Luis Salazar
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Salazar as hitting coach of the Chattanooga Lookouts in 2009
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| Third baseman | |||
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Born: May 19, 1956 Barcelona, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 15, 1980, for the San Diego Padres | |||
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| October 4, 1992, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .261 | ||
| Home runs | 94 | ||
| Runs batted in | 455 | ||
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| Men's Baseball | ||
Representing  Venezuela
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2006 Cartagena | Team |
Luis Ernesto Salazar Garcia (born May 19, 1956) is a former third baseman and outfielder in Major League Baseball, a right-handed batter who played from 1980 to 1992.
In his 13-year career, Salazar played in three different times with the San Diego Padres (1980–84, 1987, 1989), and for the Chicago White Sox (1985–86), Detroit Tigers (1988) and Chicago Cubs (1989–92).
In 1973, he signed with the Kansas City Royals but was released in 1974. He signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1975. On August 5, 1980, Salazar, along with Rick Lancellotti, was traded to the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later and Kurt Bevacqua. The Padres later sent Mark Lee to Pittsburgh to complete the trade. After seven minors seasons, finally, he got a chance with San Diego in the 1980 season.
An extremely versatile reserve who played every position but catcher in his career, Salazar was the Padres' third baseman between 1981 and 1983. He was traded to the White Sox along with Ozzie Guillén (1985), and returned to the Padres as a free agent (1987). Then, he signed with Detroit (1988), before being dealt back to San Diego. Salazar finished his career with the Cubs in a nice way.
In his first stint with the Padres, Salazar hit 29 home runs with 187 runs batted in and 109 stolen bases in 525 games. In 126 games with the White Sox, he played on third base, first base, shortstop and outfield (eventually was DH and relief pitcher), batting .245 with 10 homers and 45 RBI. For Detroit, mostly in the outfield, he hit .270, 12, 62. Also, he kept the Tigers in a pennant race by filling in at shortstop for injured Alan Trammell.
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