Wilson Alvarez

Full Name: Wilson Eduardo (Fuenmayor) Alvarez	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/175	First Game: July 24, 1989
Birthdate: March 24, 1970	Final Game: September 28, 2005
Birthplace: Maracaibo, Zulia (Venezuela)	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Born on March 24, 1970 in Maracaibo, Zulia (Venezuela), Wilson Alvarez (Wilson Eduardo (Fuenmayor) Alvarez) played for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career. Alvarez broke into the bigs on July 24, 1989 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 3.51 ERA in 56.1 innings pitched in 1991, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Wilson Alvarez's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1996, when he posted a 4.22 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 181 batters. However, others believe that it was 1997, when he posted a 3.48 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 179 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1989	TEX	A	1	1	0	1	.00	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0
1991	CHI	A	10	9	3	2	3.51	32	26	22	2	1	0	56.1	47	9	29	0	2	0
1992	CHI	A	34	9	5	3	5.20	66	64	58	0	0	1	100.1	103	12	65	2	2	4
1993	CHI	A	31	31	15	8	2.95	155	78	68	1	1	0	207.2	168	14	122	8	2	7
1994	CHI	A	24	24	12	8	3.45	108	72	62	2	1	0	161.2	147	16	62	1	3	0
1995	CHI	A	29	29	8	11	4.32	118	96	84	3	0	0	175	171	21	93	4	1	2
1996	CHI	A	35	35	15	10	4.22	181	106	102	0	0	0	217.1	216	21	97	3	2	4
1997	SF	N	11	11	4	3	4.48	69	36	33	0	0	0	66.1	54	9	36	3	1	1
1997	CHI	A	22	22	9	8	3.03	110	61	49	2	1	0	145.2	126	9	55	1	4	3
1997	Total		33	33	13	11	3.48	179	97	82	2	1	0	212	180	18	91	4	5	4
1998	TB	A	25	25	6	14	4.73	107	78	75	0	0	0	142.2	130	18	68	0	4	9
1999	TB	A	28	28	9	9	4.22	128	92	75	1	0	0	160	159	22	79	1	3	6
2002	TB	A	23	10	2	3	5.28	56	47	44	0	0	1	75	80	13	36	3	2	4
2003	LA	N	21	12	6	2	2.37	82	27	25	1	1	1	95	80	5	23	1	1	5
2004	LA	N	40	15	7	6	4.03	102	56	54	0	0	1	120.2	109	12	31	2	1	5
2005	LA	N	21	2	1	4	5.62	16	15	15	0	0	0	24	31	7	7	0	0	0
Total	NL		93	40	18	15	3.74	269	134	127	1	1	2	306	274	33	97	6	3	11
Total	AL		262	223	84	77	4.01	1061	723	642	11	4	2	1441.2	1350	157	708	23	25	39
Total			355	263	102	92	3.96	1330	857	769	12	5	4	1747.2	1624	190	805	29	28	50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1989	TEX	A	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	CHI	A	P	10	9	56.1	1	7	0	1	0	0	4	0	1.000
1992	CHI	A	P	34	9	100.1	4	14	2	0	1	9	8	1	.900
1993	CHI	A	P	31	31	207.2	5	28	1	2	3	21	17	2	.971
1994	CHI	A	P	24	24	161.2	6	13	0	1	2	3	4	4	1.000
1995	CHI	A	P	29	29	175	7	31	0	1	2	8	10	4	1.000
1996	CHI	A	P	35	35	217.1	11	29	0	3	1	21	11	7	1.000
1997	SF	N	P	11	11	66.1	2	6	1	0	0	5	4	1	.889
1997	CHI	A	P	22	22	145.2	6	17	1	0	0	6	5	3	.958
1997	Total		P	33	33	212	8	23	2	0	0	11	9	4	.939
1998	TB	A	P	25	25	142.2	5	6	0	1	1	3	5	0	1.000
1999	TB	A	P	28	28	160	2	24	3	1	0	2	10	3	.897
2002	TB	A	P	23	10	75	2	6	0	0	0	2	2	3	1.000
2003	LA	N	P	21	12	95	4	16	0	2	1	1	3	3	1.000
2004	LA	N	P	40	15	120.2	3	16	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
2005	LA	N	P	21	2	24	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	355	263	1747.2	58	215	8	12	11	86	86	31	.972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1989	TEX	A	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1991	CHI	A	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1992	CHI	A	34	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1993	CHI	A	31	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1994	CHI	A	24	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1995	CHI	A	29	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1996	CHI	A	35	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1997	SF	N	11	23	1	3	1	.130	.200	.130	2	5	1	0
1997	CHI	A	22	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	2	0	0
1997	Total		33	26	1	3	1	.115	.179	.115	2	7	1	0
1998	TB	A	25	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
1999	TB	A	28	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
2002	TB	A	23	4	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
2003	LA	N	21	29	1	5	0	.172	.200	.172	1	9	1	2
2004	LA	N	40	31	4	5	0	.161	.188	.161	1	14	2	2
2005	LA	N	21	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1	0
Total	NL		93	85	6	13	1	.153	.191	.153	4	29	5	4
Total	AL		262	10	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	4	0	0
Total			355	95	6	13	1	.137	.172	.137	4	33	5	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Texas Rangers (September 23, 1986).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Scott Fletcher and Sammy Sosa to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique (July 29, 1989).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Danny Darwin and Roberto Hernandez to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Lorenzo Barcelo, Mike Caruso, Keith Foulke, Bob Howry, Brian Manning and Ken Vining (July 31, 1997).
Granted free agency (November 1, 1997).
Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (December 3, 1997).
Released by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (September 30, 2002).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (January 31, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2003).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 18, 2003).
Granted free agency (November 3, 2004).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 21, 2004).

[edit] Trivia

Pitched in the very first game in Tampa Bay Devil Rays history giving up 6 runs in 2.1 innings getting the loss.

Pitched a no-hitter in his second major league start.

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