Jesús Manuel Orlando ÃÂlvarez Monge (February 28, 1952 â March 31, 2016) was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player. An outfielder who threw and batted right-handed, he appeared in 25 games in Major League Baseball over portions of four seasons (âÂÂ) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and California Angels. ÃÂlvarez was born in the municipality of RÃÂo Grande. During his playing career he was listed as tall and .
ÃÂlvarez signed as a free agent with the Dodgers in May 1969, and had a 12-season career in minor league baseball, during which he batted over .300 three times. In 1973, he led the Double-A Eastern League in hits (139) and was selected to the All-Star team. He had three consecutive past-September-1 trials with the Dodgers from 1973 through , garnering only one hit in nine at bats and ten games played. Traded to the Angels on March 31, 1976, he had his most extended stay in MLB that season; appearing in 15 games during May and June, he collected six hits, including his only two big-league home runs, and was credited with eight runs batted in.
His professional career ended in the Triple-A Mexican League in 1984. Orlando ÃÂlvarez died from complications of diabetes in his native RÃÂo Grande at the age of 64. He was buried at the RÃÂo Grande Municipal Cemetery in RÃÂo Grande, Puerto Rico.