Luis Alvarado
Luis Cesar (Martinez) Alvarado (Pimba)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 162 lb.

Born: January 15, 1949 in Lajas, P.R.
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1968
Final Game: April 30, 1977
Died: March 20, 2001 in Lajas, P.R.
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Standard Batting

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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
1968 19 BOS AL 11 49 46 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .130 .167 .174 .341 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 6
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 /6
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
1971 22 CHW AL 99 278 264 22 57 14 1 0 8 1 2 11 34 .216 .246 .277 .523 46 73 2 0 2 1 2 64
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 64/5
1973 24 CHW AL 80 211 203 21 47 7 2 0 20 6 2 4 20 .232 .250 .286 .536 48 58 3 1 3 0 0 465/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 46/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 46/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 /645
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 4/6D
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
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 Seasons 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 49 204 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

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1968 19 BOS AL 49 42 1 0.6 86 .171 .130 .246 .167 .317 .174 .364 .341 .681 0 .042 -5.7 -0.7 .244 .065 .043
1969 20 BOS AL 5 6 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .262 .000 .340 .000 .395 .000 .735 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.2 -0.167 -0.200 .000
1970 21 BOS AL 196 153 13 2.3 104 .260 .224 .267 .258 .342 .301 .407 .558 .750 49 .238 -13.3 -1.4 .423 .120 .077 1.0
1971 22 CHW AL 278 214 18 2.3 95 .247 .216 .259 .246 .332 .277 .385 .523 .717 46 .258 -19.6 -2.1 .393 .098 .061 .0
1972 23 CHW AL 269 215 15 1.9 85 .234 .213 .250 .254 .319 .283 .361 .537 .680 58 .231 -14.4 -1.6 .402 .122 .071 2.7
1973 24 CHW AL 211 164 14 2.3 97 .257 .232 .265 .250 .335 .286 .390 .536 .725 48 .237 -15.2 -1.6 .416 .094 .054 .0
1974 25 TOT MLB 175 141 8 1.5 90 .220 .194 .259 .229 .325 .219 .372 .448 .697 29 .138 -14.8 -1.6 .321 .075 .025 .0
1974 25 TOT AL 135 107 7 1.8 89 .236 .210 .258 .244 .322 .226 .370 .470 .692 37 .174 -10.2 -1.1 .333 .065 .016 .0
1974 25 CHW AL 10 9 0 0.0 92 .111 .100 .262 .100 .327 .100 .376 .200 .703 -43 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1974 25 STL NL 40 34 1 0.8 95 .161 .139 .262 .179 .334 .194 .379 .374 .714 5 .044 -4.6 -0.5 .281 .111 .056
1974 25 CLE AL 125 98 7 1.9 88 .248 .219 .257 .256 .322 .237 .370 .493 .691 44 .198 -8.4 -0.9 .355 .070 .018 .0
1976 27 STL NL 45 30 5 4.5 93 .333 .286 .264 .333 .330 .310 .376 .643 .706 83 .543 -1.0 -0.1 .533 .095 .024
1977 28 TOT MLB 3 3 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .266 .000 .332 .000 .405 .000 .738 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1977 28 NYM NL 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .401 .000 .731 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1977 28 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .337 .000 .414 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
9 Seasons 1231 968 74 2.0 94 .243 .214 .259 .247 .330 .271 .381 .517 .711 46 .224 -86.2 -9.2 .387 .100 .057 6.9
162 Game Avg. 431 339 26 2.0 94 .243 .214 .259 .247 .330 .271 .381 .517 .711 46 .224 -86.2 -9.2 .387 .100 .057 2
CHW (4 yrs) 768 602 47 2.1 92 .243 .218 .258 .248 .328 .279 .378 .527 .706 49 .237 -51.1 -5.5 .398 .104 .062 5.5
BOS (3 yrs) 250 201 14 1.9 100 .240 .201 .263 .235 .337 .269 .399 .504 .736 37 .190 -20.4 -2.2 .367 .103 .068 1.0
STL (2 yrs) 85 64 6 2.5 94 .254 .218 .263 .262 .332 .256 .377 .518 .710 47 .286 -5.5 -0.6 .403 .103 .038
NYM (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .264 .000 .330 .000 .401 .000 .731 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
CLE (1 yr) 125 98 7 1.9 88 .248 .219 .257 .256 .322 .237 .370 .493 .691 44 .198 -8.4 -0.9 .355 .070 .018 .0
DET (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .272 .000 .337 .000 .414 .000 .751 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
AL (8 yrs) 1144 902 68 2.0 94 .243 .214 .259 .246 .330 .272 .381 .518 .711 46 .221 -80.2 -8.6 .386 .100 .058 6.9
NL (3 yrs) 87 66 6 2.5 94 .246 .213 .263 .256 .332 .250 .378 .506 .710 43 .274 -6.1 -0.6 .391 .100 .038

