Argenis Antonio Salazar Yepez (born November 4, 1961) is a former

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who played for the

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(1983–84),

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(1986–87) and

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(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

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season. Following a long string of shortstops coming from Venezuela, Salazar had below average range but compensated somewhat with a strong and accurate arm. He struggled with the bat, most of time near the Mendoza Line. In 1984, Salazar had arguably the worst season in MLB history by a regular starter. In 80 games, he had a

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of .155 and an adjusted OPS of 9 (League average being 100). He wasn't much better on the base-paths, having one stolen base and one

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(matching his career

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of 50%). And while Salazar had a reputation as a good fielding shortstop, in reality both his range factor and

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were well below the league average of shortstops in 1984. In a five-year career, Salazar had 188

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, with 2

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s and 59

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in 886 at bats.

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Career statistics at ''Baseball Reference''
1961 births Living people Calgary Expos players Chicago Cubs players Indianapolis Indians players Kansas City Royals players Montreal Expos players Major League Baseball players from Venezuela Major League Baseball shortstops Sportspeople from Anzoátegui Salinas Spurs players Tiburones de La Guaira players Tidewater Tides players Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Canada Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States West Palm Beach Expos players Wichita Aeros players Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Italy {{Venezuela-baseball-shortstop-stub

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