1B Americo Garcia #20
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/04/1975
1B AMERICO GARCIA #20 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
63 62 15 0 0 1 4 7 14 .242 .314 .290 0 -0.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 50
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 45 45 40 45
Eye 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 40 40 40 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 40
Errors: - 40 25
Arm: 20 30 25
Turn DP: - 30 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 70 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 25 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 35
Stealing Ability: 25
Baserunning Inst.: 25
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/03/1975 @ NYK Loss, 6-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/01/1975 @ NYK Loss, 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/31/1975 PHI Loss, 0-8 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
07/30/1975 PHI Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1975 DEN Win, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1975 DEN Win, 16-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/26/1975 DEN Win, 6-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/24/1975 LAB Win, 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/21/1975 SDC Loss, 6-8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/19/1975 SDC Win, 5-4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Garcia is known for his superior intelligence.
High: Baseball IQ
Birthday:08/20/1948
Born in:San Francisco, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 6"
Weight:215 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$55,200
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 34 Days
Service This Yr:118 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 19th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 63 62 15 0 0 1 4 5 7 14 .242 .314 .290 .605 .278 .048 72
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 10 70 0 1 0 1 0 1 18 1 0 0 0.0 6.0 3.32 -0.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   29 10 0 0 1 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 .345 .424 .448 .873
Versus Right   33 5 0 0 0 1 2 3 10 1 0 0 .152 .216 .152 .368
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167
April   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
May   29 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0 0 .172 .250 .172 .422
June   10 4 0 0 1 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 .400 .417 .700 1.117
July   21 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 .286 .348 .286 .634
August   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Spring Training   94 18 4 0 1 6 8 8 27 0 1 1 .191 .262 .266 .528
2 Years Ago   47 14 3 0 2 7 6 3 9 1 1 0 .298 .333 .489 .823
Career   255 57 6 0 4 27 22 16 67 2 1 2 .224 .273 .294 .567
Home   31 8 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 0 0 0 .258 .281 .258 .539
Road   31 7 0 0 1 3 3 6 9 1 0 0 .226 .342 .323 .665
Grass   62 15 0 0 1 4 5 7 14 1 0 0 .242 .314 .290 .605
Day   31 8 0 0 1 3 4 3 6 1 0 0 .258 .314 .355 .669
Night   31 7 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 0 0 0 .226 .314 .226 .540
As Starter   38 8 0 0 0 0 2 4 8 0 0 0 .211 .286 .211 .496
As Reliever / Substitution   24 7 0 0 1 4 3 3 6 1 0 0 .292 .357 .417 .774
Pinch Hitting   12 3 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 0 0 0 .250 .357 .500 .857
Close/Late   29 10 0 0 1 2 4 3 5 0 0 0 .345 .406 .448 .855
Inning 1-3   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .100 .182 .100 .282
Inning 4-6   13 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 .231 .375 .231 .606
Inning 7-9   32 9 0 0 0 2 3 1 9 1 0 0 .281 .294 .281 .575
Extra Innings   7 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 .286 .444 .714 1.159
0 Outs   23 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 .174 .208 .174 .382
1 Outs   18 3 0 0 1 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 .167 .273 .333 .606
2 Outs   21 8 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 0 .381 .458 .381 .839
Scoring Position   15 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 .200 .235 .200 .435
Bases Empty   33 7 0 0 1 1 4 4 8 0 0 0 .212 .297 .303 .600
Runner on 1st   14 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 .357 .438 .357 .795
Runner on 2nd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450
Bases Loaded   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   26 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 14 1 0 0 .115 .143 .115 .258
First Pitch   15 5 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .375 .533 .908
Count 0-1   5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
Count 0-2   10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Count 1-1   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-2   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-0   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Count 2-1   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .800 .500 1.300
Full Count   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Behind in Count   22 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 1 0 0 .182 .174 .182 .356
Ahead in Count   13 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .308 .500 .308 .808
Batting 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 4th   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Batting 5th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting 6th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   9 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 .333 .455 .667 1.121
Batting 8th   31 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0 0 .194 .242 .194 .436
Batting 9th   14 5 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 .357 .438 .357 .795
Low Leverage   22 7 0 0 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 .318 .385 .318 .703
Medium Leverage   18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .111 .158 .111 .269
High Leverage   22 6 0 0 1 2 3 3 5 0 0 0 .273 .360 .409 .769
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
1969 Chicago - MLB 20 12 34 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 12 0 0 .088 .162 .088 .250 -25 -27 -0.5
1970 Chicago - MLB 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 448 481 0.1
1971 Chicago - MLB 22 92 65 17 3 0 1 14 8 3 0 0 20 0 0 .262 .294 .354 .648 86 78 -0.1
1972 Chicago - MLB 23 83 46 7 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 12 0 0 .152 .188 .152 .340 1 1 -0.5
1973 Chicago - MLB 24 78 47 14 3 0 2 7 6 3 0 1 9 0 0 .298 .333 .489 .823 124 123 0.2
1975 Washington - MLB 26 63 62 15 0 0 1 4 5 7 0 1 14 0 0 .242 .314 .290 .605 68 72 -0.2
Total MLB 330 255 57 6 0 4 27 22 16 2 2 67 0 0 .224 .273 .294 .567 60 59 -1.0
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 - 18 23 100 49 15 1 8 33 52 9 4 2 5 9 4 .490 .539 .900 1.439 100 100 2.9
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Chicago - MLB 1B 12 12 97 4 12 103 2 .981 96.2 9.40 +0.3 1.047
1970 Chicago - MLB 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 Chicago - MLB 1B 85 5 222 9 22 232 1 .996 230.2 9.01 +0.2 .988
1971 Chicago - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 Chicago - MLB 1B 82 2 220 17 23 238 1 .996 204.1 10.44 +2.0 1.072
1973 Chicago - MLB 1B 70 5 173 14 25 187 0 1.000 181.2 9.26 +1.5 1.037
1975 Washington - MLB 1B 42 0 53 4 8 59 2 .966 61.1 8.36 -0.7 .961
1975 Washington - MLB 2B 16 10 39 28 9 70 3 .957 100.0 6.03 -1.2 .853
TOTAL 1B 292 24 765 48 90 819 6 .993 775.1 9.44 +3.2 1.033
TOTAL 2B 16 10 39 28 9 70 3 .957 100.0 6.03 -1.2 .853
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 19, 19th overall pick) by the Chicago Traders, out of high school Terra Linda (Terra Linda; San Rafael, CA).
10/20/1967 Named the #34 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (60); Power: 25 (50); Eye: 30 (45).
04/09/1968 Named the #37 prospect in the MLB
07/04/1968 Named the #15 prospect in the MLB
10/31/1968 Named the #11 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (65); Power: 40 (65); Eye: 35 (45).
03/23/1969 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the Chicago Traders development complex.
04/08/1969 Named the #27 prospect in the MLB
07/03/1969 Named the #22 prospect in the MLB
10/29/1969 Named the #60 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (65); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 35 (45).
04/07/1970 Named the #79 prospect in the MLB
07/02/1970 Named the #67 prospect in the MLB
12/18/1970 Injured (sore elbow),out for 2 weeks.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 35 (45).
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 (55); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 35 (45).
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 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
11/04/1973 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
01/14/1975 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $55,200 with the Washington Eagles organization.
06/05/1975 Injured (bruised back),day-to-day for one week.
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