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Manny Mota
Manuel Rafael (Geronimo) Mota

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 168 lb.

MLB Debut April 16, 1962
Final Game September 1, 1982
Born February 18, 1938 in Santo Domingo, D.R. (age 86)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 24 MLN NL   13    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000     0     0   0   0   0   0   0  
 1963 25 PIN NL   10   10    1    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .300  .300  .400  .700   101     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1964 26 PIN NL  104  274   32   83  14   3   7   36   2   2   14   16  .303  .341  .453  .794   117   124   3   0   1   2   4  
 1965 27 PIN NL   97  316   51   94   5   3   4   20   4   2   25   55  .297  .349  .370  .719   104   117   4   0   3   0   3  
 1966 28 PIN NL  136  338   64  111  22   2   8   31  11   6   30   39  .328  .388  .476  .864   123   161   1   0  10   3   7  
 1967 29 PIN NL  127  380   40  113  12   3   0   29   1   0   29   49  .297  .349  .345  .693   100   131   1   2  10   2   6  
 1968 30 PIN NL  119  333   32   92  14   0   3   34   2   4   12   27  .276  .299  .345  .644    98   115   2   3   0   0   6  
 1969 31 OAA AL  110  323   47   98   7   2   0   28   0   1   26   48  .303  .356  .337  .694   101   109   0   1   0   1   6  
 1970 32 OAA AL  136  416   57  116   5   2   2   22   9   9   45   41  .279  .352  .315  .667    86   131   5   2   0   3   6  
 1971 33 OAA AL   80  151   19   53   9   4   0   19   4   0   13   10  .351  .406  .464  .870   127    70   0   0   3   1   3  
 1972 34 OAA AL  125  420   53  126  14   1   4   29   2   0   14   30  .300  .333  .367  .699   101   154   0   1   3   7   5  
 1973 35 OAA AL  103  323   33  109  13   1   0   35   0   0   27   20  .337  .391  .384  .775   102   124   1   1  11   2  11  
 1974 36 OAA AL   34   54    3   16   2   0   0   15   0   0    0    3  .296  .321  .333  .655    87    18   0   0   0   2   0  
 1975 37 OAA AL   16   47    1   11   1   0   0   10   0   0    3    0  .234  .280  .255  .535    77    12   0   0   0   0   1  
 1976 38 OAA AL   30   56    9   16   2   0   0    5   0   0    9    5  .286  .385  .321  .706   103    18   0   0   0   0   3  
 1977 39 OAA AL   50   45    5   18   2   0   0    8   0   0    8    1  .400  .481  .444  .926   121    20   0   1   0   0   2  
 1978 40 OAA AL   41   39    3   13   2   0   0    6   0   0    0    4  .333  .333  .385  .718   103    15   0   0   0   0   0  
 1979 41 OAA AL   44   38    7   20   2   0   0    9   0   0    8    3  .526  .583  .579 1.162   157    22   0   2   1   0   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons     1375 3568  457 1092 127  21  28  336  35  24  263  353  .306  .356  .377  .733        1345  17  13  42  23  63
 Per 600 PA           551   71  169  20   3   4   52   5   4   41   55                                 208   3   2   6   4  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA      769 1912  237  596  59  10   6  186  15  10  153  165  .312  .366  .362  .729         693   6   8  18  16  37
   With PIN      593 1651  220  496  68  11  22  150  20  14  110  188  .300  .346  .395  .741         652  11   5  24   7  26
   With MLN       13    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000  .000           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1536 3779  496 1149 125  52  31  438  50  42  289  320  .304  .355  .389  .744        1471  95  36  43  28  99
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1962 24 MLN NL  20    0    .0   1   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e5  -442   
 1963 25 PIN NL  30    1   4.6   8   2   0  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              53   
 1964 26 PIN NL  33   41   5.6  14   4   0  .286   7   30   21  .700    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e15  101   
 1965 27 PIN NL  50   41   4.9   9   3   0  .333   1   36   28  .778    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e6     5   
 1966 28 PIN NL  56   60   6.8  38  14   3  .368   3   32   22  .688    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e2     9   
 1967 29 PIN NL  35   46   4.5  29  10   0  .345   5   40   35  .875    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e4   -91   
 1968 30 PIN NL  55   32   3.4  20   3   0  .150   5   30   21  .700    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e7    -8   
 1969 31 OAA AL  40   39   4.5  27  11   0  .407   2   21   16  .762    0    0  .000  OF   2(+2)e16  -68   
 1970 32 OAA AL  46   48   4.0  27   8   0  .296   9   50   33  .660    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e9   -94   
 1971 33 OAA AL  42   29   7.8  51  20   0  .392   3   10    5  .500    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e10  111   
 1972 34 OAA AL   6   51   4.6  18   6   1  .333   1   36   18  .500    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e2  -110   
 1973 35 OAA AL  60   46   5.5  21   7   0  .333   2   27   17  .630    0    0  .000  OF   3(+3)e3    42   
 1974 36 OAA AL  26    5   4.2  26   6   0  .231   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              11   
 1975 37 OAA AL  80    3   2.4   4   1   0  .250   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e16 -108   
 1976 38 OAA AL  52    6   4.3  13   4   0  .308   1    4    0  .000    0    0  .000  OF   4(+4)e6    -7   
 1977 39 OAA AL  26   10   9.0  40  16   0  .400   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             -95   
 1978 40 OAA AL  97    5   5.2  35  11   0  .314   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH              24   
