Al Silvera
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| Leftfielder | |||
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Born: August 26, 1935 San Diego, California |
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Died: July 24, 2002 (aged 66) Los Angeles, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 12, 1955, for the Cincinnati Redlegs | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 8, 1956, for the Cincinnati Redlegs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .143 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Aaron Albert Silvera (August 26, 1935 – July 24, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played parts of two seasons for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball in 1955–1956. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). Silvera was of Jewish and Italian descent on his paternal side and of Jewish and Haitian descent on his maternal side. He was the nephew of former Major League pitcher "Subway Sam" Nahem.
A native of San Diego, California, Silvera attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. He signed a bonus contract with the Redlegs as a 19-year-old in 1955 and was placed on Cincinnati's Major League roster per the bonus rule of the time. He made his MLB debut as a defensive replacement for leftfielder Ray Jablonski in a 12–8 road loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on June 12. After pinch running in his second MLB game (for slow-footed catcher Smoky Burgess), Silvera finally had his first National League at bat as a pinch hitter for Roy McMillan in a 16–5 rout of the Phillies at Crosley Field June 26. His single to right field scored Rocky Bridges and Burgess. It would be his only MLB hit, driving home his two career runs batted in.
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