Álvaro Espinoza Notable

b. February 19, 1962 · Minnesota Twins 1984–1986, New York Yankees 1988–1991, Cleveland Indians 1993–1996, New York Mets 1996, Seattle Mariners 1997

Álvaro Espinoza played for five clubs across 14 seasons as a shortstop, opening with the Minnesota Twins in 1984 and closing with the Seattle Mariners in 1997.

Across 942 games he batted .254, with 630 hits and 252 runs. He finished with 22 home runs, 105 doubles and 13 stolen bases. He went 0 and 0 with a 0.00 earned run average, pitching 0.7 innings in 1 game.

He played 624 games at shortstop, with 1,717 assists and 77 errors. He turned 415 double plays. He also played 219 games at third base.

He was born in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela on February 19, 1962. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1984	MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1985	MIN	32	57	5	15	2	0	0	9	1	9	0	.263
1986	MIN	37	42	4	9	1	0	0	1	1	10	0	.214
1988	NYY	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	NYY	146	503	51	142	23	1	0	41	14	60	3	.282
1990	NYY	150	438	31	98	12	2	2	20	16	54	1	.224
1991	NYY	148	480	51	123	23	2	5	33	16	57	4	.256
1993	CLE	129	263	34	73	15	0	4	27	8	36	2	.278
1994	CLE	90	231	27	55	13	0	1	19	6	33	1	.238
1995	CLE	66	143	15	36	4	0	2	17	2	16	0	.252
1996	CLE/NYM	107	246	31	66	11	4	8	27	10	37	1	.268
1997	SEA	33	72	3	13	1	0	0	7	2	12	1	.181
Career	—	942	2478	252	630	105	9	22	201	76	324	13	.254

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1991	NYY	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.00
Career	—	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.00

On this day & linked events

1962

Born February 19, 1962

Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela

1984

Major-league debut: Álvaro Espinoza

Álvaro Espinoza made a major-league debut on September 14, 1984.

1997

Final major-league game: Álvaro Espinoza

Álvaro Espinoza played a final major-league game on July 12, 1997.

Image: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0