Juan
Verde
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 240
 
Born: September 14, 1954 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980   
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
1973 18 VAL JL     0 0 2 1 2 3 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 4 4 6 5 6
1974 19 VAL JL     0 1 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 20 VAL JL     1 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 6 6
1976 21 VAL JL     5 4 6 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 6 6
1977 22 VAL JL $ 300,000   7 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 7 7 7 7 6 6
1978 23 VAL JL $ 300,000   9 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 9 8 7 6 7
1979 24 VAL JL $ 300,000   9 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 9 8 7 6 7
1980 25 VAL JL $ 4,007,143   8 5 7 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 8 9 9 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 2 1 2 3 2 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 4 4 6 5 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,007,143   9 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 9 9 7 6 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 VAL JL $ 4,007,143 57 11 13 12 17 19 18 18 19 18
1982 27 VAL JL $ 4,007,143 57 12 13 12 18 20 19 19 20 19
1983 28 VAL JL $ 4,007,143 57 12 13 12 18 20 19 19 20 19
1984 29 VAL JL $ 3,100,000 51 11 13 12 18 20 19 18 19 19
1985 30 VAL JL $ 3,100,000 51 11 12 12 18 20 19 18 19 19
1986 31 VAL JL $ 3,100,000 51 11 13 12 18 20 19 18 19 18
1987 32 GRE JL $ 5,520,000 51 11 13 12 18 20 19 18 19 18
1988 33 GRE JL $ 5,520,000 46 10 11 10 16 18 17 12 13 13
1989 34 VAL JL $ 5,520,000 39 10 11 10 15 18 17 13 14 13
1990 35 VAL JL $ 5,520,000 39 8 10 9 14 17 16 8 10 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,100,000 39 8 10 9 14 17 16 8 10 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,520,000 57 12 13 12 18 20 19 19 20 19
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 18 VAL JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 19 VAL JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 20 VAL JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 21 VAL JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 22 VAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 23 VAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 24 VAL JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 25 VAL JL $ 4,007,143 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 4,007,143 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  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 26 VAL JL $ 4,007,143   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1982 27 VAL JL $ 4,007,143   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1983 28 VAL JL $ 4,007,143   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1984 29 VAL JL $ 3,100,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1985 30 VAL JL $ 3,100,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1986 31 VAL JL $ 3,100,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1987 32 GRE JL $ 5,520,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1988 33 GRE JL $ 5,520,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1989 34 VAL JL $ 5,520,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
1990 35 VAL JL $ 5,520,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,100,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,520,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4
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
1973 18 AA   3 4 .429 10 10 1 0 0 72.0 95 38 6 32 75 4.75 .322 .388 .447 .836  
    A   12 3 .800 20 20 4 1 0 162.3 125 48 8 63 131 2.66 .215 .292 .339 .631  
1974 19 AA   6 11 .353 22 22 1 0 0 132.7 165 89 14 74 138 6.04 .307 .391 .464 .855  
1975 20 AA   7 13 .350 25 25 4 0 0 172.7 202 76 12 64 185 3.96 .289 .349 .423 .772  
1976 21 AAA   7 7 .500 17 17 4 1 0 129.7 117 49 3 46 130 3.40 .244 .310 .338 .649  
1977 22 VAL JL 10 9 .526 21 21 7 2 0 155.7 158 63 3 53 105 3.64 .266 .327 .351 .678 9.4
    AAA   2 2 .500 5 5 1 0 0 39.3 32 10 1 9 37 2.29 .219 .265 .315 .580  
1978 23 VAL JL 7 13 .350 27 27 5 0 0 197.3 193 78 12 56 132 3.56 .253 .305 .382 .687 8.9
1979 24 VAL JL 16 8 .667 36 36 5 2 0 245.7 242 79 10 22 148 2.89 .257 .275 .373 .648 20.4
1980 25 VAL JL 13 2 .867 25 25 0 0 0 138.3 129 41 6 20 93 2.67 .246 .279 .347 .627 14.0
