Luis Sanchez
Luis Mercedes Escobar Sanchez
born Luis Mercedes Escobar Sanchez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 24, 1953 in Cariaco, Venezuela
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1981
Final Game: October 6, 1985
Died: February 4, 2005 in La Guaira, Venezuela
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Standard Pitching

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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
1981 27 CAL AL 0 2 .000 2.94 17 0 8 0 0 2 33.2 39 16 11 4 11 0 13 1 0 1 150 123 1.485 10.4 1.1 2.9 3.5 1.18
1982 28 CAL AL 7 4 .636 3.21 46 0 25 0 0 5 92.2 89 36 33 3 34 4 58 7 1 1 388 126 1.327 8.6 0.3 3.3 5.6 1.71
1983 29 CAL AL 10 8 .556 3.66 56 1 34 0 0 7 98.1 92 42 40 6 40 14 49 3 0 2 416 110 1.342 8.4 0.5 3.7 4.5 1.23
1984 30 CAL AL 9 7 .563 3.33 49 0 44 0 0 11 83.2 84 34 31 10 33 9 62 3 1 1 359 120 1.398 9.0 1.1 3.5 6.7 1.88
1985 31 CAL AL 2 0 1.000 5.72 26 0 16 0 0 2 61.1 67 41 39 9 27 3 34 1 0 2 268 72 1.533 9.8 1.3 4.0 5.0 1.26
5 Seasons 28 21 .571 3.75 194 1 127 0 0 27 369.2 371 169 154 32 145 30 216 15 2 7 1581 107 1.396 9.0 0.8 3.5 5.3 1.49
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .571 3.75 68 0 44 0 0 9 129 129 59 54 11 51 10 75 5 1 2 551 107 1.396 9.0 0.8 3.5 5.3 1.49

