University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame
Jose Alvarez
- Induction:
- 2019
Jose Alvarez played baseball for two seasons (1977-78) at Louisiana, leading the Ragin' Cajuns in both wins and strikeouts, before embarking on a distinguished career in Major League Baseball. He became the first Ragin' Cajuns pitcher since Ron Guidry to throw a nine-inning, no-hitter when he fanned 10 batters in an 11-0 win over UT Arlington on April 30, 1978 – the first season at what is now M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field at Russo Park.
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He earned first-team All-Southland Conference honors and was the league's Pitcher of the Year in 1978 after earning 10 wins on the mound with 73 strikeouts and a 1.55 earned run average in 99.0 innings of work. Alvarez, who was drafted in the eighth round of the 1978 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves, was eventually named to the SLC's All-Decade Team for the 1970s.
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He earned first-team All-Southland Conference honors and was the league's Pitcher of the Year in 1978 after earning 10 wins on the mound with 73 strikeouts and a 1.55 earned run average in 99.0 innings of work. Alvarez, who was drafted in the eighth round of the 1978 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves, was eventually named to the SLC's All-Decade Team for the 1970s.
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