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Eric
Desoto		  
Nickname: The Chosen One
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: July 1, 1966 in Brandon, FL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1993   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1988 21 QUE FL $ 300,000 84 16 15 15 15 14 14 15 14 14
1989 22 QUE FL $ 300,000 84 19 18 18 16 15 15 15 14 14
1990 23 QUE FL $ 300,000 84 17 16 16 20 19 19 17 15 16
1991 24 QUE FL $ 2,657,143 84 17 16 17 20 19 19 18 16 16
1992 25 MTL FL $ 3,800,000 84 17 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 14
1993 26 MTL FL $ 3,800,000 89 16 15 16 16 14 15 15 13 13
1994 27 MTL FL $ 3,800,000 93 16 15 16 15 14 14 14 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 84 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,800,000 93 19 18 18 20 19 19 18 16 16
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
1988 21 QUE FL $ 300,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1989 22 QUE FL $ 300,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1990 23 QUE FL $ 300,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1991 24 QUE FL $ 2,657,143   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1992 25 MTL FL $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1993 26 MTL FL $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1994 27 MTL FL $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,800,000   8 8 9 12 9 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
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
1988 21 QUE FL 13 12 .520 31 31 1 0 0 188.3 196 95 16 64 125 4.54 .263 .322 .396 .718 10.4
1989 22 QUE FL 14 11 .560 35 35 1 1 0 223.3 218 104 37 49 185 4.19 .249 .293 .448 .741 13.4
1990 23 QUE FL 9 10 .474 31 31 1 0 0 192.7 206 98 21 55 159 4.58 .274 .322 .441 .763 10.2
1991 24 QUE FL 14 11 .560 36 36 2 0 0 231.3 267 120 25 38 193 4.67 .289 .319 .461 .779 11.3
1992 25 MTL FL 8 3 .727 19 19 2 1 0 126.0 107 34 7 11 115 2.43 .225 .243 .349 .593 12.3
1993 26 MTL FL 12 10 .545 31 31 0 0 0 209.0 196 85 26 47 181 3.66 .247 .290 .424 .715 13.2
1994 27 MTL FL 9 16 .360 32 32 4 0 0 204.3 199 96 27 47 157 4.23 .257 .299 .432 .730 9.8
7 Years Sim 79 73 .520 215 215 11 2 0 1375.0 1389 632 159 311 1115 4.14 .260 .302 .427 .729 80.7
Season Average 11 10 .524 30 30 1 0 0 196.4 198 90 22 44 159 4.14 .260 .302 .427 .729  
Career Highs 14 16 .727 36 36 4 1 0 231.3 267 120 37 64 193 4.67 .289 .322 .461 .779  
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   1136 496 126 255 834   .267 .309 .436 .745
vs LH   253 136 33 56 281   .232 .269 .394 .664
Home 39 34 .534 104 104 7 1 0 694.6 683 306 82 154 553 3.96 .256 .296 .423 .719
Away 40 39 .506 111 111 4 1 0 680.3 706 326 77 157 562 4.31 .265 .305 .432 .737
Mar/Apr 14 13 .519 37 37 2 1 0 240.0 233 114 30 62 182 4.28 .254 .301 .425 .726
May 11 18 .379 38 38 0 0 0 245.3 259 125 38 45 217 4.59 .269 .302 .471 .773
June 18 9 .667 41 41 6 1 0 278.0 262 116 24 59 231 3.76 .246 .285 .390 .675
July 8 9 .471 30 30 0 0 0 180.0 173 81 17 64 143 4.05 .252 .316 .399 .714
August 18 13 .581 36 36 3 0 0 239.7 249 103 33 39 188 3.87 .267 .297 .444 .741
Sep/Oct 10 11 .476 33 33 0 0 0 192.0 213 93 17 42 154 4.36 .275 .313 .432 .744
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
1988 21 QUE FL 31 52 5 8 0 0 2 7 2 1 7 22 .154 .267 .269 .536 4.8 0.0
1989 22 QUE FL 35 71 7 21 0 0 2 13 0 2 3 24 .296 .324 .380 .705 8.4 1.0
1990 23 QUE FL 31 64 5 14 0 0 1 9 0 1 0 20 .219 .219 .266 .484 2.7 0.0
1991 24 QUE FL 36 74 9 18 3 0 2 5 2 0 1 26 .243 .253 .365 .618 7.4 0.5
1992 25 MTL FL 19 40 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 17 .100 .143 .175 .318 0.3 0.0
1993 26 MTL FL 31 70 5 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 24 .143 .143 .186 .329 -0.3 0.0
