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Joel
Huertas		  
Nickname: The Spade
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 180
 
Born: September 19, 1991 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2020    2021    2022    2025    2026   
Tyson Bacon Award 2018   
Zachary Matthews Award 2016   
Post Season MVP Award 2021   
All-Star Selections 2018    2019    2023    2027   
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
2012 20 FL FF     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
2013 21 FL FF     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 5
2014 22 FL FF $ 300,000   5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 8 6 6 6
2015 23 FL FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
2016 24 FL FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
2017 25 FL FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
2018 26 FL FF $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6
2019 27 FL FF $ 300,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
2020 28 FL FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 5 6
2021 29 WA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
2022 30 WA GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
2023 31 WA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
2024 32 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 8 5 5 5
2025 33 WA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2026 34 WA GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2027 35 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
2028 36 WA GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3
2029 37 WA GE $ 2,840,000   4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,840,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2012 20 A   126 333 70 94 7 0 14 47 19 4 70 34 .282 .407 .429 .836 64.7  
2013 21 AAA   137 516 69 142 18 3 13 62 18 13 68 59 .275 .360 .397 .757 75.1  
2014 22 FL FF 88 329 43 76 12 2 4 25 15 14 35 59 .231 .313 .316 .629 30.7 3.7
    AAA   61 229 33 57 8 2 9 23 14 14 37 30 .249 .353 .419 .773 33.9  
2015 23 FL FF 150 586 65 155 22 4 7 38 18 14 48 97 .265 .323 .352 .674 64.7 11.6
2016 24 FL FF 152 584 80 159 25 3 19 55 24 9 73 78 .272 .353 .423 .776 88.9 24.5
2017 25 FL FF 158 617 102 194 27 5 14 63 32 15 62 70 .314 .376 .442 .819 99.8 28.7
2018 26 FL FF 157 630 107 226 29 4 17 86 28 13 72 69 .359 .424 .498 .922 121.9 34.4
2019 27 FL FF 155 631 146 214 37 3 28 86 33 17 95 59 .339 .425 .540 .966 135.3 36.1
2020 28 FL FF 103 382 75 128 17 0 19 58 21 10 57 45 .335 .421 .529 .950 79.2 21.0
2021 29 FL FF 49 181 18 43 3 1 1 19 7 3 24 21 .238 .329 .282 .610 18.7 2.4
  WA GE 102 403 74 138 21 4 13 48 15 8 49 39 .342 .413 .511 .924 77.9 19.8
  TOT   151 584 92 181 24 5 14 67 22 11 73 60 .310 .387 .440 .827 96.7 22.2
2022 30 WA GE 154 606 119 184 21 5 22 83 45 13 72 73 .304 .376 .464 .839 106.3 24.3
2023 31 WA GE 153 633 114 182 23 3 16 65 31 13 66 70 .288 .354 .409 .763 91.6 17.2
2024 32 WA GE 158 623 88 156 21 4 13 59 25 21 66 109 .250 .323 .360 .682 73.8 11.3
2025 33 WA GE 152 605 91 166 23 6 23 95 19 20 35 96 .274 .314 .446 .760 77.7 14.1
2026 34 WA GE 153 601 76 180 24 4 17 94 1 1 50 94 .300 .350 .438 .788 87.4 18.1
2027 35 WA GE 149 617 103 198 24 5 18 66 24 14 49 104 .321 .369 .464 .833 101.8 20.8
2028 36 WA GE 155 567 72 157 21 3 13 80 17 9 62 90 .277 .346 .393 .739 76.6 14.6
2029 37 WA GE 155 558 70 157 14 0 15 83 20 10 53 96 .281 .345 .387 .732 71.7 13.2
16 Years Sim 2343 9153 1443 2713 364 56 259 1103 375 204 968 1269 .296 .363 .433 .797 1404.0 315.8
2 Years AAA 198 745 102 199 26 5 22 85 32 27 105 89 .267 .355 .404 .759 109.0  
1 Years A 126 333 70 94 7 0 14 47 19 4 70 34 .282 .406 .429 .835 64.7  
3 Years Minors 324 1078 172 293 33 5 36 132 51 31 175 123 .272 .371 .412 .783 173.7  
162 Game Average 632 99 187 25 3 17 76 25 14 66 87 .296 .363 .433 .797 97.1  
Career Highs 158 633 146 226 37 6 28 95 45 21 95 109 .359 .425 .540 .966 135.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   6950 1090 2011 280 43 190 802 288 156 705 990 .289 .355 .424 .779 1036.4
vs LH   2203 353 702 84 13 69 301 87 48 263 279 .319 .391 .463 .854 387.0
Home 1180 4510 692 1345 166 32 120 519 196 114 475 656 .298 .364 .429 .793 695.6
Away 1163 4643 751 1368 198 24 139 584 179 90 493 613 .295 .363 .437 .800 727.8
RISP   1938 0 597 73 9 58 824 0 0 244 267 .308 .377 .445 .822 328.2
