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Eugenio Velez 2B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
16 718 .241 .287 .367 75 -0.6
Birth Date5-16-1982
Height6' 1"
Weight170 lbs
Age41 years, 11 months, 10 days
BatsB
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
2007 SFN 25 14 13 3 0 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 .273 .385 .636 96 0.0 1.1 -0.2 0.1
2008 SFN 26 98 292 72 16 7 1 14 40 1 15 6 .262 .299 .382 68 -10.8 1.9 -8.8 -1.0
2009 SFN 27 84 307 76 13 5 5 16 55 2 11 5 .267 .308 .400 83 -5.5 4.7 -3.6 0.3
2010 SFN 28 29 66 9 2 0 2 6 9 0 0 0 .164 .246 .309 76 -1.8 0.2 0.6 0.1
2011 LAN 29 34 40 0 0 0 0 2 11 1 1 0 .000 .075 .000 56 -2.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.1
Career259718160311484011843111.241.287.36775-20.17.9-12.3-0.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2003 AUB A- NYP 7 27 .000 .000 .000 .267 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 PUL Rk APL 50 196 .000 .000 .000 .341 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 AUB A- NYP 10 24 .000 .000 .000 .333 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 PUL Rk APL 44 184 .000 .000 .000 .353 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 LNS A MDW 67 254 .257 .329 .382 .328 94 -1.6 1.4 -0.1 90 0 -7.5 2.8 -1.9 -0.5
2006 AUG A SAL 126 508 .258 .339 .378 .358 93 36.5 13.0 -0.7 134 0 0.4 7.2 10.6 3.2
2007 SFN MLB NL 14 13 .247 .327 .410 .375 95 1.5 0.4 0 96 8 -0.2 1.1 0.0 0.1
2007 NRW AA EAS 96 411 .267 .343 .412 .355 90 11.8 12.1 -0.5 104 0 -12.7 3.2 2.9 0.5
2007 FRE AAA PCL 4 21 .317 .387 .482 .333 95 0 0.6 -0.1 88 0 -0.2 1.0 -0.2 0.1
2008 SFN MLB NL 98 292 .261 .323 .405 .302 95 -6.2 8.4 -0.7 68 11 -8.8 1.9 -10.8 -1.0
2008 FRE AAA PCL 42 188 .283 .361 .448 .358 113 4 5.8 -0.9 114 0 -5.3 -1.6 1.1 -0.1
2009 SFN MLB NL 84 307 .261 .326 .408 .313 91 -0.4 8.8 -1.2 83 11 -3.6 4.7 -5.5 0.3
2009 FRE AAA PCL 45 197 .277 .348 .431 .333 101 4.5 5.6 -0.1 106 0 -2.1 0.0 1.9 0.5
2010 SFN MLB NL 29 66 .246 .314 .376 .159 83 -2.5 1.8 -0.2 76 17 0.6 0.2 -1.8 0.1
2010 FRE AAA PCL 82 352 .276 .348 .431 .340 92 8.7 10.7 -0.8 106 0 -4.9 -1.0 3.7 0.7
2011 LAN MLB NL 34 40 .255 .313 .401 .000 89 -8.7 1.1 -0.1 56 13 -0.3 0.0 -2.0 -0.1
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 55 235 .289 .354 .449 .396 116 -0.9 7.3 -1.1 92 0 0.8 2.3 -1.5 0.7
2011 EST Wnt DWL 33 130 .000 .000 .000 .317 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 MEM AAA PCL 136 516 .272 .337 .420 .336 95 10.4 15.3 -1.7 107 0 -9.9 3.1 6.2 1.3
2012 TOR Wnt DWL 48 197 .000 .000 .000 .282 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2013 BUF AAA INT 69 259 .258 .331 .388 .299 103 5.5 7.4 -1.9 117 0 -3.8 1.4 1.5 0.5
2013 NAS AAA PCL 38 175 .266 .336 .395 .430 101 13.9 5.0 -0.2 155 0 -3.6 0.5 9.0 1.1
2014 NAS AAA PCL 116 441 .274 .338 .430 .356 88 19.8 13.2 -3 105 0 -6.9 -2.6 0.2 0.1
2015 DUR AAA INT 56 236 .258 .322 .367 .333 96 -0.5 6.5 -1.6 102 0 -1.7 -0.9 -2.9 -0.1
