Luis Alvarado

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 162lb (175cm, 73kg)

Born: January 15, 1949 in Lajas, Puerto Rico pr

Died: March 20, 2001 in Lajas, Puerto Rico

Debut: September 13, 1968 (Age 19-242d, 12,759th in major league history)
vs. MIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 30, 1977 (Age 28-105d)
vs. MIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Luis Cesar Alvarado

Nicknames: Pimba

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.2

1160

248

.214

116

RBI

OBP

.247

SLG

.271

OPS

.517

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1967	18	BOS-min	A	118	478	437	59	97	15	3	8	43	13	4	31	65	.222	.281	.325	.606		142		6	1	3			WLO · MIDW
1968	19	BOS-min	AA	129	526	486	55	125	16	1	0	29	9	7	29	57	.257	.299	.294	.594		143		2	5	4			PFD · EL
1968	19	BOS	AL	11	49	46	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.130	.167	.174	.341	1	8	1	1	1	0	0	6
1969	20	BOS-min	AAA	137	604	568	89	166	30	8	4	62	11	5	25	83	.292	.324	.394	.718		224		4	2	5			LOU · IL
1969	20	BOS	AL	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6H
1970	21	BOS-min	AAA	69	322	294	43	59	12	1	2	23	4	2	22	28	.201	.254	.269	.523		79		0	3	3			LOU · IL
1970	21	BOS	AL	59	196	183	19	41	11	0	1	10	1	2	9	30	.224	.258	.301	.558	49	55	5	0	2	2	2	56/H
1971	22	CHW	AL	99	278	264	22	57	14	1	0	8	1	2	11	34	.216	.246	.277	.523	47	73	2	0	2	1	2	6H4
1972	23	CHW	AL	103	269	254	30	54	4	1	4	29	2	2	13	36	.213	.254	.283	.537	58	72	12	1	1	0	5	64H/5
1973	24	CHW	AL	80	211	203	21	47	7	2	0	20	6	2	4	20	.232	.250	.286	.536	49	58	3	1	3	0	0	46H5/D
1974	25	TOT	MLB	86	175	160	16	31	4	0	0	13	1	1	8	21	.194	.229	.219	.448	29	35	4	0	5	2	0	46H/D5
1974	25	TOT	AL	69	135	124	13	26	2	0	0	12	1	1	6	15	.210	.244	.226	.470	37	28	3	0	4	1	0	4H6/D5
1974	25	CHW	AL	8	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	-43	1	0	0	0	0	0	/H645D
1974	25	STL	NL	17	40	36	3	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.139	.179	.194	.374	5	7	1	0	1	1	0	6
1974	25	CLE	AL	61	125	114	12	25	2	0	0	12	1	1	6	14	.219	.256	.237	.493	44	27	3	0	4	1	0	4H/6D

1975	26	STL-CLE-min	AAA	117																									TUL,OKC · AA
1976	27	STL-min	AAA	130	536	490	65	137	38	2	11	72	3	5	37	62	.280	.327	.433	.760		212		1	1	7			TUL · AA
1976	27	STL	NL	16	45	42	5	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	.286	.333	.310	.643	83	13	0	0	0	0	1	4/H
1977	28	SDP-min	AAA	7	29	26	6	12	1	1	0	5	1	0	2	1	.462	.500	.577	1.077		15		0	1	0			HAW · PCL
1977	28	TOT	MLB	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/54
1977	28	NYM	NL	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1977	28	DET	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
9 Yrs				463	1231	1160	116	248	43	4	5	84	11	10	49	160	.214	.247	.271	.517	46	314	27	3	14	5	10
162 Game Avg.				162	431	406	41	87	15	1	2	29	4	3	17	56	.214	.247	.271	.517	46	110	9	1	5	2	3

CHW (4 yrs)				290	768	731	74	159	25	4	4	57	9	6	28	91	.218	.248	.279	.527	50	204	17	2	6	1	7
BOS (3 yrs)				76	250	234	22	47	13	0	1	11	1	3	10	43	.201	.235	.269	.504	37	63	6	1	3	2	2
STL (2 yrs)				33	85	78	8	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	12	.218	.262	.256	.518	47	20	1	0	1	1	1
NYM (1 yr)				1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				61	125	114	12	25	2	0	0	12	1	1	6	14	.219	.256	.237	.493	44	27	3	0	4	1	0
DET (1 yr)				2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				429	1144	1080	108	231	40	4	5	80	11	10	44	148	.214	.246	.272	.518	46	294	26	3	13	4	9
NL (3 yrs)				34	87	80	8	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	12	.213	.256	.250	.506	43	20	1	0	1	1	1

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