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Elroy
Futon		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 18, 1942 in Dominican Republic
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1976   
Owner's Choice - Hitter Award 1976   
All-Star Selections 1975    1976    1977    1978   
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 31 LV FL $ 5,990,000 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 9 8 4 6 5 8 9 9 7 7 7
1974 32 LV FL $ 5,990,000 7 8 8 8 8 8 6 9 8 5 7 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1975 33 LV FL $ 5,990,000 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 9 8 5 7 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1976 34 LV FL $ 11,000,000 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 9 5 7 6 8 9 9 7 7 7
1977 35 LV FL $ 11,000,000 6 8 7 8 8 8 7 10 9 5 7 6 9 10 9 7 7 7
1978 36 LV FL $ 11,000,000 6 8 7 7 7 7 6 9 8 5 7 6 9 10 9 6 6 6
1979 37 AUS FL $ 11,000,000 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 10 9 4 5 5 8 9 9 6 6 6
1980 38 AUS FL $ 6,000,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 4 3 7 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 5,990,000 4 5 5 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 4 3 7 8 8 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 11,000,000 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 9 5 7 6 9 10 9 7 7 7
                                             
  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 39 LV FL $ 2,200,000   11 11 10 4 7 7 6 6 6 14 16 16 10 10 10
1982 40 WAS JL $ 300,000   10 10 9 4 7 6 6 6 6 13 15 14 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 9 4 7 6 6 6 6 13 15 14 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,200,000   11 11 10 4 7 7 6 6 6 14 16 16 10 10 10
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 31 LV FL 107 383 80 144 36 9 7 48 54 15 67 28 .376 .473 .572 1.045 96.4 23.8
1974 32 LV FL 157 576 109 195 40 11 19 87 59 18 80 56 .339 .418 .545 .963 126.7 31.3
1975 33 LV FL 155 588 111 187 35 12 18 86 54 20 94 47 .318 .412 .510 .922 121.2 25.3
1976 34 LV FL 155 573 119 185 43 8 16 68 58 19 105 54 .323 .430 .510 .939 126.6 30.7
1977 35 LV FL 155 585 107 192 46 9 17 95 65 15 83 60 .328 .413 .525 .938 119.7 30.2
1978 36 LV FL 153 591 96 179 40 6 17 65 53 23 66 70 .303 .373 .477 .850 102.0 26.9
1979 37 LV FL 10 40 7 14 1 0 2 5 2 0 5 6 .350 .422 .525 .947 8.4 2.4
  BIR FL 8 28 3 17 3 2 0 4 1 0 3 3 .607 .645 .857 1.502 10.4 3.6
  AUS FL 96 335 46 102 15 4 14 51 15 1 37 48 .304 .377 .499 .875 62.6 13.3
  TOT   114 403 56 133 19 6 16 60 18 1 45 57 .330 .400 .526 .926 81.5 19.4
1980 38 AUS FL 70 182 32 62 8 1 6 14 4 0 22 33 .341 .421 .495 .916 36.5 8.6
1981 39 LV FL 128 249 24 57 13 0 1 24 1 0 33 68 .229 .328 .293 .621 25.7 2.4
1982 40 AAA   58 54 7 12 0 0 1 12 0 0 12 14 .222 .364 .278 .641 7.0  
9 Years Sim 1194 4130 734 1334 280 62 117 547 366 111 595 473 .323 .410 .506 .916 836.2 198.5
1 Years AAA 58 54 7 12 0 0 1 12 0 0 12 14 .222 .373 .278 .651 7.0  
162 Game Average 560 99 180 37 8 15 74 49 15 80 64 .323 .410 .506 .916 113.5  
Career Highs 157 591 119 195 46 12 19 95 65 23 105 70 .376 .473 .572 1.045 126.7  
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   2787 519 955 194 39 88 397 254 80 418 333 .343 .430 .535 .965 610.3
vs LH   1344 215 379 86 23 29 150 112 31 177 141 .282 .368 .445 .813 225.9
Home 601 2029 376 669 138 29 68 281 184 54 306 244 .330 .420 .527 .947 433.8
Away 594 2102 358 665 142 33 49 266 182 57 289 230 .316 .400 .485 .885 402.4
RISP   884 0 289 68 12 26 389 0 0 184 91 .327 .433 .519 .952 195.8
Pinch Hitting   115 12 32 8 2 1 13 1 0 17 25 .278 .382 .409 .791 17.8
Close/Late   540 77 154 35 8 12 54 0 1 83 70 .285 .384 .446 .830 91.1
Mar/Apr 224 762 122 239 47 11 20 92 59 21 124 87 .314 .412 .483 .895 150.4
May 183 671 119 217 51 12 13 82 76 15 103 69 .323 .413 .493 .906 138.7
June 179 611 122 197 46 10 21 95 55 20 80 71 .322 .405 .534 .938 124.7
July 192 678 134 240 56 11 25 104 61 13 90 72 .354 .429 .580 1.008 157.1
August 205 673 115 224 41 5 17 85 71 18 88 77 .333 .412 .484 .896 133.5
Sep/Oct 212 736 122 217 39 13 21 89 44 24 110 98 .295 .392 .469 .860 131.7
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
1973 31 LV FL RF 105 105 915.0 217 11 1 4 .996 2.24   2.9
    LF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
1974 32 LV FL RF 148 143 1286.3 252 8 0 3 1.000 1.82   3.8
    LF 7 5 47.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1975 33 LV FL RF 143 143 1299.7 280 6 0 1 1.000 1.98   3.9
    CF 4 4 35.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.06    
    LF 5 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1976 34 LV FL RF 151 148 1331.3 319 9 1 2 .997 2.22   4.2
    LF 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73    
