Ángel Salazar (baseball)

Argenis Antonio Salazar Yepez (born November 4, 1961 in Anaco, Venezuela) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos (1983–84), Kansas City Royals (1986–87) and Chicago Cubs (1988). He batted and threw right-handed.

Ángel Salazar
Shortstop
Born: (1961-11-04) November 4, 1961
Anaco, Venezuela
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 10, 1983, for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1988, for the Chicago Cubs
MLB statistics
Batting average.212
Home runs2
Runs batted in59
Teams

Salazar, who was known by the nickname "Angel", was signed by Montreal as an amateur free agent in 1980. He made his debut in the 1983 season.

Following a long string of shortstops coming from Venezuela, Salazar had below average range but compensated somewhat with a strong and accurate arm. He struggled with the bat, most of time near the Mendoza Line.

In 1984, Salazar had arguably the worst season in MLB history by a regular starter. In 80 games, he had a batting average of .155 and an adjusted OPS of 9 (League average being 100). He wasn't much better on the base-paths, having one stolen base and one caught stealing (matching his career stolen base percentage of 50%). And while Salazar had a reputation as a good fielding shortstop, in reality both his range factor and fielding percentage were well below the league average of shortstops in 1984.

In a five-year career, Salazar had 188 hits, with 2 home runs and 59 RBI in 886 at bats.

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