José de los Santos Mauricio Moreno (November 1, 1957 – September 6, 2019) was a Dominican
Major League Baseball
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player. He played all or part of three seasons in the majors between and , playing for a different team in each season.
[José Moreno]
Major League Baseball Statistics. ''Baseball Reference''. Retrieved on September 9, 2019.
Although Moreno played in 82 games in his major league career, he played no more than seven games in the field at any one position, and just 20 games in the field in all. Most of his appearances came as a
pinch hitter
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, with some as a
pinch runner
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Description
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as well.
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Moreno died on September 6, 2019, at the age of 61.]
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1957 births
2019 deaths
Auburn Phillies players
Azucareros del Este players
California Angels players
Diablos Rojos del México players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
Edmonton Trappers players
Hawaii Islanders players
Leones del Escogido players
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20th-century Dominican Republic sportsmen
Minor league baseball managers
New York Mets players
Oklahoma City 89ers players
Reading Phillies players
Rieleros de Aguascalientes players
San Diego Padres players
Spartanburg Phillies players
Spokane Indians players
Baseball players from Santo Domingo
Tidewater Tides players
Mercuries Tigers players
Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan
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