Maximo
Vargas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 165
 
Born: February 16, 1954 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
1973 19 BRK FL   1 0 0 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
1974 20 CHA JL   1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 4 3
1975 21 CHA JL   2 1 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1976 22 CHA JL   3 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 4
1977 23 CHA JL   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4
1978 24 NO FL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 4 4
1979 25 NO FL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 4 4
1980 26 NO FL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 0 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 4 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 AUS FL $ 300,000   11 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 13 11 12 8 11 10
1982 28 AUS FL $ 350,000   11 11 12 11 10 10 11 10 10 12 11 11 8 11 10
1983 29 LV FL $ 350,000   11 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 8 11 10
1984 30 LV FL     12 12 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 8 11 10
1985 31 HON JL $ 300,000   11 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 10 10 8 10 9
1986 32 MON FL $ 350,000   11 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 9 10 8 10 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     11 11 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 9 10 8 10 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   12 12 12 11 10 10 11 10 10 13 11 12 8 11 10
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 19 A   160 560 45 125 13 1 9 41 7 3 48 102 .223 .285 .298 .583 49.2  
1974 20 A   133 446 43 102 16 1 7 44 4 6 38 68 .229 .289 .316 .605 40.3  
1975 21 A   137 479 54 119 20 3 9 54 7 6 45 83 .248 .313 .359 .672 54.1  
1976 22 A   87 325 45 92 11 2 9 33 8 5 31 67 .283 .346 .412 .758 46.0  
1977 23 AAA   30 86 16 22 4 0 1 9 1 1 9 20 .256 .326 .337 .664 9.6  
    AA   105 414 40 112 19 0 1 34 5 4 28 93 .271 .317 .324 .640 41.3  
1978 24 CHA JL 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500 .600 .500 1.100 1.1 0.3
    AAA   130 491 56 149 22 1 6 71 6 7 43 101 .303 .360 .389 .749 66.1  
1979 25 NO FL 66 234 21 57 5 2 0 34 3 4 22 57 .244 .311 .282 .593 20.2 2.1
    AAA   89 367 50 119 21 1 8 50 4 3 34 66 .324 .382 .452 .834 59.7  
1980 26 NO FL 153 511 47 132 20 8 3 52 7 6 46 145 .258 .322 .346 .668 55.7 7.6
1981 27 AUS FL 36 88 12 23 3 0 5 11 1 0 12 23 .261 .350 .466 .816 13.6 2.3
    AAA   105 377 54 105 12 1 13 59 5 6 61 82 .279 .379 .419 .798 61.5  
1982 28 AUS FL 15 39 4 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 11 .256 .310 .333 .643 4.3 0.5
    AAA   136 507 87 165 25 4 27 103 6 8 76 118 .325 .413 .550 .964 107.1  
1983 29 LV FL 20 54 3 11 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 13 .204 .259 .315 .573 3.4 0.0
    AAA   135 518 96 167 22 2 25 88 9 5 81 99 .322 .414 .517 .931 106.8  
1984 30 OMA JL 10 13 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .231 .231 .462 .692 1.5 0.0
    AAA   15 35 5 7 0 0 2 7 1 0 8 7 .200 .349 .371 .720 5.6  
1985 31 HON JL 55 131 15 37 8 1 1 20 0 0 8 28 .282 .321 .382 .703 15.0 2.4
    AAA   45 68 17 28 3 0 6 26 1 0 18 11 .412 .535 .721 1.255 22.8  
1986 32 HAW JL 36 58 8 19 4 0 2 11 0 0 4 18 .328 .365 .500 .865 10.4 1.7
  MON FL 43 90 8 17 5 0 0 9 1 0 12 34 .189 .282 .244 .526 7.1 0.0
  TOT   79 148 16 36 9 0 2 20 1 0 16 52 .243 .313 .345 .658 17.5 1.7
1987 33 AAA   42 76 17 23 6 0 3 14 0 1 15 19 .303 .418 .500 .918 15.3  
9 Years Sim 436 1222 120 311 48 11 14 151 12 10 111 335 .255 .318 .346 .664 132.4 16.7
9 Years AAA 727 2525 398 785 115 9 91 427 33 31 345 523 .311 .397 .472 .868 454.5  
1 Years AA 105 414 40 112 19 0 1 34 5 4 28 93 .271 .317 .324 .641 41.3  