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1968 19 BOS AL 49 0.0% 22.5% 2.0% 4.1% 33% 11.00 4.2 46.0 1.14 71%
1969 20 BOS AL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 0.50 60%
1970 21 BOS AL 196 0.5% 15.3% 4.6% 6.1% 29% 3.33 6.1 183.0 18.3 1.05 79%
1971 22 CHW AL 278 0.0% 12.2% 4.0% 5.4% 26% 3.09 7.8 33.0 1.00 83%
1972 23 CHW AL 269 1.5% 13.4% 4.8% 3.4% 17% 2.77 7.1 63.5 8.8 1.32 80%
1973 24 CHW AL 211 0.0% 9.5% 1.9% 4.3% 19% 5.00 10.2 10.2 1.04 87%
1974 25 TOT MLB 175 0.0% 12.0% 4.6% 2.3% 13% 2.63 7.6 12.3 1.00 81%
1974 25 TOT AL 135 0.0% 11.1% 4.4% 1.5% 8% 2.50 8.3 10.3 1.07 81%
1974 25 CHW AL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 10.0 0.33 90%
1974 25 STL NL 40 0.0% 15.0% 5.0% 5.0% 40% 3.00 6.0 36.0 0.80 78%
1974 25 CLE AL 125 0.0% 11.2% 4.8% 1.6% 8% 2.33 8.1 9.5 1.19 81%
1976 27 STL NL 45 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 2.2% 8% 2.00 7.0 14.0 0.71 80%
1977 28 TOT MLB 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.50 100%
1977 28 NYM NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1977 28 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
9 Seasons 1231 0.4% 13.0% 4.0% 4.2% 21% 3.27 7.3 232.0 13.8 1.07 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 19 BOS AL 1 0 38% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 20 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 BOS AL 7 0 37% 78 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 55% 10 6 4 4 2 2 8 2 6
1971 22 CHW AL 4 0 32% 92 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 60% 12 5 7 3 1 2 10 3 6
1972 23 CHW AL 4 0 41% 116 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 63% 12 6 5 2 0 2 10 2 8
1973 24 CHW AL 5 0 40% 81 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 35% 10 8 2 0 0 0 7 3 4
1974 25 TOT MLB 4 0 41% 76 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 59% 10 4 6 1 1 0 6 2 4
1974 25 TOT AL 3 0 41% 67 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 56% 9 4 5 1 1 0 6 2 4
1974 25 CHW AL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 25 STL NL 1 0 43% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 CLE AL 3 0 39% 60 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 60% 9 4 5 1 1 0 5 1 4
1976 27 STL NL 1 0 33% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 83% 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2
1977 28 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 26 0 38% 482 11 10 52% 11 9 0 0 0 1 2 0 14 27 57% 61 31 29 11 4 7 43 12 30
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 19 BOS AL 49 41% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 0 0 23 1 4% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1969 20 BOS AL 5 40% 0 1 0 0 0 0.64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1970 21 BOS AL 196 29% 41 1 0 0 0 1.07 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 44 5 11% 28 8 29% 123 10 8% 8 2 25% 13 4 31% 0
1971 22 CHW AL 278 36% 57 9 0 0 0 1.37 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 52 2 4% 22 6 27% 150 12 8% 8 3 38% 9 3 33% 0
1972 23 CHW AL 269 32% 54 7 2 0 1 3.31 4 0 10 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 100% 59 12 20% 24 8 33% 178 27 15% 17 11 65% 15 7 47% 0
