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Israel Sánchez

Israel (Matos) Sanchez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 20, 1963 in Falcon Lasvias, Cuba
High School: Von Steuben HS (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 7, 1988
Team: Royals 1988-1990

Final Game: October 2, 1990
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1982	18	KCR-min	Rk	3	5	.375	4.57	12	11	0	0	0	0	61.0	63	41	31	3	36	0	49	4	3	10			1.623	9.3	0.4	5.3	7.2	1.36	ROY · GULF
1983	19	KCR-min	A	10	6	.625	3.59	30	19	9	3	1	2	163.0	172	92	65	11	70	2	130	6	4	18			1.485	9.5	0.6	3.9	7.2	1.86	CHS · SALL
1984	20	KCR-min	A	3	3	.500	3.64	14	10					66.2	62	30	27	4	29								1.365	8.4	0.5	3.9			FTM · FLOR
1985	21	KCR-min	A	8	6	.571	2.11	28	12	8	2	2	3	98.1	72	32	23	4	27	1	86	0	0	3			1.007	6.6	0.4	2.5	7.9	3.19	FTM · FLOR
1986	22	KCR-min	AA,AAA	13	8	.619	3.56	29	27	0	4	1	0	187.1	194	100	74	18	57	0	143	7	1	7			1.340	9.3	0.9	2.7	6.9	2.51	MEM,OMA · SOUL,AA
1987	23	KCR-min	AAA	5	12	.294	4.62	23	21	0	3	0	0	124.2	162	74	64	6	46	3	74	5	1	8			1.668	11.7	0.4	3.3	5.3	1.61	OMA · AA
1988	24	KCR-min	AAA	7	4	.636	2.91	15	15	0	3	2	0	102.0	102	36	33	3	36	4	85	1	4	1			1.353	9.0	0.3	3.2	7.5	2.36	OMA · AA
1988	24	KCR	AL	3	2	.600	4.54	19	1	6	0	0	1	35.2	36	20	18	0	18	2	14	0	1	3	157	89	1.514	9.1	0.0	4.5	3.5	0.78

1989	25	KCR-min	A	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	3	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0			1.125	7.9	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.00	BBC · FLOR
1990	26	KCR-min	AA,A+	2	3	.400	2.36	22	1	15	0	0	6	45.2	39	19	12	3	9	0	49	1	1	3			1.051	7.7	0.6	1.8	9.7	5.44	MEM,BBC · SOUL,FLOR
1990	26	KCR	AL	0	0		8.38	11	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	16	9	9	1	3	0	5	1	0	0	47	48	1.966	14.9	0.9	2.8	4.7	1.67
1991	27	BAL-min	AAA	6	2	.750	3.42	24	12	6	4	1	2	94.2	94	43	36	3	33	0	74	4	1	1	411		1.342	8.9	0.3	3.1	7.0	2.24	ROC · IL
1992	28	BAL-min	AAA	0	0		2.35	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.2	5	2	2	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	32		1.304	5.9	0.0	5.9	2.3	0.40	ROC · IL
2 Yrs				3	2	.600	5.36	30	1	9	0	0	1	45.1	52	29	27	1	21	2	19	1	1	3	204	75	1.610	10.3	0.2	4.2	3.8	0.90
162 Game Avg.				7	4	.600	5.36	66	2	20	0	0	2	99	114	64	59	2	46	4	42	2	2	7	447	75	1.610	10.3	0.2	4.2	3.8	0.90

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1988	24	KCR	AL	35.2	19	1	20	5.05	4.44	-0.12	-0.33	101.3	4.29	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.1	-0.1	1	.483	.498	$

1990	26	KCR	AL	9.2	11	0	9	8.38	4.45	-0.41	-0.34	99.4	4.50	-4	-0.4	.6	0.1	-0.3	-3	.461	.497	$100,000
2 Seasons				45.1	30	1	29	5.76	4.45	-0.18	-0.33	100.9	4.33	-7	-0.7	.9	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.475	.498	$100,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1988	24	KCR	AL	19	157	136	20	36	3	0	0	3	1	18	14	.265	.348	.287	.635	.293	39	3	0	2	1	2	2