Pinch Hitting   109 13 30 3 1 1 16 1 3 15 13 .275 .360 .349 .709 13.9
Close/Late   1131 146 329 49 3 32 156 0 2 116 167 .291 .356 .424 .780 168.8
Mar/Apr 335 1337 214 386 49 11 42 184 69 38 142 176 .289 .357 .436 .793 206.4
May 377 1457 245 428 51 12 44 194 66 21 164 211 .294 .364 .436 .799 235.2
June 408 1604 230 461 66 6 40 172 49 25 165 233 .287 .354 .411 .765 233.1
July 359 1437 219 417 54 11 28 153 57 29 133 204 .290 .351 .402 .753 200.9
August 411 1583 242 486 75 8 50 193 58 48 167 212 .307 .373 .459 .832 257.4
Sep/Oct 453 1735 293 535 69 8 55 207 76 43 197 233 .308 .379 .452 .831 290.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2014 22 FL FF 2B 86 83 716.0 153 319 5 60 .990 5.93   2.5
2015 23 FL FF 2B 146 145 1238.0 319 483 13 112 .984 5.83   4.6
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2016 24 FL FF 2B 140 134 1201.7 292 469 10 105 .987 5.70   2.8
    SS 10 7 70.7 10 26 1 4 .973 4.59   0.1
2017 25 FL FF 2B 143 140 1273.0 283 486 20 111 .975 5.44   4.4
    SS 7 3 32.7 5 10 1 1 .938 4.13   0.1
    LF 4 1 17.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65   0.0
2018 26 FL FF 2B 148 139 1272.7 286 509 16 114 .980 5.62   7.1
    LF 5 4 38.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    SS 4 0 9.0 0 3 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
2019 27 FL FF 2B 151 148 1353.0 293 520 15 117 .982 5.41   7.4
    LF 3 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
2020 28 FL FF 2B 99 95 854.0 191 291 8 72 .984 5.08   4.1
    SS 3 1 13.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 5.54   0.1
2021 29 FL FF 2B 47 46 400.0 78 151 4 27 .983 5.15   2.0
    LF 1 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90   0.0
  WA GE 2B 97 96 879.3 172 332 9 60 .982 5.16   5.9
    LF 3 0 6.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.30   0.0
  TOT   2B 144 142 1279.3 250 483 13 87 .983 5.16   7.8
      LF 4 0 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
2022 30 WA GE 2B 136 134 1196.3 215 435 7 91 .989 4.89   8.3
    LF 15 14 130.0 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2023 31 WA GE 2B 145 143 1275.7 268 456 13 94 .982 5.11   8.2
    SS 7 6 55.0 9 16 2 2 .926 4.09   0.2
    LF 3 0 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
2024 32 WA GE 2B 106 104 954.7 199 320 10 70 .981 4.89   5.3
    LF 44 43 389.7 95 2 0 1 1.000 2.24   1.1
    SS 3 0 6.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2025 33 WA GE LF 131 126 1155.3 270 2 3 0 .989 2.12   2.2
    2B 12 9 89.0 21 29 1 6 .980 5.06   0.6
    RF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 2 0 8.0 3 3 0 3 1.000 6.75   0.0
    1B 1 1 8.0 7 3 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
2026 34 WA GE 3B 144 143 1316.0 103 302 30 23 .931 2.77   3.2
    LF 6 5 46.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.1
    SS 2 0 8.3 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.32   0.1
2027 35 WA GE 2B 146 144 1271.7 247 485 22 103 .971 5.18   4.3
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2028 36 WA GE 2B 144 138 1235.7 267 442 10 96 .986 5.16   5.0
    SS 4 0 8.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 3 0 5.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.07   0.0
2029 37 WA GE 2B 142 139 1202.0 269 438 12 100 .983 5.29   4.2
    3B 6 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 2 0 5.7 1 3 1 1 .800 6.36   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  2B 1888 1837 16412.6 3553 6165 175 1338 .982 5.33   76.7
  LF 216 193 1809.0 431 4 3 1 .993 2.16   4.0
  3B 153 143 1329.3 104 306 30 23 .932 2.78   3.2
  SS 45 17 218.3 32 75 6 12 .947 4.41   0.7
  RF 3 1 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  1B 1 1 8.0 7 3 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   2307 2192 19791.2 4131 6553 214 1375 .980 4.86   84.7
Career Highs   157 149 1370.3 320 520 30 117 .990 5.93    
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
2017 25 FL FF 5 20 3 6 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 .300 .391 .400 .791
2018 26 FL FF 5 18 4 10 2 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 .556 .609 .667 1.275
2019 27 FL FF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 28 FL FF 16 63 10 14 0 0 3 11 1 0 9 10 .222 .319 .365 .685
2021 29 WA GE 14 58 12 21 6 0 3 7 1 2 8 4 .362 .439 .621 1.060
