Alvarez was selected by the Padres in the second round of the 1995 MLB Draft. While playing in the minor leagues for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 1995, he turned an unassisted triple play as a second baseman. He caught a line drive over second base, stepped on the bag to get one runner and tagged the other one coming into second from first.[2] He told the reporter covering the game that exactly the same thing had happened to him the previous year at USC, but he threw to first instead of tagging the runner to complete the triple play. He said a teammate had pointed out that he had missed a chance at an unassisted triple play, and he had promised himself if it ever happened again, he would do it differently.[citation needed]
Alvarez was taken by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the fifth pick in the 1997 MLB expansion draft, but was traded by the Diamondbacks with Matt Drews and Joe Randa to the Tigers for Travis Fryman. Alvarez made his major league debut for the Tigers on June 22, 1998, going 1–4. On July 17, 2000, he was traded by the Tigers to the Padres for Dusty Allen.[3] He finished his major league career with 59 hits, a .222 batting average, 29 runs, and an .877 fielding percentage.
Coaching careeredit
In 2010, Alvarez became the assistant baseball coach at the University of Southern California (USC).
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^"Former USC Shortstop Alvarez Shows Quakes How to Turn Three". latimes.com. June 30, 1995. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^"Tigers deal Alvarez to Padres". Lakeland Ledger. July 18, 2000. p. C6. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
^"Gabe Alvarez Minor Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
^Samson, Brendan (September 27, 2023). "Forget Last Year: Erie Wins Its First El Crown". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
^Trezza, Joe. "The 2023 Double-A All-Stars and Award Winners". Minor League Baseball. from the original on September 26, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
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Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
gabe, alvarez, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, from, article, tal. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Gabe Alvarez news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Gabriel de Jesus Alvarez born March 6 1974 is a Mexican college baseball coach and former Major League Baseball third baseman for the Detroit Tigers 1998 2000 and the San Diego Padres 2000 Gabe AlvarezAlvarez with USC in 2015Erie SeawolvesThird basemanBorn 1974 03 06 March 6 1974 age 50 Navojoa SonoraBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutJune 22 1998 for the Detroit TigersLast MLB appearanceSeptember 30 2000 for the San Diego PadresMLB statisticsBatting average 222Home runs7Runs batted in33TeamsDetroit Tigers 1998 2000 San Diego Padres 2000 Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 References 4 External linksPlaying career editA 6 1 205 lb right hander Alvarez played college baseball at USC from 1993 to 1995 for head coach Mike Gillespie In 1993 and 1994 he played collegiate summer baseball with the Chatham A s of the Cape Cod Baseball League 1 Alvarez was selected by the Padres in the second round of the 1995 MLB Draft While playing in the minor leagues for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in 1995 he turned an unassisted triple play as a second baseman He caught a line drive over second base stepped on the bag to get one runner and tagged the other one coming into second from first 2 He told the reporter covering the game that exactly the same thing had happened to him the previous year at USC but he threw to first instead of tagging the runner to complete the triple play He said a teammate had pointed out that he had missed a chance at an unassisted triple play and he had promised himself if it ever happened again he would do it differently citation needed Alvarez was taken by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the fifth pick in the 1997 MLB expansion draft but was traded by the Diamondbacks with Matt Drews and Joe Randa to the Tigers for Travis Fryman Alvarez made his major league debut for the Tigers on June 22 1998 going 1 4 On July 17 2000 he was traded by the Tigers to the Padres for Dusty Allen 3 He finished his major league career with 59 hits a 222 batting average 29 runs and an 877 fielding percentage Coaching career editIn 2010 Alvarez became the assistant baseball coach at the University of Southern California USC He was hired by the Detroit Tigers to manage their Double A affiliate the Erie SeaWolves of the Eastern League in 2022 4 Alvarez remained with the team in 2023 and led Erie to win the Eastern League championship 5 He was also selected as the 2023 Eastern League Manager of the Year 6 References edit Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League PDF capecodbaseball org Retrieved January 9 2020 Former USC Shortstop Alvarez Shows Quakes How to Turn Three latimes com June 30 1995 Retrieved January 9 2020 Tigers deal Alvarez to Padres Lakeland Ledger July 18 2000 p C6 Retrieved November 6 2014 Gabe Alvarez Minor Leagues Statistics Baseball Reference Sports Reference Retrieved September 26 2023 Samson Brendan September 27 2023 Forget Last Year Erie Wins Its First El Crown Minor League Baseball Retrieved September 27 2023 Trezza Joe The 2023 Double A All Stars and Award Winners Minor League Baseball Archived from the original on September 26 2023 Retrieved September 26 2023 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Baseball nbsp Mexico nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Mexican baseball third baseman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gabe Alvarez amp oldid 1177410317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
