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Luciano
Malave		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 8, 1945 in Mexico
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 28 CHI JL $ 1,800,000   4 7 4 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 5
1974 29 DM FL $ 850,000   5 7 4 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 5
1975 30 DM FL $ 850,000   5 7 4 5 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 5
1976 31 DM FL $ 850,000   4 7 4 5 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 5
1977 32 DM FL $ 850,000   4 7 4 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 6 5
1978 33 MAN FL $ 800,000   5 7 4 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 5 5
1979 34 MAN FL $ 800,000   3 6 4 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 4 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 800,000   3 6 4 5 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000   5 7 4 5 8 7 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 4 6 5
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 CHI JL $ 1,800,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 29 DM FL $ 850,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 30 DM FL $ 850,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 31 DM FL $ 850,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 32 DM FL $ 850,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 33 MAN FL $ 800,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 34 MAN FL $ 800,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 800,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
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
1973 28 CHI JL 5 8 .385 29 12 0 0 0 93.0 118 55 12 25 63 5.32 .313 .356 .459 .814 2.0
    AAA   7 1 .875 9 9 1 0 0 66.0 55 22 5 21 52 3.00 .222 .283 .323 .605  
1974 29 DM FL 2 7 .222 14 14 1 0 0 97.0 119 53 17 37 53 4.92 .307 .366 .492 .858 0.9
  LV FL 2 1 .667 5 5 1 0 0 32.0 33 28 5 21 21 7.88 .273 .382 .438 .820 0.0
  TOT   4 8 .333 19 19 2 0 0 129.0 152 81 22 58 74 5.65 .299 .370 .479 .849 0.9
    AAA   9 2 .818 13 13 0 0 0 99.0 94 28 9 23 84 2.55 .249 .293 .363 .656  
1975 30 AAA   9 9 .500 25 25 2 1 0 166.7 165 70 15 59 160 3.78 .253 .315 .373 .688  
1976 31 AAA   9 6 .600 23 23 3 1 0 165.3 155 54 12 67 114 2.94 .250 .323 .337 .660  
1977 32 DM FL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 16.7 20 9 0 10 12 4.86 .313 .408 .391 .799 0.6
    AAA   10 8 .556 23 23 4 0 0 172.0 163 59 8 50 125 3.09 .254 .308 .326 .633  
1978 33 AAA   9 6 .600 24 24 1 0 0 160.0 174 71 20 57 142 3.99 .277 .337 .423 .760  
1979 34 MAN FL 5 16 .238 29 25 2 0 0 182.0 198 88 20 81 111 4.35 .278 .354 .414 .768 3.4
4 Years Sim 14 32 .304 86 56 4 0 0 420.7 488 233 54 174 260 4.99 .293 .362 .443 .805 6.9
6 Years AAA 53 32 .624 117 117 11 2 0 829.0 806 304 69 277 677 3.30 .254 .314 .361 .675  
Season Average 3 8 .273 21 14 1 0 0 105.2 122 58 13 43 65 4.99 .293 .362 .443 .805  
Career Highs 5 16 .385 29 25 2 0 0 182.0 198 88 22 81 111 5.65 .313 .408 .479 .849  
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   390 180 42 143 204   .308 .379 .463 .842
vs LH   98 53 12 31 56   .246 .301 .379 .680
Home 4 19 .174 50 29 0 0 0 225.3 269 142 32 101 144 5.67 .300 .371 .462 .833
Away 10 13 .435 36 27 4 0 0 195.3 219 91 22 73 116 4.19 .286 .348 .421 .769
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 0 2 1 4.50 .320 .370 .360 .730
May 4 3 .571 11 11 1 0 0 75.7 71 39 8 31 62 4.64 .251 .325 .382 .706
June 2 6 .250 11 11 0 0 0 76.0 81 46 14 30 45 5.45 .273 .339 .481 .821
July 0 6 .000 8 8 0 0 0 56.0 66 28 8 22 26 4.50 .300 .364 .473 .836
August 5 9 .357 17 17 2 0 0 104.7 143 65 14 45 62 5.59 .333 .396 .472 .868
Sep/Oct 3 8 .273 35 9 1 0 0 102.3 119 52 10 44 64 4.57 .292 .361 .417 .777
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 CHI JL 29 25 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .040 .040 .080 .120 -1.4 0.0
1974 29 DM FL 14 35 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 11 .086 .108 .086 .194 -0.7 0.0
  LV FL 5 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .091 .286 .091 .377 0.6 0.0
  TOT   19 46 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 16 .087 .157 .087 .244 -0.1 0.0
1977 32 DM FL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1979 34 MAN FL 29 60 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 34 .083 .141 .117 .257 -1.1 0.0
4 Years Sim 86 132 5 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 8 59 .076 .128 .098 .226 -2.6 0.0
162 Game Average 248 9 18 5 0 0 7 0 0 15 111 .076 .128 .098 .226 -4.8  
Career Highs 29 60 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 34 .087 .157 .117 .257 -0.1  
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   96 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 47 .073 .110 .083 .193 -3.5
vs LH   36 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 12 .083 .171 .139 .310 0.1
Home 50 61 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 26 .066 .134 .082 .216 -1.6
Away 34 71 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 33 .085 .122 .113 .234 -1.8
RISP   36 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 14 .056 .079 .083 .162 -1.7
Close/Late   7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .143 .333 .286 .619 0.8
Mar/Apr 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
May 11 26 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .077 .200 .115 .315 0.3
June 11 27 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .074 .138 .111 .249 -0.5
July 8 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2
August 17 37 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .054 .103 .081 .184 -1.5
Sep/Oct 35 22 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .091 .087 .091 .178 -0.9
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    
1973 28 CHI JL P 29 12 93.0 6 16 0 0 1.000 2.13    
1974 29 DM FL P 14 14 97.0 10 17 2 2 .931 2.51    
  LV FL P 5 5 32.0 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.25    
  TOT   P 19 19 129.0 13 22 2 3 .946 2.44    
1977 32 DM FL P 9 0 16.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.62    
1979 34 MAN FL P 29 25 182.0 20 32 2 6 .963 2.57    
Career Totals   86 56 420.7 39 73 4 9 .966 2.40    
Career Highs   29 25 182.0 20 32 2 6 1.000 2.57    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1979-7-16
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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History
Drafted in 32nd round, 749th overall pick, by Chicago in 1973
Earned first career win on 5/20/1973
Had first career hit (double) on 8/13/1973, off Roy Hobbs, Jr. (HON)
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/6/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $850,000 per year
Traded from Las Vegas to Honolulu on 7/11/1974 (Going to HON: P O. Santamaria, P B. Veilleux, P L. Malave, SS J. Helfer. Going to LV: P T. Euller, C R. Stringfellow)
Traded from Honolulu to Des Moines on 7/21/1974 (Going to HON: CF D. Camden, RF B. Barnes. Going to DM: P M. Mangual, LF M. Reese, RF S. Sakis, P G. Kemper, P L. Malave)
Injured on 7/4/1975 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 4/15/1976 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Des Moines to Manhattan on 3/2/1978 (Going to DM: P B. Wilkerson. Going to MAN: P L. Malave, LF M. Reese)
 
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