Lem
Galarraga
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 19, 1959 in Costa Rica
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988   
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
1981 21 CLG FL     7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 7 8
1982 22 CLG FL     9 9 9 7 7 7 11 11 11 4 4 4 11 11 11
1983 23 CLG FL     13 13 13 15 15 15 11 11 11 7 7 7 13 13 13
1984 24 CLG FL $ 300,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 10 10 10 14 14 14
1985 25 CLG FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 10 10 10 14 14 14
1986 26 CLG FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 16 16 16 13 13 13 10 10 10 14 13 14
1987 27 CLG FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 17 17 17 12 12 12 10 10 10 14 14 14
1988 28 CLG FL $ 2,857,143   14 14 14 17 17 17 13 13 13 10 10 10 14 14 14
1989 29 CLG FL $ 3,542,857   14 14 14 17 17 17 12 12 12 9 9 9 14 14 14
1990 30 CLG FL $ 3,542,857   13 13 13 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 9 9 14 14 14
1991 31 CLG FL $ 6,500,000   13 13 13 17 17 17 12 12 12 9 9 9 14 14 14
1992 32 CLG FL $ 6,500,000   13 13 13 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 8 8 14 13 14
1993 33 CLG FL $ 6,500,000   13 13 13 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 8 8 14 14 14
1994 34 CLG FL $ 6,500,000   14 14 14 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 8 8 14 14 14
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 7 5 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,500,000   15 15 15 17 17 17 13 13 13 10 10 10 14 14 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
1981 21 A   135 570 89 167 28 6 14 70 27 11 43 103 .293 .343 .437 .779 83.3  
1982 22 AA   138 570 95 175 30 7 13 76 31 11 29 93 .307 .341 .453 .793 84.1  
1983 23 AAA   131 502 86 164 26 2 23 80 23 20 34 97 .327 .369 .524 .893 87.3  
1984 24 CLG FL 101 355 41 92 19 5 13 69 12 11 20 43 .259 .311 .451 .762 48.3 7.8
    AAA   46 179 41 60 7 1 15 36 11 2 28 34 .335 .425 .637 1.062 45.6  
1985 25 CLG FL 133 475 63 125 25 5 18 88 18 5 36 97 .263 .324 .451 .775 69.7 11.0
1986 26 CLG FL 127 381 50 84 9 4 15 62 12 10 43 69 .220 .302 .383 .686 44.4 2.8
    AAA   2 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1.2  
1987 27 CLG FL 149 495 83 133 18 3 29 84 23 7 43 95 .269 .337 .493 .830 83.7 11.5
1988 28 CLG FL 160 540 90 157 31 13 25 88 29 17 48 93 .291 .347 .535 .882 95.8 17.7
1989 29 CLG FL 147 532 74 123 22 10 18 63 14 13 33 85 .231 .281 .412 .693 57.6 4.9
1990 30 CLG FL 153 518 84 147 31 7 16 68 18 12 47 80 .284 .347 .463 .810 77.4 11.4
1991 31 CLG FL 146 486 79 135 36 7 19 79 18 12 36 81 .278 .330 .498 .828 75.8 13.8
1992 32 CLG FL 151 501 77 136 23 5 22 90 17 10 28 87 .271 .314 .469 .783 69.7 9.5
1993 33 CLG FL 137 459 63 115 25 4 20 74 13 10 30 89 .251 .301 .453 .754 62.3 6.7
1994 34 CLG FL 138 333 58 83 19 5 15 45 8 11 21 43 .249 .302 .471 .773 45.0 5.9
11 Years Sim 1542 5075 762 1330 258 68 210 810 182 118 385 862 .262 .319 .464 .783 729.6 102.9
3 Years AAA 179 687 128 226 33 3 38 116 35 23 64 132 .329 .386 .552 .938 134.0  
1 Years AA 138 570 95 175 30 7 13 76 31 11 29 93 .307 .345 .453 .798 84.1  
1 Years A 135 570 89 167 28 6 14 70 27 11 43 103 .293 .346 .437 .783 83.3  
5 Years Minors 452 1827 312 568 91 16 65 262 93 45 136 328 .311 .361 .485 .846 301.5  
162 Game Average 533 80 139 27 7 22 85 19 12 40 90 .262 .319 .464 .783 76.7  
Career Highs 160 540 90 157 36 13 29 90 29 17 48 97 .291 .347 .535 .882 95.8  
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   3489 525 902 188 43 140 556 113 77 269 592 .259 .317 .457 .774 486.0
vs LH   1586 237 428 70 25 70 254 69 41 116 270 .270 .325 .478 .803 236.3
Home 763 2437 376 637 128 28 102 363 92 54 200 420 .261 .324 .462 .786 352.1
Away 779 2638 386 693 130 40 108 447 90 64 185 442 .263 .315 .465 .780 370.1
RISP   1333 0 360 76 27 44 556 0 0 144 226 .270 .341 .467 .808 208.2
Pinch Hitting   216 37 61 13 5 10 38 4 3 17 48 .282 .343 .528 .871 36.1
Close/Late   633 110 179 30 7 30 95 0 0 74 105 .283 .362 .494 .857 109.7
