Alberto Judas Pardo (born September 8, 1962) is a Spanish former

catcher Catcher is a Baseball positions, position in baseball and softball. When a Batter (baseball), batter takes their at bat, turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the (home plate, home) Umpire (baseball), umpire, and recei ...

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for the

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and the

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. , he is one of only four players in Major League history to have been born in Spain. Pardo played baseball at

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where he was teammates with

Fred McGriff Frederick Stanley McGriff (born October 31, 1963) is an American former first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for six teams from 1986 through 2004. He was one of the most consistently productive powers hitters of the 1990s, post ...

. The only home run in his career came against

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pitcher Joe Cowley.

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