Luis Sánchez (baseball)
Luis Mercedes Sánchez (born August 24, 1953), also knicknamed "Escoba" (broom), is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels from 1981 to 1985.
Sanchez was born in Cariaco, Venezuela. He was signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1971. After playing through 1976 in the minor league systems of the Astros and Cincinnati Reds, he later appeared in the Mexican League. His contract was purchased by the Angels in early 1981.
In his career with California, Sanchez had a record of 28-21, with 216 strikeouts, 27 saves and a 3.75 earned run average in 369 innings. After the 1985 season he was traded to the Montreal Expos, who sold his contract to a Japanese team before the 1986 season.
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- "After six years in the minors, two years in Mexico, and two years out of organized baseball altogether, Sanchez made his ML debut with the Angels in 1981. The skinny Venezuelan won 10 games in relief for California in 1983 and saved 11 in 1984". - Shepard C. Long, at Baseball Library.