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Luis Sánchez

Luis Mercedes Escoba Sanchez
born Luis Mercedes Escobar Sanchez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 24, 1953 in Cariaco, Sucre, Venezuela
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1981
Team: Angels 1981-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
Died: February 4, 2005 in La Guaira, Vargas, Venezuela
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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
1977 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1978 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1979 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 1 150 125 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 1 388 127 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 2 416 111 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 73 1.533 9.8 1.3 4.0 5.0 1.26
5 Yrs 28 21 .571 3.75 194 1 127 0 0 27 369.2 371 169 154 32 145 30 216 15 2 7 1581 108 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 2 551 108 1.396 9.0 0.8 3.5 5.3 1.49

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 Awards
1981 27 CAL AL 33.2 17 0 16 4.28 4.12 -0.02 -0.33 100.6 3.84 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 1 .489 .499 $
1982 28 CAL AL 92.2 46 0 36 3.50 4.47 0.30 -0.35 100.3 3.83 4 0.4 1.7 -0.0 1.2 13 .509 .503 $
1983 29 CAL AL 98.1 56 1 42 3.84 4.55 -0.26 -0.35 99.1 4.42 6 0.6 2.1 0.2 1.7 17 .512 .504 $
1984 30 CAL AL 83.2 49 0 34 3.66 4.43 0.01 -0.35 101.0 4.10 4 0.5 2.1 0.1 1.3 13 .510 .503 $
1985 31 CAL AL 61.1 26 0 41 6.02 4.60 0.23 -0.36 101.8 4.08 -13 -1.3 .7 0.1 -0.7 -7 .450 .492 $340,000
5 Seasons 369.2 194 1 169 4.11 4.47 0.04 -0.35 100.4 4.09 -0 0.1 1.7 0.3 3.6 36 .500 .500 $340,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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*

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
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 4
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 5
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 2
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 2
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 1
5 Yrs 194 1581 1392 169 371 64 12 32 27 13 145 216 .267 .340 .399 .738 .294 555 43 15 18 11 30 14
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 5
MLB Averages .259 .323 .386 .709 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 27 CAL AL 1.1 0.1 157 -0.5 1.3 -1.8 .52 -0.8 -0.1 -1.4 -0.2 0.51 -6.8 4 1 9
1982 28 CAL AL 9.0 0.9 408 1.7 7.5 -5.9 1.00 0.9 0.8 14.0 1.4 1.00 12.0 21 5 20
1983 29 CAL AL 5.4 0.5 425 0.5 13.3 -12.9 1.85 0.9 -0.7 7.0 0.7 1.85 6.9 36 5 14
1984 30 CAL AL 6.6 0.7 373 1.0 11.3 -10.3 1.79 -0.1 0.7 6.7 0.7 1.79 0.8 26 8 15
1985 31 CAL AL -9.5 -0.9 276 0.2 2.5 -2.2 .52 -0.6 1.0 -12.9 -1.2 0.52 -10.2 5 3 16
5 Yrs 12.5 1.3 1639 2.9 36.0 -33.1 1.27 0.3 2.0 13.3 1.4 1.27 2.6 92 22 74

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
1983 29 CAL AL 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 27 8 0 1 3.0 0.0 2.0
1 Yr 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 .500 51% 51 98 -12 4.3 4.3 6.2

Reliever Pitching*

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 .516 4 1 9 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 1.000 21 5 20 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 1.852 36 5 14 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 1.790 26 8 15 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 .525 5 3 16 3 1 22 14 12 19 0 20 2 7.1
5 Yrs 194 193 127 28 20 51 27 24 53% 61 7 215 74 34% 1.277 92 22 74 77 29 87 122 71 116 33 124 37 5.7

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%
1981 27 CAL AL 150 63% 2.7% 8.7% 7.3% 8.0% 31% 1.24 80% 31 3 10%
1982 28 CAL AL 388 62% 0.8% 15.0% 8.8% 5.7% 25% 1.78 73% 89 14 16%
1983 29 CAL AL 416 56% 1.4% 11.8% 9.6% 6.3% 28% 1.29 74% 87 11 13%
1984 30 CAL AL 359 49% 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 Yrs 1581 56% 2.0% 13.7% 9.2% 6.8% 29% 1.17 73% 350 43 12%
MLB Averages 42% 2.1% 13.5% 8.4% 6.6% 29% 1.08 75% 11%

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
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 1 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 0 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 Yrs 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 3 0 28 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

Cumulative Pitching

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 1 150 125 1.485 10.4 1.1 2.9 3.5 1.18 125
1982 28 7 6 .538 3.13 63 0 33 0 0 7 126.1 128 52 44 7 45 4 71 8 1 2 538 126 1.369 9.1 0.5 3.2 5.1 1.58 126
1983 29 17 14 .548 3.36 119 1 67 0 0 14 224.2 220 94 84 13 85 18 120 11 1 4 954 119 1.358 8.8 0.5 3.4 4.8 1.41 119
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 108 1.396 9.0 0.8 3.5 5.3 1.49 108

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3.75 48.0 64 22 20 7 18 18 2 1.708 12.0 3.4 3.4 1.00 1.3 17
1982 28 5 4 .556 3.71 85.0 92 39 35 3 35 53 7 1.494 9.7 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 3.76 79.0 86 37 33 10 34 58 3 1.519 9.8 3.9 6.6 1.71 1.1 49
1985 31 2 4 .333 6.47 57.0 68 46 41 9 27 32 1 1.667 10.7 4.3 5.1 1.19 1.4 26
5 Yrs 19 19 .500 4.25 362.0 404 191 171 35 155 207 16 1.544 10.0 5.1 1.34 0.9 194

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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)

                           

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