Carlos Jesús García Guerrero (born October 15, 1967 in Táchira State, Venezuela), best known as Carlos García, is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990-96), Toronto Blue Jays (1997), Anaheim Angels (1998) and San Diego Padres (1999). October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)1 is a country in northern South America. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... The position of the second baseman A second baseman often ranges onto the outfield grass to field a ground ball A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base. ... This article is on the baseball team. ... Toronto Blue Jays American League AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats A Dunedin Blue Jays Lansing Lugnuts Auburn Doubledays R Pulaski Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, notable for being the first team from outside the United States... For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... For the minor league franchise in the Pacific Coast League, see: San Diego Padres (PCL). ...

For nearly three seasons, García had been sitting at the Pirates' AAA Buffalo farm team waiting for his chance to play in the major leagues. He had nothing left to prove in the minors. García had his best season yet at Buffalo in 1992, batting .303, with 13 home runs and 70 runs batted in. Part of the History of baseball series. ... The Buffalo Bisons were a team in the American Hockey League. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ...

An outstanding shortstop with great range and a strong arm, with the Pirates' trade of José Lind, and Jay Bell entrenched at shortstop, García took an opportunity at second base. He enjoyed his best seasons in 1995-96 batting for .294 and .285. The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... Jay Stuart Bell (b. ...

In 610-games career, García hit for .266 (580-2178), with 73 homers, 197 RBI, 274 runs scored, 102 doubles, 17 triples and 73 stolen bases. In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around all three bases and returns safely to home plate. ... In baseball, a double is the act of a batter safely reaching second base by striking the ball and getting to second before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ... In baseball, a triple is the act of a batter safely reaching third base by striking the ball and getting to third before being made out, without the benefit of a fielders misplay (see error) or another runner being put out on a fielders choice. ... The all-time stolen base leader, Rickey Henderson, swipes third in 1985 In baseball statistics, stolen bases (denoted by SB) is a count of the number of bases successfully stolen by a player. ...

Highlights

• All-Star (1994)
• Broke a no-hitter against Jeff Fassero and the Montreal Expos (June 13, 1994)
• Turned a triple play along Jay Bell and Kevin Young against the St. Louis Cardinals (August 10, 1993)

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• Players from Venezuela in MLB

Between 1939 and 2004, 171 baseball players from Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. ...

External link

• Career statistics at Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/garcica01.shtml)