Dave Concepción

Shortstop

1970—1988

Player LeveL

Star

Top 100 Rank

NR

Shortstop RANK

#48

Player Detail

David Ismael

GIVEN NAME

Concepcion

SURNAME

June 17, 1948, in Ocumare de la Costa, Aragua, Venezuela

BORN

STILL LIVING

DIED

1970—1988

Playing Career

Played from 22-40

PLAYING AGE

Cincinnati Reds

Teams Played For

Shortstop

PRIMARY POSITION

Big Red Machine

PRIMARY TEAM

1975-76

World Series titles

El Rey, Elmer

NICKNAME

13 UNIFORM NUMBER

#3 IN LINEUP

BATTING ORDER

6-2 / 155

HEIGHT / WEIGHT

Right / Right

BATTED / THREW

April 6, 1970

Major League Debut

September 15, 1988

FINAL GAME

— Top 50 Shortstop —

— Reds ALL-TIME TEAM —

WHO IS Dave Concepción?

Long-limbed shortstop for The Big Red Machine, liked to bounce his throws off the astroturf.

Concepcion and teammate Joe Morgan are the only shortstop/second baseman teammates to both win Gold Gloves in four consecutive seasons. They did so from 1974-77.

50

HITTING

50

POWER

60

RUNNING

70

FIELDING

70

THROWING

20 = NOT MLB CALIBER

30 = WELL BELOW AVG

40 = Below Average

50 = MLB AVERAGE

60 = ABOVE AVG

70 = EXCELLENT

80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES	HITS	HR	RBI	AVG
2488	2326	101	950	.267

9 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS	JAWS BY HOFER
34.9	55.4

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS	LG OPS	COMP
.679	.631	108.1

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG	OBP	SLG
.267	.322	.357

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Bill Russell

Larry Bowa

Chris Speier

Tim Foli

HOME BATTING

AVG	OBP	SLG
.270	.328	.370

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:

First Base:

Second Base:

Shortstop:

Third Base:

Left Field:

Center Field:

Right Field:

Pitcher:

pitcher:

manager:

Johnny Bench

Tony Perez

Joe Morgan

Barry Larkin

Pete Rose

George Foster

Cesar Geronimo

Ken Griffey Sr.

Gary Nolan

Tom Seaver

Sparky Anderson