Wilson Álvarez | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela |
March 24, 1970 |||
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MLB debut | |||
July 24, 1989, for the Texas Rangers | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
September 28, 2005, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 102–92 | ||
Earned run average | 3.96 | ||
Strikeouts | 1,330 | ||
Teams | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
Wilson Eduardo Álvarez Fuenmayor (born March 24, 1970) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher. During a thirteen-year baseball career, he pitched for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Since 2013, he has served as pitching coach for the Gulf Coast League Orioles.
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Alvarez began his professional baseball career when he was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent on September 23, 1986. He made his major league debut at the age of nineteen on July 24, 1989. Five days later, he was traded with Scott Fletcher and Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique. Alvarez provided one of the highlights of the 1991 Chicago White Sox season on August 11, pitching a no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles at Memorial Stadium in only his second Major League start. It was quite a contrast to his only previous appearance, when he faced five batters for the Rangers and gave up two walks, a single and two home runs without retiring a batter, giving him a career ERA, prior to his no-hit gem, of infinity.