Luis Rosado Robles (born December 6, 1955 in

Santurce, Puerto Rico Santurce (, from the Basque ''Santurtzi'' which means Saint George) is a barrio or district in the municipality of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city wit ...

) is a retired

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. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...

. He signed as an amateur free agent by the Mets in . Rosado played his first professional season with their Rookie league

Marion Mets The Marion Mets were a minor league baseball team based in Marion, Virginia that played in the Appalachian League from 1965 to 1976. They were affiliated with the New York Mets and played their home games at the Marion High School baseball field. ...

in , and his last with the

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 ...

' Triple-A Rochester Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers' Double-A Birmingham Barons and Triple-A Nashville Sounds in . He had been traded from the Orioles to the Tigers for

Tom O'Malley Thomas Patrick O'Malley (born December 25, 1960) is a former Major League baseball player born in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Montoursville, Pennsylvania in the United States. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Balt ...

on May 23, 1985.Justice, Richard. "O'Malley's Hit in 10th Wins for Orioles, 2-1," ''The Washington Post'', Wednesday, June 25, 1986.
Retrieved January 24, 2023.

References

External links

"Luis Rosado Statistics".
''The Baseball Cube''. 24 January 2008.
"Luis Rosado Statistics".
''Baseball-Reference''. 24 January 2008. 1955 births Living people New York Mets players Major League Baseball first basemen Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico Marion Mets players Anderson Mets players Visalia Mets players Jackson Mets players Tidewater Tides players Syracuse Chiefs players Hagerstown Suns players Rochester Red Wings players Birmingham Barons players Nashville Sounds players People from Santurce, Puerto Rico Baseball players from San Juan, Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-baseball-first-baseman-stub