Pete Laforest
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| San Diego Padres — No. 39 | |
| Catcher | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| September 2, 2003 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through July 14, 2006) |
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| AVG | .170 |
| OBP | .223 |
| HR | 1 |
| Teams | |
Pierre-Luc Laforest, more commonly known as Pete Laforest (born January 27, 1978 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian baseball catcher for the Major League Baseball San Diego Padres. He is a graduate of Fort Scott Community College. He plays for the Portland Beavers, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and was a draft pick of the Montreal Expos. He was part of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 World Baseball Classic.
In 2003, Laforest missed spring training and the first month of the season due to visa problems. Since 1997, he had improperly used a student visa to enter the United States, and in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks he was denied entry to the country until a FBI background check had been completed.[1]
Laforest did not speak English until moving to the United States to attend community college, as he was raised in Quebec where the main language is French.[2]
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