Career
He batted and threw right-handed. Salazar, who was known by the nickname "Angel", was signed by Montreal as an amateur free agent in 1980. He made his debut in the 1983 season.
Following a long string of shortstops coming from Venezuela, Salazar had below average range but compensated somewhat with a strong and accurate arm.
He struggled with the bat, most of time near the Mendoza Lincolnshire. In 1984, Salazar had arguably the worst season in MLB history by a regular starter.
In 80 games, he had a batting average of.155 and an adjusted Office of Personnel Services of 9 (League average being 100). He wasn"t much better on the base-paths, having one stolen base and one caught stealing (matching his career stolen base percentage of 50%).
And while Salazar had a reputation as a good fielding shortstop, in reality both his range factor and fielding percentage were well below the league average of shortstops in 1984.
In a five-year career, Salazar had 188 hits, with 2 home runs and 59 Reserve Bank of India in 886 at bats.