Alcides Escobar

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 205lb (185cm, 92kg)

Born: December 16, 1986 in La Sabana, Venezuela ve

Debut: September 3, 2008 (Age 21-262d, 19,431st in major league history)
vs. NYM 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 16, 2022 (Age 35-212d)
vs. ATL 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: GSE Worldwide • Previously: The Legacy Agency, Kinzer Management Group

Full Name: Alcides Escobar

Nicknames: Esky or Magic

Pronunciation: \al-SEE-dees\

Twitter: @alcidesescobar2

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Relatives: Cousin of Ronald Acuña Jr., Vicente Campos, Edwin Escobar, Kelvim Escobar; Nephew of José Escobar

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.0

5750

1486

.258

670

RBI

478

178

OBP

.295

SLG

.345

OPS

.640

OPS+

Summary of 45 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 7 tying, 13 go ahead

3 Tms
KCR	36
MIL	5
WSN	4

Platoon
vs RHP	35
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Home	23
Away	22

Outs
0	19
1	15
2	11

22 Opps
DET	6
CHW	6
MIN	4
CLE	4
PHI	3
BOS	3
STL	2
SDP	2
TOR	2
ARI	1
TBR	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
WSN	1
HOU	1
MIA	1

42 Pitchers
Craig Stammen	2
Jake Peavy	2
Max Scherzer	2
Zach McAllister	1
Jack Flaherty	1
Aníbal Sánchez	1
Martín Pérez	1
José Berríos	1
Daniel Norris	1
Dallas Keuchel	1
Sonny Gray	1
Roenis Elías	1
Matt Barnes	1
Mike Clevinger	1
Tom Koehler	1
Jake Arrieta	1
Carlos Rodón	1
Zach Stewart	1
Matt Moore	1
Raúl Valdés	1
Drew VerHagen	1
Phil Hughes	1
Roy Halladay	1
Doug Fister	1
Ryan Dempster	1
Tylor Megill	1
Emilio Pagán	1
Chris Sale	1
Justin Masterson	1
Marcus Stroman	1
Reynaldo López	1
Fernando Salas	1
Paul Blackburn	1
Barry Enright	1
Joe Blanton	1
Taylor Rogers	1
Octavio Dotel	1
Henry Owens	1
Ryan Tepera	1
Carl Pavano	1
Trevor Bauer	1
Blake Parker	1

17 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	17
Nationals Pk (WAS)	4
Am Fam Field (MIL)	3
Progressive (CLE)	3
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
loanDepot pk (MIA)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Target Field (MIN)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1

Where Hit
7	28
78	11
8	3
89	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	11
1	9
2	7
5	7
6	5
4	3
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	43
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	8
123	1
--3	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

60 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	33
1 on	10
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	12

Inning
1	4
2	7
3	7
4	5
5	9
6	2
7	4
8	5
9	1
Extra	1

1-3	18
4-6	16
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	4
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	12
-1	7
-2	3
-3	3
-4..	6

Ahead	14
Tied	12
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	9
2-2	6
3-2	5
1-1	5
1-0	4
2-0	4
2-1	3
0-1	3
0-2	2
1-2	2
3-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	42
PH	1
2B	1
3B	1

