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Cleo
Mendoza		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 180
 
Born: March 23, 1952 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1979   
All-Star Selections 1981   
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
1974 22 CAL JL     0 4 2 2 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
1975 23 CAL JL     3 6 3 4 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4
1976 24 CAL JL     3 6 3 4 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 4 4
1977 25 CAL JL     5 6 4 5 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
1978 26 CAL JL $ 300,000   8 8 5 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 6
1979 27 CAL JL $ 300,000   8 8 5 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 7
1980 28 CAL JL $ 300,000   8 8 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 4 2 2 4 3 3 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 29 CAL JL $ 1,342,857 39 14 13 13 19 17 17 20 18 19
1982 30 CAL JL $ 1,757,143 39 14 13 13 18 16 17 20 19 20
1983 31 CAL JL $ 3,360,000 35 14 13 13 18 16 17 18 17 17
1984 32 CAL JL $ 3,360,000 35 14 13 13 18 16 17 17 16 16
1985 33 CAL JL $ 3,360,000 35 14 13 13 18 16 16 17 16 16
1986 34 CAL JL $ 3,360,000 30 14 13 13 18 16 16 15 13 14
1987 35 CAL JL $ 3,360,000 30 13 12 12 18 16 16 16 14 14
1988 36 CAL JL $ 3,360,000 30 12 10 10 16 14 15 14 12 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,342,857 30 12 10 10 16 14 15 14 12 12
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,360,000 39 14 13 13 19 17 17 20 19 20
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
1974 22 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 23 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 24 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 25 CAL JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 26 CAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 27 CAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 28 CAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  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 29 CAL JL $ 1,342,857   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1982 30 CAL JL $ 1,757,143   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1983 31 CAL JL $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1984 32 CAL JL $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1985 33 CAL JL $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1986 34 CAL JL $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1987 35 CAL JL $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1988 36 CAL JL $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,342,857   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,360,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
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
1974 22 AA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
    A   5 3 .625 48 3 0 0 1 56.7 43 10 5 24 43 1.59 .223 .309 .337 .646  
1975 23 AA   2 2 .500 37 0 0 0 0 47.7 42 17 3 9 31 3.21 .249 .287 .367 .653  
1976 24 AAA   0 1 .000 44 0 0 0 3 45.0 52 25 5 13 37 5.00 .294 .342 .446 .788  
1977 25 AAA   3 2 .600 47 0 0 0 2 41.7 48 21 2 18 23 4.54 .289 .359 .404 .762  
1978 26 CAL JL 3 2 .600 46 0 0 0 0 46.3 41 15 3 6 28 2.91 .240 .268 .339 .607 4.8
1979 27 CAL JL 2 1 .667 66 0 0 0 0 58.0 68 26 5 14 37 4.03 .282 .329 .415 .744 2.4
1980 28 CAL JL 6 5 .545 77 0 0 0 0 93.7 84 30 0 18 61 2.88 .234 .276 .290 .565 9.7
1981 29 CAL JL 10 3 .769 94 0 0 0 3 110.0 87 23 3 16 64 1.88 .218 .256 .293 .549 17.9
1982 30 CAL JL 13 1 .929 109 1 0 0 4 132.7 118 38 4 37 106 2.58 .236 .295 .291 .585 16.8
1983 31 CAL JL 5 4 .556 75 2 0 0 2 100.3 111 33 4 18 52 2.96 .275 .311 .335 .646 9.0
1984 32 CAL JL 0 3 .000 54 22 0 0 3 100.0 106 35 5 25 63 3.15 .272 .321 .344 .665 8.0
1985 33 CAL JL 8 2 .800 97 0 0 0 1 111.7 118 51 10 29 71 4.11 .274 .318 .401 .720 9.2
1986 34 CAL JL 3 3 .500 95 0 0 0 0 94.0 101 48 12 40 67 4.60 .274 .352 .421 .773 6.6
1987 35 CAL JL 6 1 .857 80 0 0 0 30 88.7 91 34 14 23 54 3.45 .263 .319 .431 .750 16.0
1988 36 CAL JL 6 3 .667 57 0 0 0 2 41.7 49 27 5 17 20 5.83 .290 .356 .450 .806 1.3
    AAA   0 1 .000 9 1 0 0 0 10.3 18 13 2 3 7 11.33 .391 .429 .587 1.016  
11 Years Sim 62 28 .689 850 25 0 0 45 977.0 974 360 65 243 623 3.32 .258 .308 .357 .665 101.6
3 Years AAA 3 4 .429 100 1 0 0 5 97.0 118 59 9 34 67 5.47 .303 .359 .445 .804  
2 Years AA 2 2 .500 38 0 0 0 0 48.0 42 17 3 9 32 3.19 .247 .285 .365 .650  
1 Years A 5 3 .625 48 3 0 0 1 56.7 43 10 5 24 43 1.59 .223 .309 .337 .646  
6 Years Minors 10 9 .526 186 4 0 0 6 201.6 203 86 17 67 142 3.84 .270 .330 .399 .729  
Season Average 5 2 .714 77 2 0 0 4 88.8 88 32 5 22 56 3.32 .258 .308 .357 .665  
Career Highs 13 5 .929 109 22 0 0 30 132.7 118 51 14 40 106 5.83 .290 .356 .450 .806  
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   680 250 59 181 431   .262 .310 .379 .689
vs LH   294 110 6 62 192   .249 .286 .308 .594
Home 30 12 .714 419 14 0 0 24 488.3 530 199 32 140 301 3.67 .276 .325 .365 .690
Away 32 16 .667 431 11 0 0 22 488.6 444 161 33 103 322 2.97 .239 .279 .348 .627
Mar/Apr 13 8 .619 166 7 0 0 2 200.0 187 69 15 51 127 3.11 .248 .295 .351 .646
May 14 2 .875 147 6 0 0 8 169.6 161 51 14 31 110 2.71 .250 .285 .356 .641
