Onix Concepción | |
Position: | Shortstop |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1957 |
Birth Place: | Dorado, Puerto Rico |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | August 30 |
Debutyear: | 1980 |
Debutteam: | Kansas City Royals |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | April 7 |
Finalyear: | 1987 |
Finalteam: | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .239 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 3 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 80 |
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Onix Cardona Concepción Cardona (born October 5, 1957), is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop. He is the cousin of former MLB player José Lind.
Concepcion played for two teams during his seven-year career: the Kansas City Royals (1980–1985) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1987). Concepcion made his major league debut on August 30, 1980, and played his final game on April 7, 1987.
Concepcion was a member of the Royals team that won the World Series in 1985. He scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 on a single by Dane Iorg, which also drove in Jim Sundberg to win the game.[1]