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Alvaro Espinoza
Alvaro Alberto Espinoza

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 181 lb.

Debut September 14, 1984
  vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game July 12, 1997
Born February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela

Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1978. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 22 MIN AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 23 MIN AL  32   57    5   15   2  0   0    9   0  1   1   9  .263  .288  .298   58   17   3   0   0   1   2
 1986 24 MIN AL  37   42    4    9   1  0   0    1   0  1   1  10  .214  .233  .238   28   10   2   0   0   0   0
 1988 26 NYY AL   3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1989 27 NYY AL 146  503   51  142  23  1   0   41   3  3  14  60  .282  .301  .332   80  167  23   3   1   1  14
 1990 28 NYY AL 150  438   31   98  12  2   2   20   1  2  16  54  .224  .258  .274   50  120  11   2   0   5  13
 1991 29 NYY AL 148  480   51  123  23  2   5   33   4  1  16  57  .256  .282  .344   73  165   9   2   0   2  10
 1993 31 CLE AL 129  263   34   73  15  0   4   27   2  2   8  36  .278  .298  .380   82  100   8   3   0   1   7
 1994 32 CLE AL  90  231   27   55  13  0   1   19   1  3   6  33  .238  .258  .307   46   71   4   2   0   1   7
 1995 33 CLE AL  66  143   15   36   4  0   2   17   0  2   2  16  .252  .264  .322   51   46   2   2   0   1   3
 1996 34 TOT    107  246   31   66  11  4   8   27   1  3  10  37  .268  .303  .443   93  109   8   2   0   3   8
         CLE AL  59  112   12   25   4  2   4   11   1  1   6  18  .223  .279  .402   71   45   3   1   0   3   4
         NYM NL  48  134   19   41   7  2   4   16   0  2   4  19  .306  .324  .478  113   64   5   1   0   0   4
 1997 35 SEA AL  33   72    3   13   1  0   0    7   1  1   2  12  .181  .213  .194    9   14   3   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     942 2478  252  630 105  9  22  201  13 19  76 324  .254  .279  .331   66  819  73  16   1  16  66
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        426   43  108  18  2   4   35   2  3  13  56  .254  .279  .331   66  141  13   3   0   3  11
 Career High    150  503   51  142  23  4   8   41   4  3  16  60  .282  .303  .443   93  167  23   3   1   5  14
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 22 MIN AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1985 23 MIN AL   62   48    4   2.2   103| .263  .267| .288  .334| .298  .414| .586  .748|  58  .211  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1986 24 MIN AL   45   36    2   1.5   102| .214  .264| .233  .332| .238  .412| .471  .744|  28  .109  -4.4  -0.4   0%
 1988 26 NYY AL    3    3    0   0.0    94| .000  .258| .000  .323| .000  .389| .000  .712|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1989 27 NYY AL  544  404   48   3.2    92| .282  .260| .301  .324| .332  .382| .633  .706|  80  .361 -14.4  -1.5  50%
 1990 28 NYY AL  472  368   29   2.1    95| .224  .259| .258  .327| .274  .388| .532  .715|  50  .208 -31.0  -3.2  33%
 1991 29 NYY AL  509  379   45   3.2    97| .256  .260| .282  .329| .344  .395| .626  .724|  73  .344 -19.3  -1.9  80%
 1993 31 CLE AL  283  210   28   3.6   103| .278  .267| .298  .337| .380  .408| .678  .745|  82  .366  -7.4  -0.7  50%
 1994 32 CLE AL  244  192   16   2.2   111| .238  .271| .258  .343| .307  .432| .565  .776|  46  .168 -18.8  -1.7  25%
 1995 33 CLE AL  150  116   11   2.5   110| .252  .271| .264  .346| .322  .429| .586  .774|  51  .210 -10.8  -1.0   0%
 1996 34 TOT     269  201   30   4.0   108| .268  .269| .303  .340| .443  .426| .746  .767|  93  .383  -3.9  -0.3  25%
         CLE AL  125   96   12   3.4   115| .223  .276| .279  .349| .402  .443| .681  .792|  71  .281  -5.8  -0.5  50%
         NYM NL  144  105   18   4.6   102| .306  .264| .324  .332| .478  .413| .802  .745| 113  .477   1.9   0.2   0%
 1997 35 SEA AL   78   65    3   1.2   107| .181  .269| .213  .338| .194  .425| .407  .763|   9  .069  -9.8  -0.9  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     2659 2022  216   2.9   100| .254  .264| .279  .332| .331  .403| .610  .735|  66  .287 -124.1 -12.0  40%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1991 29 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     2   0   0  0.00  4.14  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    0.7    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0     2   0   0  0.00  4.14  inf 0.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  68   0   0   0  68  0   47.3    0    0    0   0    0    0   0   0   136   0   0  0.00  4.14  inf 0.000

