Ossie Blanco

Oswaldo Carlos Blanco Díaz (born September 8, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He batted and threw right-handed.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Ossie Blanco
First baseman
Born: (1945-09-08) September 8, 1945 Caracas, Venezuela
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 26, 1970, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
June 9, 1974, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average	.196
At-bats	102
hits	20
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1970) Cleveland Indians (1974)

Blanco posted a .196 batting average in 52 games for the Chicago White Sox in 1970 and the Cleveland Indians in 1974. He was traded along with José Ortiz by the White Sox to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Lemonds, Roe Skidmore and Pat Jacquez on November 30, 1970.[1]

In 2015, he was enshrined into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.[2]

See also

• List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball

Sources

1. "Center Fielders Are Exchanged," The New York Times, Tuesday, December 1, 1970. Retrieved March 10, 2020
2. El Salón de la Fama recibirá a 13 nuevos inmortales Archived 2015-09-17 at Archive.today. MuseoDeBeisbol.com.ve. Retrieved on August 7, 2015.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Mexican Baseball League statistics
• Venezuelan Professional Baseball League statistics