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Jose Vizcaino

Jose Vizcaino
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 223 of 1233 players

Jose Luis Pimental Vizcaino
Born: March 26, 1968 at San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Throws: Right Bats: Both
Height: 6.01 Weight: 180

Jose Vizcaino was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on July 22, 2019.

First Mets game: April 4, 1994
Last Mets game: July 28, 1996

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HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

murphy
I'm pretty sure we got Vizcaino for Anthony Young, which makes it one of the more lopsided trades in the '90s for the Mets. Not quite Ron Darling and Walt Terrell for Lee Mazzilli, but not bad.

WenZo
April 11, 2001
Bring Jose Vizcaino back he bats better than Ordonez and plays the SS position just as well. (we don't need all that jazz)

DENNIS
April 28, 2001
Was an excellent player who could play second, short, or third, was a switch-hitter and team player who hit for power & average. So the Mets trade him to bring up ordonez who plays only one position, is a crybaby, and still can not hit. Another one of the Mets many bonehead moves.

Rich S.
November 13, 2001
I remember he was drilled in the knee by Steve Avery for supposedly showing up the Braves somehow (I can't remember how but I don't think he did - he wasn't (isn't) that kind of player). Anyway, he was out for a couple of weeks as a result, but it seemed the rest of the team didn't really come to his defense, which was kind of sad but unfortunately seemed to epitomize the teams of the mid-90's.

Mr. Sparkle
November 15, 2001
I always liked Jose. He was a decent, although not outstanding player. A good guy to have but not the type of everyday player you want if you are building a winning ballclub unless you have a ton of other studs. I hated seeing him win a ring with the Scumbags. Always loved his goggles. Jose raised his arms while on 2nd base after someone else hit a homer off of Avery. Next time up Avery plunked him. God forbid you show alittle excitement on the field. That baby Avery totally over reacted and I've hated him ever since.

HERBERT SWEET
June 30, 2003
Vizciano and Strawberry were the only two players ever to play for the Mets,Yankees,Dodgers,and Giants.

Mr. Sparkle
September 4, 2003
Best offensive shortstop in team history. Since Hojo was really a 3rd baseman, Jose gets the nod as best SS to swing the bat. That's sad. Thank God for Jose Reyes.

Jonathan Stern
October 29, 2005
Boy, did it hurt to see Vizcaino get that Subway Series, Game 1-winning hit off Turk Wendell. It hurts even more to watch the official MLB video of that World Series (Mets fans: watch at own risk) and see Jose referred to by the narrator as a new Yankee legend. At times, I do wonder whether Ordonez was that much of an upgrade over Vizcaino. He may not have been an upgrade in any way. But, of course, hindsight is always 20-20. Which begs the following question: were any of you really surprised when "Kent and Vizcaino for Baerga and Espinosa" turned out to be but another misguided Mets deal?

cholorad
November 16, 2006
I'm sure he is a nice guy but I cannot stand him since that game winning single in game 1 of the 2000 WS. Plus I think he got another ring with the annoying Cards of 2006.

Alex
January 17, 2023
Vizcaino was an underrated Met. Easy to forget he played with them. Usually I don't remember him as a Met unless I see a baseball card of him in their uniform, then it's like, "oh yeah ..."
He hit .282 for them overall and .294 between 1995 and 1996, his final two campaigns with the club. It's a shame his best years came when the club was in some of its worst years.
I've written him two autograph requests in my day. The first was sent in 2018; he didn't sign. He did sign in 1.5 years after I sent to him in 2019.

Dave VW
February 23, 2023
Congrats on the signature, Alex. I like reading the through-the-mail interactions you have with former players and learning who is nice and who decides to be a ghost.
I believe Vizcaino played his first game as a Met when the team christened the Ballpark in Arlington in an exhibition game at Texas on April 1, 1994. Jose was only acquired two days prior in a very late spring trade -- the Mets sending Anthony Young and a promising left-hand pitcher named Ottis Smith to Chicago for the shortstop (a very good deal in hindsight). The Mets were actually big-time wheeling-and-dealing as the 1994 season approached, as they traded for David Segui from Baltimore on March 27, Robert Person from Florida the same day as obtaining Vizcaino, and Rico Brogna from Detroit on March 31. All those players would go on to be big contributors for New York.
Batting as the designated hitter against the Rangers, Vizcaino did not get off to a great start, going 0-4. He struck out in his first at-bat leading off the game, was thrown out bunting in the 3rd, grounded out to second in the 5th, walked and scored a run in the Mets' 8-run 6th inning, and grounded into an inning-ending double play in the 7th. Despite his struggles, the Mets won, 10-7.