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American baseball player (born 1966)
This article is about the baseball pitcher. For other uses, including the baseball outfielder, see
Alex Sánchez .
Baseball player
Alex Anthony Sanchez (born April 8, 1966) is an American former
Major League Baseball (MLB)
pitcher who played for the
Toronto Blue Jays in 1989.
Early life
Sanchez was born in
Concord ,
California and attended
Antioch High School . In high school, he was named A-East Bay and All-Northern California for two years.
[1]
USA Today named Sanchez one of the top 25 pro prospects, and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs out of high school.
[2] Sanchez elected to attend the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) instead.
[3]
College career
At UCLA, he set a single season all-time record for having 16 wins in one season in 1986.
[4] He was named co-Player of the Year in the
Pac 10 ,
[5] and first team All-America by
Baseball America in 1986.
[6] After the 1986 season, he played
collegiate summer baseball with the
Harwich Mariners of the
Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star.
[7]
[8]
Professional career
Sanchez was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the
1987 Major League Baseball Draft .
[9] He was named
International League Most Valuable Pitcher in 1989 while playing for the
Syracuse Chiefs .
[10] He played for the Blue Jays for the
1989 season . On September 24, 1990, Sanchez was traded to the
Cleveland Indians . He was traded back to the Blue Jays on November 6, 1990.
[11]
[12]
Sanchez signed with the
Kansas City Royals in 1992 and played with their minor league affiliates until 1993.
[13] In 1994 and 1995, he played with the minor league affiliates of the
San Diego Padres ,
Seattle Mariners and the
Oakland Athletics .
Awards and honors
He was inducted into the Antioch Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.
[14]
Personal
Sanchez was high school teammates with
Chicago Cubs pitcher
Jeff Pico
[15] and PGA Tour golfer
Larry Silveira .
[16]
References
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"Alex Sanchez" . Antioch Historical Society. Archived from
the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"1984 Chicago Cubs Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft" . Baseball –Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Alex Sanchez" . Antioch Historical Society. Archived from
the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"UCLA Baseball 2013 MLB Draft Update" . UCLA Bruins. Archived from
the original on September 18, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Bruin Pair Drafted During First Round, Nightmares Turn Into Sweet Dreams" . Los Angeles Times . 11 June 1987. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Baseball Award Winners" (PDF) . NCAA. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF) . capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019 .
^ Goff, Alex (July 17, 1986).
"Harwich ends week on winning note" . The Cape Cod Chronicle . Chatham, MA. pp. 43, 47.
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"Alex Sanchez Stats" . Baseball Almanac. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"1989 International League Pitching Leaders" . Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Alex Sanchez" . Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
^ Schneide, Russell (2004).
The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia . Sports Publishing LLC. p. 587.
ISBN
9781582618401 .
^
"Alex Sanchez" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Alex Sanchez" . Antioch Historical Society. Archived from
the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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"Jeff Pico" . Antioch Historical Society. Archived from
the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
^
"LARRY SILVEIRA" . Antioch Historical Society. Archived from
the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
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