Iván Maldonado Oquendo (born June 7, 1980) is a Puerto Rican-American

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who is free agent.

Career

Maldonado was drafted by the

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in the 18th round of the

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. Maldonado was signed by the

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, an independent team on April 9, 2010. After the 2020 season, he played for Criollos de Caguas of the

Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC) is the main professional baseball sports league, league in Puerto Rico; it is colloquially referred to as the Puerto Rican Winter league baseball, Winter League. Consisting of seven teams as ...

(LBPRC). He has also played for Puerto Rico in the

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International career

He also was a member of the Puerto Rico team in the

2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto ...

2009 World Baseball Classic The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international baseball competition. It began on 5 9 and finished 5 26. Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run-difference ti ...

2018 Central American and Caribbean Games The 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Barranquilla, Colombia. Asamblea ODECABE, Islas Caimán' (translation: "CASCO Assembly, Cayman Islands"). Published by CACSO on 2012-10-27; retrieved 2012-11-13. Bidding process Quetz ...

and

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.Puerto Rico 2009 WBC Roster
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References

External links

MILB Player Bio
1980 births Living people American expatriate baseball players in Mexico American sportspeople of Puerto Rican descent Acereros de Monclova players Baseball players at the 2019 Pan American Games Binghamton Mets players Broncos de Reynosa players Brooklyn Cyclones players Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball) players Capital City Bombers players Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Criollos de Caguas players Diablos Rojos del México players Gigantes de Carolina players Gulf Coast Mets players Indios de Mayagüez players Indian Hills Falcons baseball players Indian River State College alumni Kingsport Mets players Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente pitchers Long Island Ducks players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Mexican League baseball pitchers National baseball team players Navegantes del Magallanes players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela New Orleans Zephyrs players Pan American Games gold medalists for Puerto Rico Pan American Games medalists in baseball People from Cayey, Puerto Rico Baseball players from New York City St. Lucie Mets players Tigres de Quintana Roo players 2006 World Baseball Classic players 2009 World Baseball Classic players {{PuertoRico-baseball-pitcher-stub