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Celso
Serna		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 195
 
Born: May 29, 1961 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Rookie Award 1987   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1983 22 BIR FL     7 7 6 10 11 11 11 12 12 8 10 9 6 11 10
1984 23 BIR FL     9 9 8 12 13 13 12 14 13 10 12 11 9 14 12
1985 24 BIR FL     10 10 9 13 14 14 13 14 14 11 13 12 9 14 12
1986 25 CLG FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 14 15 15 13 15 14 15 17 16 9 14 13
1987 26 CLG FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 14 15 15 13 14 14 15 17 16 11 15 14
1988 27 CLG FL $ 300,000   14 14 13 14 15 15 13 15 14 14 16 16 10 15 14
1989 28 CLG FL $ 300,000   13 13 12 15 15 15 13 14 14 14 16 16 10 15 14
1990 29 CLG FL $ 1,707,143   14 14 13 14 15 15 13 14 14 14 16 16 10 14 13
1991 30 CLG FL $ 1,707,143   14 14 13 14 15 15 13 15 14 14 16 16 10 15 13
1992 31 CLG FL $ 1,707,143   14 14 13 15 16 15 13 14 14 14 16 16 10 15 13
1993 32 CLG FL $ 1,300,000   14 14 13 15 16 16 13 14 14 13 15 15 9 14 12
1994 33 CLG FL $ 1,300,000   14 14 13 15 16 16 13 14 14 13 15 15 9 14 12
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 10 11 11 11 12 12 8 10 9 6 11 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,707,143   14 14 13 15 16 16 13 15 14 15 17 16 11 15 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
1983 22 A   138 511 72 131 28 4 14 60 12 2 71 95 .256 .347 .409 .756 76.2  
1984 23 AAA   47 187 31 45 8 1 15 44 1 1 15 34 .241 .297 .535 .832 30.2  
    AA   36 126 25 36 5 1 7 17 1 0 21 13 .286 .388 .508 .896 24.9  
    A   54 202 45 61 11 1 21 52 4 0 37 34 .302 .410 .678 1.088 53.0  
1985 24 AAA   137 523 92 151 26 1 43 105 11 5 80 99 .289 .383 .589 .972 114.0  
1986 25 CLG FL 17 55 5 11 5 0 1 7 3 0 4 15 .200 .254 .345 .600 5.0 0.2
    AAA   138 500 113 160 29 2 62 131 10 2 112 91 .320 .444 .758 1.202 152.3  
1987 26 CLG FL 144 438 74 125 30 1 22 56 25 6 51 81 .285 .365 .509 .874 80.6 12.9
1988 27 CLG FL 150 443 60 113 31 5 15 66 15 8 47 63 .255 .326 .449 .775 63.2 9.7
1989 28 CLG FL 152 535 91 158 36 4 30 82 9 4 48 81 .295 .352 .546 .898 97.6 19.1
1990 29 CLG FL 153 488 81 119 25 5 19 47 16 3 63 90 .244 .334 .432 .766 72.1 9.7
1991 30 CLG FL 148 414 61 123 32 4 13 59 14 4 41 53 .297 .364 .488 .852 71.4 15.3
1992 31 CLG FL 123 299 37 64 12 1 9 50 7 3 34 57 .214 .295 .351 .646 33.5 2.7
    AAA   17 51 13 23 3 0 8 21 2 0 7 5 .451 .517 .980 1.498 19.7  
1993 32 CLG FL 129 407 53 108 28 3 13 44 13 3 52 55 .265 .353 .445 .798 64.8 9.5
1994 33 CLG FL 142 421 57 99 23 1 10 47 6 4 36 83 .235 .300 .366 .666 46.8 4.7
9 Years Sim 1158 3500 519 920 222 24 132 458 108 35 376 578 .263 .337 .453 .790 535.0 83.7
4 Years AAA 339 1261 249 379 66 4 128 301 24 8 214 229 .301 .403 .664 1.067 316.3  
1 Years AA 36 126 25 36 5 1 7 17 1 0 21 13 .286 .388 .508 .896 24.9  
2 Years A 192 713 117 192 39 5 35 112 16 2 108 129 .269 .366 .485 .851 129.1  
7 Years Minors 567 2100 391 607 110 10 170 430 41 10 343 371 .289 .389 .594 .983 470.4  
162 Game Average 489 72 128 31 3 18 64 15 4 52 80 .263 .337 .453 .790 74.8  
Career Highs 153 535 91 158 36 5 30 82 25 8 63 90 .297 .365 .546 .898 97.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3105 470 847 198 22 121 411 103 31 328 450 .273 .344 .468 .812 496.1
vs LH   395 49 73 24 2 11 47 5 4 48 128 .185 .278 .339 .618 38.2
Home 573 1705 237 436 113 9 55 225 54 17 166 297 .256 .324 .429 .754 238.3
Away 585 1795 282 484 109 15 77 233 54 18 210 281 .270 .349 .476 .824 296.0
RISP   839 0 217 53 6 28 309 0 0 82 140 .259 .323 .436 .759 117.9
Pinch Hitting   214 24 55 16 2 6 39 4 3 18 45 .257 .319 .435 .754 28.4
Close/Late   485 60 126 34 3 22 53 0 0 37 80 .260 .315 .478 .793 70.9
Mar/Apr 178 526 74 143 36 3 21 52 16 6 43 91 .272 .327 .471 .799 79.6
May 209 648 92 157 36 5 25 80 17 7 67 110 .242 .317 .429 .746 89.1
