- Bernardo Brito
Infobox MLB retired
name=Bernardo Brito
position=Outfielder
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1963|12|4San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
deathdate=
debutdate=September 15
debutyear=by|1992
debutteam=Minnesota Twins
finaldate=June 24
finalyear=by|1995
finalteam=Minnesota Twins
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.219
stat2label=Home run s
stat2value=5
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=12
teams=
*Minnesota Twins (by|1992-by|1995)
* Nippon Ham Fighters (by|1995-by|1996)
highlights=
* Southern League All-Star (by|1988)
* Triple-A All-Star (by|1993), (by|1992)
*Pacific League All-Star (by|1996)Bernardo Brito (
December 4 ,1963 inSan Cristóbal, Dominican Republic ), is a retired professional baseball player who playedoutfield &designated hitter in the Major Leagues from by|1992-by|1995. While having a successful minor league career, hitting 299 home runs and playing in three minor league all-star games over the course of 15 seasons, he would play only 40 games in the Major Leagues for theMinnesota Twins .Upon his mid-season release from the Twins in 1995, Brito took his talents to Japan, where he signed with the Nippon Ham Fighters and spent the rest of 1995 (hitting 21 home runs in 56 games) and all of the 1996 season. Bernardo Brito was elected to the
Pacific League All-Star team in 1996.Released, along with
Rob Ducey , by Nippon Ham following the 1996 season, Brito concluded his professional baseball career in 1998 with theSioux Falls Canaries of the independent American Association. Brito began the season as the team'sdesignated hitter , but chose to retire from playing and finished the season as the Canaries batting coach.External links
* [http://www.dominican-baseball.com/player_stats/player.php?p=britobe01 Winter League Statistics at Dominican Baseball]
*baseball-reference|id=b/britobe01
* [http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=142 Statistics at Japanese Baseball]
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