Alvaro Espinoza
Alvaro Alberto Espinoza
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 181 lb.

Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela
High School: Valencia (Valencia, VE)
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1984
Final Game: July 12, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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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
1984 MIN AL 22 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 3.90
1985 MIN AL 23 SS 31 21 188.0 99 25 69 5 15 .949 0.9 5.7 0.9 1.0 -0.2 0 4.50 3.03 .965 4.64 3.93
1986 MIN AL 24 2B 19 11 85.0 51 12 36 3 7 .941 0.8 11.3 0.8 0.5 0.4 0 5.08 2.53 .982 5.10 4.34
1986 MIN AL 24 SS 18 5 64.1 28 11 16 1 4 .964 -2.4 -44.8 -2.4 0.3 -2.7 0 3.78 1.50 .968 4.53 3.94
1988 NYY AL 26 2B 2 1 10.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -84.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 4.50 2.50 .980 5.13 4.40
1988 NYY AL 26 SS 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 9.00 2.00 .950 4.50 4.10
1989 NYY AL 27 SS 146 144 1223.1 730 237 471 22 114 .970 -0.2 -0.2 -3.2 -5.4 2.2 3 5.21 4.85 .971 4.79 4.11
1990 NYY AL 28 SS 150 141 1208.1 732 268 447 17 100 .977 9.9 9.8 6.9 2.2 4.7 3 5.33 4.77 .973 4.74 4.00
1991 NYY AL 29 SS 147 136 1197.0 682 223 438 21 113 .969 6.4 6.4 1.4 -0.9 2.3 5 4.97 4.50 .971 4.67 3.95
1991 NYY AL 29 3B 2 2 17.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.65 2.50 .960 2.81 2.35
1991 NYY AL 29 P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.60
1993 CLE AL 31 3B 99 50 519.0 159 42 107 10 9 .937 3.9 9.0 3.9 2.9 1.0 0 2.58 1.51 .952 2.69 2.31
1993 CLE AL 31 SS 35 13 147.1 66 18 47 1 13 .985 -0.6 -4.9 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 3.97 1.86 .973 4.69 4.13
1993 CLE AL 31 2B 2 2 13.2 10 6 3 1 2 .900 0.3 26.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 5.93 4.50 .980 5.14 4.55
1994 CLE AL 32 3B 37 12 154.1 47 12 31 4 2 .915 1.7 13.2 1.7 1.1 0.6 0 2.51 1.16 .949 2.64 2.34
1994 CLE AL 32 SS 36 34 290.0 175 53 117 5 27 .971 5.7 23.6 4.7 1.4 3.3 1 5.28 4.72 .969 4.64 4.22
1994 CLE AL 32 2B 20 11 122.0 89 26 62 1 15 .989 2.1 20.7 2.1 2.0 0.1 0 6.49 4.40 .981 5.10 4.48
1994 CLE AL 32 1B 3 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.00 0.67 1.000 9.60 8.50
1995 CLE AL 33 2B 22 9 102.0 59 18 39 2 7 .966 1.8 21.2 1.8 0.6 1.2 0 5.03 2.59 .981 5.11 4.34
1995 CLE AL 33 3B 22 16 142.1 38 10 27 1 1 .974 -1.4 -11.8 -1.4 -0.6 -0.8 0 2.34 1.68 .950 2.61 2.19
1995 CLE AL 33 SS 19 9 114.0 50 13 35 2 8 .960 0.5 5.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0 3.79 2.53 .974 4.71 4.16
1995 CLE AL 33 DH 3
1995 CLE AL 33 1B 2 0 7.0 9 9 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -68.6 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 11.57 4.50 .989 9.64 8.30
1996 TOT MLB 34 3B 58 37 335.1 99 27 63 9 3 .909 -1.0 -3.6 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 0 2.42 1.55 .953 2.68 2.20
1996 TOT MLB 34 SS 23 11 126.1 63 20 42 1 15 .984 0.2 1.9 -0.8 -0.4 -0.4 1 4.42 2.70 .970 4.64 4.13
1996 TOT MLB 34 1B 19 8 105.1 105 97 8 0 10 1.000 1.1 12.5 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 8.97 5.53 .992 9.24 7.95
1996 TOT MLB 34 2B 7 2 25.1 18 5 12 1 5 .944 2.0 94.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 1 6.04 2.43 .983 5.04 4.34
1996 CLE AL 34 3B 20 7 72.0 19 7 11 1 1 .947 0.2 3.3 0.2 -0.7 0.9 0 2.25 0.90 .958 2.58 2.18
1996 CLE AL 34 1B 18 8 104.1 105 97 8 0 10 1.000 1.1 12.7 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 9.06 5.83 .992 9.24 7.92
1996 CLE AL 34 SS 16 8 96.0 46 16 29 1 12 .978 -0.3 -3.8 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 1 4.22 2.81 .972 4.66 4.19
