What years did Luis Arroyo play?

Luis Arroyo played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1963.

Was Luis Arroyo a pitcher?

Yes. Luis Arroyo pitched in the major leagues, recording 40 wins and 336 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Luis Arroyo hit?

Luis Arroyo hit 1 career home run with 29 hits.

What teams did Luis Arroyo play for?

Luis Arroyo played for 4 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1955), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956–1957), the Cincinnati Redlegs (1959), and the New York Yankees (1960–1963).

Did Luis Arroyo win a Cy Young Award?

No. Luis Arroyo did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Luis Arroyo win?

Luis Arroyo was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Luis Arroyo's career stats?

In 244 games, Luis Arroyo went 40-32 with a 3.93 ERA, 336 strikeouts, 531.1 innings pitched, and 44 saves.

What position did Luis Arroyo play?

Luis Arroyo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Luis Arroyo and how much did he weigh?

Luis Arroyo was listed at 5 feet 8 inches and 178 pounds.

What was Luis Arroyo's career ERA?

Luis Arroyo finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 40-32 with 336 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Luis Arroyo have?

Luis Arroyo recorded 336 career strikeouts.

Is Luis Arroyo in the Hall of Fame?

No. Luis Arroyo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Luis Arroyo make?

Luis Arroyo was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Luis Arroyo

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1955-1963)

Luis Arroyo was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1963 for 4 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 9 seasons. Across 244 career appearances, he went 40-32 with a 3.93 ERA, 336 strikeouts, and 44 saves. Luis Arroyo was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 790.2.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 40–32

ERA 3.93

WHIP 1.38

SO 336

Pitcher PIV 790.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'8" / 178 lb
Born: 2/18/1927 in Penuelas, P.R.
Died: 1/13/2016 in Ponce, P.R.
MLB Debut: 1955-04-20
Last Game: 1963-05-28
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Luis Enrique Arroyo

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Career Pitching Statistics

Luis Arroyo — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
40	32	244	36	10	1	44	531.1	524	232	58	208	336	3.93	790.2

Career ERA 3.93 vs. league average 3.86 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Luis Arroyo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1955	SLN	NL	11	8	35	24	9	1	0	159.0	162	74	63	68	4.19	4.00 (-5%)	-2144.1
1956	PIT	NL	3	3	18	2	1	0	0	28.2	36	15	12	17	4.71	3.96 (-19%)	-531.8
1957	PIT	NL	3	11	54	10	0	0	1	130.2	151	68	31	101	4.68	3.83 (-22%)	536.2
1959	CIN	NL	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	13.2	17	6	11	8	3.95	3.90 (-1%)	40.1
1960	NYA	AL	5	1	29	0	0	0	7	40.2	30	13	22	29	2.88	3.82 (+25%)	465.7
1961	NYA	AL	15	5	65	0	0	0	29	119.0	83	29	49	87	2.19	4.03 (+46%)	3222.9
1962	NYA	AL	1	3	27	0	0	0	7	33.2	33	18	17	21	4.81	3.96 (-22%)	-798.8
1963	NYA	AL	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	6.0	12	9	3	5	13.50	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			40	32	244	36	10	1	44	531.1	524	232	208	336	3.93	—	790

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Luis Arroyo — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
246	128	5	29	2	0	1	8	0	2	28	.227	.237	.266	.502	-277

Career AVG .227 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 11.4% below league average.

Career OBP .237 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 27.0% below league average.

Career SLG .266 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 32.0% below league average.

Career OPS .502 vs. league average .715 across their career seasons — 29.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Luis Arroyo — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1955	SLN	NL	35	56	2	13	0	1	6	0	13	.232	.258 (-10%)	.332 (-31%)	.393 (-27%)	.726 (-29%)	-277.2
1956	PIT	NL	18	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1957	PIT	NL	56	32	1	5	0	0	0	1	9	.156	—	—	—	—	0.0
1959	CIN	NL	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1960	NYA	AL	29	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1961	NYA	AL	65	25	2	7	2	0	0	0	4	.280	—	—	—	—	0.0
1962	NYA	AL	27	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1963	NYA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 8 seasons			246	128	5	29	2	1	8	2	28	.227	—	—	—	—	-277

