San Francisco Giants: Success Without Shortstop Omar Vizquel?

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Omar Vizquel of the San Francisco Giants has torn the medial meniscus cartilage in his right knee and is expected to miss four to five weeks of playing time during the season. Omar Vizquel, turning 41 in April, will soon meet with a team doctor.

Vizquel is quoted as saying, "My knee was feeling good. I wanted to give it a hard shot in order to make a decision. It didn't work. I felt a little pop when I was running."

He does say on the news that he wants a speedy recovery.

In his absence, Kevin Frandsen will take over the shortstop position, which ends Frandsen's competition with Ray Durham at second base.

Source: MLB.com

Hitting Stats..

SEASON	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1989	Seattle Mariners	143	387	45	85	7	3	1	20	101	28	40	1	4	.273	.261	.220
1990	Seattle Mariners	81	255	19	63	3	2	2	18	76	18	22	4	1	.295	.298	.247
1991	Seattle Mariners	142	426	42	98	16	4	1	41	125	45	37	7	2	.302	.293	.230
1992	Seattle Mariners	136	483	49	142	20	4	0	21	170	32	38	15	13	.340	.352	.294
1993	Seattle Mariners	158	560	68	143	14	2	2	31	167	50	71	12	14	.319	.298	.255
1994	Cleveland Indians	69	286	39	78	10	1	1	33	93	23	23	13	4	.325	.325	.273
1995	Cleveland Indians	136	542	87	144	28	0	6	56	190	59	59	29	11	.333	.351	.266
1996	Cleveland Indians	151	542	98	161	36	1	9	64	226	56	42	35	9	.362	.417	.297
1997	Cleveland Indians	153	565	89	158	23	6	5	49	208	57	58	43	12	.347	.368	.280
1998	Cleveland Indians	151	576	86	166	30	6	2	50	214	62	64	37	12	.358	.372	.288
1999	Cleveland Indians	144	574	112	191	36	4	5	66	250	65	50	42	9	.397	.436	.333
2000	Cleveland Indians	156	613	101	176	27	3	7	66	230	87	72	22	10	.377	.375	.287
2001	Cleveland Indians	155	611	84	156	26	8	2	50	204	61	72	13	9	.323	.334	.255
2002	Cleveland Indians	151	582	85	160	31	5	14	72	243	56	64	18	10	.341	.418	.275
2003	Cleveland Indians	64	250	43	61	13	2	2	19	84	29	20	8	3	.321	.336	.244
2004	Cleveland Indians	148	567	82	165	28	3	7	59	220	57	62	19	6	.353	.388	.291
2005	San Francisco Giants	152	568	66	154	28	4	3	45	199	56	58	24	10	.341	.350	.271
2006	San Francisco Giants	153	579	88	171	22	10	4	58	225	56	51	24	7	.361	.389	.295
2007	San Francisco Giants	145	513	54	126	18	3	4	51	162	44	48	14	6	.305	.316	.246

Career Totals		2588	9479	1337	2598	416	71	77	869	3387	941	951	380	152	.340	.357	.274

Fielding Stats:

SEASON	TEAM	POS	G	GS	INN	TC	PO	A	E	DP	PB	SB	CS	RF	FPCT
1989	Seattle Mariners	SS	143	---	---	614	208	388	18	102	---	---	---	---	.971
1990	Seattle Mariners	SS	81	---	---	349	103	239	7	48	---	---	---	---	.980
1991	Seattle Mariners	2B	1	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	.000
1991	Seattle Mariners	SS	138	---	---	659	224	422	13	105	---	---	---	---	.980
1992	Seattle Mariners	SS	136	---	---	633	223	403	7	92	---	---	---	---	.989
1993	Seattle Mariners	SS	155	---	---	735	245	475	15	108	---	---	---	---	.980
1994	Cleveland Indians	SS	69	---	---	323	113	204	6	54	---	---	---	---	.981
1995	Cleveland Indians	SS	136	---	---	624	210	405	9	84	---	---	---	---	.986
1996	Cleveland Indians	SS	150	---	---	693	226	447	20	91	---	---	---	---	.971
1997	Cleveland Indians	SS	152	---	---	684	245	429	10	98	---	---	---	---	.985
1998	Cleveland Indians	SS	151	---	---	720	273	442	5	94	---	---	---	---	.993
1999	Cleveland Indians	2B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	.000
1999	Cleveland Indians	SS	143	140	1214.1	634	217	402	15	89	---	---	---	4.59	.976
1999	Cleveland Indians	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	0.00	.000
2000	Cleveland Indians	SS	156	154	1328.2	647	230	414	3	99	---	---	---	4.36	.995
2001	Cleveland Indians	SS	154	152	1320.2	640	219	414	7	88	---	---	---	4.31	.989
2002	Cleveland Indians	SS	150	148	1291.0	677	239	431	7	98	---	---	---	4.67	.990
2003	Cleveland Indians	SS	64	63	551.1	324	114	203	7	59	---	---	---	5.17	.978
2004	Cleveland Indians	SS	147	141	1245.0	607	200	396	11	91	---	---	---	4.31	.982
2005	San Francisco Giants	SS	150	144	1292.1	668	234	426	8	81	---	---	---	4.60	.988
2006	San Francisco Giants	SS	152	148	1281.1	599	205	390	4	87	---	---	---	4.18	.993
2007	San Francisco Giants	SS	143	136	1219.1	651	198	444	9	90	---	---	---	4.74	.986

Career Totals			2573	---	---	11481	3926	7374	181	1658	---	---	---	---	.984