Álvaro Espinoza

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela ve

High School: Valencia (Valencia, Venezuela)

Debut: September 14, 1984 (Age 22-208d, 14,978th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 12, 1997 (Age 35-143d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Pat Gibbons

Full Name: Álvaro Alberto Espinoza

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

2478

630

.254

252

RBI

201

OBP

.279

SLG

.331

OPS

.610

OPS+

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

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	NYY	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
2	2	Apr 5	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
3	3	Apr 6	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-7	GS	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
4	4	Apr 7	NYY		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	SS
5	5	Apr 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-11	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
6	6	Apr 9	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
7	8 (1)	Apr 11	NYY		TOR	L,6-11	GS	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
8	9	Apr 12	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
9	10	Apr 14	NYY		MIN	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	11	Apr 16	NYY		MIN	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	3	7	0	10	3	SS
11	12	Apr 17	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-2	GS	27	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
12	13	Apr 18	NYY	@	TOR	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	3	SS
13	14	Apr 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
14	15	Apr 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
15	16	Apr 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
16	17	Apr 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
17	18	Apr 24	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
18	19	Apr 25	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
19	20	Apr 26	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
20	21	Apr 27	NYY	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
21	22	Apr 28	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	SS
22	23	Apr 29	NYY		CHW	W,8-2	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
23	24	Apr 30	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	25	May 2	NYY		KCR	L,3-5	GS	33	7.0	3	5	0	8	0	SS
25	26	May 3	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-4	GS	33	7.0	5	2	0	7	2	SS
26	27	May 4	NYY	@	TEX	W,11-7	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
27	28	May 5	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
28	29	May 6	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
29	30	May 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	25	6.0	1	6	0	7	3	SS
30	31	May 8	NYY		TEX	L,2-13	GS	43	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
31	32	May 9	NYY		TEX	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
32	33	May 12	NYY	@	CAL	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
33	34	May 13	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-6	GS	32	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
34	35	May 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
35	37 (1)	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
36	38	May 17	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
37	40 (1)	May 19	NYY	@	SEA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
38	41	May 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
39	43 (1)	May 24	NYY		CAL	L,4-11	GS	36	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
40	44	May 25	NYY		CAL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
41	45	May 26	NYY		OAK	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
42	46	May 27	NYY		OAK	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	SS
43	48 (1)	May 29	NYY		SEA	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	1	SS
44	49	May 30	NYY		SEA	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
45	50	May 31	NYY		SEA	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	51	Jun 1	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
47	52	Jun 2	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
48	54 (1)	Jun 4	NYY	@	MIL	W,12-9	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
49	55	Jun 5	NYY		BAL	L,3-16	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
50	56	Jun 6	NYY		BAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
51	57	Jun 8	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	57	11.0	2	7	1	10	1	SS
52	58	Jun 10	NYY		BOS	L,8-14	CG	51	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	SS
53	60 (1)	Jun 11 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
54	61	Jun 13	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
55	62	Jun 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
56	63	Jun 15	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	SS
57	64	Jun 16 (1)	NYY		TEX	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	2	8	2	SS
58	65	Jun 16 (2)	NYY		TEX	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
59	66	Jun 17	NYY		TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
60	67	Jun 18	NYY		TEX	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
61	68	Jun 20	NYY		CHW	L,6-13	GS	38	6.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
62	69	Jun 21	NYY		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
63	70	Jun 22	NYY		CHW	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
64	71	Jun 23	NYY	@	KCR	L,0-3	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
65	72	Jun 24	NYY	@	KCR	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
66	74 (1)	Jun 27	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
67	75	Jun 28	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
68	76	Jun 29	NYY	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
69	77	Jun 30	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	80 (2)	Jul 3	NYY		MIL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	SS
71	81	Jul 4	NYY		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
72	82	Jul 5	NYY		DET	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	SS
73	83	Jul 6	NYY		DET	W,6-5	CG	51	11.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
74	84	Jul 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
75	85	Jul 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	6	1	9	2	SS
76	86	Jul 9	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-10	GS	34	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
77	87	Jul 13	NYY		KCR	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
78	88	Jul 14 (1)	NYY		KCR	L,5-14	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
79	89	Jul 14 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,9-7	GF	5	1.0	0	1	1	2	1	SS
80	90	Jul 15	NYY		KCR	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
81	91	Jul 16	NYY		KCR	W,10-1	CG	28	7.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
82	92	Jul 17	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
83	93	Jul 19	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-11	GS	36	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
84	94	Jul 20	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
85	95	Jul 21	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
86	96	Jul 22	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
87	97	Jul 23	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
88	98	Jul 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	5	2	10	3	SS
89	99	Jul 25	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
90	100	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	L,7-9	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
91	101	Jul 28	NYY		TOR	L,2-6	GS	37	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
92	102	Jul 29	NYY		TOR	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
93	103	Jul 30	NYY		TOR	W,7-6	GS	32	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
94	104	Jul 31	NYY		TOR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	106 (1)	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		MIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
96	107	Aug 2 (2)	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	3	6	0	9	1	SS
97	108	Aug 3	NYY		MIN	W,8-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
98	109	Aug 4	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
99	110	Aug 5	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
100	111	Aug 6	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-6	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	SS
101	112	Aug 7	NYY		CLE	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
102	113	Aug 8	NYY		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
103	114	Aug 9	NYY		CLE	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
104	115	Aug 11	NYY	@	MIN	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
105	116	Aug 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	44	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
106	117	Aug 13	NYY	@	MIN	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	SS
107	118	Aug 14	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
108	119	Aug 15	NYY	@	MIL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
109	120	Aug 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	8	0	12	3	SS
110	121	Aug 17	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
111	122	Aug 18	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
112	123	Aug 19	NYY	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
113	124	Aug 20	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
114	125	Aug 21	NYY		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
115	126	Aug 22	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
116	127	Aug 23	NYY		BOS	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
117	128	Aug 24 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
118	129	Aug 24 (2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
119	130	Aug 25	NYY		BAL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
120	131	Aug 26	NYY		BAL	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
121	132	Aug 27	NYY		BAL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
122	133	Aug 28	NYY		OAK	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
123	134	Aug 29	NYY		OAK	L,5-19	GS	41	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
124	135	Aug 30	NYY		OAK	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	136	Sep 1	NYY		CAL	W,11-5	GS	32	7.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
126	137	Sep 2	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
127	138	Sep 3	NYY		CAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
128	139	Sep 4	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
129	140	Sep 5	NYY	@	SEA	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
130	141	Sep 6	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
131	142	Sep 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	SS
132	143	Sep 8	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
133	144	Sep 9	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
134	145	Sep 10	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
135	146	Sep 12	NYY	@	CAL	L,6-7	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
136	147	Sep 13	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	2	2	1	5	1	SS
137	151 (3)	Sep 21 (1)	NYY		MIL	L,1-14	GS	40	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
138	152	Sep 21 (2)	NYY		MIL	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
139	153	Sep 22	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	10	0	12	3	SS
140	154	Sep 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-10	GS	30	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
141	155	Sep 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
142	156	Sep 25	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	3	6	1	10	1	SS
143	158 (1)	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	7	1	12	3	SS
144	159	Sep 29	NYY		DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
145	160	Sep 30	NYY		DET	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	2	SS
146	161	Oct 1	NYY		DET	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
							146gm		1223.1	237	471	22	730	114