Luis Alvarado
1968–1977 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, St. Louis Cardinals
464G
.214AVG
.247OBP
.271SLG
More career statistics
248H
5HR
84RBI
11SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 464 | 1,231 | 1,160 | 116 | 248 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 49 | 160 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 314 | .214 | .247 | .271 | .518 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 1974-08-03 to 1974-08-11
9longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1971-06-08 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 10 | 2 doubles | 1968-09-16 | 1 in 99 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 5 | 6 total bases | 1972-06-11 | 1 in 43 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 229 | 569 | 117 | 4 | 46 | 23 | 63 | .217 | .246 | .286 |
| Away | 235 | 662 | 131 | 1 | 38 | 26 | 97 | .211 | .237 | .257 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 123 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | .233 | .252 | .293 |
| May | 65 | 165 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 24 | .185 | .218 | .219 |
| June | 87 | 255 | 62 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 35 | .253 | .271 | .322 |
| July | 78 | 194 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 24 | .176 | .196 | .209 |
| August | 76 | 227 | 53 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 27 | .250 | .282 | .330 |
| September | 107 | 256 | 43 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 37 | .181 | .223 | .239 |
| October | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| athletics | 46 | 130 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 8 | .227 | .277 | .328 |
| kansas-city-royals | 43 | 110 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 15 | .226 | .245 | .264 |
| new-york-yankees | 42 | 115 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | .165 | .183 | .220 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 41 | 99 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 12 | .221 | .232 | .316 |
| california-angels | 40 | 106 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 18 | .202 | .236 | .253 |
| detroit-tigers | 39 | 108 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | .288 | .306 | .356 |
| baltimore-orioles | 38 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .207 | .242 | .299 |
| minnesota-twins | 37 | 97 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | .181 | .196 | .191 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 |  Boston Red Sox | 11 | 46 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .130 | – | – |
| 1969 | Boston Red Sox | 7 | 5 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1970 | Boston Red Sox | 59 | 183 | 41 | 1 | 10 | 1 | .224 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Chicago White Sox | 99 | 264 | 57 | – | 8 | 1 | .216 | – | – |
| 1972 | Chicago White Sox | 103 | 254 | 54 | 4 | 29 | 2 | .213 | – | – |
| 1973 | Chicago White Sox | 80 | 203 | 47 | – | 20 | 6 | .232 | – | – |
| 1974 | Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 160 | 31 | – | 13 | 1 | .194 | – | – |
| 1976 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 16 | 42 | 12 | – | 3 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1977 | Detroit Tigers, New York Mets | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |