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Rafeal
De La Paz		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 21, 1947 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 25 JAX JL $ 447,500 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 26 JAX JL $ 1,000,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 27 JAX JL $ 1,000,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 28 JAX JL $ 1,000,000 3 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 29 JAX JL $ 1,000,000 3 4 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 30 JAX JL $ 1,000,000 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 31 OMA JL $ 1,400,000 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4
1980 32 OMA JL $ 320,000 3 3 3 6 6 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 320,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,400,000 3 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 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 33 BAL JL     8 8 8 4 4 4 12 12 12 8 8 8 11 11 11
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 8 4 4 4 12 12 12 8 8 8 11 11 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings     8 8 8 4 4 4 12 12 12 8 8 8 11 11 11
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 25 JAX JL 93 103 14 24 4 0 2 13 5 1 7 24 .233 .281 .330 .611 11.5 1.2
1974 26 JAX JL 122 335 37 70 13 6 3 21 28 7 18 84 .209 .253 .310 .563 27.9 1.8
1975 27 JAX JL 92 235 26 40 8 4 4 15 26 2 16 59 .170 .222 .289 .512 17.4 0.0
    AA   45 171 17 48 6 0 5 17 13 3 19 33 .281 .353 .404 .756 26.1  
1976 28 JAX JL 124 273 33 52 10 7 1 14 37 10 14 67 .190 .240 .289 .529 19.1 0.0
1977 29 JAX JL 109 190 32 36 12 1 3 15 22 5 15 63 .189 .251 .311 .562 17.6 1.1
1978 30 JAX JL 58 108 20 25 7 1 2 9 18 3 10 24 .231 .303 .370 .673 13.9 1.6
    AAA   38 79 9 21 6 0 1 7 8 1 6 10 .266 .318 .380 .697 10.4  
1979 31 OMA JL 117 280 31 60 13 4 4 33 8 6 10 73 .214 .244 .332 .576 19.1 0.0
1980 32 OMA JL 102 177 30 40 9 0 2 15 8 4 11 53 .226 .270 .311 .581 13.6 0.0
1981 33 AAA   121 346 51 101 23 4 8 51 13 8 42 63 .292 .369 .451 .819 55.8  
8 Years Sim 817 1701 223 347 76 23 21 135 152 38 101 447 .204 .252 .313 .564 140.1 5.8
2 Years AAA 159 425 60 122 29 4 9 58 21 9 48 73 .287 .360 .438 .798 66.1  
1 Years AA 45 171 17 48 6 0 5 17 13 3 19 33 .281 .364 .404 .768 26.1  
3 Years Minors 204 596 77 170 35 4 14 75 34 12 67 106 .285 .361 .428 .789 92.2  
162 Game Average 337 44 68 15 4 4 26 30 7 20 88 .204 .252 .313 .564 27.8  
Career Highs 124 335 37 70 13 7 4 33 37 10 18 84 .233 .303 .370 .673 27.9  
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   1179 150 234 53 21 14 94 105 32 66 319 .198 .245 .315 .560 93.5
vs LH   522 73 113 23 2 7 41 47 6 35 128 .216 .267 .308 .575 48.4
Home 396 835 124 181 42 12 14 76 75 18 51 236 .217 .266 .346 .612 81.7
Away 421 866 99 166 34 11 7 59 77 20 50 211 .192 .238 .281 .518 60.3
RISP   363 0 67 12 2 5 99 0 0 29 93 .185 .242 .270 .512 23.4
Pinch Hitting   41 7 7 2 0 0 1 1 0 4 11 .171 .244 .220 .464 2.2
Close/Late   257 65 43 3 5 3 14 0 0 17 60 .167 .217 .253 .470 12.9
Mar/Apr 158 350 48 75 17 5 6 36 33 4 22 81 .214 .266 .343 .609 35.3
May 142 327 37 67 17 3 3 16 30 7 22 82 .205 .261 .303 .564 27.4
June 118 212 37 46 8 4 3 18 21 7 16 49 .217 .282 .335 .617 20.8
July 128 243 32 53 10 5 3 22 23 1 14 76 .218 .259 .337 .596 24.6
August 131 303 34 53 14 3 5 25 22 10 13 85 .175 .210 .290 .500 17.1
Sep/Oct 140 266 35 53 10 3 1 18 23 9 14 74 .199 .236 .271 .507 16.8
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
1973 25 JAX JL SS 31 6 114.0 20 51 2 9 .973 5.61 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    3B 25 4 80.3 9 19 0 1 1.000 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 21 8 72.3 14 30 0 5 1.000 5.47 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 5 1 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1974 26 JAX JL SS 76 69 596.0 89 215 12 42 .962 4.59 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    3B 11 7 69.3 5 18 0 2 1.000 2.99 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 12 7 66.0 20 1 1 1 .955 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 11 5 54.0 13 15 1 2 .966 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 0 8.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1975 27 JAX JL 3B 22 16 155.7 8 39 2 4 .959 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 17 15 146.0 30 64 2 14 .979 5.79 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 19 8 97.7 23 37 1 11 .984 5.53 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 11 8 79.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.96 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 11 8 63.7 15 0 2 0 .882 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 3 34.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0  