 1979 41 OAA AL  98   14  19.6  29  13   0  .448   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             405   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 18 Seasons          484   5.0 410 139   4  .339  39  316  216  .684    0    0  .000                 -20   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1962 24 MLN NL  LF     7     2     1    0    0  1.000     0    14.0   1.93
                 3B     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
                 RF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1963 25 PIN NL  RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
                 2B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1964 26 PIN NL  CF    43    85     3    3    1   .967    42   320.2   2.47
                 LF    43    59     1    3    0   .952    25   256.2   2.10
                 2B     3     1     3    1    0   .800     0     8.0   4.50
                 C      2     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2  11.57
 1965 27 PIN NL  CF    72   171     2    1    0   .994    67   577.2   2.70
                 LF    12     7     0    0    0  1.000     4    50.1   1.25
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   1.12
 1966 28 PIN NL  CF    58    72     1    1    0   .986    31   321.2   2.04
                 LF    28    38     1    0    0  1.000    24   220.0   1.60
                 3B    15    13    27    2    1   .952    12   110.2   3.25
                 RF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.1   1.69
 1967 29 PIN NL  CF    54   128     6    0    2  1.000    47   437.1   2.76
                 LF    42    53     1    1    0   .982    23   237.2   2.04
                 3B    17    10    31    4    1   .911    14   117.0   3.15
 1968 30 PIN NL  LF    68    97     0    2    0   .980    46   447.0   1.95
                 RF    16    31     0    3    0   .912    16   140.1   1.99
                 CF    14    34     0    0    0  1.000    11   113.0   2.71
                 3B     5     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     6.0   3.00
                 2B     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
 1969 31 OAA AL  CF    72   141     4    2    1   .986    64   558.0   2.34
                 LF    26    16     0    0    0  1.000     6    94.2   1.52
 1970 32 OAA AL  CF    65   175     5    2    0   .989    59   516.2   3.14
                 LF    66    68     2    6    0   .921    32   358.0   1.76
                 RF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     1    12.1   1.46
                 3B     2     0     1    1    0   .500     0     3.0   3.00
 1971 33 OAA AL  LF    17    21     1    2    0   .917    13   115.1   1.72
                 RF    10    16     0    1    0   .941     8    65.2   2.19
                 3B     5     0     4    0    0  1.000     0    18.0   2.00
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     1.1   0.00
 1972 34 OAA AL  CF   103   211    10    1    0   .995   101   738.1   2.69
                 LF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   1.00
 1973 35 OAA AL  LF    77   128     7    2    1   .985    61   556.0   2.19
                 SS     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.1  13.50
 1974 36 OAA AL  LF     3     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   1.29
                 RF     3     0     0    0    0   .000     0     3.0   0.00
 1975 37 OAA AL  LF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     1     2.0   0.00
 1976 38 OAA AL  LF    17    21     1    1    0   .957    12   107.0   1.85
                 CF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   6.00
 1977 39 OAA AL  LF     7     0     0    0    0   .000     0    13.0   0.00
 1978 40 OAA AL  RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1979 41 OAA AL  LF     4     0     0    0    0   .000     0     5.0   0.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 CF   483  1019    31   10    4   .991   423  3587.2   2.63
                 LF   421   512    15   17    1   .969   247  2492.2   1.90
                 3B    47    24    64    7    2   .926    26   259.2   3.05
                 RF    41    52     0    4    0   .929    25   240.2   1.94
                 2B     6     2     4    1    0   .857     0    14.0   3.86
                 C      2     6     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.2  11.57
                 SS     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.1  13.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1971 ALCS  OAA BAA   W    3   7  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  .143  .250  .143  0
      WS    OAA LAN   W    3   6  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1973 ALCS  OAA BAA   W    3  12  5  6  0  0  0   1  0  1  .500  .538  .500  0
      WS    OAA LAN   L    1   4  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .250  .250  .250  0
 1974 ALCS  OAA BOA   L    1   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1962  MLN   79-83   Jeff Tripodi
 1963  PIN   73-89   Dennis Van Langen
 1964  PIN   92-70   Dennis Van Langen
 1965  PIN   92-70   Dennis Van Langen
 1966  PIN   78-84   Dennis Van Langen
 1967  PIN   86-76   Dennis Van Langen
 1968  PIN   80-82   Dave Jackson
 1969  OAA   96-66   Bob Lind
 1970  OAA   91-71   Bob Lind
 1971  OAA  100-62   Bob Lind
 1972  OAA   89-73   Drew Kennedy
 1973  OAA   90-73   Drew Kennedy
 1974  OAA  101-61   Drew Kennedy
 1975  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy
 1976  OAA   91-71   Drew Kennedy
 1977  OAA   47-115  Drew Kennedy
 1978  OAA   67-95   Drew Kennedy
 1979  OAA   71-91   Drew Kennedy

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