#23 Axel Mendoza, Second Base, 28 yrs, Houston Astros

#23 Axel Mendoza, Second Base, 28 yrs, Houston Astros
Sunday, 10/19/1983

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Axel Mendoza

1/16/1955
28
Staten Island, NY
6"0
180

Second Base
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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 790,000
1986
7 Year(s), 0 Days (1204 total Days)
172 Day(s)
6 Year(s)

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	0	0	0	0	0
Versus LHP	0	0	0	0	0
Versus RHP	0	0	0	0	0
Talent	8	8	3	9	7

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6
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Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
2B : 5 (Range), .958 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 4 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 9
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
10/5	@PIT	W 4-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
10/6	@PIT	L 4-8	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/8	PIT	W 5-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/9	PIT	W 5-0	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	#8
10/11	@BAL	L 5-6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/12	@BAL	L 4-5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
10/14	BAL	W 2-1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
10/15	BAL	L 3-8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#2
10/16	BAL	W 15-1	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	#2
10/18	@BAL	L 3-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8

Batting Stats 1983

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	149	573	151	25	4	3	65	81	68	52	.264	.340	.337	.677	.642	.073
Projected	149	573	151	25	4	3	65	81	68	52	.264	.340	.337	.677	.642	.073

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	143	651	0	0	1	20	6	3	193	32	30	11	73.2	71.6	4.2

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	116	28	6	1	0	16	12	8	10	0	0	0	.241	.290	.310	.601
vs. RHP	457	123	19	3	3	49	69	60	42	3	6	0	.269	.352	.344	.695
Close/Late	57	13	3	0	0	9	7	8	6	1	2	0	.228	.309	.281	.590
Scoring Position	147	45	8	1	1	61	0	20	12	3	4	0	.306	.371	.395	.766
Pinch Hitting	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	72	269	68	12	3	1	33	33	33	24	.253	.329	.331	.660
Road	77	304	83	13	1	2	32	48	35	28	.273	.343	.342	.685
This Week	4	17	5	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	.294	.333	.294	.627
Last Week	5	23	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.130	.130	.174	.304
March/April	22	84	26	7	0	0	13	7	8	11	.310	.366	.393	.758
May	23	92	28	5	0	1	8	21	10	9	.304	.369	.391	.760
June	25	89	26	3	1	2	16	14	9	8	.292	.347	.416	.762
July	28	109	26	4	2	0	11	19	15	12	.239	.328	.312	.640
August	26	105	29	6	1	0	12	9	11	8	.276	.339	.352	.691
Sept/Oct	25	94	16	0	0	0	5	11	15	4	.170	.279	.170	.449
Postseason	13	53	12	2	0	0	4	3	1	3	.226	.255	.264	.519

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1977	130	487	121	20	3	2	43	65	48	2	4	58	43	18	.248	.316	.314	.630	HOU
1978	148	553	147	16	5	2	50	71	51	8	3	54	45	19	.266	.335	.324	.659	HOU
1979	119	354	78	9	1	0	24	41	36	8	3	40	19	14	.220	.304	.251	.556	HOU
1980	104	320	99	11	6	3	44	39	15	6	5	25	17	5	.309	.347	.409	.756	HOU
1981	102	391	123	16	3	4	36	46	34	1	1	48	24	14	.315	.370	.402	.772	HOU
1982	149	599	163	24	12	3	56	85	52	2	2	60	28	12	.272	.331	.367	.699	HOU
1983	149	573	151	25	4	3	65	81	68	0	3	52	30	11	.264	.340	.337	.677	HOU
Total	901	3277	882	121	34	17	318	428	304	27	21	337	206	93	.269	.334	.342	.677

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1981	7	29	6	1	1	0	2	4	3	5	0	0	.207	.281	.310	.592
1983	13	53	12	2	0	0	4	3	1	3	1	2	.226	.255	.264	.519
Total	20	82	18	3	1	0	6	7	4	8	1	2	.220	.256	.280	.536

Fielding Stats 1983

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	144	142	281	457	97	761	23	.970	1248.0	5.49
Third Base	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.2	0.00
Shortstop	1	1	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	8.0	5.63

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Houston in 1977...
Had first career hit on 4/7/1977, off Qi-Qiang Zhu (SLN)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/13/1977, off Samuel Parris (LAD)...
Injured on 5/10/1979 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week...
Injured on 7/19/1979 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week...
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 4/25/1981...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1983, hitting .588 with 0 HR, 7 RBI...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1981 - .315 - 6th	OBP 1981 - .370 - 9th	Hits 1981 - 123 - 10th	Triples 1982 - 12 - 2nd	SB 1977 - 43 - 3rd 1978 - 45 - 5th

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