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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.

Debut April 10, 1981
  vs. SEA 4.3 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born August 24, 1953 in Cariaco, Venezuela
Died February 4, 2005 in La Guaira, Venezuela

Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1971. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1981 27 CAL AL   0   2  17   0   0   0   8  2   33.7   39   16   11   4   11   13   1   1   150   0   0  2.94  3.63  123 1.485
 1982 28 CAL AL   7   4  46   0   0   0  25  5   92.7   89   36   33   3   34   58   7   1   388   4   1  3.21  4.04  126 1.327
 1983 29 CAL AL  10   8  56   1   0   0  34  7   98.3   92   42   40   6   40   49   3   2   416  14   0  3.66  4.03  110 1.342
 1984 30 CAL AL   9   7  49   0   0   0  44 11   83.7   84   34   31  10   33   62   3   1   359   9   1  3.33  4.00  120 1.398
 1985 31 CAL AL   2   0  26   0   0   0  16  2   61.3   67   41   39   9   27   34   1   2   268   3   0  5.72  4.15   72 1.533
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .571  28  21 194   1   0   0 127 27  369.7  371  169  154  32  145  216  15   7  1581  30   2  3.75  4.01  107 1.396
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   7  67   0   0   0  44  9  128.7  129   58   53  11   50   75   5   2   551  10   0  3.75  4.01  107 1.396
 Career High     10   8  56   1   0   0  44 11   98.3   92   42   40  10   40   62   7   2   416  14   1  3.21  4.15  126 1.327

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1981 27 CAL AL P 17 1 6 2 0 .778 .959 0.41 0.81 1.87 1.98 0 33.7 1982 28 CAL AL P 46 1 19 1 1 .952 .957 0.43 0.73 1.94 1.80 0 92.7 1983 29 CAL AL P 56 1 24 0 2 1.000 .958 0.45 0.73 2.29 1.80 1 98.3 1984 30 CAL AL P 49 3 10 2 2 .867 .956 0.27 0.70 1.40 1.78 0 83.7 1985 31 CAL AL P 26 3 11 1 1 .933 .952 0.54 0.70 2.06 1.86 0 61.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1981 27 CAL AL P 17 1 6 2 0 .778 .959 0.41 0.81 1.87 1.98 0 33.7 1982 28 CAL AL P 46 1 19 1 1 .952 .957 0.43 0.73 1.94 1.80 0 92.7 1983 29 CAL AL P 56 1 24 0 2 1.000 .958 0.45 0.73 2.29 1.80 1 98.3 1984 30 CAL AL P 49 3 10 2 2 .867 .956 0.27 0.70 1.40 1.78 0 83.7 1985 31 CAL AL P 26 3 11 1 1 .933 .952 0.54 0.70 2.06 1.86 0 61.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 194 9 70 6 6 .929 .956 0.41 0.73 1.92 1.82 1 369.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 194 9 70 6 6 .929 .956 0.41 0.73 1.92 1.82 1 370
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   2   0   6.75  0  1  0  0   2.2   4   2   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   ALCS  CAL MIL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Hit Batsmen
1982 AL-7-3

Games Finished
1983 AL-34-10
1984 AL-44-8

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 

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 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 the 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 the Yomiura Giants (Japan Central) from the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
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.
Uniforms 
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