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Sandy
Alvarez		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 170
 
Born: August 5, 1946 in Mexico
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1979   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 CLG FL $ 1,438,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
1974 27 CLG FL $ 1,438,000 4 5 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3
1975 28 CLG FL $ 1,438,000 3 5 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3
1976 29 CLG FL $ 1,438,000 4 5 4 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3
1977 30 BRK FL $ 300,000 3 5 4 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
1978 31 CAL JL $ 500,001 4 5 4 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3
1979 32 CAL JL $ 500,001 5 7 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4
1980 33 CAL JL $ 3,250,000 5 6 6 5 6 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 5 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,250,000 5 7 6 5 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4
                                             
  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
1981 34 CAL JL $ 3,250,000   15 15 14 3 4 4 9 10 10 6 7 7 11 10 10
1982 35 CAL JL $ 3,250,000   14 14 13 3 4 4 6 7 7 5 7 6 10 8 8
1983 36 VAN JL $ 335,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 5 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 335,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 5 7 6 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,250,000   15 15 14 3 4 4 9 10 10 6 7 7 11 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 CLG FL 138 436 61 127 23 4 13 51 1 0 42 108 .291 .357 .452 .809 67.0 9.0
1974 27 CLG FL 83 253 28 78 19 0 8 39 0 0 21 55 .308 .356 .478 .834 42.4 7.7
1975 28 CLG FL 151 580 60 150 27 1 15 75 0 1 41 136 .259 .310 .386 .696 68.9 9.9
1976 29 CLG FL 137 443 43 111 20 1 9 42 0 1 21 103 .251 .288 .361 .650 43.1 4.2
1977 30 BRK FL 41 108 5 21 2 0 0 11 1 0 7 27 .194 .263 .213 .476 6.1 0.0
    AAA   78 258 26 74 14 1 4 24 0 0 26 59 .287 .352 .395 .747 35.6  
1978 31 CAL JL 125 374 33 72 21 0 4 28 1 0 26 113 .193 .246 .281 .527 24.7 0.2
1979 32 CAL JL 118 171 25 53 6 0 5 18 0 1 12 38 .310 .359 .433 .791 24.8 6.0
1980 33 CAL JL 118 234 24 64 14 0 8 37 0 0 13 41 .274 .307 .436 .743 29.8 3.6
1981 34 CAL JL 112 185 20 58 15 0 4 25 1 0 11 35 .314 .350 .459 .810 25.7 4.1
1982 35 CAL JL 119 214 23 70 10 0 2 29 0 1 15 42 .327 .370 .402 .771 29.7 5.4
1983 36 VAN JL 91 162 18 51 7 0 1 21 0 0 7 33 .315 .333 .377 .710 20.5 3.1
11 Years Sim 1233 3160 340 855 164 6 69 376 4 4 216 731 .271 .318 .392 .710 382.7 53.1
1 Years AAA 78 258 26 74 14 1 4 24 0 0 26 59 .287 .350 .395 .745 35.6  
162 Game Average 415 44 112 21 0 9 49 0 0 28 96 .271 .318 .392 .710 50.3  
Career Highs 151 580 61 150 27 4 15 75 1 1 42 136 .327 .370 .478 .834 68.9  
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   2544 289 723 143 5 62 317 4 2 180 597 .284 .332 .417 .749 340.4
vs LH   616 51 132 21 1 7 59 0 2 36 134 .214 .262 .286 .548 42.9
Home 614 1576 170 421 77 5 27 165 2 3 114 385 .267 .318 .374 .691 182.8
Away 619 1584 170 434 87 1 42 211 2 1 102 346 .274 .319 .410 .729 200.5
RISP   793 0 202 38 1 14 290 0 0 57 202 .255 .297 .358 .655 85.7
Pinch Hitting   443 47 125 25 0 8 64 1 2 26 96 .282 .319 .393 .712 53.4
Close/Late   509 33 136 29 3 5 54 0 0 41 115 .267 .323 .365 .689 58.8
Mar/Apr 236 627 70 178 35 0 14 81 1 0 40 140 .284 .332 .407 .739 80.5
May 232 569 66 162 23 3 16 64 1 0 38 123 .285 .329 .420 .749 76.7
June 185 466 44 106 18 2 12 51 1 1 29 143 .227 .274 .352 .626 44.5
July 193 498 60 143 29 1 11 66 0 1 39 98 .287 .339 .416 .755 67.6
August 205 523 63 145 33 0 11 60 1 1 35 126 .277 .323 .403 .727 65.6
Sep/Oct 182 477 37 121 26 0 5 54 0 1 35 101 .254 .303 .340 .642 48.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 26 CLG FL C 117 109 975.3 702 61 6 5 .992 7.04 96 35 .365 1 6.6
