1B Harvey Katzen #25
Los Angeles Blockbusters MLB
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
07/31/1973
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1B HARVEY KATZEN #25 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
99 313 94 17 2 2 39 31 25 .300 .362 .387 4 1.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 65 70 65 65
Gap 55 60 55 55
Power 45 45 45 55
Eye 45 50 45 45
Avoid K's 70 70 65 70
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 50 35
Errors: - 60 45
Arm: 20 35 30
Turn DP: - 55 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 65 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 50 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 55
Stealing Aggressiveness: 65
Stealing Ability: 60
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 45
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/31/1973 @ KCB Win, 5-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/29/1973 @ CHI Loss, 0-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
07/29/1973 @ CHI Win, 4-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1973 @ CHI Loss, 2-9 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/27/1973 @ STL Win, 3-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/26/1973 @ STL Loss, 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
07/25/1973 @ STL Win, 12-3 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 0
07/23/1973 PHI Win, 4-3 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
07/22/1973 PHI Loss, 3-10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/21/1973 PHI Win, 6-0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Been called humdrum.
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:03/22/1947
Born in:Turlock, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$136,890
Signed Through:1973 Season
Major Service:5 Years, 40 Days
Service This Yr:119 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 24th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1973 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 99 313 94 17 2 2 39 33 31 25 .300 .362 .387 .748 .337 .086 113
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 85 351 2 3 0 9 0 5 121 21 4 5 44.4 43.0 4.87 1.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   22 10 2 1 0 8 3 4 2 1 0 1 .455 .536 .636 1.172
Versus Right   291 84 15 1 2 31 30 27 23 4 0 1 .289 .347 .368 .714
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Last Week   24 8 1 0 0 3 1 4 3 1 0 0 .333 .414 .375 .789
April   63 18 4 0 0 4 4 6 5 0 0 0 .286 .348 .349 .697
May   84 25 5 0 1 13 12 9 7 2 0 1 .298 .365 .393 .757
June   84 29 5 1 1 13 10 7 7 2 0 1 .345 .394 .464 .858
July   82 22 3 1 0 9 7 9 6 1 0 0 .268 .337 .329 .666
Spring Training   65 16 4 0 1 5 7 5 4 0 0 1 .246 .310 .354 .664
Last Year   457 136 24 6 6 40 65 36 43 4 0 2 .298 .349 .416 .764
2 Years Ago   627 171 37 5 9 46 81 40 71 1 1 1 .273 .317 .391 .708
Career   2489 718 137 35 36 279 330 198 298 22 2 12 .288 .341 .415 .756
Home   139 46 12 1 2 25 19 14 8 3 0 0 .331 .385 .475 .859
Road   174 48 5 1 0 14 14 17 17 2 0 2 .276 .344 .316 .660
Grass   313 94 17 2 2 39 33 31 25 5 0 2 .300 .362 .387 .748
Day   199 58 8 1 2 28 22 17 18 2 0 2 .291 .350 .372 .722
Night   114 36 9 1 0 11 11 14 7 3 0 0 .316 .382 .412 .794
As Starter   302 89 15 2 2 38 33 30 24 5 0 2 .295 .357 .377 .734
As Reliever / Substitution   11 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .455 .500 .636 1.136
Pinch Hitting   9 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .556 .600 .778 1.378
Close/Late   54 22 5 0 1 10 11 3 6 1 0 1 .407 .441 .556 .996
Inning 1-3   101 28 5 1 1 12 11 11 9 2 0 0 .277 .342 .376 .718
Inning 4-6   120 34 4 1 0 15 9 8 9 2 0 1 .283 .328 .333 .662
Inning 7-9   88 30 7 0 1 12 12 12 6 1 0 0 .341 .416 .455 .870
Extra Innings   4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .600 .750 1.350
0 Outs   119 36 5 1 1 8 17 8 11 0 0 0 .303 .346 .387 .733
1 Outs   102 30 7 0 0 14 8 13 4 5 0 1 .294 .364 .363 .726
2 Outs   92 28 5 1 1 17 8 10 10 0 0 1 .304 .379 .413 .792
Scoring Position   89 22 4 2 1 35 8 12 7 5 0 0 .247 .321 .371 .692
Bases Empty   142 40 8 0 0 0 12 13 12 0 0 2 .282 .350 .338 .688
Runner on 1st   82 32 5 0 1 4 13 6 6 0 0 0 .390 .432 .488 .920
Runner on 2nd   32 4 0 0 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 .125 .200 .125 .325
Runner on 3rd   3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   32 12 1 2 1 13 4 2 1 0 0 0 .375 .412 .625 1.037
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 .000 .455 .000 .455
Bases Loaded   11 5 2 0 0 16 1 2 1 3 0 0 .455 .438 .636 1.074
Two Strikes   111 25 6 1 1 19 9 10 25 3 0 1 .225 .288 .324 .612
First Pitch   63 19 5 0 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 1 .302 .333 .381 .714
Count 0-1   35 12 1 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 .343 .333 .371 .705
Count 0-2   20 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 1 .100 .143 .100 .243
Count 1-0   30 12 0 1 1 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 .400 .406 .567 .973
Count 1-1   27 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .259 .296 .556
Count 1-2   38 10 1 0 1 7 4 0 11 1 0 0 .263 .256 .368 .625
