Eddie Leon
Eduardo Antonio Leon (born August 11, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona) is a former Major League Baseball infielder of Mexican American descent, who played for eight seasons, splitting time as a shortstop and second baseman.[1] He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1968 to 1972, the Chicago White Sox in 1973 and 1974, and the New York Yankees in 1975 until being released on May 5 of that year.
References
- ^ Jauss, Bill, Chicago Tribune, "Eddie Leon ready to solve White Sox keystone woes"(Apr 22, 1973, Section B3); "My mother is Mexican- American, and I spoke both languages at home before I started school."
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- 1965: Eddie Leon
- 1966: Bob Jones
- 1967: Steve Brye
- 1968: Alex Rowell
- 1969: Paul Powell
- 1970: Bob Gorinski
- 1971: Dale Soderholm
- 1972: Dick Ruthven
- 1973: Eddie Bane
- 1974: Ted Shipley
- 1975: Rick Sofield
- 1976: Jamie Allen
- 1977: Paul Kroft
- 1978: Lenny Faedo
- 1979: Kevin Brandt
- 1980: Jeff Reed
- 1981: Mike Sodders
- 1982: Bryan Oelkers
- 1983: Tim Belcher
- 1984: Jay Bell
- 1985: Jeff Baumgarner
- 1986: Derek Parks
- 1987: Willie Banks
- 1988: Johnny Ard
- 1989: Chuck Knoblauch
- 1990: Todd Ritchie, Midre Cummings
- 1991: David McCarty, Scott Stahoviak
- 1992: Dan Serafini
- 1993: Torii Hunter, Jason Varitek, Marc Barcelo, Kelcey Mucker
- 1994: Todd Walker, Travis Miller
- 1995: Mark Redman
- 1996: Travis Lee
- 1997: Michael Cuddyer, Matthew LeCroy
- 1998: Ryan Mills
- 1999: B. J. Garbe
- 2000: Adam Johnson, Aaron Heilman
- 2001: Joe Mauer
- 2002: Denard Span
- 2003: Matthew Moses
- 2004: Trevor Plouffe, Glen Perkins, Kyle Waldrop, Matt Fox, Jay Rainville
- 2005: Matt Garza, Henry Sanchez
- 2006: Chris Parmelee
- 2007: Ben Revere
- 2008: Aaron Hicks, Carlos Gutiérrez, Shooter Hunt
- 2009: Kyle Gibson, Matthew Bashore
- 2010: Alex Wimmers
- 2011: Levi Michael, Travis Harrison, Hudson Boyd
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Leon, Eddie |
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American baseball player |
| Date of birth |
August 11, 1946 |
| Place of birth |
Tucson, Arizona |
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