José Vizcaíno
| José Vizcaíno | |||
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| Infielder | |||
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Born: March 26, 1968 San Cristobal, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 10, 1989, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 2006, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .270 | ||
| Home runs | 36 | ||
| Runs batted in | 480 | ||
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José Luis Vizcaíno Pimental (born March 26, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball player. He was a backup infielder for most of his MLB career. He, along with Darryl Strawberry, and Ricky Ledée are the only Major League Baseball players to have played for all four (one-time) New York teams—the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the San Francisco Giants. With the Yankees, he won the 2000 World Series against the Mets.
Vizcaino made his debut with the Dodgers as a late-season call-up in 1989, where he played five games at shortstop for them to conclude the season. In 1990, he was again called up late, playing in 37 games and where he hit a respectable .275. Despite his play, he was traded to the Chicago Cubs on December 14, 1990.
In Chicago, Vizcaino saw his playing time increase, appearing in no less than 86 games in any given season, including a career-high 151 games in 1992. In 1993, he played a significant role, having 551 at-bats and being 9th in the National League with 131 singles as well as second in the NL with 9 sacrifice flies.
Vizcaino was traded to the New York Mets on March 30, 1994 for Anthony Young and minor-leaguer Ottis Smith. In 1994, Vizcaino, now a starter for the first time in his career, collected 105 hits before the strike shortened the season. When play resumed in 1995, Vizcaino responded with his best season to that point, collecting 146 hits, including a career-high 21 doubles and 56 runs batted in, although his strikeouts increased slightly to 76. He finished fifth in the National League in hits that year. In 1996, Vizcaino played in 96 games for the Mets, hitting .303 (a career-high) with 32 runs batted in. On July 29, 1996, Vizcaino was traded to the Cleveland Indians along with Jeff Kent for Carlos Baerga and Alvaro Espinoza.
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