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Joel
Delao		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 18, 1950 in Mexico
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 CHI JL     2 6 6 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 6 7
1974 24 CHI JL     2 6 7 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 7 7
1975 25 CHI JL     3 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 4 3 1 1 1 10 9 9
1976 26 CHI JL     2 6 7 6 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 4 3 1 1 1 10 10 10
1977 27 CHI JL     5 8 9 8 5 6 5 8 8 8 3 4 3 1 1 1 11 10 11
1978 28 CHI JL $ 300,000   6 8 9 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2 11 10 10
1979 29 CHI JL $ 300,000   7 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 4 2 2 2 11 11 11
1980 30 CHI JL $ 300,000   7 8 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 2 2 2 11 11 11
OOTP5 Min Ratings     2 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 3 3 3 1 1 1 7 6 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 8 9 9 5 6 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 2 2 2 11 11 11
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 CHI JL $ 1,614,286 42 20 20 20 6 7 7 9 10 10
1982 32 CHI JL $ 1,614,286 42 20 20 20 6 7 7 9 10 10
1983 33 MAN FL $ 1,614,286 42 20 20 20 6 7 7 9 10 10
1984 34 MAN FL $ 2,100,000 36 20 20 20 7 8 7 8 9 8
1985 35 MAN FL $ 2,100,000 31 20 20 20 6 7 7 8 8 8
1986 36 MAN FL $ 2,100,000 31 20 20 20 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,614,286 31 20 20 20 5 6 6 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000 42 20 20 20 7 8 7 9 10 10
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 24 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 25 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 26 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 27 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 28 CHI JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 29 CHI JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 30 CHI JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  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
1981 31 CHI JL $ 1,614,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1982 32 CHI JL $ 1,614,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1983 33 MAN FL $ 1,614,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1984 34 MAN FL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1985 35 MAN FL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
1986 36 MAN FL $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,614,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 23 AAA   0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 3 3.7 6 5 2 2 2 12.30 .353 .421 .882 1.303  
    AA   6 5 .545 48 0 0 0 25 58.0 42 11 3 34 46 1.71 .195 .305 .279 .584  
    A   0 2 .000 10 0 0 0 8 10.7 6 6 2 3 9 5.07 .158 .220 .342 .562  
1974 24 AAA   1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 6.0 6 2 2 5 7 3.00 .261 .393 .565 .958  
    AA   5 8 .385 48 0 0 0 21 55.3 32 20 6 37 55 3.25 .168 .304 .289 .593  
1975 25 AAA   0 3 .000 30 0 0 0 2 47.0 43 23 10 27 60 4.40 .242 .341 .444 .785  
1976 26 AAA   1 3 .250 36 0 0 0 0 56.3 41 28 4 24 71 4.47 .199 .283 .306 .588  
1977 27 AAA   0 2 .000 32 0 0 0 0 48.3 31 14 3 25 52 2.61 .186 .292 .293 .585  
1978 28 CHI JL 4 4 .500 61 0 0 0 1 87.7 64 32 13 49 82 3.29 .203 .311 .370 .681 5.9
1979 29 CHI JL 2 9 .182 48 0 0 0 18 51.0 47 33 11 36 53 5.82 .241 .362 .462 .824 1.2
1980 30 CHI JL 4 4 .500 62 0 0 0 27 68.3 47 24 6 48 64 3.16 .187 .321 .302 .623 11.6
1981 31 CHI JL 2 8 .200 83 0 0 0 26 95.0 79 49 17 66 105 4.64 .226 .350 .436 .786 9.7
1982 32 CHI JL 2 6 .250 85 0 0 0 24 92.3 64 41 17 59 106 4.00 .195 .315 .386 .701 10.1
1983 33 CHI JL 1 4 .200 39 0 0 0 2 32.3 38 29 6 28 39 8.07 .288 .414 .508 .921 0.0
  MAN FL 0 0 .000 18 0 0 0 1 16.7 11 5 2 9 13 2.70 .183 .296 .317 .612 1.9
  TOT   1 4 .200 57 0 0 0 3 49.0 49 34 8 37 52 6.24 .255 .378 .448 .826 1.9
1984 34 MAN FL 7 1 .875 52 0 0 0 2 67.0 43 25 8 35 73 3.36 .187 .299 .348 .647 8.1
1985 35 MAN FL 3 3 .500 39 0 0 0 0 41.7 36 24 10 30 38 5.18 .235 .359 .497 .855 1.1
1986 36 MAN FL 4 2 .667 67 0 0 0 1 81.0 75 59 22 63 87 6.56 .248 .374 .528 .902 0.8
9 Years Sim 29 41 .414 554 0 0 0 102 633.0 504 321 112 423 660 4.56 .217 .339 .416 .754 50.4
5 Years AAA 2 9 .182 110 0 0 0 5 161.3 127 72 21 83 192 4.02 .215 .312 .371 .682  
2 Years AA 11 13 .458 96 0 0 0 46 113.3 74 31 9 71 101 2.46 .183 .305 .284 .589  
1 Years A 0 2 .000 10 0 0 0 8 10.7 6 6 2 3 9 5.07 .158 .220 .342 .562  
8 Years Minors 13 24 .351 216 0 0 0 59 285.3 207 109 32 157 302 3.44 .200 .306 .336 .641  
Season Average 3 4 .429 61 0 0 0 11 70.3 56 35 12 47 73 4.56 .217 .339 .416 .754  
