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J.L.
Miranda		  
Nickname: Mr. Miracle
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 2, 1959 in Dominican Republic
 
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
1978 19 CLG FL   3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 5 5 7 7 7 1 1 1
1979 20 CLG FL   3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2
1980 21 PHX JL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 9 9 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 5 5 7 7 7 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 8 9 9 8 8 8 3 3 3
                                             
  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 22 PHX JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 17 17 17 8 8 8 20 20 20 9 9 9
1982 23 PHX JL $ 300,000   10 10 10 18 18 18 9 9 9 19 19 19 7 7 7
1983 24 LV FL $ 300,000   9 9 9 18 18 18 9 9 9 19 19 19 6 6 6
1984 25 LV FL $ 300,000   9 9 9 17 18 18 9 9 9 19 19 19 7 7 7
1985 26 WAS JL $ 600,000   9 9 9 17 18 18 9 9 9 19 19 19 7 7 7
1986 27 WAS JL $ 600,000   6 6 6 17 17 17 8 8 8 19 19 19 6 6 6
1987 28 WAS JL     6 6 6 17 17 17 8 8 8 19 19 19 6 6 6
1988 29 CAL JL $ 400,000   5 5 5 16 16 16 8 8 8 19 19 19 7 7 7
1989 30 CAL JL $ 400,000   5 5 5 15 16 15 7 7 7 19 19 19 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 15 16 15 7 7 7 19 19 19 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 600,000   10 10 10 18 18 18 9 9 9 20 20 20 9 9 9
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
1978 19 AA   138 514 70 148 16 0 25 83 5 8 85 143 .288 .389 .465 .854 93.1  
1979 20 AAA   40 143 23 33 6 0 7 24 2 0 20 34 .231 .325 .420 .745 21.0  
    AA   98 359 52 120 13 0 17 51 3 4 51 94 .334 .417 .513 .930 72.5  
1980 21 PHX JL 16 59 11 15 2 1 4 12 0 0 7 12 .254 .353 .525 .878 11.2 2.4
    AAA   133 431 84 130 14 0 24 76 6 4 95 108 .302 .428 .501 .929 93.8  
1981 22 PHX JL 151 495 69 101 17 1 31 86 2 0 64 166 .204 .301 .430 .731 66.1 7.7
1982 23 PHX JL 94 231 30 41 4 2 5 25 0 0 42 72 .177 .310 .277 .588 21.8 1.0
    AAA   26 27 6 12 1 0 3 13 0 0 8 6 .444 .571 .815 1.386 10.3  
1983 24 LV FL 4 7 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .571 .857 1.1 0.2
    AAA   96 275 70 81 10 5 29 63 6 4 73 82 .295 .443 .684 1.126 78.7  
1984 25 LV FL 82 169 20 36 8 1 6 23 1 0 15 48 .213 .281 .379 .660 16.2 1.4
    AAA   36 139 34 42 3 1 16 36 2 2 27 47 .302 .416 .683 1.099 36.8  
1985 26 WAS JL 51 92 11 15 2 0 3 8 1 0 13 35 .163 .274 .283 .556 8.5 0.4
1986 27 WAS JL 23 66 13 12 2 0 8 15 0 0 12 23 .182 .308 .576 .883 12.6 1.5
1987 28 WAS JL 27 79 6 6 1 0 1 7 0 0 13 28 .076 .213 .127 .339 1.8 0.0
1988 29 CAL JL 44 131 16 20 5 0 8 19 0 0 20 37 .153 .265 .374 .639 13.7 1.0
1989 30 CAL JL 26 70 10 12 1 0 2 6 0 0 11 18 .171 .280 .271 .552 5.7 0.0
    AAA   57 205 35 41 1 0 22 50 0 2 33 57 .200 .311 .527 .838 36.2  
10 Years Sim 518 1399 187 260 42 6 68 202 4 0 197 441 .186 .291 .370 .662 158.8 15.7
6 Years AAA 388 1220 252 339 35 6 101 262 16 12 256 334 .278 .405 .565 .969 276.9  
2 Years AA 236 873 122 268 29 0 42 134 8 12 136 237 .307 .401 .485 .886 165.6  
8 Years Minors 624 2093 374 607 64 6 143 396 24 24 392 571 .290 .403 .531 .935 442.5  
162 Game Average 437 58 81 13 1 21 63 1 0 61 137 .186 .291 .370 .662 49.7  
Career Highs 151 495 69 101 17 2 31 86 2 0 64 166 .286 .353 .576 .883 66.1  
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   945 130 180 30 3 45 138 2 0 140 310 .190 .300 .371 .671 115.0
vs LH   454 57 80 12 3 23 64 2 0 57 131 .176 .273 .368 .641 49.7
Home 260 695 103 148 23 5 41 109 1 0 104 208 .213 .323 .437 .760 103.3
Away 258 704 84 112 19 1 27 93 3 0 93 233 .159 .260 .304 .564 61.4
