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Colby
Vicknair		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 20, 1949 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1984   
All-Star Selections 1982   
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 23 CHI JL   3 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
1974 24 BIR FL $ 300,000 4 5 5 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2
1975 25 BIR FL $ 300,000 3 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3
1976 26 BUF FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
1977 27 DM FL $ 300,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
1978 28 DM FL $ 1,710,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
1979 29 HON JL $ 1,710,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
1980 30 SLC FL $ 1,500,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,710,000 5 7 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 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 31 CLG FL $ 1,350,000   17 17 16 6 7 6 10 11 11 7 8 7 11 9 9
1982 32 CLG FL $ 1,350,000   17 17 16 5 6 6 10 11 11 6 7 7 11 9 9
1983 33 MON FL $ 2,025,000   18 18 16 7 9 8 10 10 10 6 7 7 11 9 10
1984 34 MON FL $ 2,025,000   16 16 15 7 9 8 10 11 11 5 7 6 11 9 10
1985 35 PHX JL $ 2,400,000   15 15 14 7 9 8 10 11 11 6 7 7 11 9 10
1986 36 PHX JL $ 300,000   16 16 14 8 9 9 11 12 11 5 6 6 11 9 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   15 15 14 5 6 6 10 10 10 5 6 6 11 9 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,400,000   18 18 16 8 9 9 11 12 11 7 8 7 11 9 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 23 AAA   160 696 75 189 22 3 10 55 20 13 34 176 .272 .305 .355 .660 72.7  
1974 24 BIR FL 10 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 .167 .231 .167 .397 0.2 0.0
    AAA   134 505 72 160 22 3 14 69 8 8 41 113 .317 .368 .455 .824 79.3  
1975 25 BIR FL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
    AAA   134 559 70 160 21 4 12 59 23 6 33 123 .286 .326 .403 .729 73.2  
1976 26 BUF FL 42 78 7 28 4 2 1 11 6 0 3 12 .359 .383 .500 .883 13.7 3.6
    AAA   81 316 48 116 13 1 6 58 13 4 23 60 .367 .410 .472 .882 56.7  
1977 27 BUF FL 59 210 22 56 5 1 5 19 13 2 15 33 .267 .322 .371 .693 25.1 4.6
  DM FL 82 301 33 97 12 3 3 23 19 3 10 45 .322 .349 .412 .761 40.9 8.3
  TOT   141 511 55 153 17 4 8 42 32 5 25 78 .299 .338 .395 .733 66.0 12.9
1978 28 DM FL 153 551 70 159 19 8 5 53 37 11 43 102 .289 .344 .379 .723 70.7 11.3
1979 29 DM FL 90 280 43 77 6 6 4 27 14 4 14 50 .275 .317 .382 .699 35.2 5.5
  HON JL 56 198 27 51 3 2 6 22 10 3 11 34 .258 .302 .384 .686 24.3 3.1
  TOT   146 478 70 128 9 8 10 49 24 7 25 84 .268 .311 .383 .693 59.4 8.6
1980 30 AAA   90 111 18 33 8 0 2 14 2 0 15 21 .297 .381 .423 .804 18.1  
1981 31 CLG FL 55 159 18 53 7 0 3 23 5 3 9 38 .333 .371 .434 .805 24.8 5.0
    AAA   89 353 57 119 17 1 7 36 12 2 49 70 .337 .418 .450 .868 66.1  
1982 32 CLG FL 128 395 58 136 25 1 6 60 6 1 27 78 .344 .388 .458 .847 65.9 14.4
1983 33 MON FL 153 505 57 162 23 3 4 64 10 4 31 92 .321 .363 .402 .765 69.0 13.7
1984 34 MON FL 154 543 63 168 31 2 14 75 12 3 30 95 .309 .351 .451 .802 80.2 15.8
1985 35 PHX JL 130 377 47 112 18 7 6 58 4 3 15 76 .297 .328 .430 .758 49.4 8.5
1986 36 PHX JL 53 97 13 32 5 0 3 20 1 0 6 11 .330 .381 .474 .855 15.4 2.4
    AAA   58 87 13 22 4 0 3 14 1 0 8 27 .253 .316 .402 .718 11.4  
12 Years Sim 1168 3711 458 1133 158 35 60 456 138 37 215 672 .305 .348 .415 .763 513.9 96.3
7 Years AAA 746 2627 353 799 107 12 54 305 79 33 203 590 .304 .357 .416 .773 377.5  
162 Game Average 514 63 157 21 4 8 63 19 5 29 93 .305 .348 .415 .763 71.3  
Career Highs 154 551 70 168 31 8 14 75 37 11 43 102 .359 .388 .500 .883 80.2  
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   2763 357 882 125 28 47 368 112 28 171 478 .319 .364 .436 .800 416.6
vs LH   948 101 251 33 7 13 88 26 9 44 194 .265 .300 .355 .655 98.6
Home 567 1749 224 549 72 17 35 235 68 19 107 313 .314 .357 .435 .792 259.8
Away 600 1962 234 584 86 18 25 221 70 18 108 359 .298 .339 .398 .737 255.4
RISP   950 0 292 41 10 16 376 0 0 60 156 .307 .347 .422 .769 132.7
Pinch Hitting   184 24 57 9 1 3 34 5 0 13 33 .310 .358 .418 .777 27.0
Close/Late   509 46 164 35 7 7 89 0 0 32 99 .322 .361 .460 .821 77.8
Mar/Apr 166 506 57 136 22 5 4 63 20 5 40 96 .269 .326 .356 .682 59.4
May 174 585 73 184 25 7 7 68 22 5 33 111 .315 .355 .417 .772 82.9
June 156 541 83 191 22 6 11 81 19 7 30 89 .353 .389 .477 .865 91.7
July 224 708 93 229 32 10 16 94 26 7 40 130 .323 .364 .465 .828 112.0
August 229 716 84 208 30 5 12 81 26 6 43 123 .291 .336 .397 .732 93.2
Sep/Oct 219 655 68 185 27 2 10 69 25 7 29 123 .282 .321 .376 .696 75.9