1973 24 CHW AL 211 64% 47 8 4 0 0 2.29 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 45 3 7% 21 4 19% 104 20 19% 7 4 57% 10 3 30% 0
1974 25 TOT MLB 175 46% 31 5 0 0 0 1.05 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 38 4 11% 19 9 47% 110 15 14% 7 5 71% 9 4 44% 0
1974 25 TOT AL 135 50% 26 5 0 0 0 1.05 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 31 3 10% 15 7 47% 85 13 15% 5 4 80% 8 3 38% 0
1974 25 CHW AL 10 80% 1 1 0 0 0 3.69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 25 STL NL 40 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 25 2 8% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1974 25 CLE AL 125 48% 25 4 0 0 0 0.39 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 28 3 11% 14 7 50% 78 13 17% 5 4 80% 8 3 38% 0
1976 27 STL NL 45 51% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0% 3 0 0% 24 3 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 TOT MLB 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 NYM NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 28 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 1231 41% 248 31 6 0 1 1.96 5 0 32 3 2 4 1 1 22 14 64% 254 27 11% 117 35 30% 716 88 12% 49 26 53% 58 22 38% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 19 11 49 46 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .130 .167 .174 .341 0 8 1 1 1 0 0
1969 20 17 54 51 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 13 .118 .151 .157 .308 -10 8 1 1 1 0 0
1970 21 76 250 234 22 47 13 0 1 11 1 3 10 43 .201 .235 .269 .504 37 63 6 1 3 2 2
1971 22 175 528 498 44 104 27 1 1 19 2 5 21 77 .209 .241 .273 .514 42 136 8 1 5 3 4
1972 23 278 797 752 74 158 31 2 5 48 4 7 34 113 .210 .245 .277 .522 47 208 20 2 6 3 9
1973 24 358 1008 955 95 205 38 4 5 68 10 9 38 133 .215 .246 .279 .525 47 266 23 3 9 3 9
1974 25 444 1183 1115 111 236 42 4 5 81 11 10 46 154 .212 .244 .270 .514 45 301 27 3 14 5 9
1975 26 444 1183 1115 111 236 42 4 5 81 11 10 46 154 .212 .244 .270 .514 45 301 27 3 14 5 9
1976 27 460 1228 1157 116 248 43 4 5 84 11 10 49 160 .214 .247 .271 .519 46 314 27 3 14 5 10
1977 28 463 1231 1160 116 248 43 4 5 84 11 10 49 160 .214 .247 .271 .517 46 314 27 3 14 5 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 19 11 50 48 5 8 3 0 0 2 0 1 11 .167 .200 .229 .429 2 11
1969 20 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1970 21 59 192 181 19 39 10 0 1 10 1 9 30 .215 .250 .287 .537 13 59
1971 22 100 282 269 25 61 15 1 0 9 1 12 34 .227 .259 .290 .549 20 99
1972 23 108 282 267 39 58 4 1 4 38 2 14 38 .217 .259 .285 .544 20 103
1973 24 80 209 204 22 48 7 2 0 21 6 4 20 .235 .254 .289 .543 15 80
1974 25 86 173 162 18 33 4 0 0 14 1 9 21 .204 .243 .228 .471 9 86
1976 27 16 46 43 6 13 1 0 0 3 0 3 6 .302 .348 .326 .673 5 16
1977 28 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
9 Seasons 469 1242 1182 134 260 44 4 5 97 11 52 162 .220 .254 .277 .530 84 463
162 Game Avg. 162 429 408 46 90 15 1 2 34 4 18 56 .220 .254 .277 .530 29 463

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1968 AL--born 1949-01-15--1st
1969 AL--born 1949-01-15--8th

                                         

Similarity Scores

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