* 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 ------+
1984 22 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 1985 23 MIN AL SS 31 25 69 5 15 .949 .964 3.03 3.93 4.50 4.64 21 188.0 1986 24 MIN AL 2B 19 12 36 3 7 .941 .982 2.53 4.34 5.08 5.10 11 85.0 SS 18 11 16 1 4 .964 .968 1.50 3.94 3.78 4.53 5 64.3 1988 26 NYY AL 2B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 4.40 4.50 5.13 1 10.0 SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.50 0 2.0 1989 27 NYY AL SS 146 237 471 22 114 .970 .971 4.85 4.11 5.21 4.79 144 1223.3 1990 28 NYY AL SS 150 268 447 17 100 .977 .973 4.77 4.00 5.33 4.74 141 1208.3 1991 29 NYY AL SS 147 223 438 21 113 .969 .971 4.50 3.95 4.97 4.67 136 1197.0 3B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 2.35 2.65 2.81 2 17.0 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 1993 31 CLE AL 3B 99 42 107 10 9 .937 .951 1.51 2.31 2.58 2.69 50 519.0 SS 35 18 47 1 13 .985 .973 1.86 4.13 3.97 4.69 13 147.3 2B 2 6 3 1 2 .900 .978 4.50 4.55 5.91 5.12 2 13.7 1994 32 CLE AL 3B 37 12 31 4 2 .915 .947 1.16 2.34 2.51 2.64 12 154.3 SS 36 53 117 5 27 .971 .969 4.72 4.22 5.28 4.64 34 290.0 2B 20 26 62 1 15 .989 .981 4.40 4.48 6.49 5.10 11 122.0 1B 3 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.67 8.50 3.00 9.60 0 6.0 1995 33 CLE AL 2B 22 18 39 2 7 .966 .981 2.59 4.34 5.03 5.11 9 102.0 3B 22 10 27 1 1 .974 .951 1.68 2.19 2.34 2.61 16 142.3 SS 19 13 35 2 8 .960 .974 2.53 4.16 3.79 4.71 9 114.0 DH 3 1B 2 9 0 0 1 1.000 .989 4.50 8.30 11.57 9.64 0 7.0 1996 34 TOT 3B 58 27 63 9 3 .909 .950 1.55 2.20 2.42 2.68 37 335.3 TOT SS 23 20 42 1 15 .984 .970 2.70 4.13 4.42 4.65 11 126.3 TOT 1B 19 97 8 0 10 1.000 .992 5.53 7.95 8.97 9.25 8 105.3 TOT 2B 7 5 12 1 5 .944 .983 2.43 4.34 6.05 5.05 2 25.3 CLE AL 3B 20 7 11 1 1 .947 .957 0.90 2.18 2.25 2.56 7 72.0 1B 18 97 8 0 10 1.000 .992 5.83 7.92 9.06 9.24 8 104.3 SS 16 16 29 1 12 .978 .972 2.81 4.19 4.22 4.66 8 96.0 2B 5 5 11 1 5 .941 .982 3.20 4.32 7.09 5.05 2 20.3 DH 1 NYM NL 3B 38 20 52 8 2 .900 .949 1.89 2.21 2.46 2.71 30 263.3 SS 7 4 13 0 3 1.000 .966 2.43 3.99 5.05 4.60 3 30.3 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.40 1.80 5.04 0 5.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1997 35 SEA AL SS 17 21 34 2 5 .965 .973 3.24 4.05 4.17 4.55 13 118.7 2B 14 21 23 1 9 .978 .980 3.14 4.33 6.60 4.93 7 60.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 32 CLE AL 1B 3 2 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 0.67 8.50 3.00 9.60 0 6.0 1995 33 CLE AL 1B 2 9 0 0 1 1.000 .989 4.50 8.30 11.57 9.64 0 7.0 1996 34 TOT 1B 19 97 8 0 10 1.000 .992 5.53 7.95 8.97 9.25 8 105.3 CLE AL 1B 18 97 8 0 10 1.000 .992 5.83 7.92 9.06 9.24 8 104.3 NYM NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1986 24 MIN AL 2B 19 12 36 3 7 .941 .982 2.53 4.34 5.08 5.10 11 85.0 1988 26 NYY AL 2B 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 2.50 4.40 4.50 5.13 1 10.0 1993 31 CLE AL 2B 2 6 3 1 2 .900 .978 4.50 4.55 5.91 5.12 2 13.7 1994 32 CLE AL 2B 20 26 62 1 15 .989 .981 4.40 4.48 6.49 5.10 11 122.0 1995 33 CLE AL 2B 22 18 39 2 7 .966 .981 2.59 4.34 5.03 5.11 9 102.0 1996 34 TOT 2B 7 5 12 1 5 .944 .983 2.43 4.34 6.05 5.05 2 25.3 CLE AL 2B 5 5 11 1 5 .941 .982 3.20 4.32 7.09 5.05 2 20.3 NYM NL 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 4.40 1.80 5.04 0 5.0 1997 35 SEA AL 2B 14 21 23 1 9 .978 .980 3.14 4.33 6.60 4.93 7 60.0 1991 29 NYY AL 3B 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 2.35 2.65 2.81 2 17.0 1993 31 CLE AL 3B 99 42 107 10 9 .937 .951 1.51 2.31 2.58 2.69 50 519.0 1994 32 CLE AL 3B 37 12 31 4 2 .915 .947 1.16 2.34 2.51 2.64 12 154.3 1995 