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Sandy Alomar, Jr. 58 |
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Full Name: Santos Velazquez Alomar Jr.
Title: Coach
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Santos Velazquez (Sandy) Alomar, Jr. enters his second season as the New York Mets' catching instructor...Finished playing his 20th major league season in 2007...Appeared in eight games with New York that season...Played in five
games with Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League and 45 contests with New Orleans (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League...Was a six-time American League All-Star (1990-1992,1996-1998)...Selected the Most Valuable Player at the 1997 midsummer
classic in Cleveland, after hitting the decisive two-run home run in the American Leagues 3-1 win...Became only the third player to be unanimously named the American League Rookie of the Year in 1990 (Carlton Fisk, 1972
and Mark McGwire, 1987)...Captured the Rawlings Gold Glove Award that same season...His father, Sandy, Sr., is currently the Mets bench coach and his brother, Roberto, was a 12-time major league All-Star and a
member of the Mets from 2002-2003...Sandy and Roberto Alomar joined Mike and Tom Glavine as the only brothers to have suited up for the Mets...Became only
the third set of brothers to start an All-Star Game in 1991 when Roberto and Sandy teamed up for the American League,
joining Joe and Dom Dimaggio in 1949 and Mort and Walker Cooper in 1942 and 1943...Appeared in 49 postseason contests...Set a single-season postseason record with 19 RBI in 1997 with the Indians...Scott Spiezio (2002) and David Ortiz (2004)
tied the mark...Hit .311 (14-45) in 12 World Series games with Cleveland in 1995 (Atlanta) and 1997 (Florida)...Had two home runs and 11
RBI in those contests...Made his major league debut with the Padres in 1988...Played with the Indians,White Sox, Rockies, Rangers, Dodgers and Mets...Appeared in 1,377 major league games with a career .273 (1,236-4,530) batting average...Had 249 doubles, 10 triples, 112
home runs and 588 RBI...Toured Japan as part of the Major League All-Star team during the 1990 and 2000 off-seasons...Debuted his Sandy Alomar Steak Sauce in 1998...Attended Luis Muoz Rivera High School in Salinas, PR.
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