Alex Sanchez (pitcher)

{{About|the baseball pitcher|other uses, including the baseball outfielder|Alex Sánchez (disambiguation){{!}}Alex Sánchez}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Alex Sanchez

|image=Alex Sanchez - Knoxville Blue Jays - 1988.jpg

|caption=Sanchez in 1988

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1966|4|8}}

|birth_place=Concord, California, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 23

|debutyear=1989

|debutteam=Toronto Blue Jays

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 10

|finalyear=1989

|finalteam=Toronto Blue Jays

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–1

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=10.03

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=4

|teams=

Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1989}})

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/alex-sanchez |title=Alex Sanchez |publisher=Antioch Historical Society |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101172235/http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/alex-sanchez |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }} USA Today named Sanchez one of the top 25 pro prospects, and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs out of high school.{{cite web|url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=CHC&year_ID=1984&draft_type=junreg|title= 1984 Chicago Cubs Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft|publisher= Baseball –Reference.com|access-date= November 19, 2013}} Sanchez elected to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) instead.{{cite web|url=http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/alex-sanchez |title=Alex Sanchez |publisher=Antioch Historical Society |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101172235/http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/alex-sanchez |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }}

College career

At UCLA, he set a single season all-time record for having 16 wins in one season in 1986.{{cite web|url=http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=208673061 |title=UCLA Baseball 2013 MLB Draft Update |publisher=UCLA Bruins |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918080031/http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=208673061 |archive-date=September 18, 2013 }} He was named co-Player of the Year in the Pac 10,{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-11-we-6249-story.html|title= Bruin Pair Drafted During First Round, Nightmares Turn Into Sweet Dreams|work= Los Angeles Times|date= 11 June 1987|access-date= November 19, 2013}} and first team All-America by Baseball America in 1986.{{cite web|url= http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_RB/2010/awards.pdf|title= Baseball Award Winners|publisher= NCAA|access-date= November 19, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}}{{cite news | last =Goff | first =Alex | title = Harwich ends week on winning note | pages = 43,47 | newspaper = The Cape Cod Chronicle | location = Chatham, MA | date = July 17, 1986 | url = https://eldredgelibrary.wssites.com/Document?db=ELDREDGELIBRARY&query=(select+23+(bytoc+(andf+(eq+YEAR+1986)+(field+WEEK_ISSUED+(phrase+July+%6017))))) }}

Professional career

Sanchez was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (17th pick overall) of the 1987 Major League Baseball Draft.{{cite web|url= http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=sanchal02|title= Alex Sanchez Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac|access-date= November 19, 2013}} He was named International League Most Valuable Pitcher in 1989 while playing for the Syracuse Chiefs.{{cite web|url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/leader.cgi?type=pitch&id=cffb8c35|title= 1989 International League Pitching Leaders|publisher= Baseball-Reference.com|access-date= November 19, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url= https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sanchal02.shtml|title= Alex Sanchez|publisher= Baseball-Reference.com|access-date= November 19, 2013}}{{cite book|last=Schneide|first=Russell|title=The Cleveland Indians Encyclopedia|year=2004|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|page=587|isbn=9781582618401|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjLiv-NNsiQC&q=alex+Sanchez+San+Diego+Padres+affiliates&pg=PA587}}

Sanchez signed with the Kansas City Royals in 1992 and played with their minor league affiliates until 1993.{{cite web|url= http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/alex-sanchez|archive-url= https://archive.today/20131120023734/http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/alex-sanchez|url-status= dead|archive-date= November 20, 2013|title= Alex Sanchez|work= Los Angeles Times|access-date= November 19, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/athletes/alex-sanchex |title=Alex Sanchez |publisher=Antioch Historical Society |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101170059/http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/athletes/alex-sanchex |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }}

Personal

Sanchez was high school teammates with Chicago Cubs pitcher Jeff Pico{{cite web|url=http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/athletes/jeff-pico-0 |title=Jeff Pico |publisher=Antioch Historical Society |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101172052/http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/athletes/jeff-pico-0 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }} and PGA Tour golfer Larry Silveira.{{cite web|url=http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/athletes/larry-silveira-0 |title=LARRY SILVEIRA |publisher=Antioch Historical Society |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101062418/http://www.antiochsportslegends.com/athletes/larry-silveira-0 |archive-date=November 1, 2013 }}