2015 QUI AAA MEX 31 139 .000 .000 .000 .371 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 MVA AAA MEX 50 225 .000 .000 .000 .343 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 QUI AAA MEX 24 110 .000 .000 .000 .263 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 49 196 .000 .000 .000 .291 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 QUI AAA MEX 16 68 .000 .000 .000 .158 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 AGU Wnt DWL 18 35 .216 .276 .282 .357 106 -0.1 0.7 -0.1 83 3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2003 AUB A- NYP 27 26 2 5 2 0 1 10 7 1 10 0 0 .192 .222 .385 .192 0 0
2003 PUL Rk APL 196 186 20 48 7 2 2 65 24 8 49 3 4 .258 .292 .349 .091 0 0
2004 AUB A- NYP 24 19 5 5 0 0 0 5 2 3 5 0 0 .263 .375 .263 .000 1 1
2004 PUL Rk APL 184 168 27 49 14 4 1 74 26 12 32 1 4 .292 .341 .440 .149 1 1
2005 LNS A MDW 254 239 25 68 11 3 4 97 34 9 40 7 5 .285 .316 .406 .121 0 0
2006 AUG A SAL 508 460 90 145 29 20 14 256 90 34 81 64 15 .315 .372 .557 .241 1 1
2007 SFN MLB NL 13 11 5 3 0 2 0 7 2 2 3 4 0 .273 .385 .636 .364 0 0
2007 FRE AAA PCL 21 18 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 5 0 .278 .381 .278 .000 0 0
2007 NRW AA EAS 411 376 55 112 17 9 1 150 25 26 66 49 17 .298 .343 .399 .101 4 4
2008 SFN MLB NL 292 275 32 72 16 7 1 105 30 14 40 15 6 .262 .299 .382 .120 1 1
2008 FRE AAA PCL 188 171 25 53 11 4 5 87 15 17 32 13 9 .310 .372 .509 .199 0 0
2009 FRE AAA PCL 197 182 30 54 13 3 3 82 26 13 26 16 9 .297 .344 .451 .154 0 0
2009 SFN MLB NL 307 285 40 76 13 5 5 114 31 16 55 11 5 .267 .308 .400 .133 2 2
2010 SFN MLB NL 66 55 7 9 2 0 2 17 8 6 9 0 0 .164 .246 .309 .145 0 5
2010 FRE AAA PCL 352 321 50 97 13 5 7 141 35 24 55 31 16 .302 .347 .439 .137 6 6
2011 EST Wnt DWL 130 110 14 27 6 2 1 40 7 12 27 4 2 .245 .331 .364 .118 0 6
2011 LAN MLB NL 40 37 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 1 0 .000 .075 .000 .000 0 0
2011 ABQ AAA PCL 235 218 33 74 15 3 2 101 31 11 36 6 6 .339 .371 .463 .124 2 3
2012 MEM AAA PCL 516 457 70 128 34 5 11 205 58 51 99 37 9 .280 .358 .449 .168 1 2
2012 TOR Wnt DWL 197 174 27 40 11 1 5 68 22 18 46 20 8 .230 .304 .391 .161 1 3
2013 NAS AAA PCL 175 151 23 57 10 3 2 79 21 19 25 9 3 .377 .437 .523 .146 4 1
2013 BUF AAA INT 259 222 31 60 10 3 7 97 24 35 38 21 5 .270 .372 .437 .167 0 1
2014 NAS AAA PCL 441 404 57 125 24 4 7 178 51 31 68 27 15 .309 .363 .441 .131 2
2015 DUR AAA INT 236 213 23 58 11 2 2 79 22 20 44 15 4 .272 .336 .371 .099 1 1
2015 QUI AAA MEX 139 126 19 40 6 0 1 49 14 10 21 12 0 .317 .370 .389 .071 1 1
2016 TOR Wnt DWL 196 175 23 46 5 2 0 55 13 16 18 5 2 .263 .323 .314 .051 1 4
2016 MVA AAA MEX 225 197 40 61 9 1 3 81 20 22 28 12 3 .310 .374 .411 .102 3 3
2016 QUI AAA MEX 110 94 17 21 3 1 1 29 12 10 18 2 3 .223 .315 .309 .085 1 2
2017 QUI AAA MEX 68 62 8 11 2 0 2 19 11 4 5 2 1 .177 .221 .306 .129 2 0
2018 AGU Wnt DWL 35 34 4 10 1 1 0 13 7 1 6 2 0 .294 .314 .382 .088 0 0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA
2008 881 0.5176 0.4858 0.8224 0.6382 0.3224 0.9107 0.6350 0.1776 0.0049
2009 1050 0.4790 0.4962 0.7889 0.6362 0.3675 0.8750 0.6517 0.2111 -0.0017
2010 241 0.4730 0.4481 0.7407 0.5877 0.3228 0.8507 0.5610 0.2593 -0.0003
2011 131 0.5954 0.4733 0.6613 0.6026 0.2830 0.7872 0.2667 0.3387 -0.0024
Career23030.49980.48590.78940.63000.34080.88110.61390.21060.0009