June 14 2 .875 146 6 0 0 9 171.3 184 62 7 40 103 3.26 .272 .312 .363 .676
July 8 5 .615 145 4 0 0 8 165.6 169 61 6 46 120 3.31 .264 .314 .332 .646
August 10 3 .769 125 0 0 0 7 135.6 141 67 8 36 83 4.45 .264 .310 .366 .676
Sep/Oct 3 8 .273 121 2 0 0 12 134.6 132 50 15 39 80 3.34 .251 .303 .376 .679
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
1975 23 AA   3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1976 24 AAA   9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.4  
1978 26 CAL JL 52 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1979 27 CAL JL 71 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0
1980 28 CAL JL 79 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.3 0.0
1981 29 CAL JL 97 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1982 30 CAL JL 111 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1983 31 CAL JL 77 9 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.6 0.1
1984 32 CAL JL 55 12 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .250 .333 0.2 0.0
1985 33 CAL JL 98 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1986 34 CAL JL 98 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
1987 35 CAL JL 80 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0
10 Years Sim 818 53 7 5 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 20 .094 .158 .151 .309 0.2 0.3
1 Years AAA 9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.4  
1 Years AA 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2 Years Minors 12 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.3  
162 Game Average 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .094 .158 .151 .309 0.0  
Career Highs 111 12 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 5 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8  
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   34 3 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 9 .118 .167 .206 .373 0.6
vs LH   19 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 .053 .143 .053 .195 -0.5
Home 355 30 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 .067 .152 .100 .252 -0.4
Away 220 23 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 9 .130 .167 .217 .384 0.5
RISP   11 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .273 .439 0.4
Close/Late   10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.6
Mar/Apr 116 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4
May 74 11 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .182 .250 .364 .614 1.0
June 69 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
July 86 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .154 .214 .231 .445 0.5
August 87 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 0.0
Sep/Oct 28 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB  
1978 26 CAL JL P 46 0 46.3 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.97 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 2.7 3 0 1 0 .750 10.15 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 CAL JL P 66 0 58.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.02 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 CAL JL P 77 0 93.7 5 11 1 0 .941 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
1981 29 CAL JL P 94 0 110.0 6 17 3 1 .885 1.88 0 0 .000 0  
1982 30 CAL JL P 109 1 132.7 7 19 1 2 .963 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
1983 31 CAL JL P 75 2 100.3 6 16 3 1 .880 1.97 0 0 .000 0  
1984 32 CAL JL P 54 22 100.0 6 12 1 2 .947 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
1985 33 CAL JL P 97 0 111.7 5 18 1 3 .958 1.85 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 34 CAL JL P 95 0 94.0 2 8 1 1 .909 0.96 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1987 35 CAL JL P 80 0 88.7 4 11 1 0 .938 1.52 0 0 .000 0  
1988 36 CAL JL P 57 0 41.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
  P 850 25 977.0 51 130 12 10 .938 1.67 0 0 .000 0  
  1B 1 0 5.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.7 3 0 1 0 .750 10.15 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   857 25 992.6 59 131 13 11 .936 1.72 1 0 .000 0  
Career Highs   109 22 132.7 8 19 3 4 1.000 2.39 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1979 27 CAL JL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 10.3 6 0 0 1 8 0.00 .162 .184 .162 .346
1980 28 CAL JL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 1 0 0 2 3.38 .111 .111 .111 .222
1981 29 CAL JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 9.00 .400 .400 .400 .800
1982 30 CAL JL 2 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 0 19.3 18 3 0 4 14 1.40 .243 .282 .297 .579
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 24 0 0 0 1 33.3 27 5 0 5 25 1.35 .216 .246 .248 .494
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
1982 30 CAL JL 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1987-4-30
 Games Pitched
1979-8-66
1981-8-94
1982-1-109
1985-5-97
1986-7-95
CAR-27-850
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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History
Released by Louisville on 7/31/1973
Drafted in 3rd round, 66th overall pick, by California in 1974
Earned first career win on 5/7/1978
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
 
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