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Alvaro Espinoza
	Alvaro Alberto Espinoza


	Born: February 19, 1962 in Valencia, Venezuela
	51 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'0"	Wt: 170

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the Houston Astros as an Amateur Free Agent in 1978
- High School: Valencia (Valencia, VE)

Comparison

Shortstops				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Cal Ripken	1981 - 2001	SS	95.6	Pl	77.3	34.6	0.0	16.2
2	Robin Yount	1974 - 1993	SS	77.1	Pl	82.4	5.8	0.0	11.0
3	Ozzie Smith	1978 - 1996	SS	76.5	Pl	47.9	43.4	0.0	14.8
4	Alan Trammell	1977 - 1996	SS	70.4		62.3	22.0	0.0	14.0
5	Barry Larkin	1986 - 2004	SS	70.2	Pl	67.5	13.8	0.0	11.1
6	Omar Vizquel	1989 - 2012	SS	45.4		32.3	28.4	0.0	15.4
7	Tony Fernandez	1983 - 2001	SS	45.2		41.7	14.2	0.0	10.8
8	Jay Bell	1986 - 2003	SS	37.0		37.7	8.6	0.0	9.3
9	John Valentin	1992 - 2002	SS	32.5		24.8	11.8	0.0	4.1
10	Scott Fletcher	1981 - 1995	SS	32.0		21.8	17.9	0.0	7.7
11	Jose Valentin	1992 - 2007	SS	31.6		25.4	13.1	0.0	7.0
12	Chris Speier	1971 - 1989	SS	30.5		25.4	17.4	0.0	12.4
13	Garry Templeton	1976 - 1991	SS	27.7		22.9	16.2	0.0	11.4
14	Mike Bordick	1990 - 2003	SS	26.8		20.2	16.1	0.0	9.5
15	Greg Gagne	1983 - 1997	SS	26.2		18.1	18.8	0.0	10.7
16	Dickie Thon	1979 - 1993	SS	24.0		22.4	8.2	0.0	6.6
17	Jeff Blauser	1987 - 1999	SS	20.9		27.4	-0.2	0.0	6.3
18	Ozzie Guillen	1985 - 2000	SS	20.8		9.9	22.5	0.0	11.7
19	Rey Sanchez	1991 - 2005	SS	20.5		6.2	20.5	0.0	6.3
20	Royce Clayton	1991 - 2007	SS	19.4		14.2	15.7	0.0	10.5
21	Dick Schofield	1983 - 1996	SS	18.8		14.1	13.2	0.0	8.5
22	Walt Weiss	1987 - 2000	SS	16.5		14.8	10.0	0.0	8.2
23	Jose Hernandez	1991 - 2006	SS	13.3		9.3	8.2	0.0	4.3
24	Craig Reynolds	1975 - 1989	SS	13.1		12.0	8.7	-0.2	7.3
25	Spike Owen	1983 - 1995	SS	12.4		15.8	5.1	0.0	8.5
26	Shawon Dunston	1985 - 2002	SS	11.5		20.4	-2.0	0.0	6.9
27	Gary DiSarcina	1989 - 2000	SS	11.2		5.1	12.6	0.0	6.5
28	Jeff Reboulet	1992 - 2003	SS	10.2		5.0	8.1	0.0	2.9
29	Manuel Lee	1985 - 1995	SS	9.9		6.3	7.9	0.0	4.3
30	Jose Uribe	1984 - 1993	SS	8.8		5.6	8.8	0.0	5.6
31	Jose Vizcaino	1989 - 2006	SS	7.1		8.3	4.7	0.0	5.9
32	Mike Benjamin	1989 - 2002	SS	6.8		-1.2	10.5	0.0	2.5
33	Kevin Elster	1986 - 2000	SS	6.3		6.8	4.3	0.0	4.8
34	Ernest Riles	1985 - 1993	SS	6.0		7.7	1.1	0.0	2.8
35	Rafael Ramirez	1980 - 1992	SS	5.9		12.4	1.8	0.0	8.3
36	Wil Cordero	1992 - 2005	SS	5.9		12.4	-8.0	0.0	-1.5
37	Dave Anderson	1983 - 1992	SS	5.8		6.0	2.9	0.0	3.1
38	Tom Foley	1983 - 1995	SS	5.7		3.4	5.9	-0.0	3.4
39	Pat Listach	1992 - 1997	SS	4.3		4.7	2.0	0.0	2.5
40	Alvaro Espinoza	1984 - 1997	SS	4.0		1.0	7.3	0.0	4.3
41	Kurt Stillwell	1986 - 1996	SS	3.1		9.5	-1.7	0.0	4.7
42	Alfredo Griffin	1976 - 1993	SS	2.9		5.7	9.3	0.0	12.2
43	Luis Aguayo	1980 - 1989	SS	2.8		4.3	0.5	0.0	2.1
44	David Howard	1991 - 1999	SS	2.7		-1.5	6.5	0.0	2.3
45	Wayne Tolleson	1981 - 1990	SS	2.5		3.3	2.8	0.0	3.6
46	Jeff Huson	1988 - 2000	SS	2.3		2.1	3.1	0.0	2.9
47	Andy Stankiewicz	1992 - 1998	SS	2.1		1.7	1.6	0.0	1.2
48	Alex Arias	1992 - 2002	SS	2.0		4.3	-0.4	0.0	1.8
49	Felix Fermin	1987 - 1996	SS	1.8		4.0	3.1	0.0	5.4
50	Rico Rossy	1991 - 1998	SS	1.4		0.7	1.4	0.0	0.6

	Alvaro Espinoza	1984 - 1997	SS	4.0		1.0	7.3	0.0	4.3

WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com