Kenneth Mark Souza (born February 1, 1955) is a former
Major League Baseball
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pitcher. Souza pitched in for the
Oakland Athletics
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, throwing 7 innings over 5 games.
Souza was originally drafted in the first round of the
1974 Major League Baseball Draft by the
Kansas City Royals
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. He was taken in the 1976
Rule 5 Draft by the
Minnesota Twins
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, and pitched two seasons in their system before being released. The A's signed him to a minor-league contract in 1979, and he made his major league debut in April of the following year. He was returned to the minors a month later, and never pitched in the majors again.
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1955 births
College of San Mateo alumni
Gulf Coast Royals Academy players
Living people
Major League Baseball pitchers
Oakland Athletics players
Ogden A's players
Orlando Twins players
Sportspeople from Redwood City, California
Baseball players from San Mateo County, California
Puerto Rico Boricuas players
San Jose Bees players
San Mateo Bulldogs baseball players
Tacoma Tigers players
Tigres de Aragua players
American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Waterloo Royals players
West Haven A's players
American expatriate baseball players in Italy
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