Álvaro Espinoza

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela ve

High School: Valencia (Valencia, Venezuela)

Debut: September 14, 1984 (Age 22-208d, 14,978th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 12, 1997 (Age 35-143d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Pat Gibbons

Full Name: Álvaro Alberto Espinoza

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

2478

630

.254

252

RBI

201

OBP

.279

SLG

.331

OPS

.610

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYY	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
2	2	Apr 10	NYY	@	DET	W,4-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	SS
3	3	Apr 11	NYY	@	DET	L,5-11	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
4	4	Apr 12	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	1	8	0	9	2	SS
5	5	Apr 13	NYY	@	KCR	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
6	6	Apr 14	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	SS
7	7	Apr 15	NYY		CHW	L,5-6	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
8	8	Apr 16	NYY		CHW	L,3-4	GS	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
9	9	Apr 17	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
10	10	Apr 19	NYY		KCR	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
11	11	Apr 20	NYY		KCR	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
12	12	Apr 22	NYY		DET	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
13	13	Apr 23	NYY		DET	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	SS
14	14	Apr 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	11.0	10	5	0	15	3	SS
15	15	Apr 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,9-14	CG	46	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	SS
16	16	Apr 28	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
17	17	Apr 30	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	2	4	0	SS
19	19	May 3	NYY	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
20	20	May 4	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
21	21	May 5	NYY	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	64	15.1	3	8	0	11	3	SS
22	25 (3)	May 10	NYY		OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
23	26	May 11	NYY		OAK	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	4	3	1	8	2	SS
24	27	May 12	NYY		OAK	W,10-6	CG	48	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
25	28	May 13	NYY		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
26	29	May 14	NYY		CAL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
27	30	May 15	NYY		CAL	L,2-10	GS	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
28	31	May 16	NYY		CAL	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
29	32	May 17	NYY		SEA	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
30	33	May 18	NYY		SEA	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
31	34	May 19	NYY		SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
32	35	May 20	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
33	36	May 21	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
34	37	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-1	GS	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	SS
35	38	May 24	NYY	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
36	39	May 25	NYY	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
37	40	May 26	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
38	41	May 27	NYY		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
39	42	May 28	NYY		BOS	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
40	43	May 29	NYY		BOS	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
41	44	May 31	NYY		MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		MIL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
43	47	Jun 3	NYY		TOR	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
44	48	Jun 4	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
45	49	Jun 5	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	SS
46	50	Jun 7	NYY		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	7	1	8	0	SS
47	51	Jun 8	NYY		TEX	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
48	52	Jun 9	NYY		TEX	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
49	53	Jun 11	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
50	54	Jun 12	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
51	55	Jun 13	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
52	56	Jun 14	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
53	57	Jun 15	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
54	58	Jun 16	NYY	@	TEX	L,3-4	GF	17	4.1	1	5	0	6	1	PH SS
55	60 (1)	Jun 19	NYY	@	TOR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
56	61	Jun 20	NYY	@	TOR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
57	62	Jun 21	NYY		MIN	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
58	63	Jun 22	NYY		MIN	L,3-4	GS	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B SS
59	64	Jun 23	NYY		MIN	W,11-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
60	65	Jun 24	NYY		MIN	L,0-5	CG	33	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
61	66	Jun 25	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
62	67	Jun 26	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	SS
63	69 (1)	Jun 28	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-5	GS	24	6.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
64	70	Jun 29	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-8	GS	33	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
65	71	Jun 30	NYY	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72	Jul 1	NYY		CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	SS
67	73	Jul 2	NYY		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0	SS
68	74	Jul 3	NYY		CLE	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
69	75	Jul 4	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
70	76	Jul 5	NYY		BAL	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	SS
71	77	Jul 6	NYY		BAL	W,13-5	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
72	83 (5)	Jul 15	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
73	84	Jul 16	NYY	@	SEA	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
74	86 (1)	Jul 19	NYY	@	OAK	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
75	87	Jul 20	NYY	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	SS
76	88	Jul 21	NYY	@	OAK	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	SS
77	89	Jul 23	NYY		SEA	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	SS
78	90	Jul 24	NYY		SEA	W,10-2	GS	28	7.0	3	6	0	9	3	SS
79	91	Jul 25	NYY		SEA	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
80	92	Jul 26	NYY		CAL	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
81	93	Jul 27	NYY		CAL	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
82	94	Jul 28	NYY		CAL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
83	95	Jul 29	NYY		OAK	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
84	96	Jul 30	NYY		OAK	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
85	97	Jul 31	NYY		MIN	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	2	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	98	Aug 1	NYY		MIN	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
87	99	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
88	100	Aug 3	NYY	@	DET	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
89	101	Aug 4	NYY	@	DET	L,7-8	GF	19	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	SS
90	102	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
91	103	Aug 6	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-14	GS	47	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS P
92	104	Aug 7	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-10	CG	40	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	SS
93	105	Aug 8	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
94	106	Aug 10 (1)	NYY		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
95	108 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	NYY		DET	W,12-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
96	109	Aug 11 (2)	NYY		DET	W,10-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR SS
97	110	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
98	111	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		KCR	L,1-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
99	112	Aug 14	NYY		KCR	L,1-5	CG	41	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	SS
100	113	Aug 15	NYY		KCR	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
101	114	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	SS
102	115	Aug 17	NYY		CHW	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	SS
103	116	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	L,3-11	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
104	117	Aug 19	NYY	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
105	118	Aug 20	NYY	@	KCR	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
106	119	Aug 21	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
107	121 (1)	Aug 24	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
108	122	Aug 25	NYY	@	TOR	L,7-11	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
109	123	Aug 26	NYY		TEX	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
110	124	Aug 27	NYY		TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
111	125	Aug 28	NYY		TEX	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
112	126	Aug 29	NYY		TOR	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
113	127	Aug 30	NYY		TOR	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	SS
114	128	Aug 31	NYY		TOR	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	129	Sep 1	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
116	130	Sep 2	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	SS
117	131	Sep 3	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
118	132	Sep 4	NYY	@	TEX	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
119	133	Sep 6	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
120	134	Sep 7	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	3	2	0	5	1	SS
121	135	Sep 8	NYY	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	SS
122	136	Sep 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	2	6	0	8	2	SS
123	137	Sep 10	NYY	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	SS
124	138	Sep 11	NYY	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
125	139	Sep 12	NYY		BOS	L,2-7	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
126	140	Sep 13	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	GS	35	8.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
127	141	Sep 14	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
128	142	Sep 15	NYY		BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
129	143	Sep 16	NYY		MIL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	5	1	10	5	SS
130	144	Sep 17	NYY		MIL	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
131	145	Sep 18	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
132	146	Sep 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
133	147	Sep 21	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-12	CG	47	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
134	148	Sep 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-5	CG	40	10.0	5	4	0	9	3	SS
135	149	Sep 23	NYY	@	MIL	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
136	150	Sep 24	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
137	151	Sep 25	NYY	@	MIL	W,8-6	CG	46	11.0	3	8	0	11	3	SS
138	152	Sep 26	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
139	153	Sep 27	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	3	1	9	2	SS
140	154	Sep 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
141	155	Sep 29	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
142	156	Sep 30	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	SS
143	157	Oct 1	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
144	158	Oct 2	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
145	159	Oct 3	NYY		BAL	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
146	160	Oct 4	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	SS
147	161	Oct 5	NYY		CLE	L,5-7	GS	31	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	SS
148	162	Oct 6	NYY		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
							150gm		1214.2	225	441	21	687	113