 999.3 287 9 7 5 1.000 3.90    
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
1991 27 VAN JL 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
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.
Slugging Pct
1987-6-.617
 Doubles
1987-2-49
 Homeruns
1987-8-44
 Strikeouts
1987-6-171
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Fred Marenholtz (885)
  2. Darryl Strawberry (862)
  3. Dave Whipple (860)
  4. Roy Renfork (858)
  5. Walter Browne (857)
  6. Dhani Yetnikoff (856)
  7. Andy Covington (854)
  8. Bango Vadabonceour (846)
  9. Kip Evans (841)
  10. Bo Jackson (840)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 32nd overall pick, by Greenville in 1985
Injured on 7/16/1986 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1987, off Marcos Ubarri (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1987, off Marcos Ubarri (LOU)
Hit 4 homeruns against Phoenix, driving in 6 runs on 8/2/1987
Traded from Greenville to Austin on 7/1/1989 (Going to GRE: P Tenchi Masaki, 1B Bob Horner. Going to AUS: 3B Buzz Myrhh, P TJ Snodgrass, LF Sal Damiano)
Traded from Austin to Vancouver on 7/21/1991 (Going to AUS: 1B Leon Durham. Going to VAN: 1B Sal Damiano)
Injured on 8/8/1991 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 6 weeks
 
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