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Ossie Blanco

Ossie Blanco

Venezuelan baseball player

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Oswaldo Carlos Blanco Díaz (born September 8, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed.

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Blanco posted a .196 batting average in 52 games for the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and the Cleveland Indians in 1974. He was traded along with José Ortiz by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Lemonds, Roe Skidmore and Pat Jacquez on November 30, 1970.[1]

In 2015, he was enshrined into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Center Fielders Are Exchanged," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1970. Retrieved March 10, 2020
  2. [2]
    El Salón de la Fama recibirá a 13 nuevos inmortales Archived 2015-09-17 at archive.today. MuseoDeBeisbol.com.ve. Retrieved on August 7, 2015.
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