Jose
Primo
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 12, 1954 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1981    1983    1986   
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
1976 22 CHA JL   4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 2
1977 23 CHA JL   5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 2
1978 24 CHA JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 2 2
1979 25 CHA JL $ 300,000 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 3 3
1980 26 CHA JL $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 3 4
                                             
  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 27 GRE JL $ 3,635,714   14 14 15 19 19 19 11 11 11 20 20 20 12 11 11
1982 28 GRE JL $ 3,635,714   15 15 15 19 19 19 11 11 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1983 29 GRE JL $ 7,810,000   16 16 16 19 19 19 11 11 11 20 20 20 12 12 12
1984 30 WAS JL $ 7,810,000   16 16 16 19 19 19 12 12 12 20 19 20 13 13 13
1985 31 WAS JL $ 7,810,000   14 14 15 19 18 18 12 11 11 19 18 18 12 12 12
1986 32 WAS JL $ 2,830,000   14 14 15 17 17 17 12 11 11 18 18 18 13 13 13
1987 33 OMA JL $ 2,830,000   14 14 15 16 16 16 11 11 11 17 17 17 12 12 12
1988 34 BUF FL $ 2,830,000   14 14 15 16 16 16 11 11 11 17 17 17 12 12 12
1989 35 QUE FL $ 4,000,000   12 12 12 14 14 14 9 8 8 14 14 14 10 10 10
1990 36 QUE FL $ 4,000,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 14 13 13 7 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,830,000   9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 14 13 13 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,810,000   16 16 16 19 19 19 12 12 12 20 20 20 13 13 13
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
1976 22 AA   40 153 18 41 4 0 3 13 2 1 12 41 .268 .321 .353 .674 17.6  
    A   97 367 48 96 7 0 8 26 6 4 36 95 .262 .328 .346 .674 43.1  
1977 23 AAA   119 412 40 112 19 2 9 42 4 4 32 109 .272 .324 .393 .718 51.2  
    AA   18 69 9 18 0 0 3 10 0 0 3 16 .261 .292 .391 .683 7.9  
1978 24 CHA JL 61 170 23 38 9 1 4 19 4 0 17 54 .224 .307 .359 .666 19.7 2.7
    AAA   81 298 35 76 13 0 7 37 4 1 35 80 .255 .333 .369 .702 38.4  
1979 25 CHA JL 150 546 75 137 20 0 20 78 5 2 74 151 .251 .349 .397 .746 79.4 14.5
1980 26 CHA JL 153 532 83 142 21 3 15 81 8 4 92 128 .267 .384 .402 .786 86.8 15.0
1981 27 GRE JL 155 539 86 142 28 0 36 124 3 4 79 145 .263 .368 .516 .883 101.8 19.7
1982 28 GRE JL 154 562 126 161 28 1 43 106 3 3 85 133 .286 .393 .569 .963 122.2 27.4
1983 29 GRE JL 156 567 91 142 31 1 25 84 1 0 69 152 .250 .336 .441 .777 87.0 15.0
1984 30 GRE JL 26 93 8 20 5 0 0 2 1 0 13 18 .215 .324 .269 .593 8.8 0.6
  LV FL 54 186 26 46 8 1 5 18 1 0 18 46 .247 .325 .382 .707 23.5 3.8
  DM FL 24 83 10 21 5 1 2 10 1 0 12 23 .253 .361 .410 .770 12.4 1.9
  WAS JL 52 196 31 56 6 1 8 26 1 0 23 48 .286 .371 .449 .820 32.6 5.9
  TOT   156 558 75 143 24 3 15 56 4 0 66 135 .256 .346 .391 .737 77.3 12.2
1985 31 WAS JL 108 372 54 86 13 0 21 55 3 0 39 100 .231 .314 .435 .750 53.8 8.6
1986 32 WAS JL 157 551 108 159 35 0 38 115 2 0 85 126 .289 .392 .559 .951 117.6 18.3
1987 33 OMA JL 153 548 107 145 26 3 29 91 9 0 82 116 .265 .373 .482 .855 100.9 16.2
1988 34 OMA JL 99 347 48 103 17 1 13 41 1 2 40 80 .297 .376 .464 .840 57.5 9.3
  BUF FL 52 152 21 40 10 1 9 30 0 1 15 37 .263 .337 .520 .857 25.3 4.4
  TOT   151 499 69 143 27 2 22 71 1 3 55 117 .287 .364 .481 .845 82.8 13.7
1989 35 QUE FL 125 281 53 78 10 0 14 35 2 1 32 66 .278 .364 .463 .826 45.6 8.7
1990 36 QUE FL 11 11 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .364 .462 .727 1.189 2.8 0.6
    AAA   62 76 11 20 2 2 4 13 1 0 8 18 .263 .333 .500 .833 12.8  
13 Years Sim 1690 5736 951 1520 273 14 283 916 45 17 777 1425 .265 .362 .465 .828 977.6 172.8
3 Years AAA 262 786 86 208 34 4 20 92 9 5 75 207 .265 .342 .394 .736 102.5  
2 Years AA 58 222 27 59 4 0 6 23 2 1 15 57 .266 .320 .365 .685 25.5  
1 Years A 97 367 48 96 7 0 8 26 6 4 36 95 .262 .341 .346 .687 43.1  
6 Years Minors 417 1375 161 363 45 4 34 141 17 10 126 359 .264 .338 .377 .715 171.1  
162 Game Average 549 91 145 26 1 27 87 4 1 74 136 .265 .362 .465 .828 93.7  
Career Highs 157 567 126 161 35 3 43 124 9 4 92 152 .364 .462 .727 1.189 122.2  
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   3877 640 1024 191 9 195 638 30 12 517 985 .264 .360 .469 .829 645.6
vs LH   1859 311 496 82 5 88 278 15 5 260 440 .267 .367 .458 .826 310.1
Home 847 2885 447 751 144 5 139 455 21 9 355 718 .260 .352 .458 .810 457.3
Away 843 2851 504 769 129 9 144 461 24 8 422 707 .270 .373 .473 .845 498.5
RISP   1419 0 388 65 3 80 607 0 0 275 370 .273 .392 .493 .884 279.6
Pinch Hitting   160 22 38 6 0 7 21 1 0 18 32 .238 .326 .406 .732 21.5
