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Alejandro Sánchez

Alejandro (Pimentel) Sanchez

Positions: Rightfielder, Designated Hitter and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: February 14, 1959 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1982
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies/Giants/Twins/Athletics 1982-1987

Final Game: May 16, 1987
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Standard Batting

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
1978	19	PHI-min	A-,Rk	64	266	266		63	9	6	4						.237	.237	.361	.598		96							AUB,HEL · NYPL,PION
1979	20	PHI-min	A-	54	204	204		55	10	2	3						.270	.270	.382	.652		78							CEO · NORW
1980	21	PHI-min	A	127	533	490	84	140	26	8	15	76	25	3	30	88	.286	.333	.463	.797		227		7	2	4			SPB · SALL
1981	22	PHI-min	AA	138	531	495	77	136	19	17	13	76	34	11	28	132	.275	.319	.461	.779		228		5	1	2	2		REA · EL
1982	23	PHI-min	AAA	88	339	320	57	98	24	7	13	46	28	6	14	68	.306	.340	.547	.887		175		3	1	1	2		OKC · AA
1982	23	PHI	NL	7	14	14	3	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.786	1.071	187	11	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1983	24	PHI-min	AAA	125	492	458	75	113	21	5	17	74	33	1	18	105	.247	.280	.426	.705		195		6	2	8	0		POR · PCL
1983	24	PHI	NL	8	7	7	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	60	2	1	0	0	0	0	/9
1984	25	SFG-min	AAA	135	561	532	98	169	29	9	26	108	34	15	22	108	.318	.349	.553	.902		294		5	0	2	5		PHX · PCL
1984	25	SFG	NL	13	41	41	3	8	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	12	.195	.195	.244	.439	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1985	26	DET-min	AAA	10	39	38	6	9	1	0	2	5	3	1	1	8	.237	.256	.421	.677		16		0	0	0	0		NVL · AA
1985	26	DET	AL	71	133	133	19	33	6	2	6	12	2	2	0	39	.248	.248	.459	.707	90	61	4	0	0	0	0	D9/78
1986	27	MIN-min	AAA	99	376	349	47	95	19	1	10	47	17	4	19	68	.272	.310	.418	.728		146		2	2	4	2		TOL · IL
1986	27	MIN	AL	8	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.125	.176	.125	.301	-16	2	2	0	0	0	0	/D7
1987	28	OAK-min	AAA	53	236	203	43	63	9	6	5	32	9	4	29	30	.310	.407	.488	.894		99		4	0	0	3		TAC · PCL
1987	28	OAK	AL	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/D9
1988	29	OAK-min	AAA	130	527	489	54	124	28	4	10	74	7	7	30	77	.254	.297	.389	.686		190		2	2	4	3		TAC · PCL
1989	30	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
1990	31	SLP	AAA																										SLP · MEX
1991	32	MNY,CMP	AAA																										MNY,CMP · MEX
1992	33	MVA,CMP	AAA																										MVA,CMP · MEX
1993	34	MVA	AAA																										MVA · MEX
1994	35	VCZ,ASC	AAA																										VCZ,ASC · MEX
6 Yrs				109	215	214	28	49	7	3	8	21	4	5	1	66	.229	.233	.402	.634	72	86	7	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	320	318	42	73	10	4	12	31	6	7	1	98	.229	.233	.402	.634	72	128	10	0	0	0	0

