Daniel James Duran (born March 16, 1954) is a former

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player. Duran played for the Texas Rangers in the

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season. In 13 games, Duran had four hits in 16 at-bats, with one run scored. He played left field, and batted and threw

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. Duran is of

indigenous Mexican Indigenous peoples of Mexico ( es, gente indígena de México, pueblos indígenas de México), Native Mexicans ( es, nativos mexicanos) or Mexican Native Americans ( es, pueblos originarios de México, lit=Original peoples of Mexico), are those ...

descent. He attended

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in California where he played

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and football. He was recruited but not offered a scholarship to play college football at Stanford and offered a scholarship to play

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. He ultimately chose to attend

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. During his offseasons in the minors, he worked as a carpenter. He was drafted by the Rangers in the 30th round of the 1973 amateur draft.

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