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.
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 BOS AL 19 SS 11 11 102.1 41 14 26 1 6 .976 -0.4 -4.7 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 0 3.52 3.64 .961 4.78 4.07
1969 BOS AL 20 SS 5 1 14.0 10 4 6 0 2 1.000 0.2 17.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0 6.43 2.00 .960 4.95 4.44
1970 BOS AL 21 3B 29 29 247.1 85 20 59 6 2 .929 2.2 10.7 3.2 1.9 1.3 -1 2.87 2.72 .951 3.07 2.67
1970 BOS AL 21 SS 27 22 201.0 102 25 75 2 15 .980 1.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 -1.1 0 4.48 3.70 .967 4.94 4.39
1971 CHW AL 22 SS 71 60 529.2 290 89 189 12 34 .959 -7.9 -17.9 -6.9 -2.1 -4.8 -1 4.72 3.92 .965 4.90 4.32
1971 CHW AL 22 2B 16 13 111.2 81 31 49 1 12 .988 3.8 40.8 3.8 1.0 2.8 0 6.45 5.00 .980 5.31 4.76
1972 CHW AL 23 SS 81 63 589.1 325 98 213 14 28 .957 -4.7 -9.6 -1.7 0.5 -2.2 -3 4.75 3.84 .967 4.99 4.51
1972 CHW AL 23 2B 16 3 47.2 26 8 17 1 1 .962 -0.3 -7.6 0.7 0.1 0.6 -1 4.72 1.56 .977 5.17 4.42
1972 CHW AL 23 3B 2 0 2.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.50 2.50 .960 3.15 2.70
1973 CHW AL 24 2B 45 40 339.1 202 91 107 4 24 .980 0.5 1.8 0.5 1.8 -1.3 0 5.25 4.40 .980 5.44 4.67
1973 CHW AL 24 SS 18 8 107.0 62 20 38 4 6 .935 -2.5 -28.0 -1.5 -1.4 -0.2 -1 4.88 3.22 .965 5.10 4.43
1973 CHW AL 24 3B 10 1 39.0 24 10 13 1 1 .958 0.6 18.5 0.6 0.9 -0.3 0 5.31 2.30 .950 3.00 2.68
1973 CHW AL 24 DH 1
1974 TOT MLB 25 SS 28 16 147.0 78 22 50 6 10 .923 0.5 4.1 -0.5 0.3 -0.7 1 4.41 2.57 .964 4.97 4.25
1974 TOT AL 25 2B 47 31 286.1 184 82 97 5 24 .973 -0.2 -0.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 5.63 3.81 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 TOT AL 25 SS 11 3 41.0 28 6 17 5 2 .821 -1.1 -32.2 -1.1 -0.4 -0.6 0 5.05 2.09 .971 4.98 4.25
1974 CHW AL 25 SS 4 0 8.0 6 2 2 2 0 .667 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0 4.50 1.00 .983 4.95 4.25
1974 CHW AL 25 2B 1 1 9.0 5 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.6 80.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 5.00 5.00 .980 5.40 4.60
1974 CHW AL 25 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.80
1974 STL NL 25 SS 17 13 106.0 50 16 33 1 8 .980 1.6 18.1 0.6 0.7 -0.1 1 4.16 2.88 .960 4.97 4.26
1974 CLE AL 25 2B 46 30 277.1 179 81 93 5 23 .972 -0.8 -3.5 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 5.65 3.78 .975 5.37 4.56
1974 CLE AL 25 SS 7 3 33.0 22 4 15 3 2 .864 -0.6 -21.8 -0.6 0.2 -0.7 0 5.18 2.71 .968 4.99 4.24
1974 CLE AL 25 DH 3
1976 STL NL 27 2B 16 12 102.0 47 22 22 3 3 .936 -4.3 -50.6 -3.3 -2.1 -1.3 -1 3.88 2.75 .977 5.48 4.93
1977 NYM NL 28 2B 1 0 4.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.5 150.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.75 3.00 .967 5.18 4.50
1977 DET AL 28 3B 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.92 2.70
7 Seasons SS 241 181 1690.1 908 272 597 39 101 .957 -13.8 -9.8 -9.8 -0.5 -9.3 -4 4.63 3.61 .966 4.95 4.38
6 Seasons 2B 141 99 891.0 543 235 294 14 64 .974 -0.0 -0.0 2.0 0.8 1.1 -2 5.34 3.75 .978 5.39 4.64
5 Seasons 3B 44 30 294.1 114 31 76 7 4 .939 2.8 11.4 3.8 2.8 1.0 -1 3.27 2.43 .951 3.06 2.68
2 Seasons DH 4
9 Seasons TOT 426 310 2875.2 1565 538 967 60 169 .962 -11.0 -4.6 -4.0 3.1 -7.2 -7 4.71 3.53 .931 4.89 4.29
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 BOS AL 19 11 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 20 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2
1970 BOS AL 21 59 51 59 59 0 0 0 0 29 27 0 0 0 0 2 2
1971 CHW AL 22 99 73 99 99 0 0 0 16 0 71 0 0 0 0 11 12
1972 CHW AL 23 103 66 103 103 0 0 0 16 2 81 0 0 0 0 7 9
