Luis
Alvarado
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 162
 
Born: January 15, 1949 in P.R., , LAJAS
 
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
1968 19 TOR AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1969 20 TOR AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7
1970 21 TOR AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6
1971 22 SDP NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 2 2 7 7 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
1968 19 AA   24 86 5 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 9 .163 .200 .186 .386 1.9  
    A   103 435 36 111 27 1 0 30 8 0 25 37 .255 .296 .322 .617 40.8  
1969 20 AA   26 100 7 17 4 0 0 5 0 0 8 15 .170 .231 .210 .441 4.1  
    A   111 390 34 98 17 2 1 41 2 2 25 32 .251 .296 .313 .609 34.9  
1970 21 A   137 522 37 132 22 2 6 41 6 9 40 53 .253 .306 .337 .643 51.9  
1971 22 SDP NL 107 221 14 44 6 0 1 17 0 1 11 26 .199 .240 .240 .480 8.4 0.0
1 Years Sim 107 221 14 44 6 0 1 17 0 1 11 26 .199 .240 .240 .480 8.4 0.0
2 Years AA 50 186 12 31 6 0 0 10 0 0 12 24 .167 .225 .199 .424 6.0  
3 Years A 351 1347 107 341 66 5 7 112 16 11 90 122 .253 .300 .325 .625 127.7  
5 Years Minors 401 1533 119 372 72 5 7 122 16 11 102 146 .243 .290 .310 .600 133.7  
162 Game Average 334 21 66 9 0 1 25 0 1 16 39 .199 .240 .240 .480 12.7  
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   139 8 27 3 0 0 10 0 1 5 15 .194 .228 .216 .443 4.8
vs LH   82 6 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 11 .207 .261 .280 .542 5.9
Home 51 106 2 22 4 0 0 9 0 1 5 13 .208 .250 .245 .495 5.2
Away 56 115 12 22 2 0 1 8 0 0 6 13 .191 .231 .235 .466 5.5
RISP   51 0 11 2 0 0 15 0 0 3 2 .216 .259 .255 .514 3.1
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   37 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .243 .300 .270 .570 3.1
Mar/Apr 20 63 5 17 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 9 .270 .292 .317 .610 5.7
May 18 19 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .158 .158 .158 .316 0.0
June 16 26 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .077 .111 .077 .188 -1.3
July 17 34 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 .118 .167 .147 .314 0.0
August 18 26 1 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 .231 .286 .269 .555 1.7
Sep/Oct 18 53 5 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 6 .226 .293 .302 .595 4.6
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
1971 22 SDP NL 3B 53 23 277.7 17 67 4 5 .955 2.72   0.8
    2B 52 26 277.7 49 120 5 25 .971 5.48   1.0
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 53 23 277.7 17 67 4 5 .955 2.72   0.8
  2B 52 26 277.7 49 120 5 25 .971 5.48   1.0
  RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
Career Totals   108 49 562.3 66 188 9 30 .966 4.07   1.8
Career Highs   108 49 562.3 66 188 9 30 .966 4.07    
History
Drafted in 5th round, 87th overall pick, by Toronto in 1968
Injured on 4/27/1968 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/21/1970 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Toronto to San Diego on 2/1/1971 (Going to TOR: P Dennis Bennett, P Frank Carpin. Going to SDP: C Rick Dempsey, 2B Luis Alvarado)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1971, off Joe Moeller (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1971, off Jim Derrington (CLN)
Released by San Diego on 3/3/1972