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Luis
Salazar		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 19, 1956 in Barcelona, , VENEZUELA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1982    1984   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1980 24 ATL NL 136 284 34 91 7 3 2 33 8 4 12 32 .320 .355 .387 .743 37.0 8.9
1981 25 ATL NL 162 699 69 169 13 9 4 45 17 11 39 74 .242 .286 .303 .590 57.5 3.4
1982 26 ATL NL 157 650 82 220 26 6 2 59 16 2 20 69 .338 .362 .406 .768 87.9 25.2
1983 27 ATL NL 156 651 62 161 14 9 3 41 10 2 26 89 .247 .279 .310 .589 52.8 6.7
1984 28 ATL NL 127 543 63 178 21 11 5 48 12 10 20 76 .328 .354 .435 .789 75.4 14.5
1985 29 ATL NL 153 635 77 201 18 16 1 42 22 11 24 85 .317 .345 .400 .745 82.5 16.9
1986 30 ATL NL 158 652 80 187 19 7 2 52 18 6 17 84 .287 .305 .347 .652 63.6 9.1
1987 31 ATL NL 156 596 73 160 14 11 5 57 13 9 31 92 .268 .310 .354 .664 61.7 8.2
1988 32 ATL NL 137 448 63 129 13 6 0 24 45 22 24 65 .288 .326 .344 .670 49.1 7.8
1989 33 ATL NL 153 481 55 123 19 3 0 33 39 11 19 91 .256 .285 .308 .593 41.2 4.3
1990 34 CHW AL 12 47 8 10 1 1 0 2 1 4 1 12 .213 .229 .277 .506 1.2 0.0
1991 35 PHI NL 74 144 28 44 2 1 1 9 17 8 8 35 .306 .351 .354 .705 16.7 2.5
1992 36 PHI NL 70 111 12 32 6 1 1 18 11 1 2 24 .288 .301 .387 .688 13.8 2.6
13 Years Sim 1651 5941 706 1705 173 84 26 463 229 101 243 828 .287 .318 .358 .676 640.4 110.1
162 Game Average 582 69 167 16 8 2 45 22 9 23 81 .287 .318 .358 .676 62.8  
Career Highs 162 699 82 220 26 16 5 59 45 22 39 92 .338 .362 .435 .789 87.9  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1980 24 ATL NL 3B 42 42 358.3 29 94 12 6 .911 3.09   0.9
    CF 6 5 51.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.3
    RF 3 0 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09    
    LF 2 0 4.7 2 0 1 0 .667 3.86    
1981 25 ATL NL 3B 139 139 1230.3 85 331 33 39 .927 3.04   2.7
    1B 10 10 91.0 100 12 3 11 .974 11.08   0.0
    CF 9 9 78.0 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.88   0.3
    LF 2 2 18.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    RF 2 2 18.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1982 26 ATL NL 3B 148 146 1279.3 105 350 16 32 .966 3.20   3.1
    CF 7 0 20.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1983 27 ATL NL 3B 153 149 1332.0 101 340 18 32 .961 2.98   1.2
    CF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 28 ATL NL 3B 127 118 1096.3 57 286 14 18 .961 2.82   2.2
1985 29 ATL NL 3B 150 146 1289.7 91 331 18 35 .959 2.94   3.5
1986 30 ATL NL 3B 154 149 1322.3 94 337 31 26 .933 2.93   1.4
    CF 1 0 4.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 31 ATL NL 3B 155 149 1259.0 72 390 34 32 .931 3.30   3.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1988 32 ATL NL 3B 107 91 786.3 54 178 11 13 .955 2.66   3.0
    CF 21 20 161.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.6
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1989 33 ATL NL CF 127 125 1074.7 260 8 0 0 1.000 2.24   4.1
    3B 10 3 38.0 3 9 1 0 .923 2.84   0.1
    RF 1 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1990 34 CHW AL 3B 12 12 97.0 7 32 1 6 .975 3.62   0.9
1991 35 PHI NL 1B 23 23 184.0 181 10 7 15 .965 9.34   0.1
    3B 16 8 88.7 7 22 0 1 1.000 2.94   0.4
    CF 9 0 13.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15   0.1
    2B 4 0 9.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 4.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.86    
1992 36 PHI NL 1B 15 15 121.0 116 4 0 8 1.000 8.93   0.1
    3B 9 1 27.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.25   0.2
    2B 5 0 8.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
  3B 1222 1153 10205.0 707 2708 189 240 .948 3.01   22.7
  CF 186 159 1414.7 343 11 0 1 1.000 2.25   5.5
  1B 48 48 396.0 397 26 10 34 .977 9.61   0.2
  RF 6 2 35.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.83    
  LF 8 2 32.7 11 0 1 0 .917 3.03    
  2B 9 0 17.0 4 5 0 1 1.000 4.76   0.1
Career Totals   1479 1364 12100.3 1473 2750 200 276 .955 3.14   28.5
Career Highs   162 162 1435.7 264 391 36 50 1.000 7.58    
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
1980 24 ATL NL 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .400 .500 .900
1991 35 PHI NL 5 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 .273 .333 .273 .606
1992 36 PHI NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 16 2 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 5 .313 .333 .313 .646
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.
Batting Average
1982-2-.338
1984-2-.328
1985-2-.317
 Games
1981-1-162
1986-10-158
 At-Bats
1981-1-699
1982-1-650
1983-2-651
1985-3-635
1986-1-652
 Hits
1982-1-220
1984-4-178
1985-1-201
1986-2-187
 Total Bases
1982-10-264
 Singles
1981-8-143
1982-1-186
1983-5-135
1984-4-141
1985-1-166
1986-1-159
1987-9-130
Triples
1985-1-16
 Stolen Bases
1985-10-22
 Caught Stealing
1988-5-22
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  6. Thad Bosley (869)
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  8. Joe Orsulak (863)
  9. Milt Thompson (862)
  10. Rennie Stennett (858)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Atlanta in 1980
Had first career hit on 4/3/1980, off Ken Brett (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1980, off Bruce Sutter (CHC)
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game
Injured on 8/30/1984 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 4-5 weeks
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Houston on 6/4/1986
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/3/1990 to a 3-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Injured on 6/10/1990 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Traded from Chicago (A) to Philadelphia on 2/21/1991 (Going to PHI: 3B Luis Salazar. Going to CHW: P Kim Seaman)
 
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