Luis Alvarado

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Full Name: Luis Cesar (Martinez) Alvarado	Primary Position: SS,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 9"/162	First Game: September 13, 1968
Birthdate: January 15, 1949	Final Game: April 30, 1977
Birthplace: Lajas, Puerto Rico	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: March 20, 2001
Deathplace: Lajas, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Luis Alvarado (Luis Cesar (Martinez) Alvarado) was born on January 15, 1949 in Lajas, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on September 13, 1968 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 1 home run and 10 RBI. Alvarado played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 9 year career.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	BOS	A	11	46	3	6	0	1	.130	.167	.174	2	0	1	11	1	1	0	0	1
1969	BOS	A	6	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1970	BOS	A	59	183	19	41	1	10	.224	.258	.301	11	0	9	30	0	2	1	2	5
1971	CHI	A	99	264	22	57	0	8	.216	.246	.277	14	1	11	34	0	2	1	2	2
1972	CHI	A	103	254	30	54	4	29	.213	.254	.283	4	1	13	36	1	1	2	5	12
1973	CHI	A	80	203	21	47	0	20	.232	.250	.286	7	2	4	20	1	3	6	0	3
1974	STL	N	17	36	3	5	0	1	.139	.179	.194	2	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	1
1974	CLE	A	61	114	12	25	0	12	.219	.256	.237	2	0	6	14	0	4	1	0	3
1974	CHI	A	8	10	1	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	Total		86	160	16	31	0	13	.194	.229	.219	4	0	8	21	0	5	1	0	4
1974	TOT	A	69	124	13	26	0	12	.210	.244	.226	2	0	6	15	0	4	1	0	3
1976	STL	N	16	42	5	12	0	3	.286	.333	.310	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	1	0
1977	NY	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	DET	A	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	Total		3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		34	80	8	17	0	4	.213	.256	.250	3	0	5	12	0	1	0	1	1
Total	AL		429	1080	108	231	5	80	.214	.246	.272	40	4	44	148	3	13	11	9	26
Total			463	1160	116	248	5	84	.214	.247	.271	43	4	49	160	3	14	11	10	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1968	BOS	A	SS	11	11	102.1	14	26	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1969	BOS	A	SS	5	1	14	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1970	BOS	A	3B	29	29	247.1	20	59	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1970	BOS	A	SS	27	22	201	25	75	2	15	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1971	CHI	A	2B	16	13	111.2	31	49	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1971	CHI	A	SS	71	60	529.2	89	189	12	34	0	0	0	0	0	.959
1972	CHI	A	3B	1	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	CHI	A	SS	82	63	589.1	98	213	14	28	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1972	CHI	A	2B	15	3	47.2	8	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1973	CHI	A	3B	10	1	39	10	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1973	CHI	A	2B	46	40	339.1	91	107	4	24	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1973	CHI	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1973	CHI	A	SS	18	8	107	20	38	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1974	STL	N	SS	17	13	106	16	33	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1974	CLE	A	DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	CLE	A	2B	47	30	277.1	81	93	5	23	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1974	CLE	A	SS	8	3	33	4	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.864
1974	CHI	A	2B	1	1	9	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1974	CHI	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	CHI	A	SS	4	0	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1974	CHI	A	3B	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	Total		SS	29	16	147	22	50	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1974	TOT	A	2B	48	31	286.1	82	97	5	24	0	0	0	0	0	.973
1974	TOT	A	DH	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	TOT	A	SS	12	3	41	6	17	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.821
1976	STL	N	2B	16	12	102	22	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.936
1977	NY	N	2B	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	DET	A	3B	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	142	99	891	235	294	14	64	0	0	0	0	0	.974
Total			SS	243	181	1690.1	272	597	39	101	0	0	0	0	0	.957
Total			3B	43	30	294.1	31	76	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.939

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Boston Red Sox (1967).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Mike Andrews to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Luis Aparicio (December 1, 1970).
Traded by Chicago White Sox to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ken Tatum (April 27, 1974).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Ed Crosby to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Jack Heidemann (June 1, 1974).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for a player to be named later (May 27, 1975); Cleveland Indians received Doug Howard (September 30, 1975).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Detroit Tigers (November 6, 1976).
Sold by Detroit Tigers to New York Mets (February 25, 1977).
Returned to Detroit Tigers (April 27, 1977).
Released by Detroit Tigers (June 22, 1977).

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