Marquis
Futon
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 24, 1945 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1973   
All-Star Selections 1976    1978    1979    1980   
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 28 HON JL $ 7,700,000 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 5 4 5
1974 29 HON JL $ 7,700,000 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 4 5 4 4
1975 30 HON JL $ 7,700,000 6 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 4 4 4
1976 31 HON JL $ 7,700,000 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4
1977 32 PHX JL $ 7,700,000 6 8 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 33 SLC FL $ 9,500,000 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 34 VAN JL $ 20,000,100 6 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1980 35 PHX JL $ 15,111,111 6 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 7,700,000 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 20,000,100 6 8 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 6 6 6
                                             
  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 36 PHX JL $ 15,111,110   17 17 15 12 13 13 14 16 15 9 10 10 14 13 13
1982 37 VAN JL $ 10,000,040   15 15 14 11 12 12 13 14 14 7 9 8 14 13 14
1983 38 BUF FL     10 10 9 7 9 9 9 10 10 6 7 7 9 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     10 10 9 7 9 9 9 10 10 6 7 7 9 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 15,111,110   17 17 15 12 13 13 14 16 15 9 10 10 14 13 14
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 28 HON JL 162 673 110 217 46 11 22 89 6 6 76 134 .322 .391 .522 .913 124.1 27.7
1974 29 HON JL 145 536 76 172 50 4 18 68 5 6 62 91 .321 .395 .530 .925 101.0 22.1
1975 30 HON JL 156 612 98 183 32 5 34 98 6 8 49 101 .299 .353 .534 .887 104.4 21.3
1976 31 HON JL 154 579 91 173 42 7 16 64 4 5 40 73 .299 .347 .478 .825 87.3 18.5
1977 32 HON JL 69 256 39 75 15 4 9 41 1 5 24 41 .293 .362 .488 .851 42.0 8.1
  PHX JL 82 310 53 113 28 3 16 53 2 5 25 41 .365 .420 .629 1.049 68.5 15.4
  TOT   151 566 92 188 43 7 25 94 3 10 49 82 .332 .394 .565 .959 110.5 23.4
1978 33 SLC FL 134 521 88 177 33 7 20 80 2 2 35 70 .340 .388 .545 .933 98.4 24.0
1979 34 SLC FL 103 385 52 111 35 3 17 73 1 0 31 76 .288 .344 .527 .871 66.3 17.5
  VAN JL 50 200 27 58 16 3 6 27 0 0 18 56 .290 .353 .490 .843 32.6 6.4
  TOT   153 585 79 169 51 6 23 100 1 0 49 132 .289 .347 .515 .861 98.9 23.9
1980 35 LV FL 85 323 52 100 16 4 12 45 1 1 20 72 .310 .353 .495 .848 51.6 9.2
  PHX JL 70 281 50 94 19 4 7 49 1 1 21 40 .335 .385 .505 .890 48.1 10.8
  TOT   155 604 102 194 35 8 19 94 2 2 41 112 .321 .368 .500 .868 99.8 20.0
1981 36 PHX JL 157 570 96 179 42 12 17 73 6 3 46 96 .314 .368 .519 .887 96.2 19.7
1982 37 VAN JL 148 445 54 122 23 3 9 51 6 6 36 74 .274 .331 .400 .731 55.2 6.9
1983 38 BUF FL 34 96 10 17 4 0 2 7 1 0 5 19 .177 .218 .281 .499 5.5 0.0
    AAA   14 62 11 17 7 0 0 5 1 0 4 12 .274 .318 .387 .705 7.3  
11 Years Sim 1549 5787 896 1791 401 70 205 818 42 48 488 984 .309 .367 .509 .876 981.4 207.4
1 Years AAA 14 62 11 17 7 0 0 5 1 0 4 12 .274 .318 .387 .705 7.3  
162 Game Average 605 93 187 41 7 21 85 4 5 51 102 .309 .367 .509 .876 102.6  
Career Highs 162 673 110 217 51 12 34 100 6 10 76 134 .340 .395 .565 .959 124.1  
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   3986 649 1307 301 47 150 584 23 35 368 749 .328 .388 .540 .928 747.0
vs LH   1801 247 484 100 23 55 234 19 13 120 235 .269 .319 .441 .761 241.7
Home 781 2853 448 895 203 31 92 384 21 23 251 467 .314 .373 .503 .876 489.2
Away 769 2934 448 896 198 39 113 434 21 25 237 517 .305 .360 .515 .875 499.6
RISP   1359 0 418 88 20 40 546 0 0 165 223 .308 .378 .490 .869 242.5
