Tito Fuentes Stats

Tito Fuentes was born on Tuesday, January 4, 1944, in Havana, Cuba. Fuentes was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 18, 1965, with the San Francisco Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Tito Fuentes baseball stats page.

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"They shouldn't throw at me. I'm the father of five or six kids." - Fuentes, Tito. You Don't Say!: Over 1,000 Hilarious Sports Quotes and Quips. Miller, Hartley. Author. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 1 August 2005, Page 52.

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Tito Fuentes Autograph on a 1976 Topps Baseball Card (#8 | <a href='../baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1976top01' title='1976 Topps Baseball Card Checklist'>Checklist</a>)

Tito Fuentes Autograph on a 1976 Topps Baseball Card (#8 | Checklist)

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Birth Name:   Rigoberto Fuentes
Nickname:   Parakeet or Tito
Born On:   01-04-1944  (Capricorn)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Havana, Cuba
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Havana Escuela (Havana, Cuba)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   08-18-1965 (Age 21)
Last Game:   07-09-1978
Draft:   Undrafted Free Agent

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Tito Fuentes Pitching Stats

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Tito Fuentes Hitting Stats

1965 21 Giants 26 72 12 15 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 14 0 0 1 2 .208 .269 .222
1966 22 Giants 133 541 63 141 21 3 9 0 40 9 1 57 10 1 3 6 .261 .276 .360
1967 23 Giants 133 344 27 72 12 1 5 0 29 27 9 61 11 1 0 7 .209 .266 .294
1969 25 Giants 67 183 28 54 4 3 1 0 14 15 1 25 3 1 1 0 .295 .350 .366
1970 26 Giants 123 435 49 116 13 7 2 0 32 36 3 52 10 6 3 7 .267 .323 .343
1971 27 Giants 152 630 63 172 28 6 4 0 52 18 2 46 16 2 6 15 .273 .299 .356
1972 28 Giants 152 572 64 151 33 6 7 1 53 39 3 56 12 8 3 9 .264 .310 .379
1973 29 Giants 160 656 78 182 25 5 6 0 63 45 0 62 17 6 7 11 .277 .328 .358
1974 30 Giants 108 390 33 97 15 2 0 0 22 22 0 32 12 1 3 12 .249 .293 .297
1975 31 Padres 146 565 57 158 21 3 4 0 43 25 2 51 12 8 3 15 .280 .309 .349
1976 32 Padres 135 520 48 137 18 0 2 0 36 18 0 38 16 4 1 12 .263 .287 .310
1977 33 Tigers 151 615 83 190 19 10 5 0 51 38 1 61 13 5 2 11 .309 .348 .397
1978 34 Athletics 13 43 5 6 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 .140 .159 .163
13 Years 1,499 5,566 610 1,491 211 46 45 1 438 298 23 561 133 43 33 107 .268 .307 .347

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Tito Fuentes Fielding Stats

1965 Giants 2B 7 2 84 19 2.7 19 11 8 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.11
1965 Giants 3B 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1965 Giants SS 18 15 438 62 3.4 57 16 41 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .919 3.51
1966 Giants 2B 60 52 1,461 321 5.4 308 138 170 13 24 n/a n/a n/a .960 5.69
1966 Giants SS 76 74 2,004 395 5.2 378 145 233 17 44 n/a n/a n/a .957 5.09
1967 Giants 2B 130 105 2,772 599 4.6 587 274 313 12 79 n/a n/a n/a .980 5.72
1967 Giants SS 5 0 27 4 0.8 4 2 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
1969 Giants 3B 36 32 759 93 2.6 86 22 64 7 7 n/a n/a n/a .925 3.06
1969 Giants SS 30 14 480 87 2.9 81 28 53 6 11 n/a n/a n/a .931 4.56
1970 Giants 2B 78 70 1,788 358 4.6 346 141 205 12 41 n/a n/a n/a .966 5.22
1970 Giants 3B 24 23 597 69 2.9 65 20 45 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .942 2.94
1970 Giants SS 36 17 564 118 3.3 115 41 74 3 12 n/a n/a n/a .975 5.51
1971 Giants 2B 152 151 4,044 861 5.7 838 373 465 23 109 n/a n/a n/a .973 5.59
1972 Giants 2B 152 150 3,993 807 5.3 778 361 417 29 89 n/a n/a n/a .964 5.26
1973 Giants 2B 160 159 4,201 870 5.4 864 386 478 6 102 n/a n/a n/a .993 5.55
1973 Giants 3B 1 0 6 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.50
1974 Giants 2B 103 94 2,553 536 5.2 525 238 287 11 70 n/a n/a n/a .979 5.55
1975 Padres 2B 142 141 3,792 863 6.1 837 389 448 26 105 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.96
1976 Padres 2B 127 126 3,351 748 5.9 726 339 387 22 91 n/a n/a n/a .971 5.85
1977 Tigers 2B 151 149 3,981 864 5.7 838 379 459 26 115 n/a n/a n/a .970 5.68
1978 Athletics 2B 13 9 249 36 2.8 34 17 17 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .944 3.69
2B Totals 1,275 1,208 32,269 6,882 5.4 6,700 3,046 3,654 182 832 n/a n/a n/a .974 5.61
SS Totals 165 120 3,513 666 4.0 635 232 403 31 72 n/a n/a n/a .953 4.88
3B Totals 62 55 1,365 163 2.6 152 42 110 11 11 n/a n/a n/a .933 3.01
13 Years 1,502 1,383 37,147 7,711 5.1 7,487 3,320 4,167 224 915 n/a n/a n/a .971 5.44