1977 35 LV FL LF 146 141 1268.0 272 6 4 0 .986 1.97   3.5
    CF 9 9 84.0 27 0 2 0 .931 2.89    
1978 36 LV FL LF 80 78 705.0 130 4 2 0 .985 1.71   1.0
    CF 71 71 626.7 157 5 2 2 .988 2.33    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1979 37 LV FL RF 8 7 76.1 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    LF 2 2 15.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.16   0.0
  BIR FL RF 6 6 52.4 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.2
    LF 2 1 10.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.85   0.0
  AUS FL RF 74 72 639.4 132 2 0 2 1.000 1.89   1.6
    LF 18 15 129.9 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.18   0.0
  TOT   RF 88 85 767.9 159 2 0 2 1.000 1.89   1.9
      LF 22 18 156.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.15   0.0
1980 38 AUS FL RF 32 31 263.3 73 0 2 0 .973 2.49   1.0
    LF 11 6 63.0 9 1 1 0 .909 1.43    
    CF 7 7 55.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.96    
1981 39 LV FL RF 36 26 236.7 62 2 2 1 .970 2.43   1.1
    CF 41 6 128.0 36 0 1 0 .973 2.53    
    LF 28 8 118.3 29 0 1 0 .967 2.21    
  RF 704 681 6101.2 1363 38 6 13 .996 2.07   18.9
  LF 302 256 2374.0 475 11 8 0 .984 1.84   4.5
  CF 132 97 928.7 240 5 6 2 .976 2.37    
Career Totals   1138 1034 9403.9 2078 54 20 15 .991 2.04   23.3
Career Highs   155 150 1352.0 321 11 6 4 1.000 2.40    
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
1973 31 LV FL 3 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .222 .364 .222 .586
1974 32 LV FL 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 .000 .125 .000 .125
1975 33 LV FL 3 11 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .364 .614
1976 34 LV FL 13 53 9 16 6 0 1 8 6 1 10 9 .302 .413 .472 .884
1979 37 AUS FL 14 51 6 18 7 1 0 7 3 1 5 11 .353 .404 .529 .933
1980 38 AUS FL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 39 144 17 38 13 2 1 15 12 2 20 27 .264 .352 .403 .754
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.
Batting Average
1973-2-.338*
1974-1-.339
1975-4-.318
1976-3-.323
1977-5-.328
CAR-11-.323
 On-Base Pct
1973-1-.432*
1974-3-.418
1975-1-.412
1976-1-.430
1977-1-.413
1978-6-.373
CAR-3-.410
 Slugging Pct
1974-6-.545
1976-5-.510
1977-5-.525
CAR-34-.506
 OPS
1973-5-.946*
1974-3-.963
1975-5-.922
1976-1-.939
1977-2-.938
1978-10-.850
CAR-8-.916
 XR
1974-2-126.7
1975-1-121.2
1976-1-126.6
1977-1-119.7
1978-6-102.0
 Games
1974-4-157
1975-9-155
1977-9-155
At-Bats
1975-5-588
 Runs
1974-2-109
1975-1-111
1976-2-119
1977-1-107
1978-6-96
 Hits
1974-2-195
1975-4-187
1976-2-185
1977-2-192
1978-8-179
 Total Bases
1974-3-314
1975-7-300
1976-4-292
1977-4-307
 Singles
1974-5-125
1975-7-122
1976-10-118
 Doubles
1974-3-40
1976-2-43
1977-2-46
1978-10-40
Triples
1973-5-9
1974-6-11
1975-4-12
1977-10-9
 RBIs
1977-7-95
 Stolen Bases
1973-4-54
1974-1-59
1975-2-54
1976-2-58
1977-2-65
1978-6-53
CAR-44-366
 Caught Stealing
1973-3-15
1974-4-18
1975-5-20
1976-2-19
1977-6-15
1978-2-23
 Walks
1974-7-80
1975-5-94
1976-1-105
1977-1-83
1978-5-66
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 101    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Las Vegas in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Rudy Ramirez (CLG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/16/1973, off Bernie Crotchmeyer (BUF)
Hit for the cycle against Montreal on 5/1/1973
Injured on 6/2/1973 with a Pulled Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/22/1973 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Hit for the cycle against Manhattan on 9/7/1973
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Manhattan on 9/7/1973
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1974, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
Had 26-game hitting streak snapped on 9/14/1974
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1975, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1975, hitting .352 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Landis Memorial Series with Las Vegas in 1976
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 4/16/1978
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 5/26/1978
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Las Vegas to Birmingham on 4/11/1979 (Going to BIR: LF E. Futon, RF B. Veltman. Going to LV: LF M. Cervantes, P D. Magnusson, 3B C. Mauk, P J. Saragosa)
Injured on 4/18/1979 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from Birmingham to Austin on 6/11/1979 (Going to AUS: LF E. Futon. Going to BIR: RF S. Slaughter, P S. Thiel, LF C. Moorhead)
Injured on 4/28/1980 with a Broken Ankle, out for 9 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/12/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $2,200,000 per year
 
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