2B Rafael Zambrano #17
Grand Island Gulls WBL
Age: 32 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/01/1974
BNN Index | WBL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B RAFAEL ZAMBRANO #17 - AGE: 32 - BATS: S - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
109 392 101 10 3 3 70 90 69 .258 .396 .321 17 1.1
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/22/1974 @ BIL Win, 12-4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/21/1974 @ BIL Loss, 6-8 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
08/20/1974 @ BIL Loss, 7-8 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 1
08/19/1974 CAS Win, 1-0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
08/18/1974 CAS Loss, 5-10 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
08/17/1974 CAS Loss, 1-12 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/16/1974 @ TOP Loss, 5-12 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
08/15/1974 @ TOP Loss, 5-9 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
08/14/1974 @ TOP Win, 7-2 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
08/12/1974 SXF Loss, 3-6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:04/21/1942
Born in:Havana, LA
Nationality:Cuban
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:6 Years, None
Service This Yr:182 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:14 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1960, 12th Pick in Round 3
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 109 392 101 10 3 3 70 73 90 69 .258 .396 .321 .718 .372 .064 80
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 106 517 4 0 0 8 25 6 126 16 17 6 73.9 61.4 4.93 1.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   132 34 6 0 2 20 23 28 29 1 9 1 .258 .389 .348 .737
Versus Right   260 67 4 3 1 50 50 62 40 5 16 3 .258 .400 .308 .708
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   34 6 1 0 0 7 6 14 8 0 0 0 .176 .417 .206 .623
May   97 24 2 0 1 20 20 14 18 2 7 2 .247 .348 .299 .647
June   95 28 5 0 1 15 19 26 17 2 3 0 .295 .439 .379 .818
July   99 24 1 2 1 22 22 23 15 2 8 0 .242 .379 .323 .702
August   67 19 1 1 0 6 6 13 11 0 7 2 .284 .415 .328 .743
Last Year   535 150 18 8 6 89 113 118 91 1 5 8 .280 .417 .378 .794
2 Years Ago   477 131 15 9 4 90 99 103 124 5 20 9 .275 .409 .369 .778
Career   2995 849 102 43 26 480 579 578 595 23 76 42 .283 .404 .372 .776
Home   193 47 6 1 0 29 35 48 30 3 9 1 .244 .392 .285 .677
Road   199 54 4 2 3 41 38 42 39 3 16 3 .271 .401 .357 .758
Grass   392 101 10 3 3 70 73 90 69 6 25 4 .258 .396 .321 .718
Day   105 25 2 1 0 16 18 24 22 3 7 0 .238 .371 .276 .647
Night   287 76 8 2 3 54 55 66 47 3 18 4 .265 .406 .338 .744
As Starter   389 101 10 3 3 70 73 90 69 6 25 4 .260 .399 .324 .723
As Reliever / Substitution   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1960 La Crosse - R 18 52 183 56 7 4 4 25 33 47 0 0 46 8 6 .306 .448 .454 .901 107 105 0.8
1960 San Jose - A 18 16 41 10 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 .244 .244 .268 .512 48 38 -0.1
1961 San Jose - A 19 112 364 90 15 1 5 29 19 16 1 1 81 3 1 .247 .280 .335 .615 78 69 -0.0
