Gus Gil

Infielder

Born: April 19, 1939
Caracas, Venezuela

Died: December 8, 2015 (aged 76)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

April 11, 1967, for the Cleveland Indians

Last MLB appearance

June 30, 1971, for the Milwaukee Brewers

MLB statistics

Batting average

.186

Hits

Runs batted in

Teams

Career highlights and awards

Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction (2008)

Tomás Gustavo Gil Guillén (April 19, 1939 – December 8, 2015) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Cleveland Indians (1967), Seattle Pilots (1969), and Milwaukee Brewers (1970-1971).

Gil was a sure-handed fielder with a career fielding percentage that was 8 points higher than the league average over the span of his playing career. Unfortunately, like many infielders of his time, Gil was a light hitter, and his major league career coincided with what has been called the second deadball era, when batting averages and run production in both leagues were at an unusually low level. He was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cincinnati Reds in 1959. He spent the next seven seasons playing in the minor leagues before being purchased by the Indians in 1966. He joined the Indians' major league club in 1967, at the age of 27.

Career highlights include a game-tying, two-run pinch hit double in the top of the ninth inning against the New York Yankees, then scored to put the Pilots ahead to stay, winning 5–4 (June 14, 1969); a walk-off, two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for the Brewers as they came from behind and defeated the Minnesota Twins, 4–3 (June 23, 1970); drove in both Milwaukee runs with a pair of sacrifice flies in a 2–1 win over the Kansas City Royals (July 5, 1970); hit the only home run of his major league career, a solo shot against Chicago White Sox left-hander Jim Magnuson (August 5, 1970). In the 1970 Caribbean Series, he hit .387, scored four runs, and had a series-leading seven RBI, to help the Magallanes win the series, marking the first time a Venezuelan team had won the Caribbean title. In the 1973 Caribbean Series, Gil earned a spot on the series' All-Star team.

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