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1982 28 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 13 1.875 13.5 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1981 27 CAL AL 17 150 136 16 39 7 1 4 3 1 11 13 .287 .342 .441 .783 .292 60 3 1 1 1 0
1982 28 CAL AL 46 388 343 36 89 18 1 3 10 6 34 58 .259 .337 .344 .681 .303 118 14 7 2 2 4
1983 29 CAL AL 56 416 362 42 92 17 3 6 5 2 40 49 .254 .332 .367 .699 .278 133 11 3 9 2 14
1984 30 CAL AL 49 359 314 34 84 8 2 10 7 1 33 62 .268 .340 .401 .741 .302 126 7 3 6 3 9
1985 31 CAL AL 26 268 237 41 67 14 5 9 2 3 27 34 .283 .354 .498 .852 .294 118 8 1 0 3 3
5 Seasons 194 1581 1392 169 371 64 12 32 27 13 145 216 .267 .340 .399 .738 .294 555 43 15 18 11 30
162 Game Avg. 68 551 485 59 129 22 4 11 9 5 51 75 .267 .340 .399 .738 .294 194 15 5 6 4 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1983 29 CAL AL 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 27 8 0 1 3.0 0.0 2.0
1 Season 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 27 8 0 1 3.0 0.0 2.0
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1981 27 CAL AL 17 17 8 0 2 4 2 2 50% 4 0 13 4 31% 6 0.573 4 2 8 4 0 13 8 9 11 4 11 3 5.9
1982 28 CAL AL 46 46 25 7 4 8 5 3 63% 10 2 57 18 32% 7 1.025 20 9 17 14 8 24 34 12 26 9 28 8 6.0
1983 29 CAL AL 56 55 34 10 7 16 7 9 44% 23 5 70 20 29% 9 1.880 36 6 13 26 14 15 39 16 32 13 35 15 5.3
1984 30 CAL AL 49 49 44 9 7 21 11 10 52% 22 0 54 20 37% 8 1.826 26 9 14 30 6 13 27 22 28 7 30 9 5.1
1985 31 CAL AL 26 26 16 2 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 21 12 57% 3 0.540 5 3 17 3 1 22 14 12 19 0 20 2 7.1
5 Seasons 194 193 127 28 20 51 27 24 53% 61 7 215 74 34% 1.307 91 29 69 77 29 87 122 71 116 33 124 37 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1981 27 CAL AL 150 37% 2.7% 8.7% 7.3% 8.0% 31% 1.24 80% 31 3 10%
1982 28 CAL AL 388 38% 0.8% 15.0% 8.8% 5.7% 25% 1.78 73% 89 14 16%
1983 29 CAL AL 416 44% 1.4% 11.8% 9.6% 6.3% 28% 1.29 74% 87 11 13%
1984 30 CAL AL 359 51% 2.8% 17.3% 9.2% 5.6% 24% 0.62 68% 91 7 8%
1985 31 CAL AL 268 50% 3.4% 12.7% 10.1% 10.5% 42% 1.18 74% 52 8 15%
5 Seasons 1581 44% 2.0% 13.7% 9.2% 6.8% 29% 1.17 73% 350 43 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1981 27 CAL AL 150 39 4 0 2 4 0 3 1 8 3 1 38% 4 1 0 69 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1982 28 CAL AL 388 89 3 1 18 2 1 2 1 36 15 4 42% 5 1 1 165 10 6 63% 10 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1983 29 CAL AL 416 92 6 0 15 3 3 4 2 30 12 3 40% 2 2 1 185 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1984 30 CAL AL 359 84 10 0 25 5 5 7 3 36 11 5 31% 2 1 2 150 7 1 88% 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 7 0
1985 31 CAL AL 268 67 9 0 12 4 5 6 3 21 8 5 38% 1 2 0 101 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 1581 371 32 1 72 18 14 22 10 131 49 18 37% 14 7 4 670 27 13 68% 25 12 2 1 0 0 5 0 28 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1981 27 0 2 .000 2.94 17 0 8 0 0 2 33.2 39 16 11 4 11 0 13 1 0 1 150 123 1.485 10.4 1.1 2.9 3.5 1.18 123
1982 28 7 6 .538 3.13 63 0 33 0 0 7 126.1 128 52 44 7 45 4 71 8 1 2 538 125 1.369 9.1 0.5 3.2 5.1 1.58 125
1983 29 17 14 .548 3.36 119 1 67 0 0 14 224.2 220 94 84 13 85 18 120 11 1 4 954 118 1.358 8.8 0.5 3.4 4.8 1.41 118
1984 30 26 21 .553 3.36 168 1 111 0 0 25 308.1 304 128 115 23 118 27 182 14 2 5 1313 119 1.369 8.9 0.7 3.4 5.3 1.54 119
1985 31 28 21 .571 3.75 194 1 127 0 0 27 369.2 371 169 154 32 145 30 216 15 2 7 1581 107 1.396 9.0 0.8 3.5 5.3 1.49 107

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
1981 27 3 2 .600 3.83 47.0 65 22 20 7 18 18 2 1.766 12.4 3.4 3.4 1.00 1.3 17
1982 28 5 4 .556 3.71 85.0 91 39 35 3 35 53 7 1.482 9.6 3.7 5.6 1.51 0.3 46
1983 29 5 5 .500 4.06 93.0 94 47 42 6 41 46 3 1.452 9.1 4.0 4.5 1.12 0.6 56
1984 30 4 4 .500 3.81 78.0 87 37 33 10 34 58 3 1.551 10.0 3.9 6.7 1.71 1.2 49
1985 31 2 4 .333 6.47 57.0 69 46 41 9 28 32 1 1.702 10.9 4.4 5.1 1.14 1.4 26
5 Seasons 19 19 .500 4.28 360.0 406 191 171 35 156 207 16 1.561 10.2 5.2 1.33 0.9 194

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 AL--7--3rd

Games Finished s c a p y
1983 AL--34--10th
1984 AL--44--8th

                           

Similarity Scores

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