Mar/Apr 233 803 125 224 45 9 39 138 26 13 68 129 .279 .342 .503 .845 131.5
May 270 878 130 227 48 15 32 148 32 24 64 162 .259 .317 .457 .774 119.6
June 251 843 132 223 38 11 31 123 34 22 65 147 .265 .323 .446 .769 116.6
July 253 824 121 222 45 11 40 142 29 22 49 132 .269 .313 .496 .809 121.5
August 272 807 117 216 35 12 34 127 32 21 60 130 .268 .321 .467 .788 116.8
Sep/Oct 263 920 137 218 47 10 34 132 29 16 79 162 .237 .302 .421 .722 116.3
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
1984 24 CLG FL LF 43 42 367.0 88 2 2 0 .978 2.21   1.7
    RF 44 43 363.0 81 1 2 1 .976 2.03    
    CF 11 9 85.0 23 0 1 0 .958 2.44    
1985 25 CLG FL CF 69 61 546.7 131 6 5 3 .965 2.26   2.8
    LF 42 41 376.0 95 1 2 1 .980 2.30    
    RF 19 18 168.7 44 2 1 0 .979 2.45    
1986 26 CLG FL CF 84 73 654.0 189 5 11 2 .946 2.67   2.3
    RF 23 22 182.0 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.18    
1987 27 CLG FL LF 103 95 858.0 173 6 1 3 .994 1.88   2.5
    RF 17 13 123.0 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.78    
    CF 15 10 104.0 44 0 1 0 .978 3.81    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 28 CLG FL LF 105 104 914.0 203 5 0 2 1.000 2.05   3.4
    RF 20 20 173.7 32 2 1 0 .971 1.76    
    CF 22 12 138.7 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.27    
1989 29 CLG FL LF 96 93 838.3 218 4 2 0 .991 2.38   2.8
    CF 35 29 268.7 85 2 2 1 .978 2.91    
    RF 8 8 74.7 24 3 0 0 1.000 3.25    
1990 30 CLG FL CF 66 61 558.3 160 5 5 0 .971 2.66   3.4
    RF 52 49 441.0 94 3 0 0 1.000 1.98    
    LF 23 18 169.0 34 1 1 0 .972 1.86    
1991 31 CLG FL CF 57 54 493.0 127 3 2 1 .985 2.37   3.3
    LF 40 38 348.3 88 0 1 0 .989 2.27    
    RF 38 26 252.3 48 2 2 0 .962 1.78    
1992 32 CLG FL CF 78 71 644.0 171 5 3 1 .983 2.46   5.0
    LF 52 51 468.3 118 3 1 1 .992 2.33    
    RF 10 0 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
1993 33 CLG FL CF 94 93 799.0 228 4 5 2 .979 2.61   4.6
    LF 37 25 234.7 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.76    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1994 34 CLG FL LF 49 32 331.0 74 4 0 0 1.000 2.12   2.9
    CF 33 32 255.7 63 5 3 0 .958 2.39    
    RF 18 10 88.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  LF 590 539 4904.7 1135 28 10 7 .991 2.13   13.2
  CF 564 505 4547.0 1256 35 38 10 .971 2.56   21.4
  RF 250 209 1883.0 429 15 6 1 .987 2.12    
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   1406 1253 11337.6 2820 79 54 18 .982 2.30   34.6
Career Highs   147 136 1226.3 327 9 11 4 .996 2.56    
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
1984 24 CLG FL 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393
1985 25 CLG FL 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .000 .083 .000 .083
1991 31 CLG FL 4 18 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .389 .556
1992 32 CLG FL 3 11 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 .182 .182 .455 .636
1994 34 CLG FL 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 .250 .400 1.000 1.400
Career Post-Season Batting 16 50 4 7 1 0 3 11 1 1 2 16 .140 .185 .340 .525
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
1988-8-.535
Games
1988-1-160
Triples
1988-7-13
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Calgary in 1981
Had first career hit (double) on 5/21/1984, off Adam Abramowitz (SEA)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1984, off Mike Schreier (AUS)
Drove in 8 runs against Austin on 7/29/1984
Injured on 6/5/1985 with a Pulled Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Des Moines on 7/16/1985
1/31/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
1/31/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Austin on 6/4/1989
Injured on 6/28/1989 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
1/31/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Seattle on 4/10/1990
10/14/1990: Signed a contract extension with Calgary, $6,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Birmingham on 5/7/1992