Luis Salazar

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 9 in · 180 lb

BornMay 19, 1956 · Barcelona, Anzoátegui, Venezuela

MLB debutAugust 15, 1980

Final gameOctober 4, 1992

Seasons13 (1980–1992)

San Diego Padres 1980–1984; Chicago White Sox 1985–1986; San Diego Padres 1987; Detroit Tigers 1988; Chicago Cubs 1989; San Diego Padres 1989; Chicago Cubs 1990–1992

Percentile snapshot

1983 season — qualified batters

134

9.2

510

0.8

481

16.2

6.9

124

13.1

5.4

15.4

49.2

RBI

16.2

40.8

74.6

23.1

.258

25.4

OBP

.285

3.1

SLG

.387

33.1

OPS

.672

19.2

wRC+

81.5

14.6

OPS+

88.1

21.5

wOBA

.300

13.1

sWAR

0.9

16.2

of 131 qualified 1983 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

83.9

14.7

OPS+

87.8

19.7

sWAR

7.1

83.1

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1980	44	183	169	28	57	4	7	1	25	9	25	11	2	.337	.372	.462	.834	140.3	137.3	.381	1.6
1981	109	424	400	37	121	19	6	3	38	16	72	11	8	.303	.329	.403	.732	113.1	113.5	.339	2.2
1982	145	559	524	55	127	15	5	8	62	23	80	32	9	.242	.274	.336	.610	66.5	74.0	.274	-0.1
1983	134	510	481	52	124	16	2	14	45	17	80	24	9	.258	.285	.387	.672	81.5	88.1	.300	0.9
1984	93	236	228	20	55	7	2	3	17	6	38	11	7	.241	.261	.329	.590	60.8	65.9	.271	-0.2
1985	122	353	327	39	80	18	2	10	45	12	60	14	4	.245	.267	.404	.671	72.9	78.9	.291	0.0
1986	4	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	14.1	9.7	.205	-0.1
1987	84	206	189	13	48	5	0	3	17	14	30	3	3	.254	.302	.328	.630	67.8	69.9	.286	0.0
1988	130	489	452	61	122	14	1	12	62	21	70	6	0	.270	.305	.385	.690	93.7	95.5	.311	1.2
1989	121	349	326	34	92	12	2	9	34	15	57	1	4	.282	.316	.414	.730	106.0	106.3	.332	1.5
1990	115	434	410	44	104	13	3	12	47	19	59	3	1	.254	.293	.388	.680	77.5	80.4	.307	0.3
1991	103	351	333	34	86	14	1	14	38	15	45	0	3	.258	.292	.432	.725	95.7	97.3	.326	1.1
1992	98	273	255	20	53	7	2	5	25	11	34	1	1	.208	.237	.310	.547	41.0	52.0	.247	-1.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1987	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2.0	4.50	1.500	0.00	4.37	109.9	88.3	0.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

1,302

4,375

4,101

438

1,070

144

RBI

455

179

653

117

.2609

OBP

.2926

SLG

.3809

OPS

.6735

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

4.500

WHIP

1.5000

K/9

0.00

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1985-09-22	ATH @ CWS Gameday	5	2	4	1	0	1	4	8
1991-06-11	SF @ CHC Gameday	4	2	2	0	0	2	3	8
1981-05-31	ATL @ SD Gameday	4	1	4	1	1	0	1	7
1988-05-13	MIN @ DET Gameday	4	3	4	0	0	1	1	7
1982-04-20	SF @ SD Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	4	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1987-06-10	SD @ HOU Gameday	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1987-07-29	SD @ CIN Gameday	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.