- Tony Bernazard
Infobox MLB retired
name=Tony Bernazard
position=Second baseman
bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1956|8|24
city-state|Caguas|Puerto Rico
debutdate=July 13
debutyear=by|1979
debutteam=Montreal Expos
finaldate=April 26
finalyear=by|1991
finalteam=Detroit Tigers
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.262
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=75
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=391
teams=
*Montreal Expos (1979-80)
*Chicago White Sox (1981-83)
*Seattle Mariners (1983)
*Cleveland Indians (1984-87)
*Oakland Athletics (1987)
*Nankai Hawks/Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1988-90)
*Detroit Tigers (1991)Antonio Bernazard Garcia (born
August 24 ,1956 inCaguas ,Puerto Rico ) is a formerMajor League Baseball player currently an executive in theNew York Mets organization. Bernazard plays the role of serving as an assistant to Mets general managerOmar Minaya .During his ten year major league career, Bernazard played second base, shortstop, and designated hitter for the
Montreal Expos ,Chicago White Sox ,Seattle Mariners ,Cleveland Indians ,Oakland Athletics , andDetroit Tigers . He hit 75 home runs in 3700 at-bats. His career hitting line (AVG/OBP/SLG) stands at .262/.339/.387.Bernazard missed out on the
Chicago White Sox divisional pennant run of by|1983 when he was traded to theSeattle Mariners for second baseman Julio Cruz on June 15th of that year. The speedier Cruz helped spur the Sox to win the division by 20 games.In by|1984 with the
Cleveland Indians he went through an 0 for 44 stretch at the plate, tying a major league hitless streak for non-pitchers in the last 50 years. He hit only .221 that year. He rebounded to have two productive seasons with the Indians batting .274 in by|1985 and a career high .301 in by|1986 while also hitting 17 home runs.During by|1988-by|1990, he played for the Nankai Hawks/Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the Japanese Pacific League. After a brief major league comeback in by|1991 with the
Detroit Tigers , in which he went 2-for-12 in 6 games, his career was over.He currently serves as Vice President of Development for the
New York Mets .External links
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