Samuel
Varada
 
Nickname: Vicious
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 160
 
Born: September 14, 1977 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2008    2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 29 DSD NL $ 600,000   56 56 50 52 61 58 48 57 54 23 32 29 43 56 52
2008 30 DSD NL $ 4,200,000   54 54 49 54 63 60 48 57 54 22 31 28 43 56 52
2009 31 CQS NL $ 4,200,000   52 52 47 59 68 65 48 55 53 24 33 30 41 55 51
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 600,000   52 52 47 52 61 58 48 55 53 22 31 28 41 55 51
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,200,000   56 56 50 59 68 65 48 57 54 24 33 30 43 56 52
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Roy Hobbs Award or The Moonlight Graham Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 29 DSD NL 55 176 33 50 10 0 13 43 3 4 13 34 .284 .340 .563 .903 30.7 5.5
    AAA   62 258 50 81 12 1 17 50 3 7 22 51 .314 .368 .566 .934 48.4  
2008 30 DSD NL 135 453 74 135 27 4 19 78 7 14 36 70 .298 .357 .501 .858 75.7 13.9
2009 31 DSD NL 80 277 38 80 8 5 13 52 5 5 13 49 .289 .332 .495 .827 43.2 7.4
  CQS NL 66 200 30 47 8 2 8 28 3 3 11 39 .235 .287 .415 .702 23.7 2.7
  TOT   146 477 68 127 16 7 21 80 8 8 24 88 .266 .313 .461 .774 66.9 10.1
3 Years Sim 336 1106 175 312 53 11 53 201 18 26 73 192 .282 .336 .494 .829 173.3 29.5
1 Years AAA 62 258 50 81 12 1 17 50 3 7 22 51 .314 .373 .566 .939 48.4  
162 Game Average 533 84 150 25 5 25 96 8 12 35 92 .282 .336 .494 .829 83.6  
Career Highs 146 477 74 135 27 7 21 80 8 14 36 88 .298 .357 .563 .903 75.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   989 164 287 49 11 50 191 18 24 68 165 .290 .346 .514 .860 158.5
vs LH   117 11 25 4 0 3 10 0 2 5 27 .214 .246 .325 .571 8.4
Home 164 542 91 163 31 5 29 106 5 12 27 89 .301 .341 .537 .878 88.1
Away 172 564 84 149 22 6 24 95 13 14 46 103 .264 .331 .452 .783 78.8
RISP   305 0 95 13 4 14 141 0 0 22 43 .311 .362 .518 .880 53.0
Pinch Hitting   46 5 11 1 0 3 17 3 1 5 4 .239 .314 .457 .770 7.1
Close/Late   150 31 50 8 3 10 37 0 0 6 15 .333 .365 .627 .991 30.2
Mar/Apr 34 103 22 38 2 1 8 29 1 3 12 13 .369 .445 .641 1.086 24.6
May 50 169 29 57 11 3 12 29 1 3 9 28 .337 .374 .651 1.025 35.3
June 47 160 24 49 8 0 4 25 5 2 12 26 .306 .369 .431 .800 23.7
July 46 160 24 41 10 5 7 36 0 3 8 36 .256 .299 .513 .811 22.3
August 75 233 37 67 10 2 11 50 5 7 13 42 .288 .335 .489 .824 34.3
Sep/Oct 84 281 39 60 12 0 11 32 6 8 19 47 .214 .273 .374 .647 26.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won The Crash Davis Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 29 DSD NL LF 42 37 318.0 70 5 2 2 .974 2.12 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 11 8 77.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0  
2008 30 DSD NL CF 71 63 559.3 139 1 11 1 .927 2.25 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 51 46 414.0 70 2 2 1 .973 1.57 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 7 0 14.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
2009 31 DSD NL RF 43 38 371.2 83 2 2 0 .977 2.06 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 27 19 194.2 48 1 1 1 .980 2.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 5 2 22.6 6 0 1 0 .857 2.39 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 4.6 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 2 1 .500 1 0.0
    2B 1 1 4.6 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CQS NL RF 35 31 269.1 61 2 2 0 .969 2.11 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 23 15 140.8 35 1 1 1 .973 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 4 1 16.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 1 0.0
    2B 0 0 3.4 1 1 0 1 1.000 5.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 140 123 1131.3 233 7 6 2 .976 1.91 0 0 .000 0 3.5
  LF 99 71 667.0 156 7 5 4 .970 2.20 0 0 .000 0 1.2
  CF 80 66 598.3 150 1 12 1 .926 2.27 0 0 .000 0 3.0
  C 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 3 1 .333 2 0.0
  2B 1 1 8.0 3 2 0 2 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   321 261 2412.6 543 18 23 9 .961 2.09 3 1 .333 2 7.8
Career Highs   139 109 1030.3 242 9 14 4 .979 2.19 3 1 .333 2  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2007 29 DSD NL 6 22 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 3 .273 .346 .409 .755
Career Post-Season Batting 6 22 5 6 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 3 .273 .346 .409 .755
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2008-8-.298
OPS
2008-10-.858
Triples
2009-3-7
CAR-40-11
Homeruns
CAR-34-53
Caught Stealing
2008-5-14
CAR-17-26
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0
   Gray Ink Test: 5
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23
 
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  1. Robert Zeigler (955)
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  6. Carlos Sanchez (938)
  7. Jose Baeza (938)
  8. Bill Partlow (937)
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History
Drafted in 29th round, 340th overall pick, by Muir in 2007
Released by Muir on 4/1/2007
Signed as a free agent by Dam Site on 5/7/2007 to a 1-year deal worth $600,000 per year
Injured on 5/30/2007 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit (double) on 7/29/2007, off Matthew Sanchez (WWF)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/2007, off Reginald Farnham (SAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/27/2007, hitting .545 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Dam Site on 2/3/2008 to a 3-year deal worth $4,200,000 per year
Was selected to the 2008 Allstar game