1973 CHW AL 24 80 50 80 71 0 0 0 46 10 18 0 0 0 0 1 8 9
1974 CLE AL 25 61 33 61 53 0 0 0 47 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 15
1974 STL NL 25 17 13 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 25 8 2 8 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
1976 STL NL 27 16 12 16 16 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 DET AL 28 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 NYM NL 28 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 463 312 463 444 0 0 0 143 44 242 0 0 0 0 2 34 54
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1968 BOS AL 19 436 58% 74% 28% 39 92% 0 14 10 4 0 26 18 8 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 1 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 0
1969 BOS AL 20 57 72% 74% 28% 6 100% 0 4 3 1 0 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 21 929 62% 76% 26% 86 91% 2 24 9 11 4 77 53 22 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 15 6 0 4 2 1 14 6 7 0 0 0
1971 CHW AL 22 2315 65% 77% 27% 234 89% 3 89 34 50 5 196 148 43 3 3 12 0 12 0 12 35 10 2 13 3 4 33 13 20 2 0 0
1972 CHW AL 23 2557 69% 77% 27% 284 91% 1 98 48 39 11 225 178 45 0 3 14 1 13 0 11 30 12 3 9 4 0 28 15 13 1 0 1
1973 CHW AL 24 466 73% 76% 28% 56 80% 0 19 9 8 2 39 35 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 6 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 25 454 59% 77% 24% 45 87% 0 15 9 4 2 34 23 9 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 8 5 0 2 0 1 8 5 3 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 25 155 66% 89% 30% 20 85% 0 5 2 2 1 16 12 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 25 36 61% 67% 25% 5 60% 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7405 66% 77% 27% 775 89% 6 270 125 120 25 620 471 136 3 8 39 1 38 0 34 105 41 5 33 11 6 99 47 50 3 0 1
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1971 CHW AL 22 488 58% 80% 30% 58 91% 0 33 10 15 8 49 39 8 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 4 1 7 0 12 7 5 0 0 0
1972 CHW AL 23 215 51% 82% 31% 22 95% 1 8 4 2 2 18 13 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1973 CHW AL 24 1531 64% 78% 25% 137 92% 1 91 35 39 17 104 86 17 0 2 4 0 3 1 3 24 10 2 9 0 21 9 12 2 1 1
1974 CLE AL 25 1246 60% 81% 26% 125 93% 0 81 36 35 10 97 80 13 2 0 5 0 4 1 4 23 10 4 4 0 21 5 16 2 1 1
1974 CHW AL 25 41 76% 78% 27% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 STL NL 27 476 62% 76% 24% 28 86% 0 21 8 9 4 22 20 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
1977 NYM NL 28 15 60% 67% 33% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 4012 61% 79% 26% 376 92% 2 236 93 101 42 296 243 44 4 3 14 0 12 2 10 64 27 8 21 0 59 22 37 4 2 2
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1970 BOS AL 21 1091 59% 73% 26% 84 90% 0 16 12 2 2 62 56 6 0 1 6 0 6 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 CHW AL 23 7 86% 29% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHW AL 24 159 75% 81% 30% 24 79% 0 10 6 2 2 13 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 CHW AL 25 8 63% 88% 38% 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 DET AL 28 12 50% 75% 42% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1277 61% 74% 27% 108 88% 0 26 18 4 4 75 67 8 0 1 7 0 7 0 7 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 66%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Luis Alvarado    

Viewed 22,120 times through November 16, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Luis Cesar (Martinez) louie louis Luis Pimba Alvarado

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.