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Luis Arroyo — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Luis Arroyo — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1961	WS	NYA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1960	WS	NYA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Luis Arroyo — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	3	0	0	4.2	6	2	2	4	3.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Luis Arroyo — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1961	WS	NYA	1	0	2	0	0	4.0	4	1	2	3	2.25
1960	WS	NYA	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	2	1	0	1	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Luis Arroyo — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	129	57	2	14	0	4	.246
Away	117	71	3	15	1	4	.211

Pitching — Home / Away

Luis Arroyo — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	128	283.1	269	89	93	167	2.83
Away	116	248.0	255	142	116	169	5.15

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Luis Arroyo — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1963-05-28	NYY	BOS	—	0.2	5	4	4	1	1
1963-05-10	NYY	BAL	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
1963-05-05	NYY	MIN	—	1.0	2	2	2	2	1
1963-04-30	NYY	LAA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
1963-04-24	NYY	CHW	L	1.1	2	2	2	0	1
1963-04-19	NYY	TEX	W	1.2	2	1	1	0	0
1962-09-28	NYY	CHW	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-09-26	NYY	TEX	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	2
1962-09-03	NYY	LAA	L	0.2	2	1	1	0	1
1962-08-29	NYY	CLE	—	1.1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Luis Arroyo — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	244	36	14	69	7	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Luis Arroyo — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E
1955	SLN	P	35	24	5	20	2
1956	PIT	P	18	2	1	5	0
1957	PIT	P	54	10	4	12	1
1959	CIN	P	10	0	0	5	1
1960	NYA	P	29	0	2	7	0
1961	NYA	P	65	0	2	15	1
1962	NYA	P	27	0	0	5	2
1963	NYA	P	6	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Luis Arroyo — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	244

Awards & Honors

Luis Arroyo — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1961	TSN Fireman of the Year

Award Voting History

Luis Arroyo — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1961	Most Valuable Player	AL	6th	95.0	280	1

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Luis Arroyo: the record in brief

April 20, 1955 and May 28, 1963 bracket Luis Arroyo's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the St. Louis Cardinals (1955), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956 through 1957), the Cincinnati Redlegs (1959), and the New York Yankees (1960 through 1963). At 178 pounds on a 5-foot-8 frame, Arroyo is listed as a pitcher. Arroyo threw and hit left-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is February 18, 1927, in Penuelas, P.R. Arroyo's death is recorded on January 13, 2016, in Ponce, P.R. The bio lists the given name Luis Enrique.

Arroyo pitched in 244 games, starting 36, and finished with a 40-32 record and 3.93 ERA. The same table counts 336 strikeouts, 10 complete games, and 44 saves. Arroyo's 3.93 ERA was close to the 3.86 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 15 wins of 1961. Arroyo struck out 101 batters in 1957, a career high. Arroyo saved 29 games in 1961, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Luis Arroyo

What years did Luis Arroyo play?: Luis Arroyo played in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1963.
Was Luis Arroyo a pitcher?: Yes. Luis Arroyo pitched in the major leagues, recording 40 wins and 336 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Luis Arroyo hit?: Luis Arroyo hit 1 career home run with 29 hits.
What teams did Luis Arroyo play for?: Luis Arroyo played for 4 teams: the St. Louis Cardinals (1955), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1956–1957), the Cincinnati Redlegs (1959), and the New York Yankees (1960–1963).
Did Luis Arroyo win a Cy Young Award?: No. Luis Arroyo did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Luis Arroyo win?: Luis Arroyo was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Luis Arroyo's career stats?: In 244 games, Luis Arroyo went 40-32 with a 3.93 ERA, 336 strikeouts, 531.1 innings pitched, and 44 saves.
What position did Luis Arroyo play?: Luis Arroyo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Luis Arroyo and how much did he weigh?: Luis Arroyo was listed at 5 feet 8 inches and 178 pounds.
What was Luis Arroyo's career ERA?: Luis Arroyo finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 40-32 with 336 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Luis Arroyo have?: Luis Arroyo recorded 336 career strikeouts.
Is Luis Arroyo in the Hall of Fame?: No. Luis Arroyo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Luis Arroyo make?: Luis Arroyo was selected to 2 All-Star Games.