Hector
Garcia
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 160
 
Born: June 18, 1950 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Rookie Award 1975   
All-Star Selections 1978    1979    1983   
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 SLC FL   2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 24 MAN FL   3 3 3 5 5 5 11 11 11 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 25 HON JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 5 5 5 14 14 14 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 26 PHX JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 13 13 13 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 27 PHX JL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 13 13 13 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1978 28 PHX JL $ 3,528,571 6 6 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1979 29 BUF FL $ 3,828,571 6 6 6 6 6 6 11 11 11 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1980 30 BUF FL $ 3,828,571 7 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 2 2 5 5 5 10 10 10 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,828,571 7 6 6 6 6 6 14 14 14 7 6 6 4 4 4 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 31 BUF FL $ 4,200,000   14 14 14 14 13 14 17 17 17 7 7 7 13 14 14
1982 32 BUF FL $ 4,200,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 17 17 17 7 7 7 14 14 14
1983 33 BAL JL $ 4,200,000   13 13 14 15 14 14 15 15 15 6 6 6 14 14 14
1984 34 BAL JL $ 4,200,000   12 12 12 15 14 14 15 15 15 6 6 6 13 13 13
1985 35 BAL JL $ 4,200,000   12 12 12 13 13 13 15 15 15 6 6 6 12 13 13
1986 36 GRE JL $ 968,000   11 11 11 13 12 13 15 15 15 6 5 6 12 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 968,000   11 11 11 13 12 13 15 15 15 6 5 6 12 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 17 17 17 7 7 7 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
1973 23 AA   148 592 85 133 31 16 21 71 33 6 50 103 .225 .285 .438 .723 78.7  
    A   12 44 7 11 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 3 .250 .340 .568 .908 8.4  
1974 24 AAA   16 61 9 14 4 1 2 6 3 0 6 12 .230 .299 .426 .725 8.4  
    AA   121 455 68 119 25 4 19 69 38 9 46 90 .262 .329 .459 .789 72.4  
1975 25 HON JL 109 403 76 103 12 7 15 39 52 9 33 73 .256 .346 .432 .777 68.6 12.9
    AAA   27 104 12 27 6 0 4 11 6 0 8 22 .260 .313 .433 .745 15.0  
    AA   16 53 4 10 4 1 0 4 6 1 5 6 .189 .259 .302 .561 4.8  
1976 26 HON JL 33 120 15 24 7 2 0 3 16 2 4 26 .200 .256 .292 .547 10.4 0.7
  PHX JL 108 364 45 110 17 9 8 47 49 8 22 79 .302 .365 .464 .829 65.6 14.2
  TOT   141 484 60 134 24 11 8 50 65 10 26 105 .277 .338 .421 .760 76.1 14.8
1977 27 PHX JL 155 525 72 144 29 8 10 69 61 17 31 115 .274 .344 .417 .761 82.0 13.1
1978 28 PHX JL 153 558 90 159 31 14 13 83 65 23 57 71 .285 .372 .461 .833 97.4 18.2
1979 29 BUF FL 150 584 90 153 26 12 24 62 44 10 35 90 .262 .336 .471 .807 98.4 21.7
1980 30 BUF FL 139 516 77 131 26 10 14 57 60 12 32 76 .254 .318 .424 .743 75.1 14.4
1981 31 BUF FL 153 534 82 136 30 9 10 52 63 22 41 99 .255 .331 .401 .731 75.9 12.6
1982 32 BUF FL 134 471 71 110 34 12 9 60 51 14 20 84 .234 .298 .414 .712 60.3 9.2
1983 33 BUF FL 24 68 13 20 1 3 4 19 7 3 5 7 .294 .355 .574 .929 13.9 2.9
  BAL JL 129 475 74 123 22 5 21 72 47 17 19 72 .259 .305 .459 .764 68.6 10.4
  TOT   153 543 87 143 23 8 25 91 54 20 24 79 .263 .312 .473 .785 82.6 13.3
1984 34 BAL JL 131 375 66 88 25 9 8 49 31 8 31 79 .235 .312 .413 .725 52.7 7.8
