Manny Mota

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1962-1982)

Manny Mota was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1982 for 4 teams, including the San Francisco Giants, a span of 21 seasons. In 1,536 career games, he hit .304 with 1,149 hits, 31 home runs, and 438 RBI. Manny Mota was an All-Star. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 5,836.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated

AVG .304
HR 31
RBI 438
H 1,149
OPS .744
PIV 5,836
Position
Outfielder
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'10" / 160 lb
Born
2/18/1938 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
MLB Debut
1962-04-16
Last Game
1982-09-01
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Manuel Rafael Mota

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Career Batting Statistics

Manny Mota — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1,536 3,779 496 1,149 125 52 31 438 50 289 320 .304 .355 .389 .744 5,836

Career AVG .304 vs. league average .254 across their career seasons — +19.8% above league average.

Career OBP .355 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — +11.0% above league average.

Career SLG .389 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .744 vs. league average .695 across their career seasons — +7.0% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Manny Mota Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1962 SFN NL 47 74 9 13 1 0 0 9 3 7 8 .176 .257 (-32%) .326 (-22%) .393 (-52%) .719 (-39%) -442.7
1963 PIT NL 59 126 20 34 2 3 0 7 0 7 18 .270 .246 (+10%) .308 (+1%) .371 (-10%) .680 (-5%) -94.1
1964 PIT NL 115 271 43 75 8 3 5 32 4 10 31 .277 .250 (+10%) .312 (-1%) .377 (+2%) .690 (avg) -22.9
1965 PIT NL 121 294 47 82 7 6 4 29 2 22 32 .279 .245 (+14%) .310 (+6%) .371 (+3%) .682 (+5%) 228.5
1966 PIT NL 116 322 54 107 16 7 5 46 7 25 28 .332 .248 (+34%) .309 (+24%) .376 (+25%) .685 (+25%) 1452.0
1967 PIT NL 120 349 53 112 14 8 4 56 3 14 46 .321 .242 (+32%) .306 (+12%) .357 (+23%) .663 (+18%) 956.5
1968 PIT NL 111 331 35 93 10 2 1 33 4 20 19 .281 .236 (+19%) .298 (+7%) .340 (-2%) .638 (+2%) 107.0
1969 MON NL 31 89 6 28 1 1 0 0 1 6 11 .315 .248 (+27%) .320 (+12%) .369 (-6%) .689 (+2%) 46.4
1969 LAN NL 85 294 35 95 6 4 3 30 5 26 25 .323 .248 (+30%) .320 (+18%) .369 (+9%) .689 (+13%) 46.4
1970 LAN NL 124 417 63 127 12 6 3 37 11 47 37 .305 .253 (+20%) .325 (+16%) .385 (avg) .711 (+7%) 710.4
1971 LAN NL 91 269 24 84 13 5 0 34 4 20 20 .312 .249 (+25%) .316 (+14%) .365 (+9%) .682 (+11%) 518.0
1972 LAN NL 118 371 57 120 16 5 5 48 4 27 15 .323 .243 (+33%) .310 (+21%) .353 (+23%) .664 (+22%) 1455.7
1973 LAN NL 89 293 33 92 11 2 0 23 1 25 12 .314 .256 (+22%) .325 (+13%) .378 (-4%) .703 (+4%) 274.6
1974 LAN NL 66 57 5 16 2 0 0 16 0 5 4 .281 .256 (+9%) .324 (+1%) .369 (-14%) .693 (-7%) -76.9
1975 LAN NL 52 49 3 13 1 0 0 10 0 5 1 .265 — — — — -31.8
1976 LAN NL 50 52 1 15 3 0 0 13 0 7 5 .288 .255 (+13%) .320 (+15%) .360 (-4%) .681 (+5%) 58.4
1977 LAN NL 49 38 5 15 1 0 1 4 1 10 0 .395 — — — — 0.0
1978 LAN NL 37 33 2 10 1 0 0 6 0 3 4 .303 — — — — 0.0
1979 LAN NL 47 42 1 15 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 .357 — — — — 0.0
1980 LAN NL 7 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .429 — — — — 0.0
1982 LAN NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 21 seasons 1,536 3,779 496 1,149 125 52 31 438 50 289 320 .304 — — — — 5,186

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Manny Mota — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
10 8 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 1 .375

Playoff Batting by Year

Manny Mota — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1978 NLCS LAN 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1978 WS LAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
1977 NLCS LAN 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1977 WS LAN 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
1974 NLCS LAN 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Manny Mota — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home805193027059318220.307
Away731184922655613217.301

Last 10 Games — Batting

Manny Mota — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1982-09-01 LADSTLL 100000000
1980-10-05 LADHOUW 101000100
1980-10-02 LADSFGL 101000000
1980-09-30 LADSFGW 100000000
1980-09-25 LADSFGL 100000000
1980-09-24 LADSFGW 101000100
1980-09-10 LADHOUL 100000000
1980-09-04 LADPHIL 100000000
1979-09-30 LADHOUL 101000000
1979-09-29 LADHOUL 101000000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Manny Mota — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
2B 6 1 6 7 0 1
3B 15 6 14 19 2 3
C 1 0 2 0 0 0
OF 1021 785 1459 57 33 12

