#58 Lester Taffe, Starting Pitcher, 25 yrs, Tampico Stogies

#58 Lester Taffe, Starting Pitcher, 25 yrs, Tampico Stogies
Saturday, 7/21/1975

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Lester Taffe

4/14/1950
25
Venezuela
6"1
205

Starting Pitcher
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R

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5.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1975 (Automatic)
1 Year(s), 135 Days (307 total Days)
112 Day(s)
5 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	9	8	3	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	9	8	3
Versus RHB	9	8	3
Talent	10	10	6

Pitching Ratings
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7
55
2

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	3	3
Versus LHP	1	4	1	3	3
Versus RHP	1	4	1	3	3
Talent	2	4	2	4	2

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2
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 9 (Range), .945 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
5/30	BAD	L 2-11	*	6	5	4	1	6	5	L
6/4	@MUD	L 2-9	*	2.1	7	6	3	1	1	L
6/10	DUR	W 6-5	*	6	4	2	2	7	5
6/16	TOL	W 11-10	*	6.2	5	6	6	6	7	W
6/21	BAD	L 0-6	*	6	6	4	4	1	6	L
6/26	DUR	L 2-12	*	6.1	7	4	4	3	7	L
7/3	@SPR	L 6-7	*	4	8	6	2	6	2
7/10	@TOL	L 4-5	*	6.1	7	3	3	1	5
7/15	@SPR	L 3-4	*	7	6	3	3	5	3
7/20	BAD	W 8-3	*	7.1	6	2	2	4	4	W

Pitching Stats 1975

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	21	21	5	7	0	5.08	129.1	135	86	73	80	94	0	.0	0	10	47.6

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	15.3	9.4	6.5	5.6	24	9	37.5	0	0	.0	5.50

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	189	51	11	2	4	21	26	32	35	0	0	2	.270	.379	.413	.792
vs. RHB	315	84	8	4	14	55	60	48	59	0	0	3	.267	.363	.451	.814

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	11	11	3	5	0	5.32	67.2	70	44	40	43	56
Road	10	10	2	2	0	4.82	61.2	65	42	33	37	38
This Week	1	1	1	0	0	2.45	7.1	6	2	2	4	4
Last Week	2	2	0	0	0	4.05	13.1	13	6	6	6	8

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	6	2	1	0	6.44	36.1	45	26	26	21	22
May	6	6	1	3	0	3.95	41.0	34	24	18	25	32
June	5	5	1	3	0	6.26	27.1	29	22	19	18	26
July	4	4	1	0	0	3.65	24.2	27	14	10	16	14

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1973	23	23	8	6	0	4.70	134.0	140	87	70	0	88	96	1	1	1.70	TMP
1974	35	35	12	16	0	5.39	210.1	217	143	126	13	126	180	1	1	1.63	TMP
1975	21	21	5	7	0	5.08	129.1	135	86	73	18	80	94	0	0	1.66	TMP
Total	79	79	25	29	0	5.11	473.2	492	316	269	31	294	370	2	2	1.66

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1969, A	20	20	11	3	0	2.96	140.0	126	55	46	32	65	3	2
1970, A	17	17	6	6	0	2.44	121.2	96	37	33	27	83	2	0
1970, AA	8	8	5	2	0	1.03	61.1	44	12	7	21	55	2	0
1971, AA	26	26	16	5	0	2.71	173.0	134	62	52	50	167	1	0
1972, AA	7	7	3	0	0	4.63	35.0	36	20	18	18	51	0	0
1972, AAA	18	18	7	4	0	2.77	117.0	110	38	36	50	143	0	0
1973, AAA	2	2	1	0	0	1.17	15.1	13	3	2	4	19	0	0

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1973	23	52	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	18	1	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	TMP
1974	35	73	4	2	0	0	2	2	3	37	1	0	.055	.092	.082	.174	TMP
1975	21	44	3	0	0	0	1	4	2	12	0	0	.068	.109	.068	.177	TMP
Total	79	169	11	6	0	0	3	7	5	67	2	0	.065	.092	.101	.193

Fielding Stats 1975

Position

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

129.1

1.81

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 20th overall pick, by Tampico in 1969...
Injured on 8/2/1969 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6-7 weeks...
Injured on 4/18/1970 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 5/9/1972 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week...
Had first career hit (double) on 5/4/1973, off Arthur Matta (TOL)...
Earned first career win on 5/16/1973...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Losses
1974 - 16 - 8th

K's
1974 - 180 - 9th

BB
1973 - 88 - 10th
1974 - 126 - 2nd

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