Ossie Álvarez
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Oswaldo Álvarez González (October 19, 1933 – March 7, 2008) was a
right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and weighed 165 pounds (75 kg).[1]
Álvarez played in the minor leagues from 1952 to 1957 in the Senators'
runs batted in
.
Álvarez was traded twice during the 1958–59 offseason. On October 27, he was shipped to the
utility man Jay Porter; then, three weeks later, he was part of a major trade between the Indians and Tigers in which he and two top pitchers, Don Mossi and Ray Narleski, were sent to the Tigers for second baseman Billy Martin and pitcher Al Cicotte. In 1959 he appeared in eight early-season games for the Tigers, singling
in two at-bats for his only other major league experience.
His MLB career over, he spent the rest of 1959 as a member of three different Triple-A clubs. He led the Mexican League in stolen bases with 27 at age 32 in 1965. He retired from the field after two games with the Charros de Jalisco in 1966.
In his 95 big-league games, Alvarez collected 42
Guadalajara, Mexico
, on March 8, 2008.
References
- ^ "Ossie Álvarez". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
- Obituary, Sports Collectors Digest, Krause Publications, August 8, 2008.