Career Highs 7 9 .875 85 0 0 0 27 95.0 79 59 22 66 106 6.56 .255 .378 .528 .902  
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   229 160 58 183 330   .201 .312 .402 .714
vs LH   275 161 54 240 330   .233 .362 .429 .791
Home 15 23 .395 290 0 0 0 51 336.0 271 193 64 230 347 5.17 .219 .341 .429 .770
Away 14 18 .438 264 0 0 0 51 297.0 233 128 48 193 313 3.88 .216 .335 .401 .736
Mar/Apr 6 6 .500 81 0 0 0 19 93.0 67 47 16 78 109 4.55 .200 .351 .382 .733
May 4 12 .250 94 0 0 0 26 101.3 94 68 19 79 121 6.04 .244 .372 .461 .833
June 6 8 .429 97 0 0 0 20 100.6 93 62 17 61 103 5.54 .243 .348 .440 .787
July 3 3 .500 93 0 0 0 14 107.6 82 42 15 61 101 3.51 .214 .322 .373 .695
August 5 8 .385 98 0 0 0 13 121.3 78 50 21 70 127 3.71 .182 .297 .381 .678
Sep/Oct 5 4 .556 91 0 0 0 10 109.0 90 52 24 74 99 4.29 .222 .342 .454 .797
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
1973 23 AA   7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1975 25 AAA   4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1978 28 CHI JL 61 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1979 29 CHI JL 48 7 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1.5 0.2
1980 30 CHI JL 62 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1 0.0
1981 31 CHI JL 83 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1982 32 CHI JL 85 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1983 33 CHI JL 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  MAN FL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   57 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1984 34 MAN FL 52 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1985 35 MAN FL 39 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0
1986 36 MAN FL 67 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
9 Years Sim 554 47 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 22 .064 .102 .128 .230 -1.0 0.2
1 Years AAA 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1 Years AA 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
2 Years Minors 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
162 Game Average 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .064 .102 .128 .230 -0.3  
Career Highs 85 10 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .286 .286 .714 1.000 1.5  
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   34 4 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 16 .088 .114 .176 .291 -0.2
vs LH   13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.9
Home 261 30 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .067 .125 .067 .192 -1.0
Away 264 17 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 6 .059 .059 .235 .294 -0.1
RISP   13 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 5 .154 .267 .385 .651 1.6
Close/Late   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Mar/Apr 41 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5
May 35 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0
June 72 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
July 59 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .364 .455 0.5
August 55 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Sep/Oct 70 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
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    
1978 28 CHI JL P 61 0 87.7 2 15 0 1 1.000 1.75    
1979 29 CHI JL P 48 0 51.0 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1980 30 CHI JL P 62 0 68.3 3 8 1 1 .917 1.45    
1981 31 CHI JL P 83 0 95.0 7 10 0 3 1.000 1.61    
1982 32 CHI JL P 85 0 92.3 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.07    
1983 33 CHI JL P 39 0 32.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.11    
  MAN FL P 18 0 16.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.62    
  TOT   P 57 0 49.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1984 34 MAN FL P 52 0 67.0 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.75    
1985 35 MAN FL P 39 0 41.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.30    
1986 36 MAN FL P 67 0 81.0 3 8 2 0 .846 1.22    
Career Totals   554 0 633.0 29 74 3 5 .972 1.46    
Career Highs   85 0 95.0 7 15 2 3 1.000 1.76    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1979-10-18
1980-8-27
1981-6-26
1982-6-24
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Traded from Las Vegas to Chicago on 7/11/1973 (Going to CHI: P J. Delao, CF D. Wainscott. Going to LV: P B. Veilleux, P D. Crum)
Earned first career win on 4/28/1978
Had first career hit on 5/29/1979, off Jason Dolby (VAL)
Hit first career homerun on 7/16/1979, off Brent Beemings (CHA)
Injured on 6/16/1980 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4-5 weeks
 
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