Victor Pellot
| Vic Power | |||
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Power in 1958
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| First baseman | |||
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Born: November 1, 1927 Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
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Died: November 29, 2005 (aged 78) Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 13, 1954, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 1965, for the California Angels | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .284 | ||
| Home runs | 126 | ||
| Runs batted in | 658 | ||
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Victor Pellot a.k.a. "Vic Power" (November 1, 1927 – November 29, 2005) was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman. He played twelve seasons for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles / California Angels, and the Philadelphia Phillies, from 1954 through 1965. Power was the second Puerto Rican of African descent to play in MLB and the second Puerto Rican to play in the American League (AL), following Hiram Gabriel (Sosa) "Hi" Bithorn.
Power used the name Vic Power during his major league career, but played as Victor Pellot when he played winter baseball in Puerto Rico. He was an AL All-Star for four seasons playing in five of the six All-Star games that were played, and won seven consecutive Gold Glove Awards.
Pellot was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, the second child in a family of six. Pellot showed an interest in baseball at a young age, however his father didn't want him to play baseball and would punish him if he caught him doing so. When he was 13 years old, his father died and it was only then that he was able to play the game he loved. His mother moved to the city of Caguas, there he attended and graduated from José Gautier Benítez High School.
In 1946 he started to practice with a local baseball team called the Senadores de San Juan (San Juan Senators) and learned many of his baseball skills. He was later invited to play for the Criollos de Caguas, where he was spotted by a New York Yankees scout. In 1949, he left for the City of Chicago and went to play for a minor league team in Drummondville, Quebec.
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