Jesús de la Rosa (born August 5, 1953) is a former
professional baseball player whose career extended from 1969 through 1980. He appeared as a
pinch hitter
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in three
games
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in August in
Major League Baseball for the
Houston Astros
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, collecting one
hit in three
at bat
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s, a
double off
Pete Falcone of the
San Francisco Giants in the ninth
inning
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of a 5–4 defeat at
Candlestick Park on August 3. He advanced to
third
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* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
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Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
, then scored his only MLB
run
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* Run (island), one of the Banda Islands in Indonesia
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on a
sacrifice fly
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"Score a sacrifice fly when, before two are out, the batter hits a ball in flight handled by an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield in fair o ...
by
Enos Cabell.
De la Rosa stood tall and weighed ; he threw and batted
right-handed. In
minor league baseball, de la Rosa was an
outfielder,
first baseman and
third baseman. He appeared in 793 games, mostly in the Astro
farm system
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.
He is the
stepfather of former MLB outfielder
Danny Bautista.
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References
External links
1953 births
Living people
Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
Columbus Astros players
Covington Astros players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico
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Gold Coast Suns (baseball) players
Houston Astros players
Iowa Oaks players
Knoxville Blue Jays players
Major League Baseball first basemen
Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
Memphis Blues players
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Sumter Astros players
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