Rafