Ossie Blanco

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Ossie Blanco
First baseman
Born: (1945-09-08) September 8, 1945 (age 79)
Caracas, Venezuela
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 26, 1970, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
June 9, 1974, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average.196
At-bats102
Hits20
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Member of the Venezuelan
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2015

Oswaldo Carlos Blanco Díaz (born September 8, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed.

Blanco posted a .196 batting average in 52 games for the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and the Cleveland Indians in 1974. He was traded along with José Ortiz by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Lemonds, Roe Skidmore and Pat Jacquez on November 30, 1970.[1]

In 2015, he was enshrined into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.[2]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ "Center Fielders Are Exchanged," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1970. Retrieved March 10, 2020
  2. ^ El Salón de la Fama recibirá a 13 nuevos inmortales Archived 2015-09-17 at archive.today. MuseoDeBeisbol.com.ve. Retrieved on August 7, 2015.


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