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Sandy Alomar
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 728 of 1252 players

Santos Velazquez Alomar
Born: June 18, 1966 at Salinas, P.R.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.05 Weight: 235

Sandy Alomar was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on March 29, 2012, August 13, 2015, and October 25, 2018.

Non-playing roles with Mets

Catching Instructor 2008 - 2009

First Mets game: July 8, 2007
Last Mets game: September 30, 2007

Brother of Roberto Alomar
Son of Sandy Alomar

Winner of American League Rookie of the Year award, 1990. (Cleveland Indians)

Share your memories of Sandy Alomar

HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:

DTClemente21
July 17, 2007
Definitely knew this was going to happen. This is going to be a future manager in the making. You read it here first. He accepted to play in the minors and was able to mentor the upcoming pitchers and players. Down in New Orleans, he was batting over .300 and there was a need within the organization. Although he's 40, some may say "another old player", but Sandy is different, realizes his role and is willing to do whatever it takes to simply win. He's a spirited individual. Although his brother, Robbie didn't work out, this Alomar will.

Jonathan Stern
February 23, 2008
Has just been named the Mets' new catching instructor.

Joe Figliola
March 2, 2009
Why do I think that somehow, some way Sandy Alomar Jr. will find himself on the playing roster some time this year?
And his catch against the screen against the Dodgers in August, 2007 was one of the best made by a backstop that season (according to ESPN). Not bad for a guy who appeared in only eight games that year.

Alex
March 20, 2021
All three Alomars played for the Mets. That's pretty notable.
Like his dad and brother, Sandy Jr. didn't do much in a Mets uniform. Was another case of "oh look, a former star going out with a whimper in a Mets uniform."
Around that time, the Mets were obsessed with bringing on old, washed-up catchers for cups of coffee, then cutting them loose. Mike Difelice made appearances in '05, '06 and '07 -- he was 38 that final year. 36-year-old Kelly Stinnett played a few games in '06. Alomar, then 41, played in 2007. 35-year-old Raul Casanova played in 2008. You get the point.

Alex
September 20, 2022
I've been collecting autographs through-the-mail for about 20 years now. I've sent Sandy Jr. six requests in that time and he's responded just once—way back in 2005, when he was with the Rangers. He signed a card in 83 days.
A fact about Sandy: He collected hits in his first two games with the Mets, then had just one hit in 17 at-bats the rest of the way. His first hit was a double.

Hot Foot
September 21, 2022
I got Sandy Alomar Jr's autograph in March 1991 during spring training. I lived in Tucson and my best friend was also a baseball card freak, so that spring we made sure to get some tickets to some Indians spring training games. It was so easy to get autographs; especially Bob Feller. I read somewhere that Bob Feller gave out so many autographs that an autographed ball of his is practically worthless. Anyway, I have a funny memory waiting for Indians players to come out to sign after the game, and Alomar came out in a shiny new white tracksuit with green trim. Immediately, a group of kids including me (I was 13) pulled out their Sharpie pens and stuck them out with their baseball cards or programs for Sandy to sign. All the Sharpies with their caps off came dangerously close to Sandy's all-white tracksuit and I was like, "Oh no...," but he just stood there, all cool, and said, "Hey, watch out with the pens," as the heads of 10 Sharpies hovered dangerously close to him. Amazingly, no one grazed him, and the autograph session went off without incident. I believe I got his autograph on a 1991 Fleer card, now long lost.
When he joined the Mets in 2007, I was like THAT SANDY ALOMAR? TRACKSUIT SANDY? HE'S STILL AROUND???!!!
I'll always remember him as the reigning AL Rookie of the Year who played it fast and loose with his new tracksuit.

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