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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 (Age 27)
Team: Angels 1981-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 32)
Died: February 4, 2005 in La Guaira, Vargas, 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
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 (v2.2): 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 4.10 -0.02 -0.33 100.7 3.82 -2 -0.2 .9 -0.1 0.1 1 .489 .499
1982 28 CAL AL 92.2 46 0 36 3.50 4.46 0.30 -0.35 100.5 3.83 4 0.4 1.7 -0.0 1.2 12 .509 .503
1983 29 CAL AL 98.1 56 1 42 3.84 4.54 -0.26 -0.35 99.2 4.42 6 0.6 2.1 0.2 1.8 16 .511 .504
1984 30 CAL AL 83.2 49 0 34 3.66 4.41 0.01 -0.35 101.3 4.10 4 0.5 2.1 0.1 1.4 12 .509 .503
1985 31 CAL AL 61.1 26 0 41 6.02 4.60 0.23 -0.36 102.2 4.10 -13 -1.3 .7 0.1 -0.6 -7 .450 .492 $340,000
5 Seasons 369.2 194 1 169 4.11 4.46 0.04 -0.35 100.7 4.09 -1 0.0 1.7 0.3 3.9 33 .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

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 OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos 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 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1981 27 CAL AL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1982 28 CAL AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1983 29 CAL AL 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 0 1
1984 30 CAL AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 1
1985 31 CAL AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $340,000 1
5 Seasons 194 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.2 1 $340,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 28 CAL AL ALCS MIL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 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 CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1981 CAL AL 27 P 17 0 0 33.2 9 1 6 2 0 .778 1.87 0.41 .963 1.98 1.98 3 1 25% 38% 0
1982 CAL AL 28 P 46 0 0 92.2 21 1 19 1 1 .952 1.94 0.43 .958 1.80 1.80 10 6 38% 36% 0
1983 CAL AL 29 P 56 1 0 98.1 25 1 24 0 2 1.000 2.29 0.45 .958 1.80 1.78 5 2 29% 33% 0
1984 CAL AL 30 P 49 0 0 83.2 15 3 10 2 2 .867 1.40 0.27 .958 1.79 1.78 7 1 13% 36% 1
1985 CAL AL 31 P 26 0 0 61.1 15 3 11 1 1 .933 2.05 0.54 .953 1.86 1.84 2 3 60% 33% 0
5 Seasons P 194 1 0 369.2 85 9 70 6 6 .929 1.92 0.41 .958 1.82 1.81 27 13 33% 35% 1
5 Seasons TOT 194 1 0 369.2 85 9 70 6 6 .929 1.92 0.41 .958 1.82 1.81 27 13 33% 35% 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Hersh Freeman (981)
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  5. Alfredo Aceves (970)
  6. Rich Monteleone (970)
  7. Bob Bowman (969)
  8. Joey McLaughlin (968)
  9. Bud Byerly (968)
  10. Cris Carpenter (968)
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  3. Don Elston (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198430Boston Red Sox$100,0002/20/84 TSN
198531California Angels$340,0001985 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$440,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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