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Luis
Salazar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 200
 
Born: May 19, 1956 in Venezuela, , BARCELONA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1984   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 24 KCR AL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1981 25 COL NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1982 26 COL NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
1983 27 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
1984 28 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 1 1 7 6 7
1985 29 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 1 1 7 6 7
1986 30 COL NL $ 895,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
1987 31 COL NL $ 1,041,429   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
1988 32 COL NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
1989 33 COL NL $ 350,000   6 6 7 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
1990 34 COL NL $ 500,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,041,429   7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 24 AA   137 563 68 163 15 4 21 56 10 9 27 60 .290 .322 .442 .764 76.4  
1981 25 AAA   99 388 54 103 16 1 11 44 7 7 14 45 .265 .291 .397 .688 42.3  
1982 26 COL NL 94 250 26 48 7 0 6 16 5 1 4 39 .192 .211 .292 .503 13.6 0.0
1983 27 COL NL 34 76 13 19 2 2 2 11 0 0 2 11 .250 .269 .408 .677 7.7 1.3
    AAA   101 437 55 142 20 2 19 52 9 12 12 57 .325 .343 .510 .853 67.9  
1984 28 COL NL 94 300 36 103 12 1 4 41 1 0 7 35 .343 .361 .430 .791 43.8 10.6
    AAA   25 113 10 40 4 1 3 11 2 1 2 13 .354 .365 .487 .852 18.0  
1985 29 COL NL 114 268 26 70 10 5 5 39 1 0 8 39 .261 .283 .392 .674 26.6 3.5
1986 30 COL NL 119 354 45 102 20 2 7 52 2 1 9 45 .288 .309 .415 .724 41.7 7.6
1987 31 COL NL 72 158 20 33 6 0 0 15 0 1 2 26 .209 .216 .247 .463 6.1 0.0
    AAA   24 33 6 11 1 0 0 6 1 1 2 6 .333 .371 .364 .735 4.1  
1988 32 COL NL 60 119 15 31 4 0 3 14 0 0 6 20 .261 .296 .370 .666 12.2 1.8
    AAA   55 204 29 63 8 1 2 25 5 2 7 26 .309 .332 .387 .719 24.8  
1989 33 COL NL 53 142 18 45 7 3 0 20 0 0 4 17 .317 .336 .408 .744 17.1 3.6
1990 34 COL NL 13 41 3 11 0 1 0 8 0 0 2 5 .268 .302 .317 .619 2.5 0.0
    AAA   80 107 17 35 3 1 1 8 1 0 9 19 .327 .379 .402 .781 16.0  
9 Years Sim 653 1708 202 462 68 14 27 216 9 3 44 237 .270 .291 .374 .665 171.2 28.4
6 Years AAA 384 1282 171 394 52 6 36 146 25 23 46 166 .307 .331 .441 .772 173.1  
1 Years AA 137 563 68 163 15 4 21 56 10 9 27 60 .290 .326 .442 .768 76.4  
7 Years Minors 521 1845 239 557 67 10 57 202 35 32 73 226 .302 .329 .442 .771 249.5  
162 Game Average 423 50 114 16 3 6 53 2 0 10 58 .270 .291 .374 .665 42.5  
Career Highs 119 354 45 103 20 5 7 52 5 1 9 45 .343 .361 .430 .791 43.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   849 114 216 32 6 16 108 6 2 24 126 .254 .277 .363 .640 81.2
vs LH   859 88 246 36 8 11 108 3 1 20 111 .286 .304 .385 .689 93.8
Home 321 847 104 248 35 6 13 106 4 0 23 119 .293 .315 .394 .709 98.2
Away 332 861 98 214 33 8 14 110 5 3 21 118 .249 .267 .354 .621 76.7
RISP   447 0 141 22 5 8 182 0 0 9 56 .315 .330 .441 .771 59.2
Pinch Hitting   31 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 .129 .156 .194 .350 0.3
Close/Late   212 31 47 9 1 4 20 0 0 5 34 .222 .243 .330 .573 15.6
Mar/Apr 105 252 32 52 6 3 5 28 0 1 5 52 .206 .222 .313 .535 15.8
May 97 245 28 69 6 1 2 27 0 1 9 33 .282 .306 .339 .645 24.1
June 108 290 30 84 14 3 10 53 3 1 2 39 .290 .297 .462 .759 37.2
July 108 288 34 80 9 2 4 38 2 0 9 45 .278 .306 .365 .670 30.3
August 114 301 46 95 14 2 4 29 1 0 9 30 .316 .335 .415 .751 38.9
Sep/Oct 121 332 32 82 19 3 2 41 3 0 10 38 .247 .271 .340 .611 28.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1982 26 COL NL LF 67 66 559.0 126 2 2 1 .985 2.06   1.0
    2B 11 1 30.3 10 17 0 6 1.000 8.01   0.3
    3B 10 0 16.0 5 4 1 1 .900 5.06   0.1
1983 27 COL NL LF 13 10 82.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.3
    SS 9 4 42.7 9 20 1 4 .967 6.12   0.3
    2B 8 4 34.7 8 14 1 4 .957 5.71   0.1
