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Pedro
Rico		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 23, 1926 in Costa Rica
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 25 SLC PL $ 1,542,857  
1953 26 HOU PL $ 1,542,857  
1954 27 DAL PL $ 5,000,000  
1955 28 VAN CL $ 5,000,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,542,857  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000  
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 25 MIN PL 49 168 21 52 13 1 1 26 9 4 16 30 .310 .369 .417 .786 25.8 3.4
  SLC PL 76 244 40 68 13 2 3 22 14 7 23 53 .279 .343 .385 .728 32.5 3.3
  TOT   125 412 61 120 26 3 4 48 23 11 39 83 .291 .354 .398 .752 58.3 6.6
1953 26 SLC PL 66 218 32 67 18 2 2 40 18 8 31 37 .307 .398 .436 .833 37.6 5.7
  HOU PL 63 213 25 64 14 2 1 41 17 8 14 46 .300 .346 .399 .745 28.1 2.5
  TOT   129 431 57 131 32 4 3 81 35 16 45 83 .304 .373 .418 .791 65.7 8.1
1954 27 HOU PL 72 238 44 73 26 2 1 35 16 10 26 33 .307 .377 .445 .823 36.2 6.2
  DAL PL 65 253 35 68 15 3 1 26 16 11 21 43 .269 .327 .364 .691 27.8 1.9
  TOT   137 491 79 141 41 5 2 61 32 21 47 76 .287 .352 .403 .755 64.0 8.2
1955 28 VAN CL 100 338 41 96 22 3 0 39 21 10 29 52 .284 .342 .367 .709 43.1 5.6
4 Years Sim 491 1672 238 488 121 15 9 229 111 58 160 294 .292 .356 .398 .754 231.1 28.5
162 Game Average 551 78 161 39 4 2 75 36 19 52 97 .292 .356 .398 .754 76.3  
Career Highs 137 491 79 141 41 5 4 81 35 21 47 83 .304 .373 .418 .791 65.7  
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   1414 193 415 99 10 9 193 89 53 137 242 .293 .359 .397 .755 192.9
vs LH   258 45 73 22 5 0 36 22 5 23 52 .283 .342 .407 .749 36.5
Home 259 877 118 253 59 11 4 117 51 33 83 137 .288 .353 .395 .747 116.1
Away 232 795 120 235 62 4 5 112 60 25 77 157 .296 .359 .403 .762 113.2
RISP   470 0 147 35 6 4 202 0 0 50 88 .313 .376 .438 .815 74.2
Pinch Hitting   34 4 14 5 0 0 6 2 1 2 4 .412 .444 .559 1.003 6.9
Close/Late   156 20 44 9 2 0 15 0 0 17 20 .282 .349 .365 .714 20.1
Mar/Apr 54 180 22 53 14 2 0 24 8 7 17 33 .294 .360 .394 .754 23.4
May 96 327 52 113 32 1 2 57 18 9 40 51 .346 .417 .468 .885 59.4
June 95 330 49 93 19 2 3 45 21 12 33 52 .282 .347 .379 .726 43.0
July 96 334 46 81 25 4 3 42 22 10 28 59 .243 .306 .368 .674 37.0
August 89 299 45 95 21 5 1 45 28 15 28 52 .318 .380 .431 .812 45.9
Sep/Oct 61 202 24 53 10 1 0 16 14 5 14 47 .262 .310 .322 .632 20.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1952 25 MIN PL SS 46 42 380.9 72 126 4 26 .980 4.68   1.1
  SLC PL SS 72 65 552.1 104 182 7 38 .976 4.66   4.3
  TOT   SS 118 107 933.0 176 308 11 64 .978 4.67   5.5
1953 26 SLC PL SS 57 49 452.3 66 139 4 25 .981 4.08   1.8
    2B 9 9 73.6 13 20 1 3 .971 4.04   0.3
  HOU PL SS 54 46 409.7 60 126 3 23 .984 4.09   1.7
    2B 8 8 66.7 12 18 0 3 1.000 4.05   0.1
  TOT   SS 111 95 862.0 126 265 7 48 .982 4.08   3.5
      2B 17 17 140.3 25 38 1 6 .984 4.04   0.4
1954 27 HOU PL SS 69 67 553.7 81 175 4 30 .985 4.16   1.4
  DAL PL SS 62 60 576.6 84 183 5 32 .982 4.17   3.1
  TOT   SS 131 127 1130.3 165 358 9 62 .983 4.16   4.4
1955 28 VAN CL SS 88 87 752.3 110 225 5 37 .985 4.01   3.9
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 448 416 3677.6 577 1156 32 211 .982 4.24   17.3
  2B 18 17 142.3 25 38 1 6 .984 3.98   0.4
Career Totals   466 433 3819.9 602 1194 33 217 .982 4.23   17.7
Career Highs   131 127 1130.3 176 358 11 64 .985 4.67    
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.
Doubles
1954-2-41
CAR-37-121
 Stolen Bases
CAR-37-111
 Caught Stealing
1954-7-21
CAR-18-58
 Strikeouts
CAR-42-294
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 2
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31
 
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History
Drafted in 8th round, 145th overall pick, by Minneapolis in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/14/1952, off Osvaldo Valtierra (KC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1952, off Christopher Funke (OMA)
Traded from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City on 6/16/1952 (Going to SLC: SS Pedro Rico, CF Gary Jones. Going to MIN: SS Shawn Cosentino, CF Miguel Santa)
2/13/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Salt Lake City to Houston on 7/7/1953 (Going to SLC: P Leo Perez, C Richard Dubose, SS Timothy Deese. Going to HOU: SS Pedro Rico, P Josiah Mayle)
8/11/1953: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Houston to Dallas on 7/7/1954 (Going to HOU: SS Bill Mangels. Going to DAL: P Pablo Herrero, SS Pedro Rico)
Traded from Dallas to Vancouver on 2/15/1955 (Going to VAN: SS Pedro Rico. Going to DAL: P Billy Delucia)
 
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