José Magriñat

Career Batting:.218 BA .253 OBP .273 SLG. 4 HR. 2,996 PA.(1899-1915)

I don’t know what to do with José Magriñat.

Somehow, he had a 17 year career historically, playing pretty much full time from his very early 20s into his late 30s. After 2 amazing years to start off his career, he very rarely produced anything offensively. Ah, you say, he must have been really good defensively. Nope, not really, as evidenced both by the numbers and by his drifting from the IF into the OF as time went on.

He had some speed, so there’s that.

So what to do with Quico? We’ve returned to our default stance on careers like this: project them as accurately as we can, and let the simulations determine if he was good enough to hold down a job in MLB. As such, our suspicion is that Magriñat’s career would be shorter than we have it here–it easily could have ended after 1908 and again any year from 1913 on. That said, we don’t have Magriñat ever appearing as a full time player, only eclipsing 300 AB’s three times.

Additionally, we are leaning very hard on his first 2 years, which were very special, and easily the best of his career. Teams will give players many chances to “recapture that level,” before they actually give up on a player.

Beyond those two years, you really have a poor offensive player: no power, no walks, too many strikeouts. He did have a little power, which certainly helped.

Magriñat always played the OF–mostly CF and RF–but also saw some time at 3B and a little at 2B and SS early in his career. He had a decent arm, but became a defensive liability as he got deeper into his 30s.

It’s pretty easy to see Magriñat’s career ending in 1904: at that point, his offensive production has declined every year of his career, with no indication it will recover. I’d be fine with that, but do think our current set, where he manages at most few hundred appearances a year in a reserve role, is also feasible.

NameJosé Magriñat (Quico)
ID / Statusmagrin049jos / Draft
PosLF
DOB / i9s Career1878 / 1899 - 1915
BirthplaceMatanzas, Cuba (Cuba)
Height / Weight5'8" /
B / TL / L

 

Batting Projections

YearABH2B3BHRBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPS
18992709010201223125.333.362.385.747
19003219613111731185.299.334.355.689
1901345761151164194.220.255.290.545
19022004371093052.215.249.260.509
19031632682062871.160.189.233.422
1904821231031721.146.176.207.383
19051152341042741.200.227.252.479
190621542731123362.195.238.270.508
19071201841062262.150.190.200.390
19081693361063241.195.223.243.466
19091733561073093.202.233.249.482
191011023410618113.209.250.264.514
19111081832182141.167.224.259.483
191210022210625194.220.264.260.524
1913921731041462.185.219.239.458
19141683250083341.190.227.220.447
19151111810042321.162.191.171.362
TOTALS2,8626249724413444812839.218.253.273.526

 

Pitching Projections