Mike Fuentes (baseball)
Appearance
Mike Fuentes | |
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Left fielder | |
Born: Miami, Florida, U.S. | July 11, 1958|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 2, 1983, for the Montreal Expos | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 21, 1984, for the Montreal Expos | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .250 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Michael Jay Fuentes (born July 11, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He attended Florida State University, where he was the 1981 recipient of the Golden Spikes Award.
Career
[edit]Fuentes was selected by the Montreal Expos with their second-round pick in the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.[1] Fuentes was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1983, with the Expos. He played in a total of nine games in the majors, eight as a pinch hitter or pinch runner and one in left field. He went 2-for-8 at the plate, with no extra base hits or RBI.
References
[edit]- ^ Shoenfeld, Bruce (August 20, 1982). "Ex-FSU sluggers swing for the top". The Miami Herald. p. 5E. Retrieved April 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Mike Fuentes page at Baseball Almanac
Categories:
- 1958 births
- Living people
- All-American college baseball players
- American expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Baseball players from Miami
- Columbus Astros players
- Florida State Seminoles baseball players
- Indianapolis Indians players
- Major League Baseball left fielders
- Memphis Chicks players
- Montreal Expos players
- Tucson Toros players
- West Palm Beach Expos players
- Wichita Aeros players
- Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players
- Coral Gables Senior High School alumni
- American baseball outfielder, 1950s birth stubs