Pete Laforest
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| Free Agent — No. -- | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: January 27, 1978 | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 2, 2003 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Batting average | .196 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 14 |
| Teams | |
Pierre-Luc "Pete" Laforest (born January 27, 1978 in Hull, Quebec) is a Major League Baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He is a graduate of Fort Scott Community College. He was a draft pick of the Montreal Expos, but has also played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and the San Diego Padres. He was part of Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2006 World Baseball Classic. In Winter 2007-08, he played for the Mexicali Eagles in the Mexican Pacific League.
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 an 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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