Álvaro Espinoza

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela ve

High School: Valencia (Valencia, Venezuela)

Debut: September 14, 1984 (Age 22-208d, 14,978th in major league history)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 12, 1997 (Age 35-143d)
vs. TEX 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Agents: Pat Gibbons

Full Name: Álvaro Alberto Espinoza

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

2478

630

.254

252

RBI

201

OBP

.279

SLG

.331

OPS

.610

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 6	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	7 (2)	Apr 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-14	GF	14	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
3	8	Apr 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	9	Apr 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
5	11 (1)	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-0	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
6	13 (1)	Apr 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	2	SS
7	18 (4)	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
8	22 (3)	Apr 27	CLE	@	TOR	L,6-11	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
9	23	Apr 28	CLE	@	TOR	W,17-3	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	27 (3)	May 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
11	29 (1)	May 5	CLE	@	SEA	W,2-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	31 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
13	32	May 8	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
14	34 (1)	May 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	2	2B
15	35	May 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
16	39 (3)	May 17	CLE		TEX	W,12-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	40	May 18	CLE		TEX	L,3-6	GS	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	44 (3)	May 23	CLE		MIL	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
19	45	May 24	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	46	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
21	49 (2)	May 28	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-11	GS	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	3B 1B
22	51 (1)	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	GF	20	5.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	54 (2)	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	SS
24	60 (5)	Jun 9	CLE		CAL	L,6-8	GF	19	5.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
25	61	Jun 10	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
26	62	Jun 11	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	64 (1)	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
28	67 (2)	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
29	69 (1)	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,11-4	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
30	71 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	73 (1)	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	GF	17	3.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
32	74	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
33	75	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
34	76	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	61	14.1	10	1	0	11	0	1B
35	77	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-15	GF	11	3.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH SS
36	78	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
37	79	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	80	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	81	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
40	82	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	W,3-2	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
41	83	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
42	84	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
43	87 (2)	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
44	88	Jul 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-7	GF	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
45	89	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	GS	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
46	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,19-11	GF	22	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
47	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	3	5	0	8	2	SS
48	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
49	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
50	97 (3)	Jul 20	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
51	98	Jul 21	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
52	99	Jul 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
53	101 (1)	Jul 24	CLE	@	TOR	W,10-0	GF	12	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
54	102	Jul 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-7	GS	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B SS
55	103	Jul 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
56	104	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-14	CG	43	8.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
57	105	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	50	13.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to New York Mets
58	106	Jul 30 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
59	107	Jul 30 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH SS
60	108	Jul 31	NYM		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	5	0	5	1	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	109	Aug 1	NYM		PIT	L,9-13	GS	38	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
62	110	Aug 2	NYM		STL	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	111	Aug 3	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
64	112	Aug 4	NYM		STL	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
65	113	Aug 5	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
66	114	Aug 6	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
67	115	Aug 7	NYM	@	CHC	W,11-7	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
68	116	Aug 8	NYM	@	FLA	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
69	117	Aug 9	NYM	@	FLA	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
70	118	Aug 10	NYM	@	FLA	L,6-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
71	119	Aug 11	NYM	@	FLA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
72	120	Aug 12	NYM		CHC	L,1-11	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
73	121	Aug 13	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
74	122	Aug 14	NYM		CHC	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	123	Aug 16	NYM	@	SDP	L,10-15	CG	44	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
76	124	Aug 17	NYM	@	SDP	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
77	125	Aug 18	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
78	126	Aug 19	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
79	127	Aug 20	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
80	128	Aug 21	NYM	@	SFG	L,11-12	GS	16	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	129	Aug 23	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-7	GS	35	7.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
82	130	Aug 24	NYM	@	LAD	L,5-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
83	132 (1)	Aug 27	NYM		SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	3B
84	133	Aug 28	NYM		SDP	L,2-3	CG	48	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
85	134	Aug 29	NYM		SDP	L,2-3	GS	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B 2B
86	135	Aug 30	NYM		SFG	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	136	Aug 31	NYM		SFG	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	137	Sep 1	NYM		SFG	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
89	138	Sep 2	NYM		LAD	L,5-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
90	139	Sep 3	NYM		LAD	L,6-7	GF	12	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
91	140	Sep 4	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	GF	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
92	141	Sep 6	NYM	@	ATL	L,7-8	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	SS
93	142	Sep 7	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
94	143	Sep 8	NYM	@	ATL	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
95	146 (2)	Sep 11	NYM		FLA	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	147	Sep 13	NYM		ATL	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
97	148	Sep 14	NYM		ATL	W,6-5	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
98	150 (1)	Sep 16	NYM		ATL	L,2-5	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
99	151	Sep 17	NYM	@	MON	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
100	158 (6)	Sep 25	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-5		6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
101	159	Sep 26	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
102	160	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	L,5-6	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	3B SS
103	162 (1)	Sep 29	NYM		PHI	L,5-9	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
							107gm		592.1	149	125	11	285	33