Luis
Zalvidea
 
Nickname: Looie
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 31, 1918 in Cuba
 
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
1949 31 LEE YL $ 4,700,000   8 8 9 4 3 3 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
1950 32 LEE YL $ 4,700,000   8 8 9 3 3 3 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,700,000   8 8 9 3 3 3 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,700,000   8 8 9 4 3 3 8 7 7 9 8 8 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1949 31 LEE YL 154 569 106 198 30 1 4 74 13 14 79 42 .348 .427 .425 .853 97.7 17.1
1950 32 LEE YL 154 571 100 197 32 3 6 87 14 10 71 44 .345 .418 .443 .861 97.9 17.5
2 Years Sim 308 1140 206 395 62 4 10 161 27 24 150 86 .346 .423 .434 .857 195.5 34.6
162 Game Average 599 108 207 32 2 5 84 14 12 78 45 .346 .423 .434 .857 102.8  
Career Highs 154 571 106 198 32 3 6 87 14 14 79 44 .348 .427 .443 .861 97.9  
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   848 142 291 49 1 6 130 19 17 109 68 .343 .418 .425 .842 144.0
vs LH   292 64 104 13 3 4 31 8 7 41 18 .356 .437 .462 .899 55.3
Home 154 549 99 183 31 3 3 71 11 10 72 39 .333 .411 .417 .828 90.9
Away 154 591 107 212 31 1 7 90 16 14 78 47 .359 .434 .450 .884 108.5
RISP   308 0 112 18 1 1 140 0 0 61 31 .364 .464 .438 .903 63.4
Pinch Hitting   3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 1.0
Close/Late   92 14 29 1 0 1 10 0 0 19 5 .315 .429 .359 .787 16.1
Mar/Apr 48 169 22 53 8 1 1 24 5 2 29 17 .314 .418 .391 .808 28.7
May 53 187 34 68 7 1 2 29 5 7 29 10 .364 .449 .444 .893 35.1
June 51 201 36 70 10 2 4 34 4 5 17 16 .348 .396 .478 .874 34.4
July 48 173 38 61 11 0 1 22 3 3 29 17 .353 .444 .434 .877 32.5
August 55 203 42 76 16 0 1 24 4 2 25 14 .374 .443 .468 .911 38.8
Sep/Oct 53 207 34 67 10 0 1 28 6 5 21 12 .324 .389 .386 .775 29.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 31 LEE YL RF 152 149 1277.3 302 8 8 2 .975 2.18   2.7
    1B 1 0 7.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 32 LEE YL RF 151 149 1307.3 247 6 6 3 .977 1.74   3.0
    1B 1 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 303 298 2584.7 549 14 14 5 .976 1.96   5.7
  1B 2 0 12.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   306 298 2597.7 563 15 14 5 .976 2.00   5.8
Career Highs   153 149 1313.3 308 9 8 3 .978 2.22    
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.
Batting Average
1949-4-.348
1950-2-.345
On-Base Pct
1949-4-.427
1950-5-.418
Runs
1949-7-106
Hits
1949-5-198
1950-5-197
Singles
1949-2-163
1950-2-156
Caught Stealing
1949-5-14
CAR-48-24
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 17
   Hall of Fame Standards: 41
 
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History
Moved to the US and entered the free agent pool in 1949
Signed as a free agent by Leesburg on 2/6/1949 to a 4-year deal worth $4,700,000 per year
Had first career hit on 4/4/1949, off Joseph Dierks (CHI)
Hit first career homerun on 5/27/1949, off Pedro Hernandez (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tulsa on 8/28/1949
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Satellite Beach on 6/10/1950
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1950, hitting .684 with 1 HR, 8 RBI