Jesús de la Rosa
Jesús de la Rosa | |||
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Pinch hitter | |||
Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 5, 1953|||
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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]
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)