#16 Rafael Alvarez, OF

Active

Position: OF
Date of Birth: 01/22/1977
Height: 6' 1" Weight: 190 lbs
Bats: L
Throws: L
Resides: Valencia, VZ

Biography:
Alvarez spent more than half the 2009 season in Pensacola, but after the Pelicans released him on July 24, he signed with the Saltdogs five days later and proved to be one of the team’s best in-season signings ever. Rafael hit .369 over the season’s final 30 games, and then hit .424 in ten playoff games, including an 8-for-16 performance against his former team in the championship series. Alvarez is in his 17th season as a professional baseball player, a career that began in 1994 after he was signed by the Minnesota Twins organization as an undrafted free agent. He spent seven years in the minors for the Twins, reaching as high as Class AAA in both 1997 and 1999. After the 2000 season, Rafael played briefly in the Mexican League in 2001 before finding an independent home in the Northern League. He finished ’01 with Fargo-Moorhead, and spent 2002 and 2003 with Elmira. 2004 marked his first stint in Pensacola, where he was named the Central League Player of the Year. Alvarez returned to the Mexican League for nearly a full season in 2005, although he went back to Pensacola late in the year, and then spent 2006 in Class AA with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He played in both Mexico and the short-lived South Coast League in 2007, before coming back to Pensacola for a third stint in 2008.

Career Statistics »

Year	League	Club	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	HBP	BB	SO	SB	CS	SLG	OBP
2009	Amer. Assoc.	Lincoln	.369	30	111	23	41	10	1	4	19	1	20	12	4	2	.586	.470
2009	Amer. Assoc.	Pensacola	.269	50	182	30	49	9	0	3	26	4	31	38	19	6	.368	.385
2008	Amer Assoc.	Pensacola	.304	83	289	58	88	20	0	18	53	5	64	66	18	6	.561	.437
2007	Anderson	South Coast	.271	31	96	22	26	9	0	3	19	0	34	27	17	2	.458	.458
2007	Mexican	Veracruz	.282	43	142	18	40	8	1	3	24	1	36	38	5	1	.415	.428
2006	Eastern	Altoona	.250	78	244	31	61	6	4	4	26	1	23	71	0	0	.357	.314
2005	Central	Pensacola	.305	15	59	12	18	5	0	5	11	2	5	13	2	1	.644	.373
2005	Mexican	Cancun	.299	40	144	26	43	11	0	10	27	0	22	26	2	2	.583	.392
2005	Mexican	Laguna	.333	16	60	12	20	5	1	3	11	2	9	12	3	0	.600	.437
2004	Central	Pensacola	.353	60	218	60	77	21	3	12	52	2	46	40	20	4	.642	.468
2003	Northeast	Elmira	.318	84	318	57	101	29	2	14	55	3	49	73	12	6	.553	.410
2002	Northern	Elmira	.293	85	311	60	91	18	5	12	55	3	39	49	4	3	.498	.372
2001	Northern	Fargo-Moorhead	.310	38	142	24	44	8	1	3	19	0	14	31	10	3	.444	.372
2001	Northern	Allentown	.262	16	61	10	16	2	1	1	8	0	7	14	2	2	.377	.333
2001	Mexican	Cancun	.240	8	25	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	6	3	0	0	.280	.406
2000	Eastern	New Britain	.259	97	274	35	71	15	2	7	46	4	35	65	3	1	.405	.349
1999	Florida State	Ft. Myers	.293	83	304	47	89	22	4	10	58	4	38	48	8	4	.490	.375
1999	PCL	Salt Lake	.375	6	16	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.438	.375
1998	Florida State	Ft. Myers	.292	110	391	54	114	20	2	4	38	1	45	51	19	8	.384	.364
1997	Eastern	New Britain	.255	16	47	5	12	0	0	2	7	1	5	9	1	4	.383	.340
1997	Florida State	Ft. Myers	.270	47	122	13	33	9	1	1	15	0	17	27	6	2	.385	.357
1997	PCL	Salt Lake	.271	17	48	10	13	1	1	0	5	0	6	9	5	0	.333	.352
1996	Midwest	Ft. Wayne	.302	119	473	61	143	30	7	4	58	3	43	55	11	9	.421	.363
1996	Florida State	Ft. Myers	.136	6	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	0	1	.136	.167
1995	Midwest	Ft. Wayne	.283	99	374	62	106	17	5	5	36	2	34	53	15	11	.396	.343
1994	Gulf Coast	Twins	.317	32	101	15	32	5	0	2	10	1	18	14	4	2	.426	.425

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