1994 27 MTL FL 32 62 10 15 1 1 1 7 1 1 5 20 .242 .294 .339 .633 6.9 0.6
7 Years Sim 215 433 43 90 4 1 10 45 5 5 18 153 .208 .241 .291 .532 30.3 2.1
162 Game Average 326 32 67 3 0 7 33 3 3 13 115 .208 .241 .291 .532 22.8  
Career Highs 36 74 10 21 3 1 2 13 2 2 7 26 .296 .324 .380 .705 8.4  
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   319 31 70 4 0 6 37 2 4 14 123 .219 .254 .288 .543 21.5
vs LH   114 12 20 0 1 4 8 3 1 4 30 .175 .202 .298 .500 6.9
Home 104 206 20 42 2 1 3 16 4 1 8 63 .204 .236 .267 .503 12.2
Away 111 227 23 48 2 0 7 29 1 4 10 90 .211 .245 .313 .558 16.1
RISP   114 0 27 1 0 3 37 0 0 2 36 .237 .248 .325 .572 8.9
Close/Late   12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .250 .308 .250 .558 1.0
Mar/Apr 37 73 10 18 3 0 0 9 1 0 3 26 .247 .286 .288 .573 5.6
May 38 79 7 16 0 0 2 4 2 0 1 27 .203 .210 .278 .488 4.5
June 41 89 10 19 0 0 3 13 2 2 6 30 .213 .263 .315 .578 7.4
July 30 61 6 13 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 23 .213 .226 .279 .504 3.1
August 36 71 6 12 0 0 1 6 0 0 5 27 .169 .224 .211 .435 3.0
Sep/Oct 33 60 4 12 0 1 3 7 0 2 2 20 .200 .226 .383 .609 4.8
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    
1988 21 QUE FL P 31 31 188.3 7 39 1 2 .979 2.20    
1989 22 QUE FL P 35 35 223.3 18 35 1 3 .981 2.14    
1990 23 QUE FL P 31 31 192.7 9 35 0 4 1.000 2.06    
1991 24 QUE FL P 36 36 231.3 11 34 4 1 .918 1.75    
1992 25 MTL FL P 19 19 126.0 3 15 3 1 .857 1.29    
1993 26 MTL FL P 31 31 209.0 15 22 2 1 .949 1.59    
1994 27 MTL FL P 32 32 204.3 12 30 3 2 .933 1.85    
Career Totals   215 215 1375.0 75 210 14 14 .953 1.87    
Career Highs   36 36 231.3 18 39 4 4 1.000 2.20    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1993 26 MTL FL 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 7 4 2 4 9.00 .345 .387 .759 1.146
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 0 7.0 10 7 4 2 4 9.00 .345 .387 .759 1.146
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
1993 26 MTL FL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1989-10-14
 Losses
1994-3-16
 Games Started
1989-9-35
1991-7-36
 Complete Games
1991-6-2
1992-7-2
1994-3-4
 Shutouts
1989-4-1
1992-4-1
 Innings Pitched
1989-10-223.3
Hits Allowed
1991-3-267
 Homeruns Allowed
1989-2-37
1991-7-25
1994-8-27
 Strikeouts
1989-9-185
1991-10-193
1993-10-181
 Walks per 9IP
1991-9-1.5
 Hits per 9IP
1993-9-8.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1993-9-7.8
OAVG
1993-9-.247
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 35    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Clyde Mercedes (960)
  2. Sam Morton (949)
  3. Aaron Alfonso (946)
  4. Santos Vazquez (941)
  5. Thomas Holden (934)
  6. Scott Blundon (934)
  7. Greg Hibbard (930)
  8. Rudy Ramirez (928)
  9. Shelby Palubiak (928)
  10. Paul Raybeck (927)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ebby Calvin Laloosh (946)
  2. Gary Nylon (945)
  3. Johnny Mate (935)
  4. Robert Beebe (934)
  5. Luke Gofannon (931)
  6. Elias Steffan (926)
  7. Brent Beemings (924)
  8. Phillip Hoffman (923)
  9. William Rice (921)
  10. Clyde Mercedes (921)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Quebec in 1988
Earned first career win on 4/4/1988
Had first career hit on 4/9/1988, off Matt Ryan (BUF)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/1988, off Antonio Montana (HAK)
Injured on 9/22/1989 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 4/26/1990 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
1/31/1991: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,657,143 through salary arbitration
9/11/1991: Signed a contract extension with Quebec, $3,800,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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