Alex Taveras
Alejandro Antonio (Betances) Taveras
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 9, 1955 in Santiago, D.R.
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1976
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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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
1976 20 HOU NL 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0 /46
1982 26 LAD NL 11 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 176 2 0 0 0 0 0 /456
1983 27 LAD NL 10 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /645
3 Seasons 35 55 53 4 11 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 3 .208 .236 .226 .463 37 12 2 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 255 245 19 51 5 0 0 19 5 9 9 14 .208 .236 .226 .463 37 56 9 0 0 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 21 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 18 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1976 20 HOU NL 48 40 2 1.4 84 .222 .217 .252 .250 .317 .217 .359 .467 .676 39 .116 -3.6 -0.4 .275 .022 .000 .0
1982 26 LAD NL 3 2 1 13.5 93 .500 .333 .263 .333 .326 .667 .383 1.000 .709 176 .894 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
1983 27 LAD NL 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .330 .000 .388 .000 .718 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
3 Seasons 55 46 3 1.8 86 .220 .208 .253 .236 .318 .226 .362 .463 .681 37 .175 -4.4 -0.5 .283 .038 .019 .0
162 Game Avg. 255 213 14 1.8 86 .220 .208 .253 .236 .318 .226 .362 .463 .681 37 .175 -4.4 -0.5 .283 .038 .019
LAD (2 yrs) 7 6 1 4.5 95 .200 .143 .263 .143 .328 .286 .386 .429 .714 18 .527 -0.8 -0.1 .333 .143 .143
HOU (1 yr) 48 40 2 1.3 84 .222 .217 .252 .250 .317 .217 .359 .467 .676 39 .116 -3.6 -0.4 .275 .022 .000 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1976 20 HOU NL 48 0.0% 2.1% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 0.50 46.0 23.0 1.31 94%
1982 26 LAD NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 1.5 0.00 67%
1983 27 LAD NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 2.00 75%
3 Seasons 55 0.0% 5.5% 3.6% 1.8% 9% 1.50 17.7 13.3 1.21 91%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1976 20 HOU NL 0 0 25% 19 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1982 26 LAD NL 0 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1983 27 LAD NL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 0 0 31% 26 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 80% 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1976 20 HOU NL 47 23% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 6 1 17% 19 2 11% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 1
1982 26 LAD NL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 27 LAD NL 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 54 28% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 10 2 20% 8 1 13% 26 4 15% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1976 20 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
1977 21 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
1978 22 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
1979 23 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
1980 24 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
1981 25 14 48 46 3 10 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 .217 .250 .217 .467 39 10 2 0 0 0 0
1982 26 25 51 49 4 11 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 2 .224 .255 .245 .500 48 12 2 0 0 0 0
1983 27 35 55 53 4 11 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 3 .208 .236 .226 .463 37 12 2 0 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1976 20 14 47 45 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 .200 .234 .200 .434 2 14
1982 26 11 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 11
1983 27 10 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
3 Seasons 35 54 52 4 9 0 0 0 5 1 2 3 .173 .204 .173 .377 3 35
162 Game Avg. 162 250 241 19 42 0 0 0 23 5 9 14 .173 .204 .173 .377 14 35

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1976 NL  born 1955-10-09 (6th)

                                         

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