Season-by-Season Fielding

Manny Mota — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1962 SFN 2B 3 1 5 3 0 0
1962 SFN 3B 7 4 9 12 2 2
1962 SFN OF 27 7 24 3 0 0
1963 PIT 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT OF 37 25 40 1 2 0
1964 PIT 2B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1964 PIT C 1 0 2 0 0 0
1964 PIT OF 93 54 120 4 5 1
1965 PIT OF 95 58 127 5 2 1
1966 PIT 3B 4 2 2 1 0 0
1966 PIT OF 96 68 150 3 1 0
1967 PIT 3B 2 0 3 5 0 1
1967 PIT OF 99 78 153 9 2 2
1968 PIT 2B 1 0 1 3 0 1
1968 PIT 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT OF 92 77 149 5 3 1
1969 MON OF 22 21 39 0 4 0
1969 LAN OF 80 70 118 8 4 2
1970 LAN 3B 1 0 0 1 0 0
1970 LAN OF 111 99 172 8 5 3
1971 LAN OF 80 64 108 3 4 1
1972 LAN OF 99 85 141 3 1 1
1973 LAN OF 74 71 96 4 0 0
1974 LAN OF 3 1 1 0 0 0
1975 LAN OF 5 3 9 0 0 0
1976 LAN OF 6 3 11 1 0 0
1977 LAN OF 1 1 1 0 0 0
1979 LAN OF 1 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Manny Mota Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Catcher 1
Second Base 6
Third Base 16
Left Field 726
Center Field 271
Right Field 120

Awards & Honors

Manny Mota — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1979 Player of the Week Week of 1979-09-01

Award Voting History

Manny Mota — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1972 Most Valuable Player NL 23th 4.0 336 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Manny Mota (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Debs Garms
    .293 avg, 17 HR
  2. 96
    Jim Eisenreich
    .290 avg, 52 HR
  3. 95
    Frank Demaree
    .299 avg, 72 HR
  4. 95
    Taylor Douthit
    .291 avg, 29 HR
  5. 94
    Frank Baumholtz
    .290 avg, 25 HR
  6. 94
    Mule Haas
    .292 avg, 43 HR

Manny Mota: the record in brief

April 16, 1962 and September 1, 1982 bracket Manny Mota's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the San Francisco Giants (1962), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1963 to 1968), the Montreal Expos (1969), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969 through 1982). The bio lists Mota as an outfielder who threw and hit right-handed. Mota is listed at 5 feet, 10 inches and 160 pounds. Mota was born on February 18, 1938, in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R. Manny Mota was the playing name; the full given name is Manuel Rafael.

Mota's career batting table shows 1,536 games, 3,779 at bats and 1,149 hits, a .304 average, adding 31 home runs, 438 RBI, and 50 stolen bases. Mota's career OPS of .744 combines a .355 on-base mark with .389 slugging. The league as a whole hit .254 across Mota's seasons, which puts the .304 career mark 19.8% above average. By OPS the gap is 7.0% above league average (.744 against .695).

Frequently Asked Questions about Manny Mota

What years did Manny Mota play?
Manny Mota played in Major League Baseball from 1962 to 1982.
Was Manny Mota a pitcher?
No. Manny Mota was a position player (Outfielder).
How many home runs did Manny Mota hit?
Manny Mota hit 31 career home runs with 1,149 hits.
What teams did Manny Mota play for?
Manny Mota played for 4 teams: the San Francisco Giants (1962), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1963–1968), the Montreal Expos (1969), and the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969–1980, 1982).
Did Manny Mota win an MVP award?
No. Manny Mota did not win the MVP award.
What awards did Manny Mota win?
Manny Mota was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Manny Mota's career stats?
In 1,536 games, Manny Mota had 1,149 hits, 31 home runs, 438 RBI, 496 runs, and 50 stolen bases, with a .304 batting average.
What position did Manny Mota play?
Manny Mota played primarily as an outfielder, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Manny Mota and how much did he weigh?
Manny Mota was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 160 pounds.
How many home runs did Manny Mota hit each season?
Manny Mota's home runs by season: 0 in 1962, 0 in 1963, 5 in 1964, 4 in 1965, 5 in 1966, 4 in 1967, 1 in 1968, 3 in 1969, 3 in 1970, 0 in 1971, 5 in 1972, 0 in 1973, 0 in 1974, 0 in 1975, 0 in 1976, 1 in 1977, 0 in 1978, 0 in 1979, 0 in 1980, and 0 in 1982. His most in one season was 5, in 1964, 1966, and 1972.
What was Manny Mota's career batting average?
Manny Mota batted .304 over his career, with 1,149 hits in 3,779 at bats.
How many RBI did Manny Mota have?
Manny Mota drove in 438 runs in his career.
Is Manny Mota in the Hall of Fame?
No. Manny Mota has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Manny Mota make?
Manny Mota was selected to 1 All-Star Game.