Pinch Hitting   104 15 32 6 1 3 13 1 0 11 17 .308 .379 .471 .850 17.7
Close/Late   748 113 236 44 9 23 89 0 0 94 124 .316 .395 .491 .885 137.0
Mar/Apr 278 1059 147 310 60 9 42 161 7 11 87 175 .293 .346 .485 .832 168.0
May 247 914 125 252 51 17 27 101 5 6 79 175 .276 .338 .457 .795 134.1
June 258 950 144 288 62 12 30 135 7 6 84 167 .303 .365 .488 .853 156.7
July 256 992 172 340 84 12 43 173 11 6 73 156 .343 .390 .582 .972 197.7
August 258 942 163 318 75 8 31 127 7 10 82 156 .338 .394 .533 .927 175.0
Sep/Oct 253 930 145 283 69 12 32 121 5 9 83 155 .304 .367 .508 .874 157.4
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 28 HON JL RF 161 160 1458.3 360 6 7 1 .981 2.26   3.9
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 29 HON JL RF 138 137 1226.0 254 9 1 1 .996 1.93   3.7
    LF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1975 30 HON JL LF 154 147 1340.0 263 5 8 0 .971 1.80   3.0
1976 31 HON JL LF 151 141 1272.7 237 12 8 1 .969 1.76   2.2
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1977 32 HON JL LF 64 63 556.7 111 2 5 1 .958 1.83   0.2
    RF 4 1 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
  PHX JL LF 76 74 665.0 133 2 5 1 .964 1.83   1.7
    RF 4 1 20.3 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.22   0.0
  TOT   LF 140 137 1221.7 244 4 10 2 .961 1.83   1.9
      RF 8 2 37.3 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.0
1978 33 SLC FL CF 120 119 1036.0 263 6 10 0 .964 2.34   2.7
    RF 5 5 51.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.10    
    1B 5 5 44.7 48 5 0 2 1.000 10.68   0.1
    LF 4 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
1979 34 SLC FL CF 68 67 573.2 129 6 5 2 .964 2.12   1.1
    RF 34 34 296.6 59 1 1 0 .984 1.82   0.0
  VAN JL CF 33 32 300.2 68 3 2 1 .973 2.13   1.2
    RF 16 16 155.4 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
  TOT   CF 101 99 873.4 197 9 7 3 .967 2.12   2.3
      RF 50 50 452.0 90 1 1 0 .989 1.81   0.0
1980 35 LV FL LF 64 64 551.8 96 5 7 1 .935 1.65   0.6
    RF 16 15 129.5 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.60   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29   0.0
  PHX JL LF 53 53 484.8 84 4 7 1 .926 1.63   0.6
    RF 13 12 113.8 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.66   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 117 117 1036.6 180 9 14 2 .931 1.64   1.1
      RF 29 27 243.3 44 0 0 0 1.000 1.63   0.0
      CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1981 36 PHX JL LF 125 119 1037.7 244 5 8 2 .969 2.16   2.5
    RF 26 25 221.7 44 0 1 0 .978 1.79    
    CF 4 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1982 37 VAN JL RF 88 65 629.7 155 5 1 0 .994 2.29   2.4
    LF 43 34 322.0 62 2 3 1 .955 1.79    
    CF 9 0 15.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.45    
1983 38 BUF FL CF 20 20 176.0 40 0 4 0 .909 2.05   0.3
    LF 6 1 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06    
    RF 3 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 744 698 6278.6 1235 37 51 8 .961 1.82   10.7
  RF 509 472 4336.6 968 22 11 2 .989 2.05   10.0
  CF 256 238 2112.7 508 15 21 3 .961 2.23   5.2
  1B 5 5 44.7 48 5 0 2 1.000 10.68   0.1
Career Totals   1514 1413 12772.6 2759 79 83 15 .972 2.00   26.1
Career Highs   162 160 1461.3 360 12 14 3 .996 2.62    
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 28 HON JL 11 47 8 17 0 1 4 10 0 0 2 8 .362 .388 .660 1.047
1974 29 HON JL 4 17 3 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 .412 .444 .588 1.033
1975 30 HON JL 4 15 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .200 .294 .267 .561
1980 35 PHX JL 6 23 4 8 1 2 0 2 0 0 2 3 .348 .400 .565 .965