1990	26	KCR	AL	11	47	42	9	16	4	0	1	0	0	3	5	.381	.426	.548	.973	.405	23	2	1	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				30	204	178	29	52	7	0	1	3	1	21	19	.292	.366	.348	.715	.319	62	5	1	2	2	2	2
162 Game Avg.				66	447	390	64	114	15	0	2	7	2	46	42	.292	.366	.348	.715	.319	136	11	2	4	4	4	4
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.379	.700	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1988	24	KCR	AL	-2.0	-0.2	167	0.0	2.4	-2.3	.89	0.2	-0.2	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	0.4	4	5	9

1990	26	KCR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	48	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.26	-0.3	-1.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.26	-3.4	1	2	7
2 Yrs				-6.3	-0.6	215	-0.4	2.5	-2.9	.75	-0.0	-0.4	-6.1	-0.6	0.75	-3.0	5	7	16

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1988	24	KCR	AL	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	14	3	0	1	8.0	4.5	2.0	62	1	0	0	0	62
1 Yr				19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31	31	31	14	3	0	1	8.0	4.5	2.0	62	1	0	0	0	62
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	103	-2					4.2	4.2	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	24	KCR	AL	19	18	6	3	2	1	1	0	100%	2	0	18	2	11%	8	.891	4	5	9	5	0	13	12	6	10	6	10	3	5.6	29

1990	26	KCR	AL	11	11	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	4	1	25%	6	.260	1	2	7	1	1	9	4	7	3	5	4	0	2.6	15
2 Yrs				30	29	9	3	2	1	1	0	100%	3	1	22	3	14%		.746	5	7	16	6	1	22	16	13	13	11	14	3	4.5	24

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1988	24	KCR	AL	157	34%	0.0%	8.9%	11.5%	1.9%	8%	1.09	1.31	78%	20%	0.0%	34%	37	3	8%

1990	26	KCR	AL	47	30%	2.1%	10.6%	6.4%	10.6%	31%	1.11	1.40	79%	21%	7.7%	28%	12	2	17%
2 Yrs				204	33%	0.5%	9.3%	10.3%	3.9%	15%	1.09	1.33	78%	20%	2.0%	33%	49	5	10%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	24	KCR	AL	157	585	3.73	335	57%	27%	10%	25%	37%	73%	2%	42%	86%	46%	5%	8	5	15%	23	12	2	43%	5	2	0	0	0

1990	26	KCR	AL	47	162	3.45	104	64%	18%	10%	36%	37%	82%	0%	52%	88%	53%	0%	0	0	17%	8	4	1	40%	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				204	747	3.66	439	59%	25%	10%	28%	37%	75%	2%	44%	87%	48%	4%	8	5	15%	31	16	3	42%	5	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1988	24	KCR	AL	157	36	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	15	8	1	53%	2	3	0	66	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0

1990	26	KCR	AL	47	16	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	25%	0	0	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs				204	52	6	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	19	9	1	47%	2	3	0	86	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1988	24	3	2	.600	4.54	19	1	6	1	35.2	36	20	18	0	18	2	14	0	1	3	157	89	1.514	9.1	0.0	4.5	3.5	0.78	89
1989	25	3	2	.600	4.54	19	1	6	1	35.2	36	20	18	0	18	2	14	0	1	3	157	89	1.514	9.1	0.0	4.5	3.5	0.78	89
1990	26	3	2	.600	5.36	30	1	9	1	45.1	52	29	27	1	21	2	19	1	1	3	204	75	1.610	10.3	0.2	4.2	3.8	0.90	75

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1988	24	1	2	.333	5.45	33.0	38	22	20	0	19	13	0	1.727	10.4	5.2	3.5	0.68	0.0	19

1990	26	0	0		10.00	9.0	17	11	10	1	3	4	1	2.222	17.0	3.0	4.0	1.33	1.0	11
2 Yrs		1	2	.333	6.43	42.0	55	33	30	1	22	17	1	1.833	11.8		3.6	0.77	0.2	30

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