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Dave Concepcion

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Full Name: David Ismael (Benitez) Concepcion Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/155 First Game: April 6, 1970
Birthdate: June 17, 1948 Final Game: September 15, 1988
Birthplace: Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua (Venezuela) MLB Experience: 19 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Concepción was signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1967. Following the steps of his childhood heroes Chico Carrasquel and Luis Aparicio, Jr., Concepción, originally drafted as a pitcher, came out of Venezuela to become one of baseball's greatest shortstops. A scrawny kid wearing the number 13 on his uniform, he debuted on April 6, 1970. In his first three seasons, Reds manager Sparky Anderson played him part-time, sharing duties with Woody Woodward and Darrel Chaney.

In 1973 Concepción blossomed, both with the bat and in the field, being named the starting shortstop. On May 9, in a Reds 9-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, Johnny Bench hit three home runs and drove in seven runs against pitcher Steve Carlton. It was the second time that Bench smashed three homers against Carlton in a game. However, a Concepción two-run tie-breaker homer in the ninth, off Barry Lersch, was the game-winner. Concepción had been named to the NL All-Star team, but two days before the game he broke his ankle and missed the second half of the year. At this time he was batting .287, with 8 HRs, 46 RBI, 39 runs, 18 doubles, three triples and 22 stolen bases.

Concepción returned in 1974 and played 160 games, proving wrong those critics who felt he was fragile. He enjoyed his best overall season, batting .281, 14 HR, 82 RBI. Later he would top all of those totals, but his Total Average in '74 (.755), compared to the league, was his best. That season Concepción would win his first Gold Glove Award. It was impressive that he won five Gold Gloves in the 1970s when the outstanding Larry Bowa was in the same league, but Concepción garnered the respect from those who saw them both in their prime, not only in the NL, but throughout baseball.

By 1975 Concepción joined Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Tony Perez, Ken Griffey, Sr., George Foster and César Gerónimo in the famous "Great Eight" starting lineup of The Big Red Machine that would help the Reds win the next two World Series titles. Even after Concepción had established himself in the major leagues as a star shortstop, he continued to play winter ball in Venezuela, helping to improve his batting. After his .274, 5, 49 totals in the 1975 season, Concepción posted marks of : .281, 9, 69 (1976) - .271, 8, 64 (1977) - .301, 6, 67 (1978) - .281, 16, 84 (1979) - .260, 5, 77 (1980) - .306, 5, 67 (1981) - .287, 5, 53 (1982).

On July 13, 1982, the first All-Star Game outside of the United States was held at Montreal's Olympic Stadium. Concepción hit a two-run homer to help the National League to a 4-1 win (the NL's 11th straight victory and 19th in the last 20 contests). Concepción was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

Hampered by an elbow injury and shoulder surgery in 1982, Concepción had consecutive sub-par seasons (1983-84). Grooming Barry Larkin as his successor, he became a dependable handyman at all four infield positions; but it was unrewarding to be the last remnant, and an unheralded member, from the Big Red Machine. Replaced by Larkin in 1986, Concepción was only 44 games away from Larry Bowa's NL record for shortstops.

Dave Concepción retired in 1988.

It was announced on April 30, 2007 that Concepción's number 13 will be retired by the Reds on July 28 before a game against the Chicago Cubs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1970 CIN N 101 265 38 69 1 19 .260 .324 .317 6 3 23 45 3 3 10 5 10
1971 CIN N 130 327 24 67 1 20 .205 .246 .251 4 4 18 51 0 8 9 2 10
1972 CIN N 119 378 40 79 2 29 .209 .272 .270 13 2 32 65 2 5 13 8 11
1973 CIN N 89 328 39 94 8 46 .287 .327 .433 18 3 21 55 1 2 22 3 7
1974 CIN N 160 594 70 167 14 82 .281 .335 .397 25 1 44 79 6 5 41 10 20
1975 CIN N 140 507 62 139 5 49 .274 .326 .353 23 1 39 51 2 6 33 4 17
1976 CIN N 152 576 74 162 9 69 .281 .335 .401 28 7 49 68 1 4 21 11 11
1977 CIN N 156 572 59 155 8 64 .271 .322 .369 26 3 46 77 0 6 29 6 15
1978 CIN N 153 565 75 170 6 67 .301 .357 .405 33 4 51 83 1 3 23 4 14
1979 CIN N 149 590 91 166 16 84 .281 .348 .415 25 3 64 73 0 6 19 5 18
1980 CIN N 156 622 72 162 5 77 .260 .300 .360 31 8 37 107 1 2 12 2 20
1981 CIN N 106 421 57 129 5 67 .306 .358 .409 28 0 37 61 1 2 4 1 13
1982 CIN N 147 572 48 164 5 53 .287 .337 .371 25 4 45 61 0 2 13 4 20
1983 CIN N 143 528 54 123 1 47 .233 .303 .280 22 0 56 81 0 2 14 9 21
1984 CIN N 154 531 46 130 4 58 .245 .307 .320 26 1 52 72 0 8 22 5 9
1985 CIN N 155 560 59 141 7 48 .252 .314 .330 19 2 50 67 3 3 16 3 23
1986 CIN N 90 311 42 81 3 30 .260 .314 .344 13 2 26 43 0 5 13 1 13
1987 CIN N 104 279 32 89 1 33 .319 .377 .384 15 0 28 24 0 1 4 5 10
1988 CIN N 84 197 11 39 0 8 .198 .265 .244 9 0 18 23 0 1 3 5 4
Total 2488 8723 993 2326 101 950 .267 .322 .357 389 48 736 1186 21 74 321 93 266

