Sandy Alomar, Sr., born Santos Alomar Conde (October 19, 1943 in Salinas, Puerto Rico), is a former Major League Baseball second baseman who played for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1964-66); New York Mets (1967), Chicago White Sox (1967-69), California Angels (1969-74), New York Yankees (1974-76) and Texas Rangers (1977-78). Alomar was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the father of major leaguer catcher .Sandy Jr. and second baseman Roberto.

Through his career Alomar was a valuable defensive player. His range and defensive positions were excellent, but sometimes he threws the ball away after making a fantastic stop. Beside this, he was able to play all infield and outfield positons as well. But his bat was another story. He was a .245 hitter with 13 home runs and 282 RBI in 1481 games. Nevertheless, he was a great bunter and gathered a significant number of bunt singles in his career.

Alomar enjoyed his best season in 1970, with career highs in batting average (.260), home runs (4), runs (82), hits (179), games played (162), and got an All-Star berth. Alomar also was a smart and aggresive runner. He compiled 232 stolen bases from 1968-75, with a high 42 in 1971, and 227 lifetime.

A durable player, Alomar was the Angels everyday second baseman for five years; twice played an 162-game full season; played 648 consecutive games between 1969 and 1973, and led the league second basemen in fielding percentage in 1975.

After retiring, Alomar became a manager both in his homeland and minor leagues, and coached in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres. While in San Diego, Alomar coached his two sons, Sandy Jr. and Roberto [1] (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/family/fam6.shtml).

On November 24, 2004 Alomar was hired by the Mets as a bench coach for the 2005 season.

See also

• List of players from Puerto Rico in Major League Baseball

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com (http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa01.shtml) - career statistics and analysis
• Angels All-Time Team (http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/att/angels/default.htm)
• Baseball Library (http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/A/Alomar_Sandy.stm)
• Tokyo Newsline interview (http://tokyonewsline.com/sportsline/sandy_alomar.html)