Gonzalo Márquez
Gonzalo Márquez | |
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Sucre State, Venezuela | |
Died: December 19, 1984 La Victoria, Aragua, Venezuela | (aged 44)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
August 11, 1972, for the Oakland Athletics | |
Last MLB appearance | |
June 5, 1974, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .235 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 10 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Venezuelan | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2008 |
Gonzalo Enrique Márquez Moya (March 31, 1940 – December 19, 1984) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played as a first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics (1972–73) and Chicago Cubs (1973–74). Although baseball references during his career (and afterwards) showed the year of his birth as 1946, his birth certificate showed the true year to be 1940. Márquez presented an ID that showed 1946 when he turned professional.[1]
Márquez was a left-handed batter,
Marquez was also known as a fine fielder at first base. On May 5, 1973, against the
Márquez enjoyed a long career at home in the
Gonzalo Márquez was killed in a car accident as he was returning home from a baseball game in Valencia with two of his sons. He and the boys stopped for a roast pork sandwich at a nationally known roadside eatery, but another car prevented them from leaving the parking lot. Once Marquez did get back out onto the road, a drunk driver struck his car. Marquez died (though the two boys survived).
See also
- List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
References
- ^ Costello, Rory SABR BioProject biography of Gonzalo Marquez
- ^ Preston, JG. "Left-handed throwing second basemen, shortstops and third basemen". prestonjg.wordpress.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Costello, Rory SABR BioProject biography of Gonzalo Marquez
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics