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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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 CAL AL 27 P 17 0 33.2 9 1 6 2 0 .778 0.0 0.0 1.87 0.41 .967 1.98 0.81
1982 CAL AL 28 P 46 0 92.2 21 1 19 1 1 .952 0.0 0.0 1.94 0.43 .957 1.80 0.73
1983 CAL AL 29 P 56 1 98.1 25 1 24 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.29 0.45 .956 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 30 P 49 0 83.2 15 3 10 2 2 .867 0.0 0.0 1.40 0.27 .960 1.79 0.70
1985 CAL AL 31 P 26 0 61.1 15 3 11 1 1 .933 0.0 0.0 2.05 0.54 .953 1.86 0.70
5 Seasons P 194 1 369.2 85 9 70 6 6 .929 0.0 0.0 1.92 0.41 .958 1.82 0.73
5 Seasons TOT 194 1 369.2 85 9 70 6 6 .929 0.0 0.0 1.92 0.41 .887 1.82 0.73

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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  1. Hersh Freeman (981)
  2. Bill Sampen (978)
  3. Joe Black (974)
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  5. Rich Monteleone (970)
  6. Bob Bowman (969)
  7. Jon Rauch (969)
  8. Joey McLaughlin (968)
  9. Bud Byerly (968)
  10. Cris Carpenter (968)
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  1. Freddy Schmidt (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Luis Aloma (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Don Elston (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. 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: Sent by the Houston Astros to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on October 24, 1975. The Houston Astros sent players to be named later to the Cincinnati Reds for players to be named later and Joaquin Andujar. The Houston Astros sent Luis Sanchez (December 12, 1975) and Carlos Alfonso (minors) (December 12, 1975) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.

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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985California Angels$340,000
Career (may be incomplete)$340,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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