Count 2-0   10 4 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
Count 2-1   29 13 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .448 .448 .517 .966
Count 2-2   32 8 3 1 0 8 3 0 7 2 0 0 .250 .235 .406 .642
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   8 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 .250 .600 .250 .850
Full Count   21 5 2 0 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 0 .238 .484 .333 .817
Behind in Count   93 24 2 0 1 11 10 0 17 2 0 1 .258 .260 .312 .572
Ahead in Count   77 31 4 1 1 15 13 19 0 1 0 0 .403 .515 .519 1.035
Batting Leadoff   21 4 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 .190 .292 .238 .530
Batting 3rd   6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 .500
Batting 4th   112 35 4 0 0 7 10 12 7 2 0 0 .312 .373 .348 .721
Batting 5th   165 49 9 2 2 31 20 15 14 3 0 2 .297 .357 .412 .769
Batting 7th   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Batting 8th   5 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.200 2.000
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   93 29 4 0 1 6 9 17 5 1 0 1 .312 .420 .387 .807
Medium Leverage   145 35 7 0 1 8 13 10 14 1 0 0 .241 .288 .310 .599
High Leverage   74 30 6 2 0 25 11 4 6 3 0 1 .405 .427 .541 .967
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Los Angeles - MLB 20 5 14 6 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .429 .467 .500 .967 192 196 0.1
1968 Los Angeles - MLB 21 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 55 50 -0.1
1969 Los Angeles - MLB 22 144 512 140 24 14 8 73 75 30 5 5 80 1 4 .273 .317 .422 .739 112 112 2.2
1970 Los Angeles - MLB 23 153 562 170 34 8 11 80 72 60 2 7 78 5 4 .302 .368 .450 .818 123 125 2.6
1971 Los Angeles - MLB 24 159 627 171 37 5 9 46 81 40 1 1 71 10 3 .273 .317 .391 .708 104 104 0.9
1972 Los Angeles - MLB 25 122 457 136 24 6 6 40 65 36 2 4 43 7 5 .298 .349 .416 .764 123 124 0.9
1973 Los Angeles - MLB 26 99 313 94 17 2 2 39 33 31 2 5 25 4 5 .300 .362 .387 .748 105 113 1.2
Total MLB 686 2489 718 137 35 36 279 330 198 12 22 298 27 21 .288 .341 .415 .756 114 116 7.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Total - 19 63 289 98 13 7 7 58 66 21 3 1 20 33 8 .339 .389 .505 .894 100 100 2.6
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 4 4 12 10 5 23 1 .957 34.0 5.82 -1.5 .814
1968 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 +0.0 1.046
1969 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 134 131 331 366 101 717 20 .972 1104.2 5.68 -3.4 .972
1970 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 147 143 338 397 107 746 11 .985 1262.1 5.24 -17.5 .935
1971 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 152 148 391 454 118 857 12 .986 1322.0 5.75 -18.7 .931
1972 Los Angeles - MLB 1B 22 22 169 17 17 188 2 .989 184.0 9.10 -1.1 .939
1972 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 93 89 234 240 67 486 12 .975 799.1 5.34 -16.6 .904
1972 Los Angeles - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Los Angeles - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Los Angeles - MLB 1B 89 85 772 54 63 831 5 .994 719.0 10.34 +4.4 1.025
TOTAL 1B 111 107 941 71 80 1019 7 .993 903.0 10.09 +3.3 1.011
TOTAL 2B 531 515 1308 1469 398 2833 56 .980 4525.1 5.52 -57.6 .937
TOTAL CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
PLAYER HISTORY
12/11/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 24, 24th overall pick) by the Los Angeles Blockbusters, out of college West Valley
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 25 (40); Eye: 30 (45).
04/11/1967 Named the #30 prospect in the MLB
07/06/1967 Named the #10 prospect in the MLB
10/20/1967 Named the #21 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (60); Power: 25 (40); Eye: 35 (45).
04/09/1968 Named the #24 prospect in the MLB
07/04/1968 Named the #20 prospect in the MLB
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (70); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
07/25/1969 Injured (strained hamstring),day-to-day for 5 days.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (70); Power: 40 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
03/18/1970 Injured (sore back),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/23/1970 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (70); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
05/04/1971 Injured (eye irritation),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $75,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (70); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 45 (45).
04/26/1972 Goes 5-5 against the Milwaukee Dairymen, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 1 R.
07/01/1972 Injured (strained hip muscle),out for 4 weeks.
07/25/1972 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $136,890.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
04/18/1973 Injured (tendinitis (hamstring)),out for one week.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1971 149 9
Year PA Rank
1971 669 4
Year AB Rank
1971 627 5
Year 2B Rank
1971 37 7
Year 3B Rank
1969 14 2
1970 8 9
Year SF Rank
1970 7 5
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