Rudy Héctor Pemberton Pérez (born December 17, 1969) is a former

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. He played parts of three seasons in

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, from through , for the Detroit Tigers (1995) and

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eigh ...

(1996–1997), playing mainly as a

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. He also played for the

Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, w ...

in Japan at the end of 1997 and in , and for the

Kia Tigers Kia Tigers ( ko, KIA 타이거즈) are a South Korean professional baseball team founded in 1982 and based in the southwestern city of Gwangju. Until 2001, they were known as the Haitai Tigers. The Tigers are a members of the KBO League and are ...

in Korea in . Listed at 6' 1", 185 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. Pemberton spent six years in the Tigers minor league system before joining the big team in 1995, hitting for a .300

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(9-for-30) in 12 games. He entered the baseball record books with the 1996 Red Sox, after recording 21 hits in 41 at-bats for a .512

, to collect the highest batting average for any player who had 30 or more at-bats in a major league season. In a three-season career, Pemberton was a .336 hitter (45-for-134) with three

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s and 23 RBI in 52 games, including 22 runs, 13 doubles, one

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and three stolen bases. Following his major league career, Pemberton played with the

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(1996),

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(1996), Birmingham Barons (1999) and

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(1999), being named the Triple-A All-Star outfielder during the 1996 season. He also played in the

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in 2000–03 and 2005. In 11 minor league seasons he hit .336 with 113 home runs with 509 RBI in 930 games.

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