PHI (2 yrs)				15	21	21	5	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	6	.286	.286	.619	.905	145	13	1	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				8	17	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.125	.176	.125	.301	-16	2	2	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				13	41	41	3	8	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	12	.195	.195	.244	.439	25	10	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (1 yr)				2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				71	133	133	19	33	6	2	6	12	2	2	0	39	.248	.248	.459	.707	90	61	4	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				81	153	152	20	35	6	2	6	13	2	2	1	48	.230	.235	.414	.650	75	63	6	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				28	62	62	8	14	1	1	2	8	2	3	0	18	.226	.226	.371	.597	66	23	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1982	23	PHI	NL	7	14	1	0	0	1	-0	2	0.3	0	3	0.3	.538	.502	0.2	0.1	2	$	/9
1983	24	PHI	NL	8	7	-0	-0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/9
1984	25	SFG	NL	13	41	-4	-1	1	-1	-1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.453	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	/97
1985	26	DET	AL	71	133	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	-8	-0.7	4	-4	-0.4	.489	.495	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$	D9/78
1986	27	MIN	AL	8	17	-3	0	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.452	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/D7
1987	28	OAK	AL	2	3	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.440	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/D9
6 Seasons				109	215	-8	-2	0	-2	-5	-17	-1.7	7	-10	-1.1	.484	.498	-0.9	-0.7	-8	$

PHI (2 yrs)				15	21	1	-0	0	0	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
MIN (1 yr)				8	17	-3	0	-0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.452	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$
SFG (1 yr)				13	41	-4	-1	1	-1	-1	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.453	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$
OAK (1 yr)				2	3	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.440	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				71	133	-1	-1	0	-1	-4	-8	-0.7	4	-4	-0.4	.489	.495	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$

Advanced Batting

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
1982	23	PHI	NL	14	10	3	8.1	97	.250	.286	.269	.286	.332	.786	.391	1.071	.724	187	.767	1.4	0.1	1.100	.500	.500	.0
1983	24	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	96	.400	.286	.262	.286	.330	.286	.388	.571	.719	60	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1984	25	SFG	NL	41	36	1	0.8	91	.276	.195	.260	.195	.324	.244	.378	.439	.702	25	.041	-4.4	-0.5	.250	.024	.049	.0
1985	26	DET	AL	133	106	13	3.3	98	.307	.248	.260	.248	.326	.459	.404	.707	.730	90	.351	-3.0	-0.3	.575	.211	.211	3.0
1986	27	MIN	AL	17	16	0	0.0	101	.250	.125	.263	.176	.331	.125	.410	.301	.741	-16	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.188	.063	.000
1987	28	OAK	AL	3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.257	.000	.324	.000	.412	.000	.736	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				215	177	17	2.6	97	.293	.229	.261	.233	.326	.402	.398	.634	.724	72	.265	-9.8	-1.0	.486	.173	.173	5.3
162 Game Avg.				320	263	25	2.6	97	.293	.229	.261	.233	.326	.402	.398	.634	.724	72	.265	-9.8	-1.0	.486	.173	.173	8

PHI (2 yrs)				21	16	3	5.1	97	.308	.286	.267	.286	.332	.619	.390	.905	.722	145	.581	1.0	0.1	.813	.333	.333	.0
MIN (1 yr)				17	16	0	0.0	101	.250	.125	.263	.176	.331	.125	.410	.301	.741	-16	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.188	.063	.000
SFG (1 yr)				41	36	1	0.7	91	.276	.195	.260	.195	.324	.244	.378	.439	.702	25	.041	-4.4	-0.5	.250	.024	.049	.0
OAK (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.257	.000	.324	.000	.412	.000	.736	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				133	106	13	3.3	98	.307	.248	.260	.248	.326	.459	.404	.707	.730	90	.351	-3.0	-0.3	.575	.211	.211	3.0

