A year-old Cepeda debuted with the Giants in and went on to unanimously win the National League Rookie of the Year Award after batting. Cepeda was limited to only 33 games in after suffering a right knee injury that eventually required surgery.
He returned the following year, but he appeared in only 19 games for the Giants before being traded to the Cardinals in exchange for pitcher Ray Sadecki on May 8, In St. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in He debuted in San Francisco three years later, becoming only the second Dominican-born player to reach the Majors after Ozzie Virgil. A three-time All-Star, Alou batted. Alou continued to break barriers even after his playing career ended, when he was appointed the manager of the Expos in -- the first Dominican-born skipper in Major League history.
Alou spent 10 years with Montreal before returning to the Giants to replace Dusty Baker as manager ahead of the season. He went 1,, over his year managerial career, winning the NL Manager of the Year Award with the Expos in The Pirates legend collected exactly 3, hits in his MLB career -- making him the only Puerto Rican-born member of the 3,hit club -- spending all of his 18 seasons in Pittsburgh.
He was a. Clemente hit. Off the field, Clemente was a humanitarian who did charity work throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Though Clemente's death in a plane crash on New Year's Eve , while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, was one of baseball's most tragic moments, his legacy will live forever.
Hailing from Ponce, and the great Alomar baseball family, Robbie Alomar is one of the best second basemen ever. An All-Star for four different franchises in his year career -- the Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles and Indians -- Alomar was as slick as it got at the keystone, winning 10 Gold Gloves in an season span at the position from He could do it all -- field, hit and run.
Alomar finished with 2, career hits and steals, the most of any Puerto Rican Major Leaguer. He was part of one of the most important trades in Blue Jays franchise history, going to Toronto along with Joe Carter in a December deal with San Diego.
On the field, Clemente was one of the greatest right fielders ever. The Pirates legend collected exactly 3, hits in his MLB career -- making him the only Puerto Rican-born member of the 3,hit club -- spending all of his 18 seasons in Pittsburgh.
He was a. Clemente hit. Off the field, Clemente was a humanitarian who did charity work throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Though Clemente's death in a plane crash on New Year's Eve , while en route to deliver aid to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, was one of baseball's most tragic moments, his legacy will live forever. Hailing from Ponce, and the great Alomar baseball family, Robbie Alomar is one of the best second basemen ever.
An All-Star for four different franchises in his year career -- the Padres, Blue Jays, Orioles and Indians -- Alomar was as slick as it got at the keystone, winning 10 Gold Gloves in an season span at the position from He could do it all -- field, hit and run. Alomar finished with 2, career hits and steals, the most of any Puerto Rican Major Leaguer.
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