Rey Quiñones

Not to be confused with Ray Quiñones.

Rey Quiñones
Shortstop
Born: November 11, 1963 (1963-11-11) (age 48) Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Batted: Left	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 17, 1986 for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
July 21, 1989 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics
Batting average	.243
Home runs	29
Runs batted in	159
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1986) Seattle Mariners (1986-89) Pittsburgh Pirates (1989)

Rey Francisco Quiñones (born November 11, 1963 in Río Piedras) is a Puerto Rican baseball infielder who had a short career in Major League Baseball, primarily as a shortstop.

He played for the Boston Red Sox, the Seattle Mariners, and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1989. Boston traded him (along with Mike Brown and Mike Trujillo) to the Mariners for Spike Owen and Dave Henderson. The Pirates released him after a few months.

He had an outstanding arm (and a terrific smile), but lacked consistency. He was the subject of controversy when he left the Mariners without permission to attend the funeral of a relative in Puerto Rico.^[1] Quiñones also once missed a game with an injury related to playing Nintendo.^[2]

He played 451 games and hit for a .245 average, with 29 home runs and 159 RBIs.

References

^ Formo, Tony and Christopher D. Renino. Baseball Library "The Ballplayers - Rey Quinones". [1] Accessed March 25, 2010
^ Holloman, Ray. ESPN.com "All-Bizarre Injury team" [2] Accessed March 25, 2010

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

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Name	Quinones, Rey
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Date of birth	November 11, 1963
Place of birth	Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
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