33 CLE AL 3B 22 10 27 1 1 .974 .951 1.68 2.19 2.34 2.61 16 142.3 1996 34 TOT 3B 58 27 63 9 3 .909 .950 1.55 2.20 2.42 2.68 37 335.3 CLE AL 3B 20 7 11 1 1 .947 .957 0.90 2.18 2.25 2.56 7 72.0 NYM NL 3B 38 20 52 8 2 .900 .949 1.89 2.21 2.46 2.71 30 263.3 1997 35 SEA AL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30 0.00 2.70 0 2.0 1995 33 CLE AL DH 3 1996 34 CLE AL DH 1 1991 29 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 1984 22 MIN AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.90 0.00 4.95 0 2.0 1985 23 MIN AL SS 31 25 69 5 15 .949 .964 3.03 3.93 4.50 4.64 21 188.0 1986 24 MIN AL SS 18 11 16 1 4 .964 .968 1.50 3.94 3.78 4.53 5 64.3 1988 26 NYY AL SS 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 2.00 4.10 9.00 4.50 0 2.0 1989 27 NYY AL SS 146 237 471 22 114 .970 .971 4.85 4.11 5.21 4.79 144 1223.3 1990 28 NYY AL SS 150 268 447 17 100 .977 .973 4.77 4.00 5.33 4.74 141 1208.3 1991 29 NYY AL SS 147 223 438 21 113 .969 .971 4.50 3.95 4.97 4.67 136 1197.0 1993 31 CLE AL SS 35 18 47 1 13 .985 .973 1.86 4.13 3.97 4.69 13 147.3 1994 32 CLE AL SS 36 53 117 5 27 .971 .969 4.72 4.22 5.28 4.64 34 290.0 1995 33 CLE AL SS 19 13 35 2 8 .960 .974 2.53 4.16 3.79 4.71 9 114.0 1996 34 TOT SS 23 20 42 1 15 .984 .970 2.70 4.13 4.42 4.65 11 126.3 CLE AL SS 16 16 29 1 12 .978 .972 2.81 4.19 4.22 4.66 8 96.0 NYM NL SS 7 4 13 0 3 1.000 .966 2.43 3.99 5.05 4.60 3 30.3 1997 35 SEA AL SS 17 21 34 2 5 .965 .973 3.24 4.05 4.17 4.55 13 118.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 624 890 1717 77 415 .971 .971 4.18 4.04 5.01 4.71 527 4681.3 3B* 219 93 231 24 15 .931 .950 1.48 2.27 2.49 2.67 117 1170.0 2B* 86 92 176 9 45 .968 .981 3.12 4.38 5.77 5.08 43 418.0 1B* 24 108 8 0 12 1.000 .992 4.83 8.05 8.83 9.29 8 118.3 DH 4 Games not counted in Overall Total below P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 954 1183 2132 110 487 .968 .971 3.47 3.76 4.67 4.45 695 6388
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   4   8   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   3  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE ATL     L   2   2   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1   7  11   2   2  0  0  0   0   0   3  .182  .182  .182   0  1   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.

Sac. Hits
1989 AL-23-2
1990 AL-11-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3880) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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

October 30, 1978: Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

September 30, 1980: Released by the Houston Astros.

March 18, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

March 17, 1992: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 3, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 2, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

July 29, 1996: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Carlos Baerga to the New York Mets for Jeff Kent and Jose Vizcaino.

March 26, 1997: Released by the New York Mets.

April 2, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

July 14, 1997: Released by the Seattle Mariners.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Minnesota Twins$60,000
1989New York Yankees$68,000
1990New York Yankees$256,000
1991New York Yankees$650,000
1992New York Yankees$1,000,000
1993Cleveland Indians$500,000
1994Cleveland Indians$475,000
1995Cleveland Indians$450,000
1996Cleveland Indians$400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,859,000

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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