Ángel Salazar (baseball)

{{short description|Venezuelan baseball player (born 1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ángel Salazar

|position=Shortstop

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1961|11|4}}

|birth_place=Anaco, Venezuela

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 10

|debutyear=1983

|debutteam=Montreal Expos

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1988

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.212

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=2

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=59

|teams=

• Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1983}}–{{mlby|1984}})
• Kansas City Royals ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1987}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1988}})

}}

Argenis Antonio Salazar Yepez (born November 4, 1961) 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.

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.

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