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Mario Mendoza

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Full Name: Mario (Aizpuru) Mendoza Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170 First Game: April 26, 1974
Birthdate: December 26, 1950 Final Game: May 22, 1982
Birthplace: Chihuahua, Chihuahua (Mexico) MLB Experience: 9 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

Mario Mendoza (Mario (Aizpuru) Mendoza) was born on December 26, 1950 in Chihuahua, Chihuahua (Mexico). He made his Major League debut on April 26, 1974 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1974, his rookie year, he hit .221 with 0 home runs and 15 RBI. Mendoza played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers over the course of his 9 year career.

[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
1974 PIT N 91 163 10 36 0 15 .221 .259 .252 1 2 8 35 1 3 1 2 6
1975 PIT N 56 50 8 9 0 2 .180 .226 .200 1 0 3 17 0 3 0 0 1
1976 PIT N 50 92 6 17 0 12 .185 .216 .239 5 0 4 15 0 0 0 1 3
1977 PIT N 70 81 5 16 0 4 .198 .226 .235 3 0 3 10 0 2 0 0 1
1978 PIT N 57 55 5 12 1 3 .218 .283 .291 1 0 2 9 3 2 3 1 0
1979 SEA A 148 373 26 74 1 29 .198 .216 .249 10 3 9 62 1 13 3 0 12
1980 SEA A 114 277 27 68 2 14 .245 .286 .310 6 3 16 42 0 11 3 0 5
1981 TEX A 88 229 18 53 0 22 .231 .254 .266 6 1 7 25 1 14 2 0 9
1982 TEX A 12 17 1 2 0 0 .118 .118 .118 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1
Total NL 324 441 34 90 1 36 .204 .244 .245 11 2 20 86 4 10 4 4 11
Total AL 362 896 72 197 3 65 .220 .246 .270 22 7 32 133 2 39 8 0 27
Total 686 1337 106 287 4 101 .215 .245 .262 33 9 52 219 6 49 12 4 38

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 PIT N SS 87 48 471.1 77 187 10 21 0 0 0 0 0 .964
1975 PIT N SS 53 17 195 29 70 5 10 0 0 0 0 0 .952
1975 PIT N 3B 1 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 PIT N SS 45 24 256 42 103 5 19 0 0 0 0 0 .967
1976 PIT N 3B 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1976 PIT N 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1977 PIT N SS 46 17 215 36 80 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 .928
1977 PIT N 3B 19 0 46.1 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1977 PIT N P 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 PIT N 2B 21 4 84.2 17 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .980
1978 PIT N 3B 19 0 39 4 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .870
1978 PIT N SS 14 2 55 7 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1979 SEA A SS 148 132 1082.2 177 422 20 91 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1980 SEA A SS 114 91 792.1 149 290 19 68 0 0 0 0 0 .959
1981 TEX A SS 88 83 687.2 114 270 12 47 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1982 TEX A SS 12 6 52.2 14 16 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 .882
Total 3B 41 0 90.2 9 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .892
Total P 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 2B 22 4 85.2 17 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .980
Total SS 607 420 3807.2 645 1452 85 275 0 0 0 0 0 .961

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1977 PIT N 1 0 0 0 13.50 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 14, 1970).
  • Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Odell Jones and Rafael Vasquez to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Enrique Romo, Rick Jones and Tom McMillan (December 5, 1978).
  • Traded by Seattle Mariners with Rick Honeycutt, Larry Cox, Leon Roberts and Willie Horton to Texas Rangers in exchange for Richie Zisk, Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Gleaton, Brian Allard and Steve Finch (December 12, 1980).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (June 7, 1982).

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