Jesús de la Rosa
Jesús de la Rosa | |
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Pinch hitter | |
Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 5, 1953|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 2, 1975, for the Houston Astros | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 6, 1975, for the Houston Astros | |
MLB statistics | |
Games played | 3 |
At bats | 3 |
Hits | 1 |
Teams | |
Jesús de la Rosa (born August 5, 1953) is a former professional baseball player whose career extended from 1969 through 1980. He appeared as a pinch hitter in three games in August 1975 in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, collecting one hit in three at bats, a double off Pete Falcone of the San Francisco Giants in the ninth inning of a 5–4 defeat at Candlestick Park on August 3. He advanced to third, then scored his only MLB run on a sacrifice fly by Enos Cabell.[1]
De la Rosa stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 153 pounds (69 kg); he threw and batted right-handed. In minor league baseball, de la Rosa was an outfielder, first baseman and third baseman. He appeared in 793 games, mostly in the Astro farm system.[2]
He is the stepfather of former MLB outfielder Danny Bautista.[3]
References
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[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Columbus Astros players
- Covington Astros players
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Gold Coast Suns (baseball) players
- Houston Astros players
- Iowa Oaks players
- Knoxville Blue Jays players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- Memphis Blues players
- Plataneros de Tabasco players
- Baseball players from Santo Domingo
- Sumter Astros players
- Tigres del México players
- Dominican Republic baseball biography stubs