Oswaldo Carlos Blanco Díaz (born September 8, 1945) is a former
Major League Baseball
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first baseman
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. He batted and threw right-handed.
Blanco posted a .196
batting average
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Cricket
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in 52 games for the
Chicago White Sox
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in 1970 and the
Cleveland Indians
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in 1974. He was traded along with
José Ortiz by the White Sox to the
Chicago Cubs
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for
Dave Lemonds,
Roe Skidmore
Robert Roe Skidmore (born October 30, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player and one of the few players in Major League Baseball history with a perfect career batting average of 1.000.
An outfielder and first baseman, he had a te ...
and
Pat Jacquez on November 30, 1970.
In 2015, he was enshrined into the
Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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.
El Salón de la Fama recibirá a 13 nuevos inmortales
. ''MuseoDeBeisbol.com.ve.'' Retrieved on August 7, 2015.
See also
* List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
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Retrosheet
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