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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 HOU NL 20 2B 7 6 51.0 39 15 21 3 2 .923 0.7 16.5 0.7 0.8 -0.1 0 6.35 5.14 .977 5.49 4.93
1976 HOU NL 20 SS 7 6 51.0 34 11 23 0 2 1.000 1.4 32.9 2.4 1.3 1.1 -1 6.00 4.86 .962 5.05 4.49
1982 LAD NL 26 2B 4 0 6.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 60.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 0.75 .967 5.40 4.75
1982 LAD NL 26 3B 4 0 7.0 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0 6.43 1.25 .940 2.83 2.42
1982 LAD NL 26 SS 2 0 6.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 7.50 2.50 .960 4.95 4.40
1983 LAD NL 27 SS 3 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.06 4.17
1983 LAD NL 27 2B 2 1 11.0 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.3 32.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.91 3.00 .983 5.32 4.45
1983 LAD NL 27 3B 1 0 1.0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.5 600.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 18.00 2.00 .950 2.70 2.30
3 Seasons 2B 13 7 68.0 48 19 26 3 2 .938 1.3 22.9 1.3 0.8 0.5 0 5.96 3.46 .977 5.45 4.80
3 Seasons SS 12 6 59.2 39 13 26 0 2 1.000 1.3 26.1 2.3 1.3 1.0 -1 5.88 3.25 .962 5.04 4.39
2 Seasons 3B 5 0 8.0 7 0 7 0 1 1.000 0.9 135.0 0.9 0.7 0.2 0 7.88 1.40 .943 2.81 2.40
3 Seasons TOT 30 13 135.2 94 32 59 3 5 .968 3.5 31.0 4.5 2.8 1.7 -1 6.04 3.03 .936 5.11 4.24

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 HOU NL 20 14 12 14 14 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 LAD NL 26 11 0 11 10 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 LAD NL 27 10 1 10 6 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
3 Seasons 35 13 35 30 0 0 0 13 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 HOU NL 20 214 57% 85% 33% 29 90% 0 16 7 4 5 21 17 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 26 24 46% 75% 21% 3 67% 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 27 46 57% 89% 39% 4 100% 0 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 284 56% 85% 33% 36 89% 0 20 8 5 7 26 21 4 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1976 HOU NL 20 227 62% 82% 29% 27 96% 0 11 5 4 2 22 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 26 31 55% 81% 19% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 27 10 50% 70% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 268 61% 82% 27% 31 94% 0 12 5 5 2 25 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 LAD NL 26 33 55% 88% 18% 4 100% 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 27 3 67% 100% 67% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 36 56% 89% 22% 6 100% 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 27% 89% 69%

* 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.

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