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Alex Sanchez

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 179 lb.

Debut June 15, 2001
  vs. KCR 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Born August 26, 1976 in Havana, Cuba

Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2001 24 MIL NL  30   68    7   14   3  2   0    4   6  2   5  13  .206  .260  .309   48   21   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 25 MIL NL 112  394   55  114  10  7   1   33  37 14  31  62  .289  .343  .358   87  141   6   2   0   2   4 RoY-9
 2003 26 TOT    144  557   58  160  23  8   1   32  52 24  25  74  .287  .319  .363   84  202   9   5   0   3   5
         MIL NL  43  163   15   46  10  3   0   10   8  6   7  28  .282  .316  .380   83   62   2   2   0   2   1
         DET AL 101  394   43  114  13  5   1   22  44 18  18  46  .289  .320  .355   84  140   7   3   0   1   4
 2004 27 DET AL  79  332   41  107   9  3   2   26  19 13   7  50  .322  .335  .386   92  128  12   1   0   0   5
 2005 28 TOT     62  176   32   57  11  1   2   16   8  5   8  34  .324  .353  .432  108   76   5   2   1   1   3
         TBD AL  43  133   28   46   8  1   2   13   6  3   7  25  .346  .373  .466  123   62   3   2   1   0   3
         SFG NL  19   43    4   11   3  0   0    3   2  2   1   9  .256  .289  .326   61   14   2   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      427 1527  193  452  56 21   6  111 122 58  76 233  .296  .330  .372   88  568  32  10   1   6  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        579   73  171  21  8   2   42  46 22  29  88  .296  .330  .372   88  215  12   4   0   2   6
 Career High    144  557   58  160  23  8   2   33  52 24  31  74  .322  .343  .386   92  202  12   5   1   3   5
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2001 24 MIL NL   73   56    6   2.9   110| .206  .266| .260  .337| .309  .436| .569  .773|  48  .263  -5.6  -0.5  75%
 2002 25 MIL NL  435  306   51   4.5   105| .289  .264| .343  .337| .358  .419| .701  .756|  87  .466  -7.9  -0.8  72%
 2003 26 TOT     599  440   64   3.9   103| .287  .261| .319  .328| .363  .419| .682  .747|  84  .387 -13.2  -1.2  68%
         MIL NL  176  128   19   4.0   108| .282  .266| .316  .338| .380  .427| .696  .765|  83  .402  -4.2  -0.4  57%
         DET AL  423  312   45   3.9   101| .289  .259| .320  .324| .355  .415| .675  .739|  84  .381  -8.9  -0.8  70%
 2004 27 DET AL  352  256   40   4.2   105| .322  .264| .335  .332| .386  .425| .721  .756|  92  .403  -4.8  -0.4  59%
 2005 28 TOT     192  134   26   5.2   105| .324  .268| .353  .332| .432  .425| .785  .757| 108  .527   2.1   0.2  61%
         TBD AL  145   98   22   6.0   104| .346  .267| .373  .330| .466  .423| .839  .753| 123  .591   4.6   0.4  66%
         SFG NL   47   36    4   3.0   109| .256  .270| .289  .340| .326  .430| .615  .770|  61  .291  -2.5  -0.2  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1651 1192  187   4.2   105| .296  .264| .330  .332| .372  .422| .702  .754|  88  .423 -29.4  -2.7  67%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 24 MIL NL OF 19 24 2 1 0 .963 .981 1.37 1.86 1.86 2.20 12 126.0 CF 14 21 1 1 0 .957 .987 1.57 2.18 2.04 2.59 9 97.0 LF 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.47 1.57 1.92 3 23.0 RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.10 0 6.0 2002 25 MIL NL OF 100 271 1 5 0 .982 .983 2.72 1.84 3.00 2.19 92 815.7 CF 86 234 0 5 0 .979 .988 2.72 2.13 3.03 2.57 78 694.3 LF 16 37 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.38 1.51 2.82 1.92 14 121.3 2003 26 TOT CF 135 377 4 7 1 .982 .990 2.82 2.37 3.07 2.70 128 1118.7 TOT OF 135 377 4 7 1 .982 .985 2.82 2.02 3.07 2.30 128 1118.7 MIL NL CF 36 99 3 1 1 .990 .988 2.83 2.14 2.96 2.50 36 310.0 DET AL CF 99 278 1 6 0 .979 .990 2.82 2.45 3.10 2.78 92 808.7 2004 27 DET AL CF 78 177 2 9 1 .952 .988 2.29 2.35 2.44 2.64 77 661.0 2005 28 TOT OF 41 84 2 6 0 .935 .986 2.10 2.00 2.42 2.28 