Willie Cañate

Venezuelan baseball player

Baseball player

Willie Cañate
Outfielder
Born: (1971-12-11) December 11, 1971 (age 52) Maracaibo, Venezuela
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 16, 1993, for the Toronto Blue Jays
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1993, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
Batting average	.213
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	3

Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (1993)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1993)

Emisael William Cañate Librada (born December 11, 1971) is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball left fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993. The Blue Jays went on to win the World Series that season. Cañate was a career .213 hitter (10-for-47) with one home run and three RBI in 38 games.

After the 1993 season, Cañate played at the AA and AAA levels in 1994 and 1995, played one season in the Mexican League and five more seasons in Italy before retiring.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
Willie Cañate at Baseball Almanac
Pura Pelota – Venezuelan League statistics

Toronto Blue Jays 1993 World Series champions

1 Tony Fernández

2 Rob Butler

4 Alfredo Griffin

9 John Olerud

10 Pat Borders

11 Darnell Coles

12 Roberto Alomar

19 Paul Molitor (World Series MVP)

21 Willie Cañate

22 Dick Schofield

24 Rickey Henderson

25 Devon White

27 Randy Knorr

28 Al Leiter

29 Joe Carter

30 Todd Stottlemyre

31 Duane Ward

33 Ed Sprague Jr.

34 Dave Stewart (ALCS MVP)

40 Mike Timlin

41 Pat Hentgen

48 Mark Eichhorn

49 Tony Castillo

50 Danny Cox

66 Juan Guzmán

Manager: 43 Cito Gaston

Coaches: First Base Coach 3 Bob Bailor; Third Base Coach (1) 7 Rich Hacker; Bullpen Coach 8 John Sullivan; Bench Coach 18 Gene Tenace; Hitting Coach 39 Larry Hisle; Pitching Coach 42 Galen Cisco; Third Base Coach (2) 45 Nick Leyva; General Manager Pat Gillick