OrderPos
8th	13
2nd	10
7th	8
9th	8
1st	6

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2009-08-23	MIL	@	WSN	Craig Stammen	behind 1-8	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	9	6	0.012	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	2010-04-26	MIL		PIT	Octavio Dotel	ahead 10-2	b 8	1	-2-	6,(1-2) C*BSFFX	2	8	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Zaun Scores
3	3	2	1	2010-05-15	MIL		PHI	Joe Blanton	behind 1-4	b 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .BFFBX	1	9	PH	0.096	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	3	1	2010-08-10	MIL		ARI	Barry Enright	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.115	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	4	1	2010-09-04	MIL	@	PHI	Roy Halladay	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	3,(0-2) LCX	1	7	6	0.102	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2011	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2011-06-19	KCR	@	STL	Fernando Salas	behind 3-4	t 9	0	---	10,(3-2) ..BFFBFFBFFX	1	8	6	0.350	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
7	7	2	1	2011-07-16	KCR	@	MIN	Carl Pavano	behind 0-3	t 5	2	1--	6,(3-2) BBCF*B>X	2	9	6	0.171	30%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Peña Scores
8	8	3	1	2011-08-29	KCR	@	DET	Max Scherzer	ahead 6-3	t 4	0	---	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	1	9	6	0.063	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
9	9	4	1	2011-09-23	KCR	@	CHW	Zach Stewart	ahead 6-0	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	6	0.022	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2012	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	2012-04-18	KCR		DET	Max Scherzer	behind 0-1	b 3	1	1--	3,(1-1) BS1X	2	9	6	0.212	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Maier Scores
11	11	2	1	2012-06-27	KCR		TBR	Matt Moore	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	9	6	0.097	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
12	12	3	1	2012-07-14	KCR		CHW	Jake Peavy	tied 1-1	b 3	1	1--	2,(0-1) C1X	2	2	6	0.193	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Gordon Scores
13	13	4	2	2012-07-14	KCR		CHW	Jake Peavy	tied 3-3	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.236	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	5	1	2012-10-02	KCR		DET	Doug Fister	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	2	6	0.102	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2013	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2013-04-05	KCR	@	PHI	Raúl Valdés	ahead 9-4	t 8	0	---	9,(3-2) .CBFBFFBFX	1	2	6	0.007	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	2	1	2013-04-21 (1)	KCR	@	BOS	Ryan Dempster	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.101	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	3	1	2013-04-28 (1)	KCR		CLE	Justin Masterson	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.050	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
18	18	4	1	2013-09-10	KCR	@	CLE	Zach McAllister	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	6,(3-2) CBFBBX	1	8	6	0.151	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2014	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2014-04-20	KCR		MIN	Phil Hughes	behind 1-8	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	9	6	0.020	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Maxwell Scores
20	20	2	1	2014-05-11	KCR	@	SEA	Roenis Elías	tied 0-0	t 2	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	8	6	0.247	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Valencia Scores; A. Gordon Scores/unER; L. Cain Scores
21	21	3	1	2014-09-17	KCR		CHW	Chris Sale	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	---	6,(2-2) BBCCFX	1	1	6	0.057	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2015	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2015-05-09	KCR	@	DET	Aníbal Sánchez	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	0.101	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2015-05-29	KCR	@	CHC	Jake Arrieta	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	0.105	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	3	1	2015-08-21	KCR	@	BOS	Henry Owens	behind 1-5	t 6	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	6	0.055	14%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2016-06-24	KCR		HOU	Dallas Keuchel	behind 2-12	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	0.004	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
26	26	2	1	2016-08-07	KCR		TOR	Marcus Stroman	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	1	6	0.072	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
27	27	3	1	2016-08-25	KCR	@	MIA	Tom Koehler	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.111	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
28	28	4	1	2016-08-29	KCR		NYY	Blake Parker	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	1-3	5,(1-2) .BF1SFX	3	8	6	0.066	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Morales Scores; A. Gordon Scores
29	29	5	1	2016-09-04	KCR		DET	Daniel Norris	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	7	6	0.118	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
30	30	6	1	2016-09-19	KCR		CHW	Carlos Rodón	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.110	62%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	7	1	2016-09-22	KCR	@	CLE	Mike Clevinger	behind 0-2	t 2	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	6	0.176	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); A. Gordon Scores
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2017-06-10	KCR	@	SDP	Craig Stammen	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	6	0.143	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
33	33	2	1	2017-07-01 (1)	KCR		MIN	José Berríos	behind 2-5	b 4	0	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	8	6	0.169	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Moss Scores
34	34	3	1	2017-07-14	KCR		TEX	Martín Pérez	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	6	0.192	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Soler Scores
35	35	4	1	2017-09-04	KCR	@	DET	Drew VerHagen	ahead 6-3	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	6	0.037	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	5	1	2017-09-15	KCR	@	CLE	Trevor Bauer	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	5,(2-2) FBBFX	1	7	6	0.099	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
37	37	6	1	2017-09-22	KCR	@	CHW	Reynaldo López	behind 0-2	t 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	6	0.100	39%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	2018-04-17 (2)	KCR	@	TOR	Ryan Tepera	behind 3-4	t 8	1	---	7,(2-2) BBSCFFX	1	8	6	0.256	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
39	39	2	1	2018-05-29	KCR		MIN	Taylor Rogers	tied 1-1	b 14	2	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	8	6	0.464	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
40	40	3	1	2018-06-07	KCR	@	OAK	Paul Blackburn	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	8	6	0.115	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
41	41	4	1	2018-08-11	KCR		STL	Jack Flaherty	behind 0-4	b 5	1	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	8	5	0.132	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. O'Hearn Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2021-07-18	WSN		SDP	Emilio Pagán	behind 4-6	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	1	4	0.120	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
43	43	2	1	2021-09-04 (2)	WSN		NYM	Tylor Megill	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	--3	2,(0-1) CX	2	2	6	0.149	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); L. García Scores
44	44	3	1	2021-09-24	WSN	@	CIN	Sonny Gray	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	6	0.081	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
45	45	4	1	2021-10-01	WSN		BOS	Matt Barnes	behind 0-4	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	2	6	0.038	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)