1996 CLE AL 34 2B 5 2 20.1 17 5 11 1 5 .941 1.7 100.3 0.7 0.7 0.0 1 7.08 3.20 .982 5.05 4.32
1996 CLE AL 34 DH 1
1996 NYM NL 34 3B 38 30 263.1 80 20 52 8 2 .900 -1.2 -5.5 -1.2 1.0 -2.2 0 2.46 1.89 .951 2.71 2.21
1996 NYM NL 34 SS 7 3 30.1 17 4 13 0 3 1.000 0.5 19.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 5.04 2.43 .965 4.60 3.99
1996 NYM NL 34 2B 2 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.3 72.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 5.04 4.40
1996 NYM NL 34 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.40
1997 SEA AL 35 SS 17 13 118.2 57 21 34 2 5 .965 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 4.17 3.24 .974 4.55 4.05
1997 SEA AL 35 2B 14 7 60.0 45 21 23 1 9 .978 0.5 10.0 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 1 6.60 3.14 .980 4.93 4.33
1997 SEA AL 35 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30
12 Seasons SS 624 527 4681.1 2684 890 1717 77 415 .971 20.5 5.3 7.5 -2.3 9.7 13 5.01 4.18 .971 4.71 4.04
6 Seasons 3B 219 117 1170.0 348 93 231 24 15 .931 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.7 -0.5 0 2.49 1.48 .951 2.67 2.27
7 Seasons 2B 86 43 418.0 277 92 176 9 45 .968 6.8 19.5 4.8 4.4 0.5 2 5.77 3.12 .981 5.08 4.38
3 Seasons 1B 24 8 118.1 116 108 8 0 12 1.000 0.7 7.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0 8.82 4.83 .992 9.29 8.05
2 Seasons DH 4
1 Season P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.60
12 Seasons TOT 954 695 6388.1 3425 1183 2132 110 487 .968 31.2 5.9 16.2 6.1 10.1 15 4.67 3.47 .939 4.45 3.76
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

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 MIN AL 22 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 23 32 21 32 31 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1986 MIN AL 24 37 16 37 35 0 0 0 19 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1988 NYY AL 26 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 27 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 28 150 141 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 NYY AL 29 148 138 148 148 1 0 0 0 2 147 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1993 CLE AL 31 129 65 129 126 0 0 0 2 99 35 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1994 CLE AL 32 90 57 90 90 0 0 3 20 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1995 CLE AL 33 66 34 66 61 0 0 2 22 22 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
1996 CLE AL 34 59 25 59 57 0 0 18 5 20 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1996 NYM NL 34 48 33 48 46 0 0 1 3 37 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 SEA AL 35 33 20 33 31 0 0 0 14 1 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
12 Seasons 942 695 942 925 1 0 24 87 218 624 0 0 0 0 0 24 19
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*

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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
1984 MIN AL 22 10 60% 70% 10% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 MIN AL 23 844 46% 80% 25% 71 94% 0 26 10 13 3 68 49 16 1 0 5 0 4 1 4 15 6 1 4 2 1 15 7 7 0 0 0
1986 MIN AL 24 289 57% 77% 29% 17 94% 0 11 4 5 2 16 10 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 26 8 63% 88% 38% 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 27 5507 63% 79% 34% 549 91% 7 237 88 110 39 470 361 94 4 9 23 1 15 7 19 116 40 9 35 6 11 103 49 52 7 4 2
1990 NYY AL 28 5411 59% 76% 32% 535 92% 2 268 103 114 52 449 357 72 1 13 17 1 14 2 14 100 36 6 29 9 9 93 43 47 6 5 1
1991 NYY AL 29 5374 57% 77% 32% 554 81% 3 222 85 110 28 437 343 77 1 10 21 2 14 5 15 113 29 15 38 13 10 107 44 61 5 4 1
1993 CLE AL 31 682 59% 78% 29% 54 87% 0 19 6 10 3 47 36 9 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 13 6 0 3 0 1 10 6 4 3 1 2
