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1365:Iván Blanco
1341:Bobby Abreu
1325:Max Ramírez
1309:Endy Chávez
1245:Jan Granado
1189:Melvin Mora
1049:Bobby Abreu
1025:Endy Chávez
945:Jorge Julio
897:Juan Rivera
841:Tomás Pérez
752:Blake Snell
738:David Price
717:Albie Lopez
710:Joe Kennedy
601:Opening Day
591:Joe Kennedy
571:Pura Pelota
330:Joselo Diaz
310:hit batsmen
278:GCL Yankees
1453:Categories
1405:Tony Armas
1387:Manager 8
1181:José López
689:Zach Eflin
563:Retrosheet
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466:References
345:Tommy John
153:Strikeouts
79:Los Teques
69:1975-08-06
1435:Coach 33
1427:Coach 10
1411:Coach 34
1403:Coach 20
1395:Coach 41
1389:Luis Sojo
1197:Luis Maza
1089:Luis Sojo
1087:Manager
555:Fangraphs
405:Uni Lions
391:with the
354:with the
262:infielder
107:MLB debut
83:Venezuela
1419:Coach 5
523:June 20,
517:ESPN.com
454:See also
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411:9 to 5.
341:ligament
254:changeup
250:fastball
234:pitcher
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56:Pitcher
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383:Taiwan
337:tendon
308:, and
258:slider
98:Threw:
94:Switch
609:2004
569:, or
565:, or
561:, or
302:walks
166:Teams
137:45–44
100:Right
64:Born:
575:VPBL
547:ESPN
525:2020
439:and
252:, a
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196:2006
192:2004
182:2004
178:2001
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