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Luis Alvarado
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Birthdate: 1/15/1949 Died: 3/20/2001
Height / Weight: 5' 9" / 162 lbs. Place of Birth: Lajas, , P.R.
Bats / Throws: R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Then as now, high-range shortstops were in high demand and Luis Alvarado was a standout fielder during his 9-year major league career. A native of Puerto Rico, he started professionally at age 18 in 1967 with Waterloo of the Midwest League, and played in the minors for Pittsfield and Louisville along with a few games with the Red Sox prior to joining Boston for good during the 1970 season, hitting .224 in 59 games. .

 

On December 1 1970 Luis Alvarado and Red Sox second baseman Mike Andrews were traded to the White Sox for aging veteran Luis Aparicio. At Chicago Luis Alvarado took over the starting shortstop job and was among the leaders in fielding percentage during his 3-year stay in Chicago. He later played for four different major league teams.  


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
12 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1968 BOS (AL) 11 46 3 6 2 0 0 1 1 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 .130 .167 SLG
1969 BOS (AL) 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1970 BOS (AL) 59 183 19 41 11 0 1 10 9 30 1 2 2 0 2 2 .224 .258 SLG
1971 CHW (AL) 99 264 22 57 14 1 0 8 11 34 1 2 2 0 2 1 .216 .246 SLG
1972 CHW (AL) 103 254 30 54 4 1 4 29 13 36 2 2 5 1 1 0 .213 .254 SLG
1973 CHW (AL) 80 203 21 47 7 2 0 20 4 20 6 2 0 1 3 0 .232 .250 SLG
1974 CHW (AL) 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 SLG
1974 CLE (AL) 61 114 12 25 2 0 0 12 6 14 1 1 0 0 4 1 .219 .256 SLG
1974 STL (NL) 17 36 3 5 2 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 .139 .179 SLG
1976 STL (NL) 16 42 5 12 1 0 0 3 3 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .333 SLG
1977 NYM (NL) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1977 DET (AL) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
12 years   463 1160 116 248 43 4 5 84 49 160 11 10 10 3 14 5 .214 .247 .SLG



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