Ossie Blanco

Venezuelan baseball player

Baseball player

Ossie Blanco

First baseman
Born: (1945-09-08) September 8, 1945 (age 78) Caracas, Venezuela
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 26, 1970, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
June 9, 1974, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average	.196
At-bats	102
Hits	20

Teams
Chicago White Sox (1970) Cleveland Indians (1974)
Member of the Venezuelan
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2015

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

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]

Sources

^ "Center Fielders Are Exchanged," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1970. Retrieved March 10, 2020
^ 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.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Mexican Baseball League statistics
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics

Members of the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame

Players