1961 Rockford - A 19 15 36 9 0 0 1 3 4 12 0 0 8 1 0 .250 .438 .333 .771 110 121 0.3
1962 San Jose - A 20 136 539 146 20 4 7 36 50 18 5 5 83 4 6 .271 .298 .362 .660 92 87 0.9
1963 San Jose - A 21 136 564 185 30 5 11 58 61 18 2 3 75 11 11 .328 .349 .457 .807 129 134 4.5
1964 Rockford - A 22 32 127 36 5 1 1 10 18 23 0 0 24 4 6 .283 .393 .362 .756 101 113 0.3
1964 Little Rock - AA 22 70 141 50 5 0 1 20 28 31 1 1 24 4 4 .355 .471 .411 .883 138 149 1.8
1965 Rockford - A 23 71 177 50 10 0 4 34 37 40 5 4 25 8 3 .282 .420 .407 .827 123 131 1.8
1965 Memphis - AA 23 39 79 19 3 0 1 10 12 10 0 0 9 1 0 .241 .326 .316 .642 76 75 0.1
1966 Rockford - A 24 4 14 7 3 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .533 .714 1.248 271 288 0.4
1966 Memphis - AA 24 51 46 9 2 1 0 7 6 6 0 0 10 2 0 .196 .288 .283 .571 62 62 -0.0
1966 Omaha - AAA 24 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 -0.1
1967 Rockford - A 25 22 72 20 1 0 0 6 8 12 2 0 14 4 1 .278 .395 .292 .687 107 108 0.4
1967 Memphis - AA 25 48 69 15 3 3 0 10 9 7 2 2 13 1 1 .217 .300 .348 .648 95 95 0.2
1968 San Jose - A 26 23 78 27 1 1 1 4 13 15 2 0 15 11 1 .346 .463 .423 .886 150 165 1.7
1968 Rockford - A 26 2 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 .222 .273 .222 .495 55 54 0.0
1969 Grand Island - A 27 136 527 146 20 1 5 56 73 76 8 2 71 13 17 .277 .375 .347 .722 116 126 5.0
1970 Grand Island - A 28 131 537 162 23 10 3 99 122 108 8 5 117 16 13 .302 .422 .399 .821 118 126 4.5
1971 Grand Island - A 29 131 527 159 16 12 5 76 99 83 5 4 123 14 10 .302 .399 .406 .805 109 110 3.0
1972 Grand Island - A 30 131 477 131 15 9 4 90 99 103 9 5 124 13 9 .275 .409 .369 .778 105 109 2.5
1973 Grand Island - A 31 132 535 150 18 8 6 89 113 118 8 1 91 16 11 .280 .417 .378 .794 103 109 3.0
1974 Grand Island - A 32 109 392 101 10 3 3 70 73 90 4 6 69 17 6 .258 .396 .321 .718 73 80 1.1
Total DIX 208 335 93 13 4 2 47 55 54 3 3 56 8 5 .278 .380 .358 .738 105 110
Total HL 146 435 124 19 1 6 57 71 89 7 5 75 19 10 .285 .410 .375 .785 116 124
Total COW 423 1586 458 67 11 24 130 144 67 10 9 260 29 19 .289 .320 .390 .710 104 102
Total WBL 770 2995 849 102 43 26 480 579 578 42 23 595 89 66 .283 .404 .372 .776 105 111
Total UMVA 52 183 56 7 4 4 25 33 47 0 0 46 8 6 .306 .448 .454 .901 107 105
Total CL 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1960 San Jose - A 2B 13 9 19 21 5 40 0 1.000 90.0 4.00 +0.5 1.045
1960 La Crosse - R 2B 48 45 102 90 19 194 2 .990 386.0 4.48 +1.1 .990
1960 San Jose - A SS 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 .750 4.0 6.75 -0.5 .657
1960 La Crosse - R SS 4 4 10 14 3 24 0 1.000 36.2 5.89 +0.3 1.017
1961 Rockford - A 1B 10 10 63 5 9 68 0 1.000 78.2 7.78 +0.4 1.042
1961 San Jose - A 1B 32 21 198 6 8 208 4 .981 200.0 9.18 -1.6 .964
1961 Rockford - A 2B 3 2 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 19.0 2.37 +0.3 .975
1961 San Jose - A 2B 52 49 107 124 24 235 4 .983 444.2 4.68 +3.3 1.042
1961 Rockford - A SS 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 1.000 18.0 1.50 -0.3 1.027
1961 San Jose - A SS 34 29 58 80 11 140 2 .986 260.1 4.77 -4.2 .936
1962 San Jose - A 1B 97 92 785 46 50 838 7 .992 825.2 9.06 +4.0 1.046
