José Ramón Herrera Catalino (born August 30, 1972) is a former

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. He played parts of two seasons in

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for the Oakland Athletics (1995–96). He also played in the Korea Baseball Organization in 2001–02. In 2010, he played for the

York Revolution The York Revolution is an American professional minor-league baseball team based in York, Pennsylvania. It is a member of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent "partner league" of Major League Baseba ...

of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and in the minor leagues for the

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...

and

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. As one of the American League's eight charter ...

Career

In 1993, Herrera was traded by the

along with

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to the Oakland Athletics for Major League Baseball's all-time stolen base leader,

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, who helped Toronto win the

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. He played in 141 games in the majors for the Oakland Athletics in 1995 and 1996, his only major league action. He played in the minors for Oakland through 1997, and joined the Blue Jays organization again in 1998, playing for the Syracuse SkyChiefs. In 1999, Herrera signed with the

organization and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate. While playing for the Rochester Red Wings, Herrera outran

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in a 40-yard race on August 18, 2000. A famous

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loser, Zippy Chippy went winless in 100 races. In three tries against a human, he beat Red Wings' outfielders Darnell McDonald and

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, but lost to Herrera. In 2001, Herrera played in Korea for the SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Organization, and in 2002 he played for the

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. In 2003 and 2004 he played for the Leones de Yucatan of the

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. In 2005, he briefly played for the Orioles Double-A affiliate, the Bowie Baysox, before being released and signing with the

Newark Bears The Newark Bears were an American minor league professional baseball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They were a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and, later, the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball. T ...

Atlantic League

After his 106 games stint for the

of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Herrera played for Newark from 2006 to 2008, and batted .305, .357, and .331. He is currently the team's all-time leader in at bats with 1470,

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s with 482,

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s with 78,

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with 259 and runs with 248. He was named

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of the Atlantic League playoffs in 2007 when he hit 3

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s against the

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in the deciding game four in Newark on September 24, 2007, helping guide the Bears to their second league championship. Herrera played with the Long Island Ducks in 2009 before being acquired the Revolution for

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Matt Padgett. He became a free agent after the 2010 season. He signed a contract with the

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on January 13, 2011.Atlantic League transactions

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