Career Post-Season Batting 25 102 16 35 2 3 5 20 0 0 6 15 .343 .385 .569 .954
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
1973-4-.322
1974-2-.321
1977-2-.332
1978-2-.340
CAR-24-.309
On-Base Pct
1973-7-.391
1974-2-.395
1977-5-.394
1978-3-.388
Slugging Pct
1974-6-.530
1975-5-.534
1977-2-.565
1978-4-.545
1981-6-.519
CAR-26-.509
OPS
1973-8-.913
1974-2-.925
1975-9-.887
1977-2-.959
1978-2-.933
1981-9-.887
CAR-18-.876
XR
1973-4-124.1
1974-5-101.0
1975-8-104.4
1977-3-110.5
1978-8-98.4
CAR-50-981.4
Games
1973-3-162
1975-8-156
1981-4-157
At-Bats
1973-2-673
1975-3-612
Runs
1973-6-110
1975-6-98
1976-7-91
Hits
1973-1-217
1974-9-172
1975-9-183
1976-8-173
1977-2-188
1981-9-179
CAR-49-1791
Total Bases
1973-2-351
1974-8-284
1975-3-327
1977-2-320
1981-8-296
CAR-48-2947
Doubles
1973-3-46
1974-1-50
1976-1-42
1977-3-43
1979-8-35
1981-4-42
CAR-37-401
Triples
1973-5-11
1981-6-12
Homeruns
1975-6-34
RBIs
1975-7-98
Walks
1973-8-76
Strikeouts
1973-4-134
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 87    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 31st overall pick, by Honolulu in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Ricky Vaughn (VAL)
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1973, off Gerald Benson (VAL)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1973, hitting .457 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Won Landis Memorial Series with Honolulu in 1973
Injured on 4/27/1974 with a Fractured Foot, out for 2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Valencia on 4/7/1975
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against California on 4/9/1975
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1975, hitting .448 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1976, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/25/1976 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against California on 9/19/1976
Traded from Honolulu to Phoenix on 6/21/1977 (Going to PHX: LF M. Futon. Going to HON: CF S. Sakis)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/23/1977, hitting .364 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1977, hitting .381 with 6 HR, 16 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1977, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/20/1977, hitting .520 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1977, hitting .422 with 7 HR, 23 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/4/1978 to a 1-year deal worth $9,500,000 per year
Injured on 5/5/1978 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1978, hitting .556 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/13/1978, hitting .667 with 0 HR, 5 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/21/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $20,000,100 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/16/1979, hitting .478 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Traded from Salt Lake City to Vancouver on 7/31/1979 (Going to VAN: CF M. Futon, P A. Jones. Going to SLC: 3B D. Rordras, P M. Huijens, P A. Alva)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1979, hitting .365 with 5 HR, 25 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/27/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $15,111,111 per year
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Traded from Las Vegas to Phoenix on 7/11/1980 (Going to LV: LF D. Mellor, RF D. Gilpatrick, SS C. Barnhard, 1B B. Slughausen. Going to PHX: LF M. Futon, 2B E. Thundercrotch)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Vancouver on 7/21/1980
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1980, hitting .398 with 4 HR, 26 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Baltimore on 8/22/1980