Alejandro Oms

Career Batting:.323 BA .391 OBP .509 SLG. 221 HR. 9,414 PA.(1917-1935)

Alejandro Oms was a dominant, borderline MVP level OF, in the first half of the 1920s. Wrapped around that were quite a few good years, but his career overall likely falls short of the HoF.

He was a fulltime player for most of the 1920s, with an impressive mix of power and strike zone control. He could mash, and was an outside threat to score some black ink (hits a few years, especially 1926; doubles a few years, especially 1925; and triples at least in 1923). He adjusted to a noted drop in speed by adding a lot more power, with 6 years over 20 HRs, and this projection has him ending his career with a SLG just over .500.

He was an excellent defender with spectacular range, albeit a weak arm and he could steal the occasional base (and sometimes, especially early in his career, even more than that).

We added seasons for 1918-1920 and 1934, and those early career years could be revised for sure. I think Oms was a meteor: from 1922 to 1930, there were few better CFs in the game and, if anything, I think his peak may have been even higher. More research is needed into his decline, and I wouldn’t be surprised if 1926 to 1929 were even stronger in future projections.

NameAlejandro Oms
ID / Statusoms-000ale / Draft
PosOF
DOB / i9s Career03/13/1896 / 1916 - 1935
BirthplaceSanta Clara, Cuba (Cuba)
Height / Weight5'6" / 155
B / TL / L

 

Batting Projections

YearAgeABH2B3BHRBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPS
191721292621391343473.212.294.329.623
19182235298181113137134.278.337.401.738
191923478168221033333216.351.393.458.851
1920244421282415544363416.290.354.446.800
192125523153311674935147.293.353.453.806
19222654820441181064414215.372.438.5681.006
19232761720542192563474419.332.394.583.977
192428533201439218735199.377.465.6101.075
19252963823147132989384412.362.440.6131.053
1926306012154010207232193.358.426.557.983
192731622199519186450373.320.383.518.901
192832595182417206138106.306.370.499.869
192933519197499158649177.380.468.5951.063
19303451715642722531374.302.367.538.905
1931355011383241345665.275.335.433.768
193236354871734351422.246.314.345.659
19333711832713121211.271.338.424.762
19343830102014600.333.412.500.912
19353918765923212422.348.413.465.878
TOTALS8,4672,731571172221947580339124.323.391.509.900

 

Pitching Projections