Jesús de la Rosa

Jesús de la Rosa
Jesús de la Rosa
	Pinch hitter
	Born: August 5, 1953 (age 71); Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
	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
	Houston Astros (1975);

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

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

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