C Rick Hotz #22
New York Knickerbockers MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Good
08/15/1977
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C RICK HOTZ #22 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
92 346 104 25 0 20 55 22 65 .301 .343 .546 0 3.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 40 40 40
BABIP 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 40 40 40 40
Gap 45 45 45 50
Power 60 60 60 60
Eye 50 50 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 25 25
Errors: - 25 30
Arm: 60 50 50
Turn DP: - 25 -
Framing: 65 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 60 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 40
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 30
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/14/1977 @ CLE Win, 5-3 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
08/13/1977 @ CLE Loss, 6-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
08/12/1977 @ CLE Loss, 2-8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
08/09/1977 WAS Win, 6-1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/08/1977 WAS Win, 9-8 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
08/06/1977 CIN Loss, 2-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/05/1977 CIN Loss, 1-7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
08/03/1977 CLE Loss, 9-14 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
08/02/1977 CLE Loss, 0-4 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
07/31/1977 @ WAS Win, 3-2 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Could benefit from a kick in the backside.
Personality Class: Unmotivated
High: Loyalty
Low: Adaptability, Financial Ambition, Work Ethic, Baseball IQ
Birthday:01/30/1950
Born in:Los Banos, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$340,000
Signed Through:1980 Season
Major Service:7 Years, None
Service This Yr:132 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:10 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 14th Pick in Round 4
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 92 346 104 25 0 20 55 46 22 65 .301 .343 .546 .889 .386 .246 146
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 90 373 2 0 0 10 0 3 189 45 0 2 0.0 61.2 6.43 3.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   72 20 7 0 3 14 11 7 15 2 0 1 .278 .341 .500 .841
Versus Right   274 84 18 0 17 41 35 15 50 1 0 1 .307 .344 .558 .902
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   18 3 2 0 0 2 4 3 4 0 0 0 .167 .286 .278 .563
April   70 21 8 0 4 13 9 6 17 0 0 0 .300 .355 .586 .941
May   82 20 3 0 5 11 10 3 17 0 0 2 .244 .287 .463 .751
June   77 32 6 0 3 11 10 5 7 1 0 0 .416 .446 .610 1.056
July   84 25 5 0 7 16 12 4 18 1 0 0 .298 .326 .607 .933
August   33 6 3 0 1 4 5 4 6 1 0 0 .182 .263 .364 .627
Spring Training   61 26 4 0 4 11 12 6 12 0 0 0 .426 .478 .689 1.166
Last Year   387 97 20 1 12 54 36 37 71 5 2 2 .251 .316 .401 .716
2 Years Ago   353 81 13 3 7 43 42 33 70 7 3 4 .229 .297 .343 .640
Career   2261 591 101 11 94 321 273 180 439 20 9 17 .261 .318 .441 .759
Home   151 47 12 0 10 27 24 14 26 1 0 1 .311 .371 .589 .961
Road   195 57 13 0 10 28 22 8 39 2 0 1 .292 .320 .513 .833
Grass   322 96 21 0 20 53 44 21 59 3 0 2 .298 .342 .550 .892
Turf   24 8 4 0 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 .333 .360 .500 .860
Day   209 61 13 0 12 26 25 9 41 0 0 2 .292 .327 .526 .854
Night   137 43 12 0 8 29 21 13 24 3 0 0 .314 .366 .577 .943
As Starter   344 103 25 0 20 55 46 22 65 3 0 2 .299 .342 .547 .889
As Reliever / Substitution   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Pinch Hitting   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Close/Late   74 22 6 0 3 14 10 1 16 1 0 1 .297 .312 .500 .812
Inning 1-3   105 35 8 0 9 20 15 6 22 1 0 0 .333 .366 .667 1.033
Inning 4-6   134 35 9 0 4 13 15 9 23 1 0 1 .261 .310 .418 .728
Inning 7-9   105 34 8 0 7 22 16 7 20 1 0 1 .324 .368 .600 .968
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   129 37 7 0 9 18 20 10 21 1 0 2 .287 .345 .550 .895
1 Outs   100 34 7 0 6 19 17 6 16 2 0 0 .340 .370 .590 .960
2 Outs   117 33 11 0 5 18 9 6 28 0 0 0 .282 .317 .504 .821
Scoring Position   98 29 10 0 3 35 12 5 21 3 0 0 .296 .321 .490 .811
Bases Empty   185 55 13 0 15 15 25 13 30 0 0 1 .297 .347 .611 .958
Runner on 1st   63 20 2 0 2 5 9 4 14 0 0 1 .317 .368 .444 .812
Runner on 2nd   47 14 4 0 1 7 5 2 10 0 0 0 .298 .327 .447 .773
Runner on 3rd   9 4 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 .444 .500 .667 1.167
Runner on 1st & 2nd   19 5 1 0 1 7 2 0 5 0 0 0 .263 .263 .474 .737
Runner on 1st & 3rd   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 3 2 0 1 10 2 1 0 2 0 0 .429 .400 1.143 1.543
Bases Loaded   7 3 1 0 0 7 1 1 2 1 0 0 .429 .444 .571 1.016
Two Strikes   152 33 5 0 8 18 19 15 65 1 0 1 .217 .290 .408 .698
First Pitch   55 19 8 0 4 14 10 0 0 2 0 1 .345 .345 .709 1.054
Count 0-1   34 12 3 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .353 .706 1.059
Count 0-2   24 9 0 0 3 5 4 0 9 0 0 0 .375 .375 .750 1.125
Count 1-0   34 15 2 0 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .441 .441 .588 1.029
Count 1-1   39 12 5 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .513 .821
Count 1-2   44 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 21 0 0 1 .182 .200 .227 .427