38 320.3 TOT CF 22 59 1 4 0 .938 .988 2.73 2.34 3.09 2.65 21 175.0 TOT RF 20 25 1 2 0 .929 .981 1.30 1.81 1.61 2.12 17 145.3 TOT DH 8 TBD AL OF 31 65 1 3 0 .957 .987 2.13 2.05 2.39 2.30 29 248.3 CF 18 50 1 3 0 .944 .988 2.83 2.38 3.19 2.69 17 144.0 RF 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.07 1.83 1.29 2.12 12 104.3 DH 7 SFG NL OF 10 19 1 3 0 .870 .985 2.00 1.86 2.50 2.19 9 72.0 RF 6 10 1 2 0 .846 .982 1.83 1.75 2.41 2.11 5 41.0 CF 4 9 0 1 0 .900 .989 2.25 2.15 2.61 2.50 4 31.0 DH 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 24 MIL NL CF 14 21 1 1 0 .957 .987 1.57 2.18 2.04 2.59 9 97.0 2002 25 MIL NL CF 86 234 0 5 0 .979 .988 2.72 2.13 3.03 2.57 78 694.3 2003 26 TOT CF 135 377 4 7 1 .982 .990 2.82 2.37 3.07 2.70 128 1118.7 MIL NL CF 36 99 3 1 1 .990 .988 2.83 2.14 2.96 2.50 36 310.0 DET AL CF 99 278 1 6 0 .979 .990 2.82 2.45 3.10 2.78 92 808.7 2004 27 DET AL CF 78 177 2 9 1 .952 .988 2.29 2.35 2.44 2.64 77 661.0 2005 28 TOT CF 22 59 1 4 0 .938 .988 2.73 2.34 3.09 2.65 21 175.0 TBD AL CF 18 50 1 3 0 .944 .988 2.83 2.38 3.19 2.69 17 144.0 SFG NL CF 4 9 0 1 0 .900 .989 2.25 2.15 2.61 2.50 4 31.0 2005 28 TOT DH 8 TBD AL DH 7 SFG NL DH 1 2001 24 MIL NL LF 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.47 1.57 1.92 3 23.0 2002 25 MIL NL LF 16 37 1 0 0 1.000 .977 2.38 1.51 2.82 1.92 14 121.3 2001 24 MIL NL OF 19 24 2 1 0 .963 .981 1.37 1.86 1.86 2.20 12 126.0 2002 25 MIL NL OF 100 271 1 5 0 .982 .983 2.72 1.84 3.00 2.19 92 815.7 2003 26 TOT OF 135 377 4 7 1 .982 .985 2.82 2.02 3.07 2.30 128 1118.7 MIL NL OF 36 99 3 1 1 .990 .984 2.83 1.85 2.96 2.17 36 310.0 DET AL OF 99 278 1 6 0 .979 .985 2.82 2.08 3.10 2.35 92 808.7 2004 27 DET AL OF 78 177 2 9 1 .952 .985 2.29 2.05 2.44 2.30 77 661.0 2005 28 TOT OF 41 84 2 6 0 .935 .986 2.10 2.00 2.42 2.28 38 320.3 TBD AL OF 31 65 1 3 0 .957 .987 2.13 2.05 2.39 2.30 29 248.3 SFG NL OF 10 19 1 3 0 .870 .985 2.00 1.86 2.50 2.19 9 72.0 2001 24 MIL NL RF 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.73 0.00 2.10 0 6.0 2005 28 TOT RF 20 25 1 2 0 .929 .981 1.30 1.81 1.61 2.12 17 145.3 TBD AL RF 14 15 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.07 1.83 1.29 2.12 12 104.3 SFG NL RF 6 10 1 2 0 .846 .982 1.83 1.75 2.41 2.11 5 41.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 373 933 11 28 2 .971 .984 2.53 1.97 2.79 2.26 347 3041.7 19 335 23# CF* 335 868 8 26 2 .971 .989 2.61 2.29 2.87 2.65 313 2746.0 RF* 23 25 1 2 0 .929 .981 1.13 1.80 1.55 2.12 17 151.3 LF* 19 40 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.21 1.51 2.62 1.92 17 144.3 DH 8 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 373 933 11 28 2 .971 .984 2.53 1.97 2.79 2.26 347 3042
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
2002 NL-7-6

Stolen Bases
2002 NL-37-5
2003 AL-44-2

Sac. Hits
2004 AL-12-6

Caught Stealing
2002 NL-14-4
2003 AL-18-1
2004 AL-13-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1718) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1763) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1996.

April 6, 2001: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

May 27, 2003: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Detroit Tigers for Chad Petty (minors) and Noochie Varner (minors).

March 15, 2005: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

March 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

June 23, 2005: Selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

March 25, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

June 15, 2006: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

December 8, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Milwaukee Brewers$202,000
2003Milwaukee Brewers$340,000
2004Detroit Tigers$385,000
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$316,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,243,000

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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