1981 26 VAL JL 12 9 .571 26 26 0 0 0 153.7 150 58 8 33 98 3.40 .256 .298 .339 .637 12.1
1982 27 VAL JL 10 13 .435 33 33 0 0 0 172.3 217 93 10 30 92 4.86 .310 .336 .437 .773 6.1
1983 28 VAL JL 10 2 .833 101 0 0 0 0 128.7 127 46 3 17 69 3.22 .254 .284 .324 .608 13.1
1984 29 VAL JL 9 6 .600 100 0 0 0 0 138.3 153 49 1 22 75 3.19 .283 .312 .359 .672 12.8
1985 30 VAL JL 7 4 .636 82 0 0 0 5 102.7 107 31 4 15 66 2.72 .270 .296 .343 .639 13.0
1986 31 VAL JL 7 4 .636 77 0 0 0 4 85.7 105 36 4 18 54 3.78 .298 .340 .381 .721 8.1
1987 32 GRE JL 12 10 .545 105 0 0 0 25 148.3 170 62 13 38 113 3.76 .286 .333 .392 .725 19.8
1988 33 GRE JL 2 1 .667 26 0 0 0 5 35.7 31 11 2 7 28 2.78 .230 .268 .326 .594 5.0
1989 34 GRE JL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 8.3 8 3 1 2 5 3.24 .267 .313 .400 .713 0.6
  VAL JL 3 3 .500 43 0 0 0 2 56.3 64 23 8 14 30 3.68 .284 .326 .458 .784 3.5
  TOT   3 3 .500 49 0 0 0 2 64.7 72 26 9 16 35 3.62 .282 .325 .451 .776 4.2
1990 35 VAL JL 4 4 .500 58 0 0 0 7 54.7 78 30 9 17 29 4.94 .335 .385 .511 .896 2.6
14 Years Sim 122 88 .581 766 168 17 4 48 1821.6 1932 703 94 364 1137 3.47 .271 .309 .376 .685 149.4
2 Years AAA 9 9 .500 22 22 5 1 0 169.0 149 59 4 55 167 3.14 .238 .300 .333 .633  
3 Years AA 16 28 .364 57 57 6 0 0 377.3 462 203 32 170 398 4.84 .302 .372 .442 .814  
1 Years A 12 3 .800 20 20 4 1 0 162.3 125 48 8 63 131 2.66 .215 .292 .339 .631  
6 Years Minors 37 40 .481 99 99 15 2 0 708.6 736 310 44 288 696 3.94 .269 .339 .395 .734  
Season Average 8 6 .571 54 12 1 0 3 130.1 138 50 6 26 81 3.47 .271 .309 .376 .685  
Career Highs 16 13 .867 105 36 7 2 25 245.7 242 93 13 56 148 4.94 .335 .385 .511 .896  
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   845 310 33 122 530   .251 .278 .350 .628
vs LH   1087 393 61 242 607   .289 .332 .399 .731
Home 66 38 .635 392 80 7 2 19 930.0 969 342 50 189 600 3.31 .268 .305 .368 .673
Away 56 50 .528 374 88 10 2 30 891.6 963 361 44 175 537 3.64 .274 .309 .384 .693
Mar/Apr 21 11 .656 122 19 2 1 5 247.0 299 101 14 38 148 3.68 .298 .324 .408 .732
May 18 14 .563 131 29 3 0 12 309.0 330 123 20 47 185 3.58 .274 .301 .392 .693
June 24 14 .632 130 32 3 1 7 337.0 342 122 19 86 218 3.26 .264 .310 .380 .690
July 18 18 .500 129 34 5 1 10 331.0 354 142 15 73 211 3.86 .273 .312 .385 .697
August 25 12 .676 132 31 4 1 11 337.9 293 86 8 68 201 2.29 .233 .273 .300 .573
Sep/Oct 16 19 .457 122 23 1 0 4 259.6 314 129 18 52 174 4.47 .294 .326 .399 .726
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
1974 19 AA   5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1977 22 VAL JL 26 49 5 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 19 .082 .151 .163 .314 0.6 0.0
1978 23 VAL JL 28 71 5 6 2 0 0 4 1 1 5 36 .085 .143 .113 .256 -0.7 0.0
1979 24 VAL JL 39 84 5 11 2 1 0 6 0 1 4 49 .131 .170 .179 .349 0.7 0.0
1980 25 VAL JL 25 46 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 16 .152 .152 .217 .370 0.2 0.0
1981 26 VAL JL 26 48 6 7 3 0 0 5 0 2 2 23 .146 .180 .208 .388 0.5 0.0
1982 27 VAL JL 33 55 4 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 24 .109 .183 .127 .311 -0.4 0.0
1983 28 VAL JL 101 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2
1984 29 VAL JL 101 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1985 30 VAL JL 82 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1986 31 VAL JL 77 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1987 32 GRE JL 105 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 0.7 0.0
1988 33 GRE JL 26 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .250 .667 .917 0.9 0.2
1989 34 GRE JL 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  VAL JL 49 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
  TOT   56 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0
1990 35 VAL JL 63 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0
14 Years Sim 788 389 33 47 15 2 0 26 2 5 24 181 .121 .171 .170 .341 3.3 0.4
1 Years AA 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
162 Game Average 79 6 9 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 37 .121 .171 .170 .341 0.7  
Career Highs 105 84 6 11 3 1 0 6 1 2 5 49 .400 .400 .667 1.000 0.9  
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   241 18 24 8 1 0 15 1 3 12 112 .100 .142 .141 .283 -3.2
vs LH   148 15 23 7 1 0 11 1 2 12 69 .155 .217 .216 .434 5.2