    3B 4 1 12.0 0 3 1 0 .750 2.25   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1984 28 COL NL SS 72 58 559.0 76 236 6 47 .981 5.02   3.4
    2B 14 9 86.3 21 25 2 8 .958 4.80   0.4
    LF 3 2 17.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53   0.0
    3B 4 1 14.0 0 4 2 0 .667 2.57   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1985 29 COL NL SS 72 50 486.3 76 200 6 48 .979 5.11   2.5
    2B 29 10 122.0 16 45 0 11 1.000 4.50   0.5
    3B 4 3 24.0 1 8 1 1 .900 3.38   0.1
    LF 5 2 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1986 30 COL NL 2B 32 15 176.3 31 63 3 15 .969 4.80   0.5
    SS 25 11 134.7 25 58 2 12 .976 5.55   0.7
    LF 9 5 56.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.1
    3B 2 2 17.0 1 3 1 0 .800 2.12   0.0
1987 31 COL NL LF 29 26 203.0 49 0 0 0 1.000 2.17   0.8
    2B 15 5 62.7 9 29 1 4 .974 5.46   0.3
    SS 16 4 51.0 2 12 0 0 1.000 2.47   0.1
    3B 8 4 41.0 1 10 0 2 1.000 2.41   0.2
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 32 COL NL SS 34 26 223.0 30 76 5 12 .955 4.28   0.5
    2B 10 3 35.7 7 18 1 4 .962 6.31   0.2
    3B 10 1 24.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    LF 3 1 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 33 COL NL LF 21 17 151.0 35 2 0 0 1.000 2.21   0.9
    RF 9 9 72.0 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.63    
    SS 13 5 58.7 6 22 0 0 1.000 4.30   0.2
    2B 7 3 32.0 4 20 1 1 .960 6.75   0.2
    3B 3 1 12.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 34 COL NL LF 7 7 60.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.05   0.1
    2B 3 2 16.7 3 6 1 3 .900 4.86   0.1
    SS 2 1 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  SS 243 159 1564.3 226 627 20 123 .977 4.91   7.8
  LF 157 136 1159.0 251 5 2 1 .992 1.99   3.2
  2B 129 52 596.6 109 237 10 56 .972 5.22   2.6
  3B 46 13 163.0 10 36 6 4 .885 2.54   0.5
  RF 11 9 75.0 21 0 1 0 .955 2.52    
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   588 369 3562.9 620 905 39 184 .975 3.85   14.1
Career Highs   110 70 677.3 141 266 11 60 .991 4.82    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 28 COL NL 11 13 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .462 .500 .462 .962
1986 30 COL NL 7 21 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .381 .409 .429 .838
1988 32 COL NL 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .250 .375
1989 33 COL NL 5 22 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .227 .227 .318 .545
Career Post-Season Batting 25 64 9 20 4 0 0 4 0 1 2 11 .313 .333 .375 .708
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  1. Don Lang (976)
  2. Chuck Dressen (967)
  3. Glenn Wright (965)
  4. Cam Carreon (961)
  5. Johnny Burnett (961)
  6. Heinie Schuble (960)
  7. Randy Reese (959)
  8. Charlie Gelbert (957)
  9. Pete Suder (956)
  10. Alfredo Griffin (954)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 60th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1980
Injured on 4/27/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from Baltimore to Kansas City on 7/1/1980 (Going to KCR: P Luis Aponte, 3B Luis Salazar. Going to BAL: 2B Sixto Lezcano, P Rob Gardner)
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 2/2/1981 (Going to KCR: P Vic Albury. Going to COL: 3B Luis Salazar)
Injured on 3/25/1981 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6-7 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/6/1982, off Tom Underwood (PHN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1982, off Vida Blue (BOS)
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1984
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $895,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
10/31/1987: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $350,000 per year, for 1 years
Injured on 6/8/1988 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/20/1989 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
6/1/1989: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $500,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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