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Baseball Player
The Resume
(July 2, 1953- )
Born in Puerto Piritu, Venezuela
Outfielder, center fielder
Birth name is Antonio Rafael Armas Machado
Played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1976-1977)
Also played for the Oakland Athletics (1977–1982) , Boston Red Sox (1983–1986), and California Angels (1987–1989)
2-time MLB All-Star player (1981, 1984)
.252 Batting Average
Why he might be annoying
That damn (then trendy) 70s caterpillar mustache...
He was initially being groomed as the Pirates' successor to the late Roberto Clemente.
He was frequently booed by Sox fans for his low .218 batting average.
He was a jinx; prone to career-harming injuries.
Case in point, he was on the disabled list twelve times, missing 302 games.
He was released from the Red Sox after batting just once in the 1986 World Series.
His son played professionally but failed to duplicate his father's success.
Why he might not be annoying
He won the Silver Slugger Award in 1984.
He led the American League in home runs twice.
He topped all of Major League Baseball in runs batted in during the 1984 season.
He was one of the top sluggers in the American League in the early 1980s.
He returned to Latin America to coach under the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
He was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (2005).
He was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame (1998).
He ranked in the 10 AL Most Valuable Player award balloting twice (4th, 1981; 7th, 1984).
Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair
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Year In Review:
For 2021, as of last week, Out of 23 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 8.70% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
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