Gustavo Adolfo Polidor González oh-lee-dor'(October 26, 1961 – April 28, 1995) was a Venezuelan professional baseball

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who played for the

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(1985–88),

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(1989–90) and

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(1993). He was born in

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. Polidor played infield for the Holyoke Millers of the Eastern League (Holyoke, MA) in 1981 and 1982. In 1981 he hit for a batting average of .248. His best year was 1987 with the Angels, when he hit for a .263

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, with 2 homers and 15 RBI in 137

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. After dropping off to .148 in 1988 he was traded to the Brewers. Polidor played in a career-high 79 games in 1989 and was later a member of the Marlins in their 1993 inaugural season. In his major league career, Polidor batted .207, with 2 home runs, 35

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, 33

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, 15 doubles and 3

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s. Polidor made a brief comeback attempt as a

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with the

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in spring training of 1995. Less than a month later, he was murdered in Caracas as he tried to protect his son from two men who were trying to steal his car. He was 33 years old.

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