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-03-23 2011-03-26 Camp 3 0 Right Ankle Sprain Grade II -
2010-07-25 2010-08-11 15-DL 17 16 Left Head Concussion Foul Tip -
2009-09-08 2009-09-08 DTD 0 0 Fingers Contusion -
2009-06-06 2009-06-19 Minors 13 0 Thigh Strain Hamstring -
2009-03-14 2009-03-16 Camp 2 0 Ankle Sprain -
2007-11-02 2007-11-21 WIN 19 0 Right Wrist Fracture Hairline -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2016 CIN $545,000
2012 SLN $
2011 LAN $
2010 SFN $416,000
2009 SFN $404,000
2008 SFN $390,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,755,000
4 yrTotal$1,755,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
2 y 111 dWasserman Media Group1 year (2015)

Details
  • 1 year (2015). Signed by Tampa Bay 12/14 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2014). Re-signed by Milwaukee 10/2/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2013). Signed by Toronto as a free agent 12/11/12 (minor-league contract). Released by Toronto 7/22/13. Signed by Milwaukee as a free agent 7/26/13 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2012). Signed by St. Louis as a free agent 12/21/11 (minor-league contract).
  • 1 year (2011). Signed by LA Dodgers as a free agent 12/13/10 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by LA Dodgers 7/4/11. Sent outright to Triple-A by LA Dodgers 10/4/11.
  • 1 year/$0.416M (2010). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/10. Non-tendered by San Francisco 12/13/10.
  • 1 year/$0.404M (2009). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/9/09.
  • 1 year/$0.39M (2008)
  • 1 year (2007). Contract purchased 11/06. Re-signed 3/07.
  • Selected from Toronto in minor-league phase of Rule 5 draft 12/05.
  • Signed 8/01 as amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2014-07-24 19:00:00 (link to chat)Who has your favourite name to say? Who has your favourite other people say? Past present or future!
(otirol from Southern Ontario)		Currently it's Arismendy Alcántara, all time is a toughie, but:
Eugenio Velez
Placido Polanco
Vladimir Guerrero
Raimel Tapia
Runelvys Hernandez


are a few of my all time favorites. (Mauricio Rubio)
2010-06-07 18:30:00 (link to chat)Ugh....Gary Brown...I think I prefer a real hitter for the Giants. The Giants don't seem to have any luck turning out position players, so I would have liked them to select the guy with the most polished bat, Cox or Brentz or Gyorko. I just don't trust the Giants to turn a hacker into a decent player. I read his profile and just think...Eugenio Velez...Darren Ford, and then I throw up in my mouth a little.
(Gregjitsu from SoCal)		He's bigger, stronger and faster than those guys. You're making poor assumptions. (Kevin Goldstein)
2009-10-13 14:00:00 (link to chat)Best chat session ever, thanks Christina! If you are the Giants what are you looking to do this off-season? Also, presuming Molina's gone, where do you slot in Buster Posey into the offense?
(Parker from San Fran)		Fiddle, there's nary a mention of Ataturk or the invention of the stirrup's role at the Battle of Hastings, let alone any talk about the redemptive value of heavy metal. Now that'd be something, but I'll settle for baseball. ;)

They really should be in the market for a bat, because Ryan Garko's just a placeholder at first base--assuming they tender him. Perhaps they get in on Adrian Beltre or Chone Figgins, and move Sandoval to first; Figgins might be game for a move back to second, though, which would beat placing faith in Eugenio Velez. Posey and no more screwing around with not just leaving Fred Lewis be gives them enough runs and an improved defense. Spending high on the first basemen on the market isn't very attractive (Adam LaRoche) or comes with risk (Nick Johnson), so I guess I'd rather find ways to get Sandoval off of third base. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-03-03 13:00:00 (link to chat)Eugenio Velez already has 5 steals this spring for the Giants. Will he make the roster, and does he has Chone Figgins potential?
(Jay from DC)		I'm not a big Velez believer at all. He's kinda 75% of Chone Figgins. He's very fast and can play multiple positions, but he's really not good at any up the middle position other than second base and he has no plate discipline. For me, he's closer to Freddy Bynum than Chone Figgins. (Kevin Goldstein)


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