Cristóbal Colón (born January 3, 1969 in La Guaira, Vargas State, Venezuela), is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and switch-hitter batter who played for the Texas Rangers (1992). January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Estado Vargas is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... 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. ... In baseball, a switch hitter (or switch-hitter) is a batter who is able to hit from both the right and left sides of the plate. ... Texas Rangers American League AAA Oklahoma RedHawks AA Frisco RoughRiders A Bakersfield Blaze Clinton LumberKings Spokane Indians R Arizona Rangers The Texas Rangers are a Major League Baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ...

A nephew of former bigleaguer Chico Carrasquel, Colón was named in honor of Christopher Columbus, by his father. Chico with the White Sox Alfonso Carrasquel Colón (born January 23, 1928 in Caracas, Venezuela), best known as Chico Carrasquel, was a Major League Baseball player. ... Christopher Columbus For information about the director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ...

Colón was a career .167 hitter (6-for-36) with one RBI and five runs in 14 games. 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. ... In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around all three bases and returns safely to home plate. ...

See also

• List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball

Between 1939 and 2005, 176 baseball players from Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. ...

External link

• Cris Colón at:
  • Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coloncr01.shtml)