Carlos Antonio Ponce Diaz (born February 7, 1959) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball
first baseman
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who is currently
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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for the
Wei Chuan Dragons
The Wei Chuan Dragons () are a professional baseball team in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) that originally existed between 1990 and 1999. In 2019, negotiations regarding the franchise's revival and return to the CPBL took ...
of the
Chinese Professional Baseball League
The Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL; ) is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989 and played the first season in 1990. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 20 ...
(CPBL).
Career
He signed with the
Milwaukee Brewers
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of
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) as a
free agent
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in 1982 and played with the team at the Major League level in 1985.
From 1986–1990, Ponce played with the
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its curren ...
of the
Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''.
Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
(NPB). He had a .296 career average and a .555 slugging percentage, belting 119 home runs and compiling 389
runs batted in
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.
References
1959 births
Living people
Baseball players at the 1979 Pan American Games
Burlington Bees players
Butte Copper Kings players
El Paso Diablos players
Major League Baseball first basemen
Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
Milwaukee Brewers players
Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen
Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Puerto Rico
Pan American Games medalists in baseball
Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Canada
Puerto Rican expatriate baseball players in Japan
Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Stockton Ports players
Vancouver Canadians players
Yokohama Taiyō Whales players
Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
Puerto Rican expatriate baseball people in Taiwan
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