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1974 24 BIR FL CF 3 1 12.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1975 25 BIR FL CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 26 BUF FL CF 22 12 119.3 38 1 0 1 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 4 4 32.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 27 BUF FL CF 56 54 457.7 140 4 1 0 .993 2.83 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    RF 1 0 4.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DM FL CF 78 76 636.3 195 5 2 1 .990 2.83 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 2 0 5.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 134 130 1094.0 335 9 3 1 .991 2.83   3.2
      RF 3 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1978 28 DM FL CF 153 150 1301.3 346 16 0 4 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0 5.0
1979 29 DM FL CF 78 70 579.5 158 4 1 1 .994 2.52 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 1 0 1.8 1 1 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  HON JL CF 48 44 408.2 111 2 1 0 .991 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    2B 0 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 126 114 987.7 269 6 2 1 .993 2.51   2.7
      2B 1 0 3.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
      SS 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1981 31 CLG FL RF 43 42 351.0 69 2 3 0 .959 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 32 CLG FL RF 100 92 824.0 199 6 3 1 .986 2.24 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    CF 8 0 22.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 7 1 19.0 2 6 1 0 .889 3.79 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0  
1983 33 MON FL 3B 127 118 1035.7 76 279 6 18 .983 3.08 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    CF 14 2 48.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 2 2 17.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.06 0 0 .000 0  
1984 34 MON FL 3B 147 144 1270.7 84 323 14 22 .967 2.88 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    CF 5 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 35 PHX JL 3B 105 96 827.0 56 202 8 17 .970 2.81 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    CF 2 2 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 36 PHX JL CF 16 7 75.0 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.48 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 11 7 65.0 3 18 1 0 .955 2.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 1 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 7.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 485 419 3695.7 1056 32 5 7 .995 2.65 0 0 .000 0 12.3
  3B 397 366 3217.3 221 828 30 57 .972 2.93 0 0 .000 0 13.3
  RF 155 142 1253.7 290 9 6 1 .980 2.15 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  SS 4 0 12.4 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 2 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1047 928 8202.0 1578 873 41 66 .984 2.69 0 0 .000 0 27.7
Career Highs   153 150 1301.3 346 323 14 22 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0  
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
1976 26 BUF FL 4 14 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .286 .571
1978 28 DM FL 8 25 2 9 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 7 .360 .385 .440 .825
1981 31 CLG FL 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347
1982 32 CLG FL 10 36 4 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 9 .333 .368 .361 .730
1986 36 PHX JL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 28 85 8 26 3 0 0 10 3 2 3 21 .306 .337 .341 .678
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.
Batting Average
1983-9-.321
1984-9-.309
CAR-35-.305
 Singles
1983-7-132
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Carlo Almonte (953)
  2. Rod Givens (943)
  3. Horace Flutie (924)
  4. Lazaro Lanza (912)
  5. Paul Eury (912)
  6. Kipper Kengos (904)
  7. Jake Mills (900)
  8. Hershel Abernethy (896)
  9. Rye Kelly (893)
  10. John Storm (890)
History
Traded from Chicago to Birmingham on 7/11/1974 (Going to CHI: P Z. Sumner, RF P. Pete. Going to BIR: P J. Porter, LF V. Milani, P A. Heinen, CF C. Vicknair, P G. Caputo)
Had first career hit on 9/3/1974, off Scott Nuvotna (SLC)
Injured on 8/29/1975 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Traded from Birmingham to Buffalo on 7/1/1976 (Going to BIR: C A. Mayorga, RF T. Sills. Going to BUF: C L. Albano, P T. Vogler, CF C. Vicknair)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1976, off Robert Marco (CLG)
Traded from Buffalo to Des Moines on 6/21/1977 (Going to DM: P J. Mahar, P B. Crotchmeyer, CF C. Vicknair, 3B R. Plaza, P H. Belanger. Going to BUF: P J. Rosenrosen, P M. Ford, 3B R. Cutler)
Traded from Des Moines to Honolulu on 7/21/1979 (Going to DM: RF L. Overson, P C. Robbins, 3B B. Oberdorsten. Going to HON: LF L. Hazelton, 3B R. Barbato, CF C. Vicknair, P B. Henriques, P T. Mihewon)
Signed as a free agent by Salt Lake City on 2/4/1980 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Calgary on 2/11/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $1,350,000 per year
 
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