Kevin
Pazos
 
Nickname: GreekWalkGod
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 205
 
Born: February 22, 1925 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1952   
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 27 HOU PL $ 4,370,000  
1953 28 HOU PL $ 4,370,000  
1954 29 HOU PL $ 4,370,000  
1955 30 OKC PL $ 4,500,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 4,370,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,500,000  
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 27 HOU PL 139 526 95 171 38 7 17 116 13 10 68 61 .325 .401 .521 .922 101.1 15.5
1953 28 HOU PL 87 289 44 72 10 5 8 49 15 7 43 33 .249 .357 .401 .758 44.8 3.9
1954 29 HOU PL 134 468 73 147 22 7 11 100 40 25 73 57 .314 .409 .462 .871 86.0 15.2
1955 30 LAA CL 58 194 30 50 8 3 6 40 8 2 19 33 .258 .329 .423 .751 26.8 3.9
  OKC PL 41 51 12 18 3 0 1 8 2 0 6 2 .353 .431 .471 .902 9.6 1.7
  TOT   99 245 42 68 11 3 7 48 10 2 25 35 .278 .350 .433 .783 36.4 5.6
4 Years Sim 459 1528 254 458 81 22 43 313 78 44 209 186 .300 .387 .466 .853 268.3 40.2
162 Game Average 539 89 161 28 7 15 110 27 15 73 65 .300 .387 .466 .853 94.7  
Career Highs 139 526 95 171 38 7 17 116 40 25 73 61 .325 .409 .521 .922 101.1  
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   1194 199 361 65 16 33 247 68 38 180 141 .302 .398 .466 .865 215.8
vs LH   334 55 97 16 6 10 66 10 6 29 45 .290 .346 .464 .810 51.6
Home 219 713 121 227 40 14 19 164 38 21 94 86 .318 .399 .494 .893 133.1
Away 240 815 133 231 41 8 24 149 40 23 115 100 .283 .377 .442 .819 134.3
RISP   498 0 172 26 7 15 261 0 0 83 56 .345 .439 .516 .955 106.5
Pinch Hitting   59 14 18 4 0 2 15 2 3 12 6 .305 .431 .475 .905 11.3
Close/Late   190 30 59 13 3 6 41 0 1 27 31 .311 .396 .505 .901 35.9
Mar/Apr 62 231 37 65 13 4 6 52 12 3 27 30 .281 .361 .450 .811 37.6
May 106 376 57 100 17 3 10 70 20 7 55 55 .266 .367 .407 .773 58.3
June 98 316 50 96 14 6 8 62 17 15 44 43 .304 .392 .462 .854 53.9
July 79 233 40 77 15 5 7 39 10 7 36 21 .330 .429 .528 .956 47.9
August 66 221 40 65 11 1 6 45 13 7 30 23 .294 .374 .434 .808 36.4
Sep/Oct 48 151 30 55 11 3 6 45 6 5 17 14 .364 .424 .596 1.020 33.2
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 27 HOU PL 1B 134 129 1164.7 1142 89 6 98 .995 9.51   2.0
1953 28 HOU PL 1B 85 78 681.0 661 50 2 39 .997 9.40   1.3
1954 29 HOU PL 1B 128 123 1120.0 1127 74 8 96 .993 9.65   1.5
1955 30 LAA CL 1B 35 32 367.3 385 31 5 35 .988 10.19   0.1
  OKC PL 1B 24 22 98.6 103 8 1 9 .991 10.13   0.3
Career Totals   406 384 3431.6 3418 252 22 277 .994 9.63   5.4
Career Highs   134 129 1164.7 1142 89 8 98 .997 10.18    
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.
Games
1952-3-139
At-Bats
1952-2-526
Hits
1952-5-171
Total Bases
1952-8-274
Doubles
1952-8-38
Triples
CAR-34-22
RBIs
1952-3-116
1954-8-100
CAR-41-313
Caught Stealing
1954-3-25
CAR-35-44
Walks
CAR-45-209
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 15
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26
 
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  1. Bernie Opitz (961)
  2. Derrick Frasure (955)
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  4. Elden Bennett (942)
  5. Orville Swartz (941)
  6. August Jones (939)
  7. Daniel St. George (937)
  8. Preston McClain (936)
  9. Tony Arroyo (933)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Houston in 1952
Had first career hit on 4/15/1952, off Thomas Crystal (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1952, off Vance Guth (DAL)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Dallas on 7/7/1952
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Injured on 7/25/1953 with a Broken Knee, out for full season
6/23/1954: Signed a contract extension with Houston, $4,500,000 per year, for 1 years
Hit for the cycle against San Antonio on 8/13/1954
Traded from Houston to Los Angeles on 2/18/1955 (Going to HOU: RF Joseph Sommers, 2B Toby Paschke, 1B William Milligan, 1B Shawn Petree. Going to LA: 1B Kevin Pazos, SS Bill Mangels, 1B Amadeo Vazquez, P Theo Pettry)
Traded from Los Angeles to Oklahoma on 6/23/1955 (Going to LA: C Robert Nicol, P Lawrence Choice. Going to OKC: 1B Kevin Pazos, CF Leroy McKenzie)