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Name Team Age
Shovel Alvarado Retired (1964, Age 34) Died (2015, Age 85)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25
(1950)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League 0 4 years (59 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  C+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  B+ B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B  D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A+ 0 5/10/1930
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 2
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1959 MON 47 124 11 27 2 1 5 16 10 26 1 2 2 .647 .276 .371 .218
1960 MON 128 296 33 77 16 1 3 27 40 54 2 2 1 .700 .349 .351 .260
1962 DET 136 202 27 58 9 1 5 21 22 26 0 0 3 .771 .356 .416 .287
1963 DET 143 237 35 62 12 4 9 39 31 44 0 0 2 .804 .344 .460 .262
1964 DET 131 196 23 53 11 0 4 25 18 38 0 0 1 .713 .326 .388 .270
Total 585 1055 129 277 50 7 26 128 121 188 3 4 9 .734 .337 .397 .263
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Shovel Alvarado has retired from the Detroit Arachnids
1962-04-08The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Shovel Alvarado to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have designated John Kling for assignment.
1962-04-08The Detroit Arachnids have acquired Shovel Alvarado from the waiver wire.
1961-04-14The Montreal Maroons have waived Shovel Alvarado.
1961-03-25The Montreal Maroons have promoted Les Cone to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have promoted Julio Billings to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have designated Shovel Alvarado for assignment. The Montreal Maroons have designated Hank Horton for assignment.
1959-07-27The Montreal Maroons have promoted Shovel Alvarado to the major league team. The Montreal Maroons have designated Fred Littlejohn for assignment.
1959-04-14The Montreal Maroons have acquired Shovel Alvarado from the waiver wire.
1958-04-01The Arizona American Heroes have waived Shovel Alvarado.
1950-04-01The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Dave Katz to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Doc McFarland to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Chris Chavarria to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jocko Dellucci to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted March Cordova to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Joey Ferens to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted Jack McCaffery to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have promoted John Unser to the major league team. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Billy Freese to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Ray McMahon to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Haddie Sudakis to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Rex Miller to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Cupid Timlin to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Shovel Alvarado to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Ron Perezchica to the minors. The Arizona American Heroes have sent Bill Leiter to the minors.