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, 12,752nd 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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CHW		CAL	L,2-8	GF	13	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR SS
2	3 (1)	Apr 7	CHW		CAL	T,4-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR SS
3	5 (1)	Apr 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
4	10 (4)	Apr 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4		10	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH SS
5	12 (1)	Apr 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-3	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
6	14 (1)	Apr 20	CHW		KCR	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals
7	24	May 3	STL	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
8	25	May 4	STL	@	HOU	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
9	26	May 5	STL	@	HOU	W,3-1	GF	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
10	27	May 7	STL	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
11	28	May 8	STL	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
12	29	May 10	STL	@	MON	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
13	30	May 11	STL	@	MON	L,1-3	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
14	31	May 13	STL		NYM	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
15	36 (4)	May 19	STL		CHC	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
16	37	May 20	STL		PHI	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
17	39 (1)	May 22	STL		PHI	L,1-7	GS	36	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
18	40	May 24	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
19	41	May 25	STL	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	20	4.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
20	42	May 26	STL	@	CHC	W,7-1	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
21	43	May 27	STL		LAD	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	4	SS
22	44	May 28	STL		LAD	L,5-11	GS	26	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
23	45	May 29	STL		LAD	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Cleveland Indians
24	52	Jun 6	CLE		TEX	L,2-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
25	53	Jun 7	CLE	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
26	54	Jun 9	CLE	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
27	55	Jun 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	GF	20	5.0	5	2	0	7	0	PR 2B
28	56	Jun 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
29	59 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
30	64 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
31	67 (2)	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-3	GF	16	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
32	71 (3)	Jun 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-12	GF	25	5.0	0	2	1	3	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	74 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,9-3	GS	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS 2B
34	77 (2)	Jul 4	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-15	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
35	84 (6)	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
36	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	GS	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	2B
37	86	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	22	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
38	87	Jul 15	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
39	88	Jul 16	CLE		CAL	L,2-11	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH 2B
40	89	Jul 17	CLE		CAL	L,5-7	GF	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	PR 2B
41	95 (5)	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GS	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
42	96	Jul 26	CLE		BAL	L,5-9	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
43	99 (2)	Jul 29	CLE		DET	L,2-8	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
44	100	Jul 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-6	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR 2B
45	101	Jul 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	103 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
47	104	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
48	105	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	0	2B
49	106	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
50	107	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	W,9-7	GS	17	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
51	108	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	2B
52	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	3	3	0	6	2	2B
53	110	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
54	111	Aug 10	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
55	112	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
56	113	Aug 14	CLE		MIN	L,0-1	GS	32	8.0	7	3	0	10	2	2B
57	116 (2)	Aug 17	CLE		TEX	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
58	118 (1)	Aug 20	CLE		KCR	L,0-2	GS	19	5.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
59	119	Aug 21	CLE		KCR	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	1	8	1	2B
60	120	Aug 22	CLE		KCR	L,1-3	GS	26	7.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
61	123 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
62	124	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	GS	35	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
63	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
64	126	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	KCR	W,12-8	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
65	127	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-13	GS	43	8.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B SS
66	128	Aug 28	CLE	@	KCR	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
67	129	Aug 30	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
68	130	Aug 31	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	131	Sep 1	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-10	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
70	133 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	22	4.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
71	134	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
72	137 (2)	Sep 7	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 2B
73	138	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	W,7-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	PR 2B
74	152 (13)	Sep 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
75	156 (3)	Sep 25	CLE		MIL	W,8-3	GS	19	4.0	0	3	2	5	0	SS
76	161 (4)	Oct 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
							76gm		435.1	104	147	11	262	34