AL (3 yrs)				153	125	13	2.8	99	.296	.230	.260	.235	.326	.414	.405	.650	.731	75	.284	-6.5	-0.6	.512	.191	.184	3.0
NL (3 yrs)				62	52	4	2.1	93	.286	.226	.262	.226	.327	.371	.382	.597	.709	66	.216	-3.4	-0.4	.423	.129	.145	2.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1982	23	PHI	NL	14	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%	21.4%	75%		3.5	7.0	3.5	1.00	57%
1983	24	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		3.5		71%
1984	25	SFG	NL	41	0.0%	29.3%	0.0%	2.4%	13%		3.4		20.5	1.33	71%
1985	26	DET	AL	133	4.5%	29.3%	0.0%	10.5%	42%		3.4	22.2	11.1	1.00	66%
1986	27	MIN	AL	17	0.0%	47.1%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	8.00	2.0		16.0	1.00	47%
1987	28	OAK	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				67%
6 Yrs				215	3.7%	30.7%	0.5%	8.4%	37%	66.00	3.2	26.8	10.2	1.19	65%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.3%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.67	6.3	39.5	8.3	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1982	23	PHI	NL	1.4	0.1	14	0.4	0.7	-0.3	1.37	0.3	-0.0	1.8	0.2	0.89	2.7	0.26	1
1983	24	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	7	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	1.23	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.21	-0.8	1.22	4
1984	25	SFG	NL	-4.4	-0.5	46	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.91	-0.6	0.1	-4.7	-0.5	0.93	-5.3	0.71	2
1985	26	DET	AL	-3.1	-0.3	141	-0.4	2.5	-2.9	1.08	-0.3	-0.1	-6.7	-0.7	0.94	-5.4	3.06	18
1986	27	MIN	AL	-2.7	-0.3	17	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.44	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.13	-2.4	2.76	4
1987	28	OAK	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.78	-0.9		1
6 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	228	-0.9	4.0	-4.8	1.08	-0.9	0.1	-13.1	-1.3	0.95	-12.1	2.42	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1982	23	PHI	NL	0	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	24	PHI	NL	0	100%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
1984	25	SFG	NL	0	38%	12	2	3	40%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1985	26	DET	AL	3	48%	55	2	2	50%	2	2	0	1	1	5	6	47%	12	6	5	2	2	5	1	4
1986	27	MIN	AL	0	33%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1987	28	OAK	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				3	48%	81	4	5	44%	4	4	1	1	1	5	6	50%	16	9	6	2	2	8	1	7

Situational Hitting*

						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
1982	23	PHI	NL	14	7%	4			1	1	0	0	0.26	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	2	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	24	PHI	NL	7	71%	2			4	2	0	1	1.22	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	7	2	29%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1984	25	SFG	NL	41	29%	8			2	0	0	0	0.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	5	2	40%	19	2	11%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1985	26	DET	AL	133	63%	33			18	6	2	2	3.06	6	0	2	1	5	2	4	0	0	0		29	4	14%	16	1	6%	79	6	8%	5	1	20%	3	1	33%	0
1986	27	MIN	AL	17	71%	2			4	0	0	0	2.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	2	50%	0	0		16	2	13%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	28	OAK	AL	3	100%	0			1	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
6 Yrs				215	54%	49			30	9	2	3	2.42	8	0	3	3	5	4	4	0	0	0		46	7	15%	23	3	13%	129	14	11%	9	3	33%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1982	23	7	14	14	3	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.786	1.071	187	11	0
1983	24	15	21	21	5	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	6	.286	.286	.619	.905	145	13	1
1984	25	28	62	62	8	14	1	1	2	8	2	3	0	18	.226	.226	.371	.597	66	23	1
1985	26	99	195	195	27	47	7	3	8	20	4	5	0	57	.241	.241	.431	.672	82	84	5
1986	27	107	212	211	28	49	7	3	8	21	4	5	1	65	.232	.236	.408	.643	75	86	7
1987	28	109	215	214	28	49	7	3	8	21	4	5	1	66	.229	.233	.402	.634	72	86	7

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
1982	23	7	14	14	3	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	4	.286	.286	.786	1.071	3	7
1983	24	8	8	8	4	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	8
1984	25	13	41	41	3	8	0	1	0	2	2	0	12	.195	.195	.244	.439	2	13
1985	26	71	134	134	20	34	6	2	6	13	2	0	39	.254	.254	.463	.716	16	71
1986	27	8	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	8
1987	28	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
6 Yrs		109	217	216	30	49	7	3	8	23	4	1	66	.227	.230	.398	.629	22	109
162 Game Avg.		162	323	321	45	73	10	4	12	34	6	1	98	.227	.230	.398	.629	33	109

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