Antonio Alfonseca

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 250lb (196cm, 113kg)

Born: April 16, 1972 in La Romana, Dominican Republic do

High School: La Romana (La Romana, Dominican Republic)

Debut: June 17, 1997 (Age 25-062d, 17,082nd in major league history)
vs. DET 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 23, 2007 (Age 35-160d)
vs. WSN 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: Juan Iglesias

Full Name: Antonio Alfonseca

Nicknames: El Pulpo or The Octopus

Pronunciation: \al-fahn-SAKE-ah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

ERA

4.11

592

129

613.0

400

WHIP

1.512

Summary of 55 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 6 walk-off, 10 tying, 14 go ahead

5 Tms
FLA	32
CHC	12
ATL	5
TEX	3
PHI	3

Platoon
vs RHB	29
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	25

Outs
2	21
1	20
0	14

18 Opps
NYM	7
SFG	5
PHI	5
ARI	4
COL	4
STL	4
PIT	4
MON/WSN	4
ATL	3
LAD	3
MIL	3
SDP	2
CHW	2
OAK	1
CIN	1
KCR	1
CLE	1
FLA	1

46 Batters
Brian Giles	3
Ellis Burks	2
José Valentín	2
Jay Bell	2
Gary Sheffield	2
Édgar Rentería	2
Scott Rolen	2
Shawn Green	2
Larry Walker	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Brian McRae	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Terrmel Sledge	1
Edgardo Alfonzo	1
Mark Lewis	1
Ben Broussard	1
Scott Podsednik	1
Troy Glaus	1
Aaron Rowand	1
Rich Aurilia	1
Ray Lankford	1
Mike Cameron	1
Robin Ventura	1
Tomás Pérez	1
Brent Mayne	1
Bret Boone	1
Brad Hawpe	1
Kevin Jordan	1
Chris Widger	1
Milton Bradley	1
Cody Ross	1
Michael Tucker	1
Carlos Rivera	1
Jack Cust	1
Travis Lee	1
Geoff Jenkins	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Danny Bautista	1
Michael Barrett	1
Víctor Díaz	1
Wally Joyner	1
José Guillén	1
Henry Blanco	1
Matt Stairs	1
Timo Pérez	1
Andruw Jones	1

20 Parks
SunLife Stad (MIA)	21
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Turner Fld (ATL)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Am Fam Field (MIL)	2
Oracle Park (SFO)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Est HBithorn (SJU)	1

Where Hit
7	25
9	12
78	8
8	6
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	16
4	13
3	9
1	7
5	6
7+	3
6	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	49
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	8
-2-	6
1-3	3
12-	2
123	2
-23	2
--3	1

90 Runs
RISP	16
0 on	31
1 on	15
2 on	7
3 on	2
Any on	24

Inning
5	3
6	1
7	10
8	12
9	24
Extra	5

4-6	4
7-end	51

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	1
+2	3
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	11
-2	6
-3	4
-4..	7

Ahead	18
Tied	9
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	9
0-1	8
1-2	7
0-0	6
2-1	6
1-1	5
3-2	3
3-1	3
2-2	3
2-0	3
0-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	11
1B	8
CF	8
LF	8
SS	6
3B	5
2B	4
C	3
PH	1
DH	1

