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Alex Taveras
Alejandro Antonio (Betances) Taveras

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 155 lb.

Debut September 9, 1976
  vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1983
Born October 9, 1955 in Santiago, D.R.

Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 20 HOU NL  14   46    3   10   0  0   0    2   1  2   2   1  .217  .250  .217   39   10   0   0   0   0   2
 1982 26 LAD NL  11    3    1    1   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .667  176    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1983 27 LAD NL  10    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       35   53    4   11   1  0   0    4   1  2   2   3  .208  .236  .226   37   12   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        245   19   51   5  0   0   19   5  9   9  14  .208  .236  .226   37   56   0   0   0   0   9
 Career High     14   46    3   10   1  0   0    2   1  2   2   1                          10   0   0   0   0   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 20 HOU NL   48   40    2   1.4    84| .217  .252| .250  .317| .217  .359| .467  .676|  39  .116  -3.6  -0.4  33%
 1982 26 LAD NL    3    2    1  13.5    93| .333  .263| .333  .326| .667  .383|1.000  .709| 176  .894   0.3   0.0   0%
 1983 27 LAD NL    4    4    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .330| .000  .388| .000  .718|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        55   46    3   1.8    86| .208  .253| .236  .318| .226  .362| .462  .681|  37  .175  -4.4  -0.5  33%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1976 20 HOU NL 2B 7 15 21 3 2 .923 .976 5.14 4.93 6.35 5.49 6 51.0 SS 7 11 23 0 2 1.000 .963 4.86 4.49 6.00 5.05 6 51.0 1982 26 LAD NL 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 4.75 4.50 5.40 0 6.0 3B 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 2.42 6.43 2.83 0 7.0 SS 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.40 7.50 4.95 0 6.0 1983 27 LAD NL SS 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.17 0.00 5.00 0 2.7 2B 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.45 4.91 5.32 1 11.0 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.30 18.00 2.70 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 20 HOU NL 2B 7 15 21 3 2 .923 .976 5.14 4.93 6.35 5.49 6 51.0 1982 26 LAD NL 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 4.75 4.50 5.40 0 6.0 1983 27 LAD NL 2B 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 .984 3.00 4.45 4.91 5.32 1 11.0 1982 26 LAD NL 3B 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 .943 1.25 2.42 6.43 2.83 0 7.0 1983 27 LAD NL 3B 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 2.30 18.00 2.70 0 1.0 1976 20 HOU NL SS 7 11 23 0 2 1.000 .963 4.86 4.49 6.00 5.05 6 51.0 1982 26 LAD NL SS 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 4.40 7.50 4.95 0 6.0 1983 27 LAD NL SS 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.17 0.00 5.00 0 2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 13 19 26 3 2 .938 .976 3.46 4.80 5.96 5.45 7 68.0 SS* 12 13 26 0 2 1.000 .963 3.25 4.39 5.88 5.04 6 59.7 3B* 5 0 7 0 1 1.000 .946 1.40 2.40 7.88 2.81 0 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 30 32 59 3 5 .968 .968 3.03 4.24 6.02 5.10 13 136
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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.

Youngest Player
1976 NL-20-6

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

March 14, 1974: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

September 5, 1977: Traded by the Houston Astros with a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Danny Walton. The Houston Astros sent Bob Detherage (September 16, 1977) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.


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