2022 30 WA GE 20 75 14 30 2 0 3 12 5 1 9 6 .400 .464 .547 1.011
2023 31 WA GE 7 27 4 10 2 1 0 1 2 0 5 4 .370 .469 .519 .987
2024 32 WA GE 5 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 .050 .174 .050 .224
2025 33 WA GE 12 46 8 9 2 0 1 5 1 0 6 4 .196 .288 .304 .593
2026 34 WA GE 20 84 11 26 4 0 3 10 0 0 5 10 .310 .348 .464 .813
2027 35 WA GE 5 20 6 6 1 0 2 3 2 0 3 4 .300 .391 .650 1.041
Career Post-Season Batting 110 433 74 133 21 1 15 53 16 5 55 48 .307 .384 .464 .849
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
2017-2-.314
2018-1-.359
2019-6-.339
2027-3-.321
 On-Base Pct
2017-9-.376
2018-2-.424
2019-3-.425
 Slugging Pct
2017-10-.442
2018-3-.498
2019-2-.540
 OPS
2017-9-.819
2018-2-.922
2019-2-.966
2021-10-.832*
 XR
2016-8-88.9
2017-1-99.8
2018-1-121.9
2019-1-135.3
2022-6-106.3
2027-10-101.8
CAR-19-1404.0
 Games
2017-6-158
2018-10-157
2024-4-158
CAR-35-2343
At-Bats
2015-10-586
2017-2-617
2018-2-630
2019-3-631
2022-5-606
2023-3-633
2024-6-623
2025-8-605
2026-7-601
2027-2-617
CAR-19-9153
 Runs
2017-1-102
2018-1-107
2019-1-146
2022-3-119
2023-4-114
2025-10-91
2027-8-103
CAR-17-1443
 Hits
2017-1-194
2018-1-226
2019-1-214
2022-9-184
2023-9-182
2026-5-180
2027-1-198
CAR-16-2713
 Total Bases
2016-10-247
2017-4-273
2018-1-314
2019-1-341
2022-9-281
2027-9-286
CAR-22-3966
 Singles
2017-2-148
2018-2-176
2019-6-146
2023-6-140
2026-5-135
2027-1-151
CAR-14-2034
 Doubles
2018-9-29
2019-3-37
Triples
2017-4-5
2018-10-4
 Homeruns
2019-3-28
 RBIs
2018-9-86
CAR-41-1103
 Stolen Bases
2017-7-32
2022-4-45
CAR-39-375
 Caught Stealing
2015-10-14
2017-5-15
2019-5-17
2024-4-21
2025-5-20
CAR-16-204
 Walks
2019-4-95
CAR-32-968
Strikeouts
2024-4-109
2025-10-96
2026-10-94
2027-4-104
2029-9-96
CAR-33-1269
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 100    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Florida in 2012
Injured on 4/20/2013 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 6/12/2014, off Edgardo Castillo (NC)
Injured on 7/19/2014 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/6/2014, off Cleo Sainz (DC)
Won Mays Award at Second Base in 2016
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2017, hitting .433 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2017, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New York on 8/7/2018
Won FFL Babe Ruth Award in 2018, hitting .359 with 17 HR, 86 RBI (received 69.2% of votes cast)
Had 5 hits with 5 RBI against Maine on 4/28/2019
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2019, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2019, hitting .406 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2019, hitting .364 with 9 HR, 17 RBI
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 9/1/2019
Injured on 10/6/2019 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Ruth Award in 2019, hitting .339 with 28 HR, 86 RBI
Injured on 5/1/2020 with a Inflamed Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tennessee on 6/9/2020
Won Player of the Week award on 6/14/2020, hitting .615 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2020, hitting .382 with 6 HR, 15 RBI
Injured on 7/2/2020 with a Strained Calf Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/14/2020 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Won National Cup Series with Florida in 2020
Traded from Florida to Washington on 6/1/2021 (Going to WA: C Bill Worm, 2B Joel Huertas. Going to FL: C Yuuhiko Shosuke, P Alfonso Manrique, WA's 1st-4th round picks in 2022)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2021, hitting .538 with 1 HR, 2 RBI
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2021
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/2022, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Had 39-game hitting streak snapped on 8/23/2022
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2022
Was selected to the 2023 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Idaho, driving in 6 runs on 8/27/2023
Had 2000th career hit on 9/10/2025, off Carlos Horizon (KS)
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2025
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2026
Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Colorado on 9/2/2027
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2027, hitting .571 with 2 HR, 2 RBI
 
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