1976 28 JAX JL SS 34 21 228.3 29 68 3 14 .970 3.82 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 35 19 197.7 36 78 3 13 .974 5.19 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 19 7 78.3 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 8 8 70.0 57 6 2 4 .969 8.10 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 12 5 62.3 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    LF 10 4 47.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.64 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 6 1 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 29 JAX JL 3B 31 21 200.0 13 41 1 1 .982 2.43 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 27 12 143.7 29 57 1 9 .989 5.39 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 16 5 65.3 12 17 1 4 .967 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 12 0 33.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.91 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 6 2 23.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.52 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 30 JAX JL 3B 21 13 125.7 10 28 1 3 .974 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 13 7 82.3 24 30 1 9 .982 5.90 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 9 2 29.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 5 3 25.0 5 11 1 3 .941 5.76 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 2 19.0 4 0 2 0 .667 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 1 18.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 31 OMA JL SS 26 19 171.3 23 54 3 11 .963 4.04 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    3B 23 17 157.0 12 43 1 3 .982 3.15 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    2B 32 11 140.0 30 44 1 13 .987 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 15 15 125.0 120 10 0 15 1.000 9.36 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 11 8 63.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 1 14.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 32 OMA JL SS 40 27 264.3 43 93 3 24 .978 4.63 0 0 .000 0 1.5
    2B 28 6 88.3 21 30 1 6 .981 5.20 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 12 7 68.3 8 10 1 3 .947 2.37 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 4 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 245 165 1610.3 251 573 27 121 .968 4.61 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  3B 164 92 934.6 70 218 6 18 .980 2.77 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  2B 186 76 876.0 190 321 9 68 .983 5.25 0 0 .000 0 4.0
  CF 59 25 283.0 84 1 2 1 .977 2.70 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  RF 56 15 195.3 48 0 1 0 .980 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  1B 23 23 195.0 177 16 2 19 .990 8.91 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 35 15 151.7 42 1 4 0 .915 2.55 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   769 411 4246.9 862 1130 51 227 .975 4.22 0 0 .000 0 18.1
Career Highs   125 88 801.3 205 249 14 47 .987 4.77 0 0 .000 0  
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.
Stolen Bases
1976-10-37
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  4. Carlos Cron (915)
  5. Lamar Jimenez (912)
  6. Peter Frisbee (910)
  7. Jose Atkins (908)
  8. Maurice Bayer (904)
  9. Jim Lentine (903)
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History
Drafted in 22nd round, 516th overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Steve Nebraska (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 7/24/1973, off Augustus Ewing (PHX)
Injured on 7/18/1978 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/29/1978 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Signed as a free agent by Omaha on 2/19/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $1,400,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 3/1/1981 to a minor league contract
 
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