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Jose Alvarez

Jose Lino Alvarez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 12, 1956 in Tampa, FL
High School: Hillsborough (Tampa, FL)
School: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 1, 1981
Team: Braves 1981-1989

Final Game: June 24, 1989
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1978	22	ATL-min	Rk,A	6	4	.600	2.15	15	13					88.0	63	30	21	2	44								1.216	6.4	0.2	4.5			KPT,GRW · APPY,WCRS
1979	23	ATL-min	AA	11	11	.500	3.00	29	24		9	1	0	186.0	165	87	62	16	73	3	120	5	0	5			1.280	8.0	0.8	3.5	5.8	1.64	SAV · SOUL
1980	24	ATL-min	AA,Rk,A	5	2	.714	1.41	18	6		3	1	2	70.0	45	15	11	2	23	0	63	0	0	2			0.971	5.8	0.3	3.0	8.1	2.74	SAV,BVS,DHM · SOUL,GULF,CARL
1981	25	ATL-min	AAA	7	5	.583	2.15	39	0	25	0	0	8	71.0	51	29	17	5	31	4	61	6	0	4			1.155	6.5	0.6	3.9	7.7	1.97	RMD · IL
1981	25	ATL	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1982	26	ATL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.97	36	7	13	1	0	6	111.0	111	54	49	6	50	3	91	4	0	5			1.450	9.0	0.5	4.1	7.4	1.82	RMD · IL
1982	26	ATL	NL	0	0		4.70	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	8	4	4	1	2	1	6	0	0	1	29	84	1.304	9.4	1.2	2.3	7.0	3.00

1988	32	ATL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.26	10	0	7	0	0	3	14.1	13	2	2	0	6	1	10	1	0	0			1.326	8.2	0.0	3.8	6.3	1.67	RMD · IL
1988	32	ATL	NL	5	6	.455	2.99	60	0	23	0	0	3	102.1	88	34	34	7	53	12	81	6	1	4	436	123	1.378	7.7	0.6	4.7	7.1	1.53
1989	33	ATL	NL	3	3	.500	2.86	30	0	12	0	0	2	50.1	44	18	16	4	24	2	45	1	1	2	217	128	1.351	7.9	0.7	4.3	8.0	1.88
1991	35	CIN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.03	16	1	6	0	0	1	31.0	19	8	7	2	16	1	28	1	0	1	124		1.129	5.5	0.6	4.6	8.1	1.75	NVL · AA
1992	36	TOR-CIN-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.23	25	0	12	0	0	1	41.1	39	28	24	3	21	5	42	3	0	1	183		1.452	8.5	0.7	4.6	9.1	2.00	SYR,NVL · IL,AA
1995	39	ATL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.62	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.1	26	15	11	2	7	0	16	1	0	2	113		1.207	8.6	0.7	2.3	5.3	2.29	RMD · IL
4 Seasons				8	9	.471	2.99	98	0	38	0	0	5	162.1	140	56	54	12	79	15	134	7	2	7	688	123	1.349	7.8	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70
162 Game Avg.				6	6	.471	2.99	68	0	26	0	0	3	113	97	39	37	8	55	10	93	5	1	5	477	123	1.349	7.8	0.7	4.4	7.4	1.70

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1981	25	ATL	NL	2.0	0	0	1	0	.1	1	0.1	$
1982	26	ATL	NL	7.2	0	4	4	0	.6	0	0.0	$

1988	32	ATL	NL	102.1	0	34	60	-4	1.0	26	2.0	$
1989	33	ATL	NL	50.1	0	18	27	0	.7	9	0.5	$125,000
4 Seasons				162.1	0	56	92	-4	.9	36	2.6	$125,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1978	22	ATL-min	A,Rk	15																								GRW,KPT · WCRS,APPY
1979	23	ATL-min	AA	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500		0		0	0	0		SAV · SOUL
1980	24	ATL-min	AA,Rk,A	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		SAV,BVS,DHM · SOUL,GULF,CARL
1981	25	ATL-min	AAA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1981	25	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1982	26	ATL-min	AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1982	26	ATL	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1988	32	ATL-min	AAA	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
1988	32	ATL	NL	61	10	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	135	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1989	33	ATL	NL	30	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1991	35	CIN-min	AAA	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1992	36	TOR-CIN-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR,NVL · IL,AA
1995	39	ATL-min	AAA	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	RMD · IL
4 Seasons				99	15	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.273	.333	.273	.606	74	3	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	25	18	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.273	.333	.273	.606	74	5	0	0	5	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	Salary	Pos
1988	32	ATL	NL	10	0	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	$62,500	1
1989	33	ATL	NL	5	-1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	$125,000	1
2 Seasons				15	-1	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	$187,500

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1981	ATL	NL	25	P	1	2.0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	2.00	0	0		0
1982	ATL	NL	26	P	7	7.2	2	0	2	0	1.000	2.35	0.29	.950	2.00	1.97	0	0		1
1988	ATL	NL	32	P	60	102.1	28	11	17	4	1.000	2.46	0.47	.955	1.96	1.96	4	5	56%	1
1989	ATL	NL	33	P	30	50.1	13	5	8	1	1.000	2.32	0.43	.947	1.88	1.87	5	0	0%	1
	4 Seasons			P	98	162.1	43	16	27	5	1.000	2.38	0.44	.952	1.93	1.93	9	5	36%	3
	4 Seasons			TOT	98	162.1	43	16	27	5	1.000	2.38	0.44	.952	1.93	1.93	9	5	36%	3

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as P s c a p y 1989 NL 1.000 (1st)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1989 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor

Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft.
February 14, 1984: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Houston Astros for Ron Meridith.
October 15, 1984: Granted Free Agency.
May 6, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.
July 5, 1985: Released by the Kansas City Royals.
July 19, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
March 31, 1986: Released by the Montreal Expos.
April 4, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.
December 4, 1989: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants from the Atlanta Braves in the 1989 rule 5 draft.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1988	32	Atlanta Braves	$62,500	12/13/88 NYT
1989	33	Atlanta Braves	$125,000	1989 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$187,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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