Jose Oquendo

Full Name: Jose Manuel (Contreras) Oquendo	Primary Position: 2B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/160	First Game: May 2, 1983
Birthdate: July 4, 1963	Final Game: September 29, 1995
Birthplace: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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Jose Oquendo (Jose Manuel (Contreras) Oquendo) was born on July 4, 1963 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on May 2, 1983 for the New York Mets. In 1983, his rookie year, he hit .213 with 1 home run and 17 RBI. Oquendo played for the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Jose Oquendo's best season was 1989, when he hit for a .291 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1983	NY	N	120	328	29	70	1	17	.213	.260	.244	7	0	19	60	2	3	8	2	10
1984	NY	N	81	189	23	42	0	10	.222	.284	.249	5	0	15	26	2	3	10	2	2
1986	STL	N	76	138	20	41	0	13	.297	.359	.341	4	1	15	20	0	2	2	4	3
1987	STL	N	116	248	43	71	1	24	.286	.408	.335	9	0	54	29	0	6	4	6	6
1988	STL	N	148	451	36	125	7	46	.277	.350	.350	10	1	52	40	0	12	4	7	8
1989	STL	N	163	556	59	162	1	48	.291	.375	.372	28	7	79	59	0	7	3	7	12
1990	STL	N	156	469	38	118	1	37	.252	.350	.316	17	5	74	46	0	5	1	8	7
1991	STL	N	127	366	37	88	1	26	.240	.357	.301	11	4	67	48	1	4	1	13	5
1992	STL	N	14	35	3	9	0	3	.257	.350	.400	3	1	5	3	0	0	0	1	0
1993	STL	N	46	73	7	15	0	4	.205	.314	.205	0	0	12	8	0	3	0	1	5
1994	STL	N	55	129	13	34	0	9	.264	.364	.310	2	2	21	16	0	1	1	4	6
1995	STL	N	88	220	31	46	2	17	.209	.316	.300	8	3	35	21	0	4	1	3	1
Total			1190	3202	339	821	14	254	.256	.346	.317	104	24	448	376	5	50	35	58	65

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1983	NY	N	SS	116	104	895.1	182	326	21	65	0	.960
1984	NY	N	SS	67	55	474	95	152	7	33	0	.972
1986	STL	N	3B	1	0	2.2	0	2	0	0	0	1.000
1986	STL	N	SS	29	17	179.1	30	56	4	12	0	.956
1986	STL	N	OF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1986	STL	N	2B	21	10	116	22	36	4	11	0	.935
1986	STL	N	LF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	STL	N	OF	46	24	235.1	65	4	0	1	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	SS	23	9	105.2	11	50	2	7	0	.968
1987	STL	N	1B	3	1	13.2	17	0	0	2	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	RF	37	17	164.2	43	3	0	1	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	LF	8	4	46.2	11	0	0	0	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	CF	3	3	24	9	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	2B	32	18	195	50	65	0	20	0	1.000
1987	STL	N	3B	8	3	44.2	6	14	2	1	0	.909
1987	STL	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	STL	N	SS	17	10	101.2	23	37	3	8	0	.952
1988	STL	N	RF	9	4	44.1	14	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	STL	N	P	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1988	STL	N	2B	69	63	528	149	184	1	41	1	.997
1988	STL	N	1B	16	2	49	51	6	2	4	0	.966
1988	STL	N	CF	4	2	29	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	STL	N	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	STL	N	3B	47	40	371	22	88	5	8	0	.957
1988	STL	N	OF	15	7	84	22	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	STL	N	LF	2	1	10.2	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1989	STL	N	SS	7	7	61.2	9	23	1	2	0	.970
1989	STL	N	1B	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1989	STL	N	2B	156	155	1360.2	346	500	5	106	0	.994
1990	STL	N	SS	4	4	33	9	10	1	2	0	.950
1990	STL	N	2B	150	137	1202.2	285	393	3	65	0	.996
1991	STL	N	1B	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	STL	N	2B	118	114	904.2	244	346	7	60	0	.988
1991	STL	N	P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	STL	N	SS	22	10	124	27	22	2	5	0	.961
1992	STL	N	SS	5	4	29	4	8	1	2	0	.923
1992	STL	N	2B	9	8	54	14	22	0	5	0	1.000
1993	STL	N	SS	22	14	135	27	58	1	9	0	.988
1993	STL	N	2B	16	8	72.1	25	24	0	6	0	1.000
1994	STL	N	SS	28	21	193	18	51	4	8	0	.945
1994	STL	N	2B	16	13	124.2	35	47	0	14	0	1.000
1995	STL	N	SS	24	16	161.1	20	61	1	14	0	.988
1995	STL	N	OF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	STL	N	3B	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	STL	N	2B	62	45	417	114	148	5	37	0	.981
1995	STL	N	RF	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			CF	7	5	53	14	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			P	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			3B	58	43	424.1	28	104	7	9	0	.950
Total			LF	11	5	57.2	14	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			RF	47	21	211	57	3	0	1	0	1.000
Total			1B	23	3	67	69	6	2	6	0	.974
Total			C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	63	31	321.2	87	4	0	1	0	1.000
Total			SS	364	271	2493	455	854	48	167	0	.965
Total			2B	649	571	4975	1284	1765	25	365	1	.992

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	L	ERA	K	R	ER	IP	H	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1987	STL	N	1	0	27.00	0	3	3	1	4	1	0	0	1
1988	STL	N	1	1	4.50	1	2	2	4	4	6	2	1	0
1991	STL	N	1	0	27.00	1	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0
Total			3	1	12.00	2	8	8	6	10	9	2	1	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Mets (April 15, 1979).
Traded by New York Mets with Mark J. Davis to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Angel Salazar and John Young (April 2, 1985).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1995).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 7, 1995).

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