Celerino Sánchez
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| Third Baseman | |||
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Born: February 3, 1944 El Guayabal, Veracruz, Mexico |
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Died: May 1, 1992 (aged 48) León, Guanajuato, Mexico |
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| June 13, 1972, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| September 30, 1973, for the New York Yankees | |||
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| Batting average | .242 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| RBIs | 31 | ||
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| Member of the Mexican | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 1994 | ||
Celerino Sánchez Pérez (February 3, 1944 – May 1, 1992) was a Major League baseball third baseman.
Sánchez starred as a baseball player in the Mexican League from 1964 to 1971, primarily with the Tigres del México, before joining the New York Yankees organization in 1972. After spending a few months with the Yankees' minor league affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs, Sánchez joined the Yankees on June, 1972, and was the Yankees regular third baseman for the rest of the year. In 1973, the Yankees' acquisition of star third baseman Graig Nettles relegated him to a backup role. 1973 was Sánchez' final year in the Major Leagues.
He returned to the Mexican Leagues in 1974, where he played for several more years before retiring in 1979.
Sánchez was elected to the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México in 1994.
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