Close/Late   633 88 179 39 1 36 101 0 0 118 153 .283 .404 .518 .923 129.0
Mar/Apr 285 1032 177 284 49 2 44 142 6 5 147 245 .275 .373 .454 .827 172.9
May 288 1007 184 300 54 2 56 175 11 3 116 241 .298 .381 .522 .903 188.2
June 271 917 152 221 37 2 49 135 6 5 133 239 .241 .347 .446 .793 143.7
July 297 970 162 244 43 4 46 167 14 0 146 246 .252 .364 .446 .810 159.3
August 275 925 140 235 45 3 45 147 2 2 120 234 .254 .347 .455 .802 145.6
Sep/Oct 274 885 136 236 45 1 43 150 6 2 115 220 .267 .360 .466 .825 146.1
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
1978 24 CHA JL LF 40 33 285.0 66 1 1 0 .985 2.12   1.0
    RF 19 15 132.7 34 2 1 1 .973 2.44    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 25 CHA JL RF 135 135 1218.0 243 13 1 2 .996 1.89   2.3
    LF 15 9 85.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1980 26 CHA JL RF 137 137 1233.7 275 8 3 0 .990 2.06   2.3
    LF 10 1 36.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1981 27 GRE JL RF 145 144 1238.0 298 8 1 3 .997 2.22   2.3
    LF 6 0 11.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79    
1982 28 GRE JL RF 147 144 1277.7 252 8 2 0 .992 1.83   1.9
    2B 1 1 9.0 2 2 1 1 .800 4.00   0.0
    LF 5 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1983 29 GRE JL LF 148 147 1296.3 270 9 6 0 .979 1.94   2.1
    RF 5 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1984 30 GRE JL LF 13 12 109.5 26 0 1 0 .963 2.14   0.7
    RF 13 12 108.3 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.0
  LV FL LF 27 25 212.0 50 1 2 0 .962 2.17   0.8
    RF 26 25 209.5 51 1 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.0
  DM FL LF 12 11 98.4 23 0 1 0 .958 2.10   0.5
    RF 12 11 97.3 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
  WAS JL LF 26 24 227.2 53 1 2 0 .964 2.14   1.5
    RF 25 24 224.6 55 1 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.0
  TOT   LF 78 72 647.1 152 2 6 0 .963 2.14   3.5
      RF 76 72 639.7 156 4 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1985 31 WAS JL RF 80 73 655.3 148 3 1 1 .993 2.07   1.9
    LF 25 21 199.3 47 2 0 0 1.000 2.21    
    3B 1 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
1986 32 WAS JL LF 105 105 908.7 197 11 8 3 .963 2.06   2.9
    RF 48 41 373.0 95 3 3 1 .970 2.36    
1987 33 OMA JL LF 153 150 1313.7 249 12 3 1 .989 1.79   2.5
1988 34 OMA JL LF 86 83 767.4 135 6 3 1 .979 1.65   2.0
    RF 8 2 29.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.15   0.0
  BUF FL LF 45 43 333.3 59 3 1 1 .984 1.67   0.7
    RF 4 1 12.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.0
  TOT   LF 131 126 1100.7 194 9 4 2 .981 1.66   2.7
      RF 12 3 42.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
1989 35 QUE FL RF 66 60 513.0 112 0 2 0 .982 1.96   1.3
    LF 4 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1990 36 QUE FL LF 3 0 8.0 2 0 1 0 .667 2.25   0.0
    CF 2 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.29    
  RF 870 824 7331.0 1626 49 14 8 .992 2.06   12.0
  LF 723 665 5912.4 1208 47 29 6 .977 1.91   14.8
  CF 3 0 10.0 1 0 1 0 .500 0.90    
  2B 2 1 10.0 2 3 1 1 .833 4.50   0.0
  3B 1 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.0
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1600 1490 13271.8 2838 99 45 15 .985 1.99   26.8
Career Highs   154 150 1313.7 308 14 11 4 .997 2.21    
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
1987 33 OMA JL 3 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 .083 .154 .250 .404
1988 34 BUF FL 3 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .385 .538
Career Post-Season Batting 6 25 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 .120 .154 .320 .474
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.
On-Base Pct
1980-7-.384
1982-6-.393
Slugging Pct
1981-9-.516
1982-1-.569
OPS
1981-10-.883
1982-2-.963
XR
1982-2-122.2
Games
1983-10-156
1986-8-157
Runs
1982-1-126
Total Bases
1982-1-320
Homeruns
1981-2-36
1982-1-43
1986-6-38
CAR-40-283
RBIs
1981-3-124
1982-5-106
1986-10-115
Walks
1979-6-74
1980-5-92
1982-5-85
CAR-35-777
Strikeouts
1979-2-151
1980-9-128
1981-8-145
1982-10-133
1983-5-152
CAR-30-1425
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 41    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  8. Mitchell Page (882)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Charlotte in 1976
Had first career hit on 7/3/1978, off Andy Messersmith (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/20/1978, off George Smith (PHX)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/25/1979, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 13 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1981, hitting .361 with 8 HR, 26 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 9/28/1981