OrderPos
6th	14
3rd	9
7th	8
5th	6
4th	6
1st	4
8th	4
2nd	3
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1997-09-16	Larry Walker	COL	@	FLA	tied 4-4	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	3	9	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2	2	2	2	1997-09-16	Andrés Galarraga	COL	@	FLA	ahead 5-4	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	12%	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1997-09-26	Kevin Jordan	PHI		FLA	behind 1-2	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	3	23%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1998-04-03	José Valentín	MIL	@	FLA	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	-23	4,(1-2) BFSX	3	6	6	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Jaha Scores/unER; J. Burnitz Scores/Team unER; J. Valentín Scores/Team unER
5	5	2	1	1998-04-07	Mark Lewis	PHI		FLA	behind 5-8	b 7	1	---	1,(0-1) X	1	6	4	8%	18%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1998-04-18	Jay Bell	ARI		FLA	behind 4-5	b 7	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	6	45%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Fox Scores
7	7	4	1	1998-05-01	Wally Joyner	SDP	@	FLA	behind 3-5	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
8	8	5	2	1998-05-01	Greg Vaughn	SDP	@	FLA	behind 4-5	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) BFBCX	1	6	7	34%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	6	1	1998-05-06	Brent Mayne	SFG	@	FLA	behind 5-9	t 7	2	123	6,(3-2) BBFBFX	4	8	2	35%	43%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); S. Javier Scores; J. Snow Scores; R. Aurilia Scores
10	10	7	1	1998-06-11	Brian McRae	NYM	@	FLA	ahead 4-3	t 9	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	8	10%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	8	1	1998-07-24 (1)	Scott Rolen	PHI		FLA	tied 4-4	b 12	1	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	3	5	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Abreu Scores
12	12	9	1	1998-08-30	Bret Boone	CIN		FLA	ahead 12-7	b 8	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	6	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Hammonds Scores
13	13	10	1	1998-09-05	Chris Widger	MON	@	FLA	ahead 5-1	t 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	7	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); F. Santangelo Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1999-04-07	Rickey Henderson	NYM	@	FLA	ahead 5-0	t 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
15	15	2	1	1999-04-14	Robin Ventura	NYM		FLA	ahead 3-1	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	5	5	6%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
16	16	3	1	1999-05-31	Édgar Rentería	STL	@	FLA	ahead 4-2	t 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	6	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	4	1	1999-09-28	Michael Barrett	MON		FLA	behind 2-5	b 9	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	5	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2000-04-03	Ellis Burks	SFG	@	FLA	behind 3-6	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	6	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	2	1	2000-04-05	Rich Aurilia	SFG	@	FLA	behind 8-9	t 9	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	7	6	54%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Kent Scores; J. Snow Scores
20	20	3	1	2000-05-21	Shawn Green	LAD	@	FLA	ahead 7-1	t 9	2	123	1,(0-0) X	4	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Kreuter Scores; F. Santangelo Scores; M. Grudzielanek Scores
21	21	4	2	2000-05-21	Gary Sheffield	LAD	@	FLA	ahead 11-1	t 9	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	2000-05-30	Brian Giles	PIT		FLA	tied 2-2	b 10	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
23	23	6	1	2000-07-04	Edgardo Alfonzo	NYM	@	FLA	behind 7-9	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	4	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
24	24	7	1	2000-08-22	Ellis Burks	SFG		FLA	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	9	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	2001-04-24	Jay Bell	ARI		FLA	behind 6-7	b 8	2	-23	1,(0-0) X	3	2	4	57%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Durazo Scores; C. Counsell Scores
26	26	2	1	2001-05-02	Ray Lankford	STL	@	FLA	tied 2-2	t 11	1	-2-	4,(2-1) FBBX	2	7	7	36%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Drew Scores
27	27	3	1	2001-05-30	Brian Giles	PIT		FLA	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	3	7	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
28	28	4	1	2001-08-22	Shawn Green	LAD	@	FLA	behind 4-8	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	9	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grudzielanek Scores
29	29	5	1	2001-09-06	Timo Pérez	NYM	@	FLA	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	7,(2-2) BBCCFFX	1	7	7	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	6	1	2001-09-23	Travis Lee	PHI		FLA	behind 3-4	b 9	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	7	3	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2002-05-19	Geoff Jenkins	MIL		CHC	behind 3-4	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	7	44%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
32	32	2	1	2002-07-06	Gary Sheffield	ATL		CHC	behind 2-7	b 9	1	---	5,(2-2) BCBFX	1	3	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	2002-07-28	Édgar Rentería	STL		CHC	behind 7-9	b 9	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	7	6	79%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Pujols Scores; T. Martinez Scores
34	34	4	1	2002-08-02	Jack Cust	COL	@	CHC	behind 2-4	t 9	0	1--	7,(3-2) BBCFBFX	2	6	7	35%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Shumpert Scores
35	35	5	1	2002-09-28	Brian Giles	PIT	@	CHC	behind 2-3	t 8	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	1	PH	48%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Wilson Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	2003-05-15	Scott Podsednik	MIL		CHC	behind 0-1	b 8	2	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	1	8	33%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
37	37	2	1	2003-05-18	Scott Rolen	STL		CHC	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	--3	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	5	15%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Pujols Scores
38	38	3	1	2003-06-27	José Valentín	CHW		CHC	tied 3-3	b 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	7	6	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
39	39	4	1	2003-06-28	Aaron Rowand	CHW		CHC	behind 4-6	b 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) B>S.X	2	2	8	39%	53%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); W. Harris Scores
40	40	5	1	2003-07-10	Henry Blanco	ATL	@	CHC	ahead 11-3	t 9	1	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); V. Castilla Scores
41	41	6	1	2003-08-23	Danny Bautista	ARI		CHC	ahead 10-2	b 6	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	8	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Hillenbrand Scores; R. Hammock Scores
42	42	7	1	2003-09-20	Carlos Rivera	PIT		CHC	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	-2-	5,(1-2) 1C>B.FFX	2	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Bay Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	2004-04-28	Michael Tucker	SFG		ATL	ahead 9-4	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
44	44	2	1	2004-05-28	Tomás Pérez	PHI		ATL	tied 2-2	b 10	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	8	3	41%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	3	1	2004-07-07	Terrmel Sledge	MON		ATL	behind 1-9	b 7	0	---	16,(3-2) ..CFFBFBFBFFFFFFFX	1	9	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
46	46	4	1	2004-08-01	Mike Cameron	NYM	@	ATL	behind 4-6	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BCBX	1	6	8	12%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
47	47	5	1	2004-09-29	Víctor Díaz	NYM	@	ATL	behind 2-6	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) SFBX	1	6	9	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	2005-04-09	José Guillén	WSN	@	FLA	tied 2-2	t 10	2	---	4,(0-2) CSFX	1	4	9	42%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
49	49	2	1	2005-08-11	Troy Glaus	ARI	@	FLA	tied 1-1	t 8	1	-2-	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	5	31%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Gonzalez Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	2006-04-14	Milton Bradley	OAK		TEX	behind 2-6	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	6	9	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	2	1	2006-04-29	Ben Broussard	CLE		TEX	behind 3-7	b 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	3	7%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Hafner Scores
52	52	3	1	2006-06-08	Matt Stairs	KCR		TEX	ahead 13-11	b 7	2	1-3	3,(0-2) FFX	3	5	DH	10%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores/unER; R. Sanders Scores/Team unER; M. Stairs Scores/Team unER
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2007-04-30	Andruw Jones	ATL		PHI	tied 2-2	b 9	1	12-	3,(1-1) FBX	3	4	8	29%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); É. Rentería Scores; C. Jones Scores
54	54	2	1	2007-07-06	Brad Hawpe	COL		PHI	behind 5-6	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	6	9	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	3	1	2007-09-01	Cody Ross	FLA		PHI	ahead 10-6	b 8	2	1--	4,(1-2) CBCX	2	5	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Hermida Scores