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Name	Team	Age
Sammy Velez	Retired (1995, Age 37)	Died (2025, Age 68)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9 (1977)	CF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Lou Brock League	0	16 years (51 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	B	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	11/29/1957
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	2	10
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1977

Minors

43.00

6 / 7

3 / 3

5 / 7

4 / 6

2 / 8

4 / 5

4 / 7

28 / 43

1978

Minors

62.00

6 / 11

7 / 11

6 / 8

7 / 10

1 / 7

7 / 8

6 / 7

40 / 62

1978

Majors

8.17

20

17

0

1 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

4 / 8

1978

Pos (LF)

28.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

17 / 28

1978

Pos (RF)

4.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 4

1979

Minors

19.00

2 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 0

2 / 4

6 / 19

1979

Majors

40.01

100

77

0

1 / 6

3 / 5

1 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 2

7 / 10

4 / 9

17 / 40

1979

Pos (LF)

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1979

Pos (RF)

25.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

16 / 25

1980

Majors

61.42

162

117

0

2 / 10

4 / 8

4 / 11

2 / 7

1 / 8

6 / 10

7 / 7

26 / 61

1981

Majors

61.49

162

109

0

4 / 9

4 / 10

6 / 9

4 / 8

0 / 8

4 / 7

3 / 10

25 / 61

1982

Majors

57.59

147

103

15

3 / 10

2 / 9

1 / 6

4 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 7

0 / 4

11 / 57

1983

Majors

68.75

162

133

0

0 / 11

1 / 8

4 / 11

1 / 17

1 / 9

2 / 7

0 / 5

9 / 68

1984

Majors

68.89

162

132

0

2 / 8

2 / 11

0 / 8

2 / 8

1 / 13

1 / 7

0 / 13

8 / 68

1985

Majors

53.41

126

104

36

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 53

1986

Majors

62.07

149

126

13

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 18

0 / 62

1987

Majors

67.09

162

135

0

1 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 4

1 / 67

1988

Majors

54.74

129

111

33

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 12

0 / 12

0 / 54

1989

Majors

67.28

162

137

0

1 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 12

1 / 10

0 / 5

2 / 67

1990

Majors

66.28

162

131

0

0 / 10

0 / 8

1 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 66

1991

Majors

67.22

162

135

0

-3 / 15

-1 / 8

0 / 13

-1 / 6

-1 / 7

-3 / 10

-4 / 8

-13 / 67

1992

Majors

47.92

116

93

46

-2 / 6

-2 / 9

-1 / 7

-5 / 4

-7 / 8

-4 / 4

0 / 9

-21 / 47

1993

Majors

61.67

162

112

0

-1 / 10

-2 / 8

-4 / 5

-7 / 10

-10 / 12

-2 / 6

-1 / 10

-27 / 61

1994

Majors

56.40

162

93

0

-3 / 10

0 / 9

-1 / 12

-2 / 8

-5 / 4

-2 / 4

-3 / 9

-16 / 56

1995

Majors

45.47

162

61

0

-1 / 9

0 / 3

-4 / 6

-4 / 5

0 / 3

-1 / 11

-1 / 8

-11 / 45

Total

2569

1926

143

19 / 171

22 / 144

22 / 179

7 / 153

-17 / 164

21 / 157

18 / 164

128 / 1190

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1995-11-01	Sammy Velez has retired from the Kansas City Monarchs
1992-06-18	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1992-05-14	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1992-05-08	The Kansas City Monarchs have removed Sammy Velez from the trade block.
1992-05-06	The Kansas City Monarchs have placed Sammy Velez on the trade block.
1988-09-12	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1988-06-25	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1986-08-23	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1985-06-18	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
1982-07-22	Sammy Velez of the Kansas City Monarchs is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1979-06-10	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Sammy Velez to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have designated James Lang for assignment.
1979-03-03	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted James Lang to the major league team. The Kansas City Monarchs have sent Sammy Velez to the minors.
1978-09-10	The Kansas City Monarchs have promoted Sammy Velez to the major league team.
1978-03-05	The Kansas City Monarchs have renamed Sammy Valderama to Sammy Velez.
1977-07-18	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Statesmen and the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs receive Sammy Valderama, Draft Pick 1978 Round 2 PHI (Jack Lindsey) from the Philadelphia Statesmen in exchange for Max Corkle.
1977-04-01	The Philadelphia Statesmen have renamed Sam Velez to Sammy Valderama.