4 Years A 517 1810 187 438 60 7 34 172 26 20 162 320 .242 .309 .339 .648 189.6  
14 Years Minors 1349 4749 625 1335 194 16 126 633 64 55 535 936 .281 .357 .408 .765 685.3  
162 Game Average 454 44 115 17 4 5 56 4 3 41 124 .255 .318 .346 .664 49.2  
Career Highs 153 511 47 132 20 8 5 52 7 6 46 145 .500 .600 .500 1.100 55.7  
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   705 63 159 15 6 8 84 6 7 60 194 .226 .289 .298 .587 60.4
vs LH   517 57 152 33 5 6 67 6 3 51 141 .294 .357 .412 .769 74.0
Home 220 594 45 144 24 3 4 69 3 6 50 164 .242 .302 .313 .616 55.1
Away 216 628 75 167 24 8 10 82 9 4 61 171 .266 .332 .377 .710 79.3
RISP   327 0 95 12 0 4 131 0 0 35 88 .291 .354 .364 .718 43.5
Pinch Hitting   88 10 23 4 1 1 12 0 0 6 19 .261 .309 .364 .672 9.7
Close/Late   170 16 41 6 3 2 21 0 0 14 38 .241 .301 .347 .648 17.7
Mar/Apr 57 118 13 39 7 3 4 24 1 2 11 29 .331 .382 .542 .924 22.1
May 26 93 11 19 6 1 1 7 1 0 5 31 .204 .245 .323 .567 7.1
June 48 138 8 27 3 0 0 11 0 1 10 48 .196 .253 .217 .471 6.6
July 77 227 17 55 10 2 0 27 2 3 17 57 .242 .295 .304 .599 19.4
August 98 288 37 84 9 2 5 39 2 3 36 76 .292 .372 .389 .761 41.8
Sep/Oct 130 358 34 87 13 3 4 43 6 1 32 94 .243 .309 .330 .638 37.4
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   DWS
1978 24 CHA JL RF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1979 25 NO FL RF 65 65 570.7 114 7 3 2 .976 1.91   0.9
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 26 NO FL RF 145 145 1262.3 228 3 1 0 .996 1.65   1.6
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1981 27 AUS FL 1B 33 23 210.7 243 19 5 18 .981 11.19   0.1
    RF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1982 28 AUS FL 1B 11 9 74.0 82 6 0 7 1.000 10.70   0.1
    RF 3 1 17.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59   0.0
1983 29 LV FL LF 15 11 99.3 23 0 1 0 .958 2.08   0.2
    RF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 1 0 2.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77   0.0
1984 30 OMA JL RF 3 1 12.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
1985 31 HON JL LF 34 29 252.0 64 1 2 0 .970 2.32   0.4
    1B 4 1 13.3 12 4 0 1 1.000 10.80   0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1986 32 HAW JL 1B 16 14 96.4 111 7 1 9 .992 11.02   0.2
    RF 4 1 13.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.71   0.1
    LF 4 0 7.4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.43   0.0
  MON FL 1B 20 17 158.1 182 11 1 14 .995 10.99   0.2
    RF 4 2 21.8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.48   0.1
    LF 5 1 12.1 3 0 1 0 .750 2.23   0.0
  RF 230 216 1914.4 365 10 4 2 .989 1.76   2.8
  1B 85 64 555.2 632 47 7 49 .990 11.01   0.6
  LF 58 41 370.8 92 1 4 0 .959 2.26   0.6
  2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   375 321 2844.4 1090 59 15 52 .987 3.64   4.0
Career Highs   146 145 1265.3 308 19 5 23 1.000 11.18    
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.
Strikeouts
1980-9-145
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 45th round, 1066th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1973
Traded from Brooklyn to Charlotte on 4/21/1974 (Going to CHA: P J. Reade, P J. Myhre, 2B D. Mellor, RF M. Vargas, LF T. Reyes. Going to BRK: P K. Tyer)
Injured on 8/27/1974 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/16/1976 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 5/3/1977 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/22/1978, off Christopher Pump (PHX)
Traded from Charlotte to New Orleans on 7/2/1978 (Going to NO: RF M. Vargas, P S. Holzemer, P R. Marco, P P. Martinez. Going to CHA: P L. Gorton, P B. Beguine)
Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1980, off Kurt Stallwith (MON)
Traded from New Orleans to Austin on 7/31/1981 (Going to AUS: P Charlie Jorgenson, RF Maximo Vargas. Going to NO: P Roger Reuter)