June 196 586 89 165 41 9 19 72 20 6 72 99 .282 .361 .480 .840 100.0
July 186 555 76 129 27 1 20 71 12 1 54 91 .232 .309 .393 .701 69.1
August 191 565 91 155 37 3 21 73 21 9 68 88 .274 .354 .462 .816 91.7
Sep/Oct 198 620 97 171 45 3 26 110 22 6 72 99 .276 .352 .484 .836 104.9
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   DWS
1986 25 CLG FL SS 8 7 55.0 12 20 1 6 .970 5.24   0.3
    3B 7 6 55.0 5 6 0 1 1.000 1.80   0.1
1987 26 CLG FL 3B 109 101 912.7 52 181 7 21 .971 2.30   2.8
    2B 15 0 27.0 3 7 0 1 1.000 3.33   0.1
    SS 6 0 11.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 27 CLG FL 2B 75 66 578.7 113 212 9 43 .973 5.05   1.9
    3B 55 50 452.0 28 108 1 4 .993 2.71   1.5
    SS 7 0 12.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.75   0.1
1989 28 CLG FL 3B 59 54 491.0 25 115 3 11 .979 2.57   1.3
    SS 44 36 332.0 48 103 3 18 .981 4.09   1.1
    2B 41 33 305.0 63 88 3 16 .981 4.46   0.6
1990 29 CLG FL 3B 87 83 743.0 38 184 7 11 .969 2.69   2.4
    SS 48 38 358.0 58 113 7 20 .961 4.30   0.8
    2B 9 1 19.7 6 6 0 3 1.000 5.49   0.1
1991 30 CLG FL 3B 105 95 854.0 58 216 3 15 .989 2.89   3.2
    2B 19 0 38.0 9 10 1 2 .950 4.50   0.1
    SS 5 1 16.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.25   0.0
1992 31 CLG FL 3B 80 77 679.3 44 188 5 16 .979 3.07   3.6
    2B 22 0 43.0 16 11 0 1 1.000 5.65   0.2
    SS 4 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1993 32 CLG FL 3B 108 105 923.7 60 197 8 15 .970 2.50   2.8
    2B 7 0 18.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 5.00   0.1
    SS 3 0 4.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 11.25   0.1
1994 33 CLG FL 3B 125 113 1002.7 70 211 6 16 .979 2.52   3.1
    2B 5 0 12.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 5 0 9.0 0 2 1 0 .667 2.00   0.0
  3B 735 684 6113.3 380 1406 40 110 .978 2.63   20.7
  2B 193 100 1041.3 215 343 13 68 .977 4.82   3.1
  SS 130 82 801.0 121 254 12 47 .969 4.21   2.6
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1059 866 7958.6 716 2003 65 225 .977 3.07   26.4
Career Highs   144 123 1128.0 141 325 14 47 .987 4.02    
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
1991 30 CLG FL 4 11 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .250 .273 .523
1992 31 CLG FL 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .500 .625
Career Post-Season Batting 6 19 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .158 .200 .368 .568
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.
Slugging Pct
1989-5-.546
 OPS
1989-9-.898
 Homeruns
1989-7-30
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Frank Grant (918)
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 75th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1983
Drafted in 4th round, 75th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1983
Injured on 4/8/1984 with a Bruised Heel, out for 6 days
Traded from Birmingham to Calgary on 7/31/1986 (Going to BIR: P Gerardo Caputo, C Ronnie Holtzman. Going to CLG: SS Delmontico Anderson, SS Celso Serna, P Michal Kroeker, 1B Freddy Angell, P Micheal Cassidy)
Traded from Birmingham to Calgary on 7/31/1986 (Going to BIR: P Gerardo Caputo, C Ronnie Holtzman. Going to CLG: SS Celso Serna, SS Delmontico Anderson, 1B Freddy Angell, P Michal Kroeker, P Micheal Cassidy)
Had first career hit on 9/11/1986, off Gregory Reif (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 9/24/1986, off Shamus Perfetto (LV)
1/31/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/1991: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
9/11/1992: Signed a contract extension with Calgary, $1,300,000 per year, for 2 years
Drove in 6 runs against Austin on 5/28/1994
7/1/1994: Signed a contract extension with Calgary, $3,100,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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