1985 35 BAL JL 102 145 26 43 5 2 3 21 18 8 6 28 .297 .329 .421 .750 21.3 3.1
1986 36 GRE JL 70 187 38 52 12 3 9 36 11 7 14 44 .278 .362 .519 .880 34.9 5.3
    AAA   44 171 45 59 9 2 14 30 13 4 17 34 .345 .404 .667 1.071 41.8  
12 Years Sim 1590 5325 835 1396 277 105 148 669 575 160 350 943 .262 .333 .437 .770 825.1 146.5
3 Years AAA 87 336 66 100 19 3 20 47 22 4 31 68 .298 .391 .551 .941 65.2  
3 Years AA 285 1100 157 262 60 21 40 144 77 16 101 199 .238 .324 .440 .764 155.8  
1 Years A 12 44 7 11 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 3 .250 .353 .568 .921 8.4  
7 Years Minors 384 1480 230 373 80 26 63 200 100 21 138 270 .252 .341 .469 .810 229.3  
162 Game Average 542 85 142 28 10 15 68 58 16 35 96 .262 .333 .437 .770 84.1  
Career Highs 155 584 90 159 34 14 25 91 65 23 57 115 .297 .372 .519 .880 98.4  
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   3463 546 878 167 63 102 422 382 97 231 613 .254 .328 .427 .754 473.7
vs LH   1862 289 518 110 42 46 247 193 63 119 330 .278 .342 .456 .798 275.1
Home 787 2570 409 700 125 55 80 320 270 84 158 444 .272 .341 .457 .798 378.3
Away 804 2755 426 696 152 50 68 349 305 76 192 499 .253 .325 .418 .743 370.6
RISP   1220 0 307 61 20 30 470 0 0 101 212 .252 .329 .408 .737 152.6
Pinch Hitting   141 22 41 8 2 6 28 7 3 11 25 .291 .369 .504 .872 23.4
Close/Late   656 115 174 29 11 19 75 0 0 52 96 .265 .349 .430 .778 88.6
Mar/Apr 235 814 144 226 52 21 22 102 82 17 47 153 .278 .340 .474 .814 125.3
May 263 890 126 232 47 25 24 123 88 29 59 154 .261 .328 .451 .778 125.9
June 257 897 129 245 44 18 24 111 98 21 54 154 .273 .343 .443 .786 131.1
July 281 949 150 230 53 15 24 114 105 28 67 178 .242 .322 .406 .728 121.0
August 292 948 156 254 46 16 29 123 118 41 65 158 .268 .339 .442 .781 136.6
Sep/Oct 263 827 130 209 35 10 25 96 84 24 58 146 .253 .325 .410 .735 108.9
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1975 25 HON JL SS 108 105 924.3 144 309 12 62 .974 4.41 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 26 HON JL SS 32 31 285.3 42 94 4 16 .971 4.29 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    2B 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  PHX JL SS 106 103 893.0 132 295 13 52 .970 4.30 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    2B 1 0 1.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 138 134 1178.3 174 389 17 68 .971 4.30   6.8
      2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1977 27 PHX JL SS 152 146 1310.7 186 388 9 74 .985 3.94 0 0 .000 0 6.8
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 28 PHX JL SS 148 146 1299.3 180 448 18 91 .972 4.35 0 0 .000 0 7.0
    2B 5 0 8.0 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1979 29 BUF FL SS 146 145 1293.3 190 391 17 58 .972 4.04 0 0 .000 0 5.1
    2B 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 30 BUF FL SS 133 126 1129.3 148 335 5 49 .990 3.85 0 0 .000 0 6.2
    2B 4 0 7.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 31 BUF FL SS 145 133 1199.0 164 367 12 67 .978 3.99 0 0 .000 0 9.2
    2B 4 3 26.0 1 13 0 1 1.000 4.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 32 BUF FL SS 120 107 984.7 127 300 8 50 .982 3.90 0 0 .000 0 6.3
    2B 6 5 46.0 7 13 0 0 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 33 BUF FL SS 22 21 155.0 19 54 1 9 .986 4.24 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BAL JL SS 120 113 1037.0 129 359 9 62 .982 4.24 0 0 .000 0 7.7