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Tito Fuentes Miscellaneous Stats

1965 Giants 0 1 .000 0 5 n/a 0.0 5.1 72.0 - - -
1966 Giants 6 3 .667 1 0 n/a 60.1 9.5 13.5 - - -
1967 Giants 4 3 .571 2 8 n/a 68.8 5.6 11.9 - - -
1969 Giants 2 4 .333 2 7 n/a 183.0 7.3 13.1 - - -
1970 Giants 4 5 .444 7 4 n/a 217.5 8.4 13.6 - - -
1971 Giants 12 2 .857 1 0 n/a 157.5 13.7 12.1 - - -
1972 Giants 16 5 .762 1 0 n/a 81.7 10.2 10.8 - - -
1973 Giants 12 6 .667 0 0 n/a 109.3 10.6 10.4 - - -
1974 Giants 7 3 .700 7 1 n/a 0.0 12.2 17.7 - - -
1975 Padres 8 8 .500 3 2 n/a 141.3 11.1 13.1 - - -
1976 Padres 5 3 .625 9 0 n/a 260.0 13.7 14.4 - - -
1977 Tigers 4 4 .500 2 0 1 123.0 10.1 12.1 - - -
1978 Athletics 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0.0 7.2 21.5 - - -
13 Years 80 47 .630 37 27 1 123.7 9.9 12.7 - - -

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Tito Fuentes Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1965 San Francisco Giants 26 $5,500.00 - -
1966 San Francisco Giants 26, 23 $7,000.00 - -
1967 San Francisco Giants 23 $12,000.00 - -
1969 San Francisco Giants 29 $19,500.00 - -
1970 San Francisco Giants 29, 23 $24,000.00 - -
1971 San Francisco Giants 23 $30,750.00 - -
1972 San Francisco Giants 23 $37,500.00 - -
1973 San Francisco Giants 23 $45,000.00 - -
1974 San Francisco Giants 23 $70,000.00 - -
1975 San Diego Padres 23 $75,000.00 - -
1976 San Diego Padres 23 $75,000.00 - -
1977 Detroit Tigers 3, 44 $90,000.00 - -
1978 Oakland Athletics 44 $120,000.00 - -

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Rigoberto Fuentes was a Major League Baseball player with the San Francisco Giants (1965-1967, 1969-1974), San Diego Padres (1975-1976), Detroit Tigers (1977), and Oakland Athletics (1978). A "research" list that included the San Francisco Giants: All Time 'Hot Dog' Team (Mori, Dan. Bleacher Report Writer. 23 December 2010) selected Tito, his nickname, as their second baseman, writing (below his rookie card) in part:

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Tito Fuentes Rookie Card | 1966 Topps Baseball Card (#511 | Checklist)
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"Our hot dog second baseman is Tito Fuentes. He played the game with a joyous enthusiasm and was so much fun to watch. Fuentes played a total of nine seasons for the Giants, from 1965-67 and 1969-74.

Tito Fuentes was a slap hitter and was fun to watch the moment he stepped into the batters box. The first thing he did was hold the barrel of the bat and bounce the bat handle on the plate. The handle would flip up and Tito would catch it in his hands and now, holding the bat from the proper end, he was ready to hit.

Amazingly, he did this whenever he fouled a pitch off as part of his extended follow through, also. The bat control that Fuentes had was incredible, as he never once did the bat handle flip when he put the ball in play, only on foul balls.

In the field, Tito Fuentes was a nonstop jabbering, mosquito-like player, who never stopped moving. I think he enjoyed opposing players reaching second base because he was always talking to them. Fuentes has continued talking well into retirement, as he is now the Spanish media broadcaster for the Giants.

There were few players who ever played the game who had as much fun as Tito Fuentes always seemed to, out on that field."

Tito Fuentes, during his fifth career game, was standing in the on-deck circle on August 22, 1965, at Candlestick Park, when one of the most infamous fights in baseball history occurred — The Marichal versus Roseboro Game.

In 1971, Tito Fuentes committed twenty-three errors at second base, the most by any second baseman in the National League. In 1972, Tito Fuentes committed twenty-nine errors at second, the most by any second baseman in the National League. In 1973, Tito Fuentes committed six errors at second, setting a new National League record for fielding percentage by a second baseman (.993)! The mark still stands in San Francisco, but the senior circuit record was initially broken by Ryne Sandberg (.994) in 1986, then once more in 2012. Who holds the current record (.997)? [Answer]

Mel Ott was a left-handed hitter. Ron Hunt was a right-handed hitter. Why did we mention this here? Because when Tito Fuentes was hit-by-a-pitch three times in the same game, on September 13, 1973, he became the first switch-hitter in Giants franchise history to tie the National League record for hit-by-pitch in a game.

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Tito Fuentes | Giants Wall of Fame | 23 September 2008
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Fifty years after the New York Giants moved to San Francisco, the franchise inducted forty-eight players into the San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame. The wall was unveiled on September 23, 2008, and its physically located at Oracle Park, on King Street. Tito Fuentes has a plaque (pictured above) on the Giants Wall of Fame!