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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1972	18	-min	Rk	6	3	.667	2.54	11	10					71.0	55	29	20	2	31								1.211	7.0	0.3	3.9			CCF · FECR
1973	19	HOU-min	A	5	9	.357	4.22	26	19					130.0	140	75	61	9	43								1.408	9.7	0.6	3.0			CDR · MIDW
1974	20	HOU-min	A	9	4	.692	1.59	25	18		7	3	2	147.0	122	39	26	4	44	2	130	7	1	5			1.129	7.5	0.2	2.7	8.0	2.95	CDR · MIDW
1975	21	HOU-min	AA,A	8	15	.348	3.92	27	26		8	3	0	163.0	162	95	71	11	74	6	79	7	2	10			1.448	8.9	0.6	4.1	4.4	1.07	CBS,DBQ · SOUL,MIDW
1976	22	CIN-min	A	0	2	.000	4.50	2	1					8.0	11	4	4	1	5								2.000	12.4	1.1	5.6			TAM · FLOR
1980	26	LAD-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.32	5	5		0	0	0	22.0	27	14	13	1	10	0	15	0	1	1			1.682	11.0	0.4	4.1	6.1	1.50	ABQ · PCL
1981	27	ANA-min	AAA	0	0		7.88	6	0	5	0	0	0	8.0	12	7	7	1	7	0	7	0	0	1			2.375	13.5	1.1	7.9	7.9	1.00	SLC · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	9.31	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.2	13	13	10	1	8	0	5	0	0	1			2.172	12.1	0.9	7.4	4.7	0.63	SPO · PCL
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	ANA-min	AAA	0	0		10.12	4	0	4	0	0	0	5.1	7	6	6	1	2	1	4	0	0	1			1.688	11.8	1.7	3.4	6.8	2.00	EDM · PCL
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 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	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1981	27	CAL	AL	33.2	0	16	18	0	.5	2	0.0	$
1982	28	CAL	AL	92.2	0	36	52	3	1.0	16	1.0	$
1983	29	CAL	AL	98.1	1	42	61	-3	1.9	19	1.8	$
1984	30	CAL	AL	83.2	0	34	49	0	1.8	15	1.3	$
1985	31	CAL	AL	61.1	0	41	36	2	.5	-5	-0.7	$340,000
5 Seasons				369.2	1	169	216	2	1.3	47	3.4	$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

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1972	18	-min	Rk	11	27	27		3	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	3						CCF · FECR
1973	19	HOU-min	A	26	46	42	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	24	.071	.152	.071	.224	3						CDR · MIDW
1974	20	HOU-min	A	25	52	41	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	22	.073	.191	.073	.265	3		1	5	0		CDR · MIDW
1975	21	HOU-min	A,AA	28	11	9	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	2	0	0	DBQ,CBS · MIDW,SOUL
1976	22	CIN-min	A																								TAM · FLOR
1980	26	LAD-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
1981	27	ANA-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	SLC · PCL
1981	27	CAL	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	28	ANA-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	SPO · PCL
1982	28	CAL	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	29	CAL	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	30	CAL	AL	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	31	ANA-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	EDM · PCL
1985	31	CAL	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Seasons				194	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1981	CAL	AL	27	P	17	0	33.2	9	1	6	2	0	.778	1.87	0.41	.963	1.98	1.98	3	1	25%	0
1982	CAL	AL	28	P	46	0	92.2	21	1	19	1	1	.952	1.94	0.43	.958	1.80	1.80	10	6	38%	0
1983	CAL	AL	29	P	56	1	98.1	25	1	24	0	2	1.000	2.29	0.45	.958	1.80	1.78	5	2	29%	0
1984	CAL	AL	30	P	49	0	83.2	15	3	10	2	2	.867	1.40	0.27	.958	1.79	1.78	7	1	13%	1
1985	CAL	AL	31	P	26	0	61.1	15	3	11	1	1	.933	2.05	0.54	.953	1.86	1.84	2	3	60%	0
	5 Seasons			P	194	1	369.2	85	9	70	6	6	.929	1.92	0.41	.958	1.82	1.81	27	13	33%	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	194	1	369.2	85	9	70	6	6	.929	1.92	0.41	.958	1.82	1.81	27	13	33%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1983 AL 1.000 (1st)

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)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1983 AL 1.000 (1st)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Tom Gorman (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

September 1, 1971: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.
December 12, 1975: the Houston Astros sent Carlos Alfonso (minors) and Luis Sanchez to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on October 24, 1975. October 24, 1975: The Houston Astros sent players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for Joaquin Andujar.
July 28, 1976: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
February 10, 1981: Purchased by the California Angels from Veracruz (Mexican).
December 27, 1985: Traded by the California Angels with Tim Arnold (minors) to the Montreal Expos for Gary Lucas.
February 14, 1986: Purchased by Yomiura Giants (Japan Central) from the Montreal Expos.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1984	30	Boston Red Sox	$100,000	2/20/84 TSN
1985	31	California Angels	$340,000	1985 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$440,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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