Home 406 187 17 23 7 1 0 14 1 1 10 87 .123 .168 .171 .339 1.1
Away 254 202 16 24 8 1 0 12 1 4 14 94 .119 .174 .168 .343 0.9
RISP   89 0 15 6 1 0 26 0 0 6 44 .169 .216 .258 .475 4.3
Close/Late   24 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 .125 .222 .167 .389 0.7
Mar/Apr 96 47 3 7 2 1 0 6 0 0 2 18 .149 .184 .234 .418 1.3
May 88 66 5 12 6 0 0 8 0 1 1 26 .182 .191 .273 .464 2.2
June 89 77 2 11 1 0 0 5 0 2 4 34 .143 .185 .156 .341 0.1
July 87 73 12 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 34 .068 .160 .096 .256 -1.1
August 122 75 8 8 3 0 0 2 1 1 7 37 .107 .183 .147 .330 0.5
Sep/Oct 94 51 3 4 3 0 0 4 1 0 2 32 .078 .111 .137 .248 -1.0
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  
1977 22 VAL JL P 21 21 155.7 13 32 3 5 .938 2.60 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 23 VAL JL P 27 27 197.3 17 33 4 2 .926 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
1979 24 VAL JL P 36 36 245.7 12 38 5 5 .909 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 25 VAL JL P 25 25 138.3 4 21 1 2 .962 1.63 0 0 .000 0  
1981 26 VAL JL P 26 26 153.7 12 30 2 2 .955 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
1982 27 VAL JL P 33 33 172.3 12 34 0 5 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
1983 28 VAL JL P 101 0 128.7 5 17 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
1984 29 VAL JL P 100 0 138.3 11 23 2 2 .944 2.21 0 0 .000 0  
1985 30 VAL JL P 82 0 102.7 8 12 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
1986 31 VAL JL P 77 0 85.7 5 10 2 1 .882 1.58 0 0 .000 0  
1987 32 GRE JL P 105 0 148.3 7 17 1 2 .960 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
1988 33 GRE JL P 26 0 35.7 3 4 1 0 .875 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
1989 34 GRE JL P 6 0 8.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 0 0 .000 0  
  VAL JL P 43 0 56.3 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.12 0 0 .000 0  
  TOT   P 49 0 64.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.11    
1990 35 VAL JL P 58 0 54.7 4 11 1 0 .938 2.47 0 0 .000 0  
  P 766 168 1821.6 115 288 22 27 .948 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   769 168 1824.6 115 288 22 27 .948 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
Career Highs   105 36 247.7 17 38 5 5 1.000 2.59 0 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 24 VAL JL 0 1 .000 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 9 4 0 1 1 4.50 .290 .313 .387 .700
1981 26 VAL JL 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 .238 .238 .286 .524
1983 28 VAL JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 1 0 1 2 1.29 .280 .308 .320 .628
1985 30 VAL JL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 1 11.3 19 9 0 2 5 7.15 .358 .382 .472 .854
1986 31 VAL JL 2 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 5.7 7 3 0 2 5 4.77 .318 .375 .364 .739
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 1 .750 21 2 1 0 1 38.0 47 17 0 6 13 4.03 .309 .335 .388 .724
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
1979 24 VAL JL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 26 VAL JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 31 VAL JL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .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.
ERA
1979-10-2.89
CAR-46-3.47
Winning Pct
1979-9-.667
CAR-49-.581
Saves
1987-7-25
Games Pitched
1983-2-101
1984-3-100
1987-1-105
CAR-47-766
Shutouts
1977-7-2
Hits Allowed
1982-9-217
Walks per 9IP
1979-1-0.8
1982-5-1.6
CAR-44-1.8
WHiP
1979-10-1.07
OOBP
1979-9-.275
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  7. Pete Redfern (887)
  8. Andy Messersmith (883)
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  1. Eric Beckmeyer (993)
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  6. Paul Millbauer (969)
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History
Drafted in 35th round, 830th overall pick, by Valencia in 1973
Injured on 5/12/1974 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/17/1975 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Earned first career win on 6/2/1977
Had first career hit (triple) on 7/6/1977, off Fernando Huertas (VAN)
Injured on 4/3/1978 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1980, going 5-0, 1.53
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Injured on 8/4/1980 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season