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Onix Concepción

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Onix Concepción
Shortstop
Born: (1957-10-05) October 5, 1957 (age 67)
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 30, 1980, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
April 7, 1987, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.239
Home runs3
Runs batted in80
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Teams
Career highlights and awards

Onix Cardona Concepción Cardona (born October 5, 1957), is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop. He is the cousin of former MLB player José Lind.

Career

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Concepcion played for two teams during his seven-year career: the Kansas City Royals (1980–1985) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1987). Concepcion made his major league debut on August 30, 1980, and played his final game on April 7, 1987.

Concepcion was a member of the Royals team that won the World Series in 1985. He scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 on a single by Dane Iorg, which also drove in Jim Sundberg to win the game.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Greene, Dan. "After THE CALL". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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