RISP   354 0 77 10 1 20 131 0 0 37 110 .218 .290 .421 .711 46.0
Pinch Hitting   90 12 19 4 2 1 10 0 0 15 28 .211 .330 .333 .664 10.7
Close/Late   172 18 35 6 0 9 30 0 0 22 54 .203 .297 .395 .693 21.6
Mar/Apr 124 347 40 47 8 2 13 38 0 0 51 114 .135 .248 .282 .531 27.1
May 87 206 24 37 5 2 7 26 0 0 28 73 .180 .284 .325 .609 20.6
June 85 248 39 60 12 0 16 43 1 0 43 71 .242 .356 .484 .840 44.4
July 69 170 27 33 5 0 10 34 1 0 26 49 .194 .307 .400 .707 22.9
August 61 157 17 28 5 1 8 25 1 0 21 54 .178 .282 .376 .658 18.1
Sep/Oct 92 271 40 55 7 1 14 36 1 0 28 80 .203 .287 .391 .678 31.7
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
1980 21 PHX JL RF 9 9 82.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 6 6 55.0 39 3 1 1 .977 6.87 10 2 .200 0 0.3
1981 22 PHX JL RF 86 82 698.0 164 3 2 0 .988 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    1B 55 53 452.0 474 35 2 38 .996 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 7 5 42.0 35 3 0 0 1.000 8.14 6 2 .333 1 0.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1982 23 PHX JL C 38 38 310.3 239 19 3 0 .989 7.48 51 18 .353 3 1.7
    1B 31 24 214.0 227 15 2 22 .992 10.18 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 9 3 34.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 9 4 32.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 24 LV FL LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 25 LV FL C 31 30 258.0 172 14 6 0 .969 6.49 42 9 .214 2 0.6
    1B 15 7 77.0 79 4 1 6 .988 9.70 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 26 WAS JL C 21 20 170.3 111 6 0 0 1.000 6.18 25 5 .200 2 0.8
    LF 6 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 27 WAS JL C 21 20 166.3 153 6 4 1 .975 8.60 27 3 .111 0 0.9
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 28 WAS JL C 25 25 217.0 180 19 8 0 .961 8.25 45 14 .311 1 0.4
    1B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 29 CAL JL C 38 34 317.3 212 16 5 1 .979 6.47 38 9 .237 0 1.4
    LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 30 CAL JL C 16 15 142.0 99 11 3 1 .973 6.97 22 7 .318 0 0.9
    LF 3 3 27.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 1 8.7 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
  C 203 193 1678.3 1240 97 30 4 .978 7.17 266 69 .259 9 7.3
  RF 110 96 825.0 187 4 2 0 .990 2.08 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  1B 106 85 757.7 795 56 5 69 .994 10.11 0 0 .000 0 1.0
  LF 23 8 90.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   444 382 3354.0 2237 158 37 73 .985 6.43 266 69 .259 9 10.1
Career Highs   150 140 1195.0 674 41 8 38 1.000 8.55 51 18 .353 3  
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
1980 21 PHX JL 5 16 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 .313 .400 .500 .900
Career Post-Season Batting 5 16 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 .313 .400 .500 .900
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.
Homeruns
1981-7-31
 Strikeouts
1981-3-166
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Benjamin Benjamin (906)
  7. David Cuyler (903)
  8. Ernie Whitt (902)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Calgary in 1978
Traded from Calgary to Phoenix on 2/15/1980 (Going to CLG: P A. Holder, C R. Holtzman. Going to PHX: C J. Miranda, P S. Barkley, P E. Pulver)
Had first career hit on 9/1/1980, off Kevin Robinson (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 9/9/1980, off Antonio Montana (HON)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/6/1981, hitting .333 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
 
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