    2B 1 1 7.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   SS 142 134 1192.0 148 413 10 71 .982 4.24   9.1
      2B 1 1 8.0 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.63   0.0
1984 34 BAL JL SS 93 92 771.3 115 242 8 40 .978 4.17 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    2B 13 5 62.7 9 18 2 2 .931 3.88 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 35 BAL JL 2B 30 14 159.7 29 57 2 12 .977 4.85 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 23 13 129.0 20 36 0 8 1.000 3.91 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 36 GRE JL 2B 53 37 358.7 88 123 4 30 .981 5.29 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 3 2 20.0 4 4 2 1 .800 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1351 1283 11431.3 1600 3622 118 639 .978 4.11 0 0 .000 0 67.2
  2B 122 65 683.6 140 233 8 47 .979 4.91 0 0 .000 0 2.2
  1B 2 0 4.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 15.75 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1478 1348 12125.2 1747 3856 126 686 .978 4.16 0 0 .000 0 69.4
Career Highs   153 146 1311.7 191 452 18 92 .990 5.21 0 0 .000 0  
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
1975 25 HON JL 4 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 .308 .400 .308 .708
1976 26 PHX JL 12 42 4 9 1 0 0 1 4 1 4 11 .214 .306 .238 .544
1981 31 BUF FL 9 33 2 14 4 0 2 7 4 3 2 4 .424 .444 .727 1.172
1982 32 BUF FL 11 35 4 10 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 3 .286 .324 .429 .753
1983 33 BAL JL 10 41 6 13 4 1 0 5 2 2 1 8 .317 .333 .463 .797
1984 34 BAL JL 17 15 3 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .400 .438 .667 1.104
1985 35 BAL JL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 69 180 21 56 13 2 3 19 16 10 9 31 .311 .357 .456 .813
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.
XR
1978-10-97.4
1979-7-98.4
Games
1977-9-155
Runs
1979-9-90
Triples
1976-3-11
1978-1-14
1979-4-12
1980-3-10
1982-3-12
CAR-21-105
Stolen Bases
1975-2-52
1976-2-65
1977-4-61
1978-3-65
1979-9-44
1980-6-60
1981-8-63
1982-9-51
1983-8-47
CAR-17-575
Caught Stealing
1977-5-17
1978-2-23
1981-8-22
CAR-32-160
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 36    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Christopher Williams (875)
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History
Injured on 4/1/1973 with a Bruised Foot, out for 5 days
Traded from Salt Lake City to Manhattan on 6/11/1974 (Going to MAN: CF C. Gandara, 2B H. Garcia. Going to SLC: CF M. Micar, 1B D. Silber)
Traded from Manhattan to Honolulu on 2/5/1975 (Going to MAN: CF D. Camden, P O. Santamaria. Going to HON: P C. Schaller, P A. Rivero, 2B H. Garcia)
Had first career hit on 5/22/1975, off Narciso Jarilla (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/2/1975, off Greg Doonin (MRQ)
Won Phenom Award in 1975, hitting .256 with 15 HR, 39 RBI
Won Johnson League Rookie of the Year Award in 1975
Traded from Honolulu to Phoenix on 5/11/1976 (Going to HON: 3B F. Lorenzen, CF J. Fitzgerald. Going to PHX: SS H. Garcia, P S. Anderson, P O. Eoff, P A. Reis)
Injured on 8/4/1976 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/21/1978, hitting .370 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Traded from Phoenix to Buffalo on 2/3/1979 (Going to BUF: P C. Pump, SS H. Garcia, LF F. Resendiz. Going to PHX: P A. Holder, SS M. Sandoval, LF D. Mellor, P J. Neff)
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Injured on 4/1/1980 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks