Onix Concepción

Puerto Rican baseball player
Baseball player
Onix Concepción
Shortstop
Born: (1957-10-05) October 5, 1957 (age 66)
Dorado, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 30, 1980, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
April 7, 1987, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average.239
Home runs3
Runs batted in80
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • World Series champion (1985)

Onix Cardona Concepción Cardona (born October 5, 1957), is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop. He is the cousin of former MLB player José Lind.

Career

Concepcion played for two teams during his seven-year career: the Kansas City Royals (1980–1985) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1987). Concepcion made his major league debut on August 30, 1980, and played his final game on April 7, 1987.

Concepcion was a member of the Royals team that won the World Series in 1985. He scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 on a single by Dane Iorg, which also drove in Jim Sundberg to win the game.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Greene, Dan. "After THE CALL". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2017-12-07.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
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Kansas City Royals 1985 World Series champions
Manager
10 Dick Howser
Coaches
14 Lee May
41 Mike Ferraro
42 José Martínez
43 Gary Blaylock
44 Jimmie Schaffer
Regular season
American League Championship Series
Cardinals–Royals rivalry


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