1962 San Jose - A 2B 31 27 67 72 19 142 3 .979 247.2 5.05 +0.1 .990
1962 San Jose - A SS 9 8 22 22 6 45 1 .978 73.2 5.38 -1.1 .903
1963 San Jose - A 1B 65 65 545 24 35 575 6 .990 596.0 8.59 +2.6 1.045
1963 San Jose - A 2B 47 43 94 105 15 200 1 .995 383.0 4.68 +4.4 1.093
1963 San Jose - A 3B 11 11 4 18 0 23 1 .957 94.0 2.11 -1.6 .865
1963 San Jose - A SS 12 10 22 34 5 56 0 1.000 94.0 5.36 -0.7 .955
1964 Little Rock - AA 1B 30 7 90 7 3 97 0 1.000 89.0 9.81 +1.0 1.134
1964 Rockford - A 1B 15 14 98 12 13 111 1 .991 124.1 7.96 +0.4 1.051
1964 Little Rock - AA 2B 12 4 14 11 4 25 0 1.000 53.0 4.25 +1.1 1.139
1964 Rockford - A 2B 5 4 9 5 4 14 0 1.000 34.0 3.71 -0.2 1.049
1964 Little Rock - AA 3B 13 11 8 17 1 26 1 .962 91.0 2.47 -0.6 1.002
1964 Rockford - A 3B 10 10 6 15 2 26 5 .808 87.0 2.17 -2.2 .805
1964 Little Rock - AA SS 10 9 16 32 2 50 2 .960 81.0 5.33 +1.3 .998
1964 Rockford - A SS 3 2 5 10 3 15 0 1.000 17.0 7.94 +0.2 .998
1965 Memphis - AA 1B 5 0 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 6.0 10.50 +0.1 1.047
1965 Rockford - A 1B 22 12 116 8 14 125 1 .992 121.0 9.22 +0.7 1.062
1965 Memphis - AA 2B 14 3 13 6 2 19 0 1.000 43.0 3.98 -0.1 1.022
1965 Rockford - A 2B 13 8 16 23 4 39 0 1.000 80.1 4.37 -0.3 1.045
1965 Memphis - AA 3B 10 4 3 10 3 14 1 .929 43.1 2.70 +0.0 .960
1965 Rockford - A 3B 9 8 6 11 0 17 0 1.000 64.2 2.37 +0.4 .987
1965 Memphis - AA SS 11 10 15 30 3 48 3 .938 93.2 4.32 -0.8 .971
1965 Rockford - A SS 20 13 31 43 11 75 1 .987 127.1 5.23 +0.7 .976
1966 Omaha - AAA 1B 14 0 15 1 1 16 0 1.000 20.1 7.08 +0.3 1.000
1966 Memphis - AA 1B 29 1 23 1 5 25 1 .960 37.2 5.73 -0.4 .847
1966 Rockford - A 1B 3 3 24 1 1 25 0 1.000 27.0 8.33 +0.2 1.054
1966 Omaha - AAA 2B 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 -0.1 1.000
1966 Memphis - AA 2B 1 1 3 3 1 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.0 1.019
1966 Memphis - AA 3B 11 4 2 10 2 12 0 1.000 47.1 2.28 +0.3 1.061
1966 Memphis - AA SS 5 0 1 6 1 8 1 .875 9.1 6.75 -0.0 .899
1967 Memphis - AA 1B 21 0 37 2 4 39 0 1.000 38.0 9.24 +0.9 1.177
1967 Rockford - A 1B 3 0 4 0 1 4 0 1.000 2.2 13.50 +0.1 1.058
1967 Memphis - AA 2B 7 3 12 7 2 21 2 .905 39.0 4.38 -0.9 .900
1967 Rockford - A 2B 2 1 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 11.1 3.97 +0.2 1.049
1967 Memphis - AA 3B 10 7 5 13 0 21 3 .857 65.0 2.49 -1.3 .895
1967 Rockford - A 3B 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.059
1967 Memphis - AA SS 11 2 9 9 1 18 0 1.000 36.1 4.46 +0.5 1.012
1967 Rockford - A SS 17 17 31 44 16 77 2 .974 148.1 4.55 -1.7 1.005
1968 San Jose - A 2B 19 18 40 46 9 86 0 1.000 156.0 4.96 +3.3 1.243
1968 Rockford - A 3B 1 1 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 -0.2 1.072
1968 San Jose - A 3B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 Rockford - A SS 2 1 2 6 1 8 0 1.000 11.0 6.55 -0.0 1.075
1968 San Jose - A SS 4 2 5 5 1 10 0 1.000 20.2 4.35 +0.2 1.071
1969 Grand Island - A 2B 29 8 42 35 18 83 6 .928 106.0 6.54 -0.8 1.043
1969 Grand Island - A 3B 5 3 7 9 1 16 0 1.000 31.1 4.60 +0.8 1.076
1969 Grand Island - A SS 123 116 211 368 102 595 16 .973 1002.0 5.20 +8.8 1.041
1970 Grand Island - A 2B 26 7 25 32 13 59 2 .966 90.2 5.66 +0.9 1.039
1970 Grand Island - A 3B 27 24 24 35 4 60 1 .983 213.2 2.49 +0.7 1.036
1970 Grand Island - A SS 98 97 151 253 79 420 16 .962 819.2 4.44 +3.2 1.046
1971 Grand Island - A 2B 41 18 69 58 19 130 3 .977 208.1 5.49 +1.7 1.064
1971 Grand Island - A 3B 10 2 5 7 0 12 0 1.000 36.2 2.95 +0.3 1.073
1971 Grand Island - A SS 107 107 153 266 80 426 7 .984 860.1 4.38 +0.7 1.028
1972 Grand Island - A 1B 4 3 28 1 4 29 0 1.000 26.0 10.04 +0.5 1.271
1972 Grand Island - A 2B 25 9 20 35 7 57 2 .965 104.2 4.73 +1.1 1.066
1972 Grand Island - A 3B 15 9 9 15 2 25 1 .960 84.1 2.56 -0.3 .961
1972 Grand Island - A SS 107 107 172 288 97 484 24 .950 905.1 4.57 -2.6 .991
1973 Grand Island - A 1B 2 0 3 0 3 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 0.0 .000
1973 Grand Island - A 2B 25 10 39 41 15 81 1 .988 123.0 5.85 +2.8 1.122
1973 Grand Island - A 3B 16 8 10 13 0 24 1 .958 80.2 2.57 -0.0 1.059
1973 Grand Island - A SS 110 110 214 301 109 539 24 .955 914.0 5.07 +2.8 1.033
1974 Grand Island - A 2B 88 84 214 229 69 448 5 .989 731.0 5.45 +9.5 1.070
1974 Grand Island - A 3B 24 22 24 39 8 65 2 .969 168.1 3.37 +2.4 1.144
1974 Grand Island - A SS 2 0 2 4 2 7 1 .857 4.0 13.50 -0.1 .700
TOTAL 1B 352 228 2035 115 151 2170 20 .991 2195.1 8.81 +9.0 1.047
TOTAL 2B 502 353 911 949 249 1891 31 .984 3360.2 4.98 +28.0 1.060
TOTAL 3B 174 126 113 217 23 346 16 .954 1137.1 2.61 -1.1 1.002
TOTAL SS 694 646 1134 1817 534 3052 101 .967 5536.2 4.80 +6.5 1.014
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1960 Drafted in the 1960 first-year player draft out of high school (Perth Amboy; Perth Amboy, NJ) by the Chicago Cougars. (Round 3, Pick 12, 44th overall pick).
08/02/1960 Goes 5-6 against the Ottumwa Owls, with 2 2B, 1 RBI and 2 R.
06/07/1961 Injured (bruised back),day-to-day for 5 days.
09/17/1962 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 2; Power: 1; Eye: 3.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 1; Eye: 3.
09/20/1965 Wins the 1965 Championship with the Memphis Cougars!
09/19/1966 Wins the 1966 Championship with the Memphis Cougars!
09/18/1967 Wins the 1967 Championship with the Memphis Cougars!
05/20/1968 Released by the Chicago organization.
01/07/1969 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Grand Island Gulls organization.
02/03/1969 Outstandingly completed training to work on his bunting at the Grand Island Gulls development complex.
07/13/1970 Wins the WBL Player of the Week Award.
09/04/1971 Goes 5-6 against the Santa Fe Coyotes, with 2 RBI and 1 R.
08/30/1972 Goes 5-5 against the Panhandle Jackrabbits, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 3 R.
09/04/1972 Wins the WBL Player of the Week Award.
06/25/1973 Injured (quadriceps soreness),day-to-day for 2 days.
05/10/1974 Injured (sprained elbow),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
06/04/1974 Injured (mild shoulder strain),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
08/07/1974 Injured (sore shoulder),day-to-day for 3 days.
08/22/1974 Injured (fractured thumb),out for 6 weeks.
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