Michael Jay Fuentes (born July 11, 1958) is an American former

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player. He attended

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, where he was the 1981 recipient of the

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Career

Fuentes was selected by the

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with their second-round pick in the

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. Fuentes was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 2, 1983, with the Expos. He played in a total of nine games in the majors, eight as a

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and one in

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. He went 2-for-8 at the plate, with no extra base hits or RBI.

References

External links

Mike Fuentes page at Baseball Almanac
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