Sandy Valdespino
| Sandy Valdespino | |||
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| Left fielder | |||
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Born: January 14, 1939 San José de las Lajas, Cuba | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 12, 1965, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 1971, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .230 | ||
| Home runs | 7 | ||
| Runs batted in | 67 | ||
| Teams | |||
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Valdespino and the second or maternal family name is Borroto.
Hilario Valdespino Borroto [Sandy] (born January 14, 1939) is a former corner outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for six different teams between the 1965 and 1971 seasons. Listed at 5' 8" (1.73 m), 170 lb. (77 kg), Valdespino batted and threw left handed. He was born in San José de las Lajas, Cuba.
He also played in the Minor leagues in part of 16 seasons spanning 1962–1974, as well as in Cuban baseball, the Mexican Pacific League —in a team called Cañeros ("Sugarcane Growers") from the city of Los Mochis, and Venezuelan Professional Baseball.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
- Bio from Cool of the Evening: The 1965 Minnesota Twins
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