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1970 CIN N SS 93 74 667.1 137 244 22 51 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1970 CIN N 2B 3 1 14 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CIN N SS 112 86 777.2 160 294 12 62 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1971 CIN N CF 5 5 39 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CIN N 2B 10 4 43.1 8 13 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1971 CIN N OF 5 5 39 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1971 CIN N 3B 7 0 11.2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CIN N 3B 9 1 27 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1972 CIN N 2B 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1972 CIN N SS 114 107 962 194 365 18 75 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1973 CIN N CF 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CIN N OF 2 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1973 CIN N SS 87 86 764.1 165 292 12 56 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1974 CIN N CF 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1974 CIN N OF 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1974 CIN N SS 160 155 1395.1 239 536 30 99 0 0 0 0 0 .963
1975 CIN N 3B 6 0 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 CIN N SS 130 125 1115 238 445 16 102 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1976 CIN N SS 150 142 1310 304 506 27 93 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1977 CIN N SS 156 154 1339.1 280 490 11 101 0 0 0 0 0 .986
1978 CIN N SS 152 150 1307.1 255 459 23 72 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1979 CIN N SS 148 148 1297.1 284 495 27 102 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1980 CIN N 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1980 CIN N SS 155 153 1348 265 451 16 98 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1981 CIN N SS 106 106 930 208 322 22 71 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1982 CIN N 3B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1982 CIN N 1B 1 1 9 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1982 CIN N SS 144 142 1254.2 262 459 17 94 0 0 0 0 0 .977
1983 CIN N 3B 7 3 26.2 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1983 CIN N 1B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1983 CIN N SS 140 134 1174.2 225 376 13 67 0 0 0 0 0 .979
1984 CIN N 3B 54 43 377.2 28 74 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 .944
1984 CIN N 1B 6 2 33 29 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .941
1984 CIN N SS 104 92 838 156 247 9 41 0 0 0 0 0 .978
1985 CIN N SS 151 146 1298.1 212 404 24 64 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1985 CIN N 3B 5 0 12.2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 CIN N 1B 12 3 45.1 45 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1986 CIN N 2B 10 9 83 25 28 1 12 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1986 CIN N SS 60 58 501.2 74 174 9 32 0 0 0 0 0 .965
1986 CIN N 3B 10 7 65.2 9 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CIN N 2B 59 41 401 125 133 2 36 0 0 0 0 0 .992
1987 CIN N SS 2 2 19 2 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 .727
1987 CIN N 1B 26 15 148.2 118 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1987 CIN N 3B 13 8 84.2 5 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CIN N SS 13 6 79.2 10 29 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CIN N 2B 46 36 298.2 80 92 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 .994
1988 CIN N 3B 9 1 25.1 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1988 CIN N 1B 16 4 53.2 53 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 .983
1988 CIN N P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 62 25 290.2 254 22 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 .989
Total CF 8 5 45 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total SS 2177 2066 18379.2 3670 6594 311 1290 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total 2B 130 91 844 245 270 5 76 0 0 0 0 0 .990
Total OF 8 5 45 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 3B 121 63 647.1 60 138 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 .966
Total P 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1988 CIN N 1 0 0 0 .00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 2 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cincinnati Reds (September 12, 1967).
  • Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
  • Signed by Cincinnati Reds (December 5, 1986).
  • Released by Cincinnati Reds (October 7, 1988).

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