    3B 10 0 19.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.95 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 5.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1974 27 CLG FL C 72 64 586.7 397 30 5 1 .988 6.55 74 22 .297 0 2.1
    1B 4 1 15.0 23 1 0 3 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 3 1 14.0 0 2 1 0 .667 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 28 CLG FL C 150 149 1317.7 866 121 11 4 .989 6.74 199 78 .392 0 7.4
1976 29 CLG FL C 107 104 875.7 616 52 13 1 .981 6.87 112 32 .286 1 2.7
    1B 6 3 29.3 31 2 0 1 1.000 10.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 5 1 17.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 2 2 16.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 30 BRK FL C 35 24 247.0 190 21 1 0 .995 7.69 25 13 .520 1 1.3
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 31 CAL JL C 113 96 897.7 784 61 8 1 .991 8.47 124 42 .339 1 5.5
    3B 1 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 4 0 7.7 12 0 0 1 1.000 14.10 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 32 CAL JL C 22 20 173.0 119 13 2 0 .985 6.87 19 8 .421 0 1.0
    1B 9 0 27.3 23 3 1 2 .963 8.56 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 33 CAL JL C 47 42 381.3 295 13 2 1 .994 7.27 34 5 .147 0 2.5
    1B 9 0 14.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 6.0 0 4 1 1 .800 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 34 CAL JL C 26 24 212.0 153 12 2 0 .988 7.00 28 10 .357 0 1.6
    1B 22 0 44.7 29 5 0 4 1.000 6.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 6 0 9.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 3.73 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 35 CAL JL C 28 27 227.0 172 15 5 2 .974 7.41 38 10 .263 1 1.4
    1B 58 3 142.7 157 12 0 17 1.000 10.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 3 0 10.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 36 VAN JL C 40 27 259.0 194 19 3 0 .986 7.40 33 10 .303 0 1.4
    3B 10 0 24.0 1 9 2 1 .833 3.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 3 0 7.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 757 686 6152.3 4488 418 58 15 .988 7.18 782 265 .339 5 33.5
  1B 117 7 293.3 299 24 1 28 .997 9.91 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  3B 49 2 120.7 3 28 4 3 .886 2.31 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 3 2 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   929 697 6597.3 4799 470 63 46 .988 7.19 782 265 .339 5 34.5
Career Highs   150 149 1317.7 866 121 13 19 .995 8.49 199 78 .520 1  
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
1979 32 CAL JL 0 10 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .600 .636 .700 1.336
1980 33 CAL JL 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1981 34 CAL JL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 35 CAL JL 11 8 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .250 .300 .250 .550
Career Post-Season Batting 13 25 5 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 .360 .393 .400 .793
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1975-3-136
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  4. Brad Axelson (942)
  5. Bubba Bababooey (935)
  6. Pluvius Avis-Albus (934)
  7. Bobby Lerner (933)
  8. Matt Sinatro (930)
  9. Gregg Quinn (924)
  10. Ronnie Holtzman (924)
History
Drafted in 17th round, 408th overall pick, by Calgary in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/3/1973, off Marty Floyd (LV)
Drove in 6 runs against Lexington on 6/26/1973
Drove in 7 runs against Manhattan on 5/25/1975
Injured on 9/15/1975 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Brooklyn on 2/18/1977 to a 3-year deal worth $900,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/7/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $500,001 per year
Won Landis Memorial Series with California in 1979
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/6/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by California on 2/6/1980 to a 3-year deal worth $3,250,000 per year
 
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