1994 CLE AL 32 1303 50% 76% 36% 130 91% 0 54 16 29 9 116 100 14 0 1 5 0 4 1 5 27 7 5 9 0 2 23 12 11 3 1 2
1995 CLE AL 33 496 43% 76% 32% 43 91% 0 13 6 5 2 35 26 9 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 8 5 0 1 1 1 8 5 3 0 0 0
1996 CLE AL 34 455 45% 76% 31% 36 81% 2 16 5 8 3 29 22 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 12 4 1 4 0 1 10 5 5 1 0 1
1996 NYM NL 34 144 59% 74% 29% 14 100% 0 5 3 1 1 13 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1997 SEA AL 35 513 64% 74% 29% 49 90% 0 21 14 6 1 33 28 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 0 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0
12 Seasons 21036 58% 77% 32% 2053 88% 14 893 340 412 143 1715 1342 308 8 35 78 4 55 19 62 418 139 38 125 33 38 383 178 196 25 15 9
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1991 NYY AL 29 74 62% 77% 30% 5 100% 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 CLE AL 31 2347 57% 77% 32% 161 88% 2 42 31 4 7 107 88 19 0 3 10 0 9 1 9 9 7 1 8 0 0 0 3 67%
1994 CLE AL 32 689 52% 76% 32% 45 89% 1 12 9 0 3 31 25 5 1 3 4 1 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 CLE AL 33 617 44% 76% 34% 35 91% 2 10 8 0 2 25 19 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1996 NYM NL 34 1207 51% 75% 29% 78 85% 0 20 15 2 3 51 42 9 0 3 8 0 6 2 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 80%
1996 CLE AL 34 330 45% 75% 32% 16 81% 2 7 3 2 2 10 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1997 SEA AL 35 6 83% 83% 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5270 53% 76% 32% 340 88% 8 93 67 8 18 227 185 38 1 11 24 2 18 4 19 15 12 2 14 0 0 0 11 73%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 88% 68%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1986 MIN AL 24 389 50% 75% 26% 39 90% 0 13 4 6 3 36 32 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 7 2 1 4 0 7 4 3 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 26 49 49% 84% 22% 3 100% 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 CLE AL 31 54 43% 69% 33% 6 100% 0 6 3 2 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE AL 32 561 48% 78% 36% 60 95% 0 27 5 18 4 62 54 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 15 7 1 4 1 13 5 8 1 1 0
1995 CLE AL 33 424 44% 78% 35% 42 95% 3 18 6 9 3 39 35 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 1 2 0 1 6 1 4 0 0 0
1996 CLE AL 34 85 44% 79% 42% 9 78% 0 5 0 4 1 11 9 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 1 2 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
1996 NYM NL 34 24 54% 79% 46% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 SEA AL 35 282 61% 71% 31% 20 100% 0 21 5 13 3 23 21 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 6 2 1 0 9 1 8 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1868 49% 76% 33% 181 94% 3 94 25 53 16 177 157 15 0 2 9 0 7 2 7 45 17 8 11 3 41 14 26 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 CLE AL 32 25 48% 48% 16% 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CLE AL 33 30 63% 67% 33% 1 100% 0 10 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CLE AL 34 440 46% 76% 32% 28 100% 1 97 3 94 0 17 8 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 9 2 1 0 1 1 100%
1996 NYM NL 34 5 0% 20% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 500 47% 74% 31% 29 100% 1 109 4 102 3 17 8 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 10 2 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 76% 30% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1991 NYY AL 29 2 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 2 100% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 76% 30% 90% 86%

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