Count 2-0   8 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Count 2-1   11 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .545 .818
Count 2-2   41 4 1 0 3 6 3 0 18 1 0 0 .098 .095 .341 .437
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   13 6 0 0 2 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 .462 .611 .923 1.534
Full Count   43 12 2 0 2 7 10 15 17 0 0 0 .279 .466 .465 .931
Behind in Count   102 29 5 0 6 10 10 0 30 0 0 1 .284 .291 .510 .801
Ahead in Count   66 28 4 0 4 13 11 7 0 0 0 0 .424 .479 .667 1.146
Batting 3rd   12 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 .250 .308 .583 .891
Batting 4th   25 8 2 0 1 3 1 1 4 1 0 0 .320 .333 .520 .853
Batting 5th   237 74 21 0 14 40 34 13 46 1 0 2 .312 .352 .578 .930
Batting 6th   10 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 .200 .473
Batting 7th   57 15 1 0 4 9 9 5 11 1 0 0 .263 .317 .491 .809
Batting 8th   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 .833
Batting 9th   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Low Leverage   151 46 12 0 13 16 21 9 27 0 0 0 .305 .344 .642 .986
Medium Leverage   130 41 11 0 5 23 16 12 26 0 0 0 .315 .373 .515 .889
High Leverage   64 16 2 0 2 16 8 1 12 3 0 2 .250 .271 .375 .646
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
1971 New York - MLB 21 45 139 38 3 0 7 18 18 5 0 1 31 1 0 .273 .297 .446 .743 111 108 0.9
1972 New York - MLB 22 99 231 60 6 2 9 28 29 12 3 1 51 0 0 .260 .304 .420 .724 110 110 1.4
1973 New York - MLB 23 124 449 117 17 2 25 68 60 45 1 1 91 0 0 .261 .329 .474 .803 121 118 2.4
1974 New York - MLB 24 106 356 94 17 3 14 55 42 26 5 2 60 0 0 .264 .321 .447 .768 117 120 2.9
1975 New York - MLB 25 103 353 81 13 3 7 43 42 33 4 7 70 0 0 .229 .297 .343 .640 79 72 0.5
1976 New York - MLB 26 118 387 97 20 1 12 54 36 37 2 5 71 2 0 .251 .316 .401 .716 109 106 2.5
1977 New York - MLB 27 92 346 104 25 0 20 55 46 22 2 3 65 0 2 .301 .343 .546 .889 132 146 3.8
Total MLB 687 2261 591 101 11 94 321 273 180 17 20 439 3 2 .261 .318 .441 .759 111 112 14.4
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
1967 Total - 17 25 105 47 13 2 2 29 35 15 2 1 4 4 2 .448 .520 .667 1.187 100 100 2.2
CAREER POSTSEASON 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
1972 New York - MLB 22 6 18 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 .111 .158 .333 .491 40 43 0.1
1973 New York - MLB 23 5 18 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 .278 .316 .278 .594 67 69 0.2
Total MLB 11 36 7 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 11 0 0 .194 .237 .306 .542 54 56
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1971 New York - MLB C 41 38 198 29 0 230 3 .987 339.0 6.03 -0.1 .906 3 26 12 46.2
1972 New York - MLB C 92 56 373 51 4 429 5 .988 579.1 6.59 -1.4 .805 2 62 24 38.7
1973 New York - MLB C 123 123 618 82 3 707 7 .990 1049.2 6.00 -3.9 .910 7 128 40 31.2
1974 New York - MLB C 102 99 479 64 4 548 5 .991 859.2 5.68 -3.5 .734 9 100 34 34.0
1975 New York - MLB C 100 98 454 61 4 523 8 .985 848.0 5.47 -1.4 .922 4 94 28 29.8
1976 New York - MLB C 114 112 524 93 5 624 7 .989 967.1 5.74 +1.1 1.015 4 115 44 38.3
1977 New York - MLB C 90 90 447 54 5 507 6 .988 773.0 5.83 -1.3 .861 1 73 23 31.5
TOTAL C 662 616 3093 434 25 3568 41 .989 5416.0 5.86 -10.6 .892 30 598 205 34.3
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 14, 98th overall pick) by the New York Knickerbockers, out of high school Edison (Edison; Fresno, CA).
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (45); Power: 25 (45); Eye: 25 (55).
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 45 (60); Eye: 30 (55).
07/03/1969 Named the #83 prospect in the MLB
10/29/1969 Named the #68 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 45 (60); Eye: 35 (60).
04/07/1970 Named the #32 prospect in the MLB
04/07/1970 Injured (sinusitis),day-to-day for 3 days.
07/02/1970 Named the #35 prospect in the MLB
10/29/1970 Named the #28 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 55 (60); Eye: 35 (60).
03/01/1971 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the New York Knickerbockers development complex.
04/06/1971 Named the #25 prospect in the MLB
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 40 (55).
03/06/1972 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the New York Knickerbockers development complex.
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 60 (60); Eye: 45 (50).
07/27/1973 Injured (bruised foot),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/04/1973 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $50,000.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
06/12/1974 Hits three home runs against the Brooklyn Bluebirds, going 4-5 with 9 RBI and 3 runs scored!
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $126,240.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
11/16/1975 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $190,000.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
07/25/1976 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,450,000 with the New York Knickerbockers organization.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 50 (50).
07/10/1977 Was selected to the 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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