Sam Khalifa
| Sam Khalifa | |||
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| Shortstop | |||
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Born: December 5, 1963 Fontana, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 25, 1985, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 31, 1987, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .219 | ||
| Hits | 107 | ||
| Runs batted in | 37 | ||
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Sam Khalifa (born December 5, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player. An infielder, Khalifa played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1985 through 1987. He retired from baseball when his father, Rashad Khalifa, was murdered in 1990. Khalifa is the only Arab American to play in MLB.
Khalifa was born in Fontana, California, while his father, Rashad Khalifa, obtained a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. As a child, he relocated to the Middle East on two occasions. When he was a few months old, his family moved to Alexandria, Egypt, where his father worked for the Egyptian government. After three years in Egypt, the Khalifas moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they lived for seven years. They then moved to Tripoli, Libya, as his father consulted for the Libyan government for a year. Then, his family moved to Tucson, Arizona.
Khalifa attended Sahuaro High School in Tucson. For the school's American football team, he played as a quarterback and was named All-City by the Arizona Daily Star. He also played shortstop on the school's baseball team, which won the Class 5A state championship, defeating Phoenix Brophy High School.
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