Blas Monaco (November 16, 1915 – February 10, 2000) was an American professional baseball player who had a long career (1935–1944; 1946–1949) in minor league baseball interrupted by two brief Major League trials almost nine years apart with the Cleveland Indians in and . The native of San Antonio, Texas, an

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, threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed .

Career

Monaco appeared in only 17

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in the Major Leagues, and collected two

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in 13 at bats, with one extra-base hit, a

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, and two runs batted in. His two hits and lone RBI came in his big league debut on August 18, 1937, at Sportsman's Park against the St. Louis Browns. In that game, Monaco pinch hit for starting second baseman John Kroner and went two-for-two and played errorless ball in the field, in an 11–6 Cleveland defeat. He would go hitless in his remaining 11 MLB at bats (five in 1937 and six in 1946), starting his only game as a second baseman four days after his debut, and going 0-for-4 against

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of the Chicago White Sox.1937-8-22 (2) box score
from Retrosheet However, he again made no errors in the game, which was won by the

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, 3–2. During his minor league career, Monaco played in over 1,400 games.

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