Luis Sánchez

Luis "Escoba" Sánchez is one of those guys who deserves way more recognition than history gave him — a Venezuelan right-hander who carved out a real big-league career with the California Angels in the 1980s, and then took his arm all the way to Japan to pitch for the Yomiuri Giants, which tells you something about his durability and willingness to compete wherever the game took him. That nickname, Escoba — the broom — says it all: he was a sweeper, a guy you brought in to clean up messes out of the bullpen. Relief pitching rarely gets the spotlight, but it is brutally hard work, and the fact that he excelled on two continents makes his story quietly remarkable. Gone in 2005 at just 51, far too soon, but he left behind a career worth remembering.

Name (English)

Luis Sánchez

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・サンチェス

Reading

るいす・さんちぇす

Born

August 24, 1953 – February 4, 2005

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

Origin

Cariaco, Sucre, Venezuela

Height

187 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Sucre
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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