Onix Concepción

Onix Concepción
Shortstop
Born: (1957-10-05) October 5, 1957 (age 67) Dorado, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 30, 1980, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
April 7, 1987, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average	.239
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	80
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1980–1985) Pittsburgh Pirates (1987)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1985)

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.

Career

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]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico

References

1. Greene, Dan. "After THE CALL". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 7, 2017.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet