Raymond
Zapien
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 225
 
Born: January 30, 1919 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1952    1955   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 33 DEN PL $ 780,000  
1953 34 DAL PL $ 2,800,000  
1954 35 POR CL $ 2,800,000  
1955 36 POR CL $ 2,800,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 780,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000  
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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 33 DEN PL $ 780,000  
1953 34 DAL PL $ 2,800,000  
1954 35 POR CL $ 2,800,000  
1955 36 POR CL $ 2,800,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 780,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,800,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 33 OKC PL 2 1 .667 15 0 0 0 2 20.3 20 4 2 14 18 1.77 .267 .385 .400 .785 3.2
  DEN PL 0 2 .000 10 0 0 0 3 11.0 12 9 2 9 4 7.36 .293 .420 .488 .908 0.0
  TOT   2 3 .400 25 0 0 0 5 31.3 32 13 4 23 22 3.73 .276 .397 .431 .828 3.2
1953 34 DEN PL 0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 1 13.7 10 6 2 6 12 3.95 .208 .296 .375 .671 1.5
  DAL PL 1 1 .500 15 0 0 0 0 21.7 22 14 3 10 13 5.82 .259 .333 .412 .745 0.8
  TOT   1 1 .500 31 0 0 0 1 35.3 32 20 5 16 25 5.09 .241 .320 .398 .718 2.3
1954 35 DAL PL 1 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 2 24.3 20 5 1 10 11 1.85 .225 .307 .292 .599 3.7
  POR CL 2 3 .400 11 0 0 0 1 10.3 20 11 1 9 8 9.58 .400 .500 .520 1.020 0.0
  TOT   3 3 .500 30 0 0 0 3 34.7 40 16 2 19 19 4.15 .288 .379 .374 .753 3.7
1955 36 POR CL 2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 1 19.3 24 8 1 7 14 3.72 .308 .365 .462 .826 2.3
4 Years Sim 8 7 .533 102 0 0 0 10 120.7 128 57 12 65 80 4.25 .275 .365 .410 .775 11.6
Season Average 2 1 .667 25 0 0 0 2 30.2 32 14 3 16 20 4.25 .275 .365 .410 .775  
Career Highs 3 3 1.000 31 0 0 0 5 35.3 40 20 5 23 25 5.09 .308 .397 .462 .828  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   66 28 7 31 45   .260 .340 .406 .746
vs LH   62 29 5 34 35   .292 .390 .425 .815
Home 5 4 .556 54 0 0 0 1 68.0 69 29 5 29 44 3.84 .270 .344 .395 .738
Away 3 3 .500 48 0 0 0 9 52.7 59 28 7 36 36 4.79 .281 .386 .438 .824
Mar/Apr 2 1 .667 18 0 0 0 3 15.3 16 9 1 11 7 5.29 .276 .391 .414 .805
May 1 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 1 38.3 32 6 1 13 25 1.41 .227 .292 .298 .590
June 2 1 .667 20 0 0 0 2 21.3 21 11 3 13 13 4.64 .256 .358 .402 .760
July 0 2 .000 17 0 0 0 0 24.0 30 14 1 15 22 5.25 .306 .398 .429 .827
August 2 1 .667 12 0 0 0 3 9.7 14 8 3 3 8 7.46 .359 .405 .615 1.020
Sep/Oct 1 2 .333 9 0 0 0 1 12.0 15 9 3 10 5 6.76 .313 .431 .583 1.014
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 33 OKC PL 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  DEN PL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1953 34 DEN PL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  DAL PL 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
  TOT   31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1954 35 DAL PL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
  POR CL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1955 36 POR CL 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.8 0.3
4 Years Sim 102 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0 0.3
162 Game Average 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .100 .282 0.0  
Career Highs 31 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.8  
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   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4
vs LH   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Home 54 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
Away 48 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
May 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1
June 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Sep/Oct 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
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    
1952 33 OKC PL P 15 0 20.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.77    
  DEN PL P 10 0 11.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64    
  TOT   P 25 0 31.3 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.72    
1953 34 DEN PL P 16 0 13.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.63    
  DAL PL P 15 0 21.7 1 5 1 0 .857 2.49    
  TOT   P 31 0 35.3 2 8 1 0 .909 2.55    
1954 35 DAL PL P 19 0 24.3 4 4 0 0 1.000 2.96    
  POR CL P 11 0 10.3 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.48    
  TOT   P 30 0 34.7 6 6 0 0 1.000 3.12    
1955 36 POR CL P 16 0 19.3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.40    
Career Totals   102 0 120.7 12 19 1 0 .969 2.31    
Career Highs   31 0 35.3 6 8 1 0 1.000 3.12    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1952 33 DEN PL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 4 0.00 .150 .150 .200 .350
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 4 0.00 .150 .150 .200 .350
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1952 33 DEN PL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
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History
Drafted in 51st round, 1003rd overall pick, by Oklahoma in 1952
Earned first career win on 4/30/1952
Traded from Oklahoma to Denver on 7/7/1952 (Going to OKC: LF Greg Wampler, P Gary Daniels, P Ron Strong. Going to DEN: RF Bill Bañuelos, P Juan Coen, P Raymond Zapien)
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1952
10/9/1952: Signed a contract extension with Denver, $2,800,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Denver to Dallas on 5/26/1953 (Going to DAL: 1B Jonathan Blackmer, P Raymond Zapien. Going to DEN: 1B August Jones, SS Matthew Claypoole, P Donald Paz, 2B Dylan Delariva)
Traded from Dallas to Portland on 7/14/1954 (Going to POR: P Raymond Zapien. Going to DAL: P Thomas Dickman)
Had first career hit on 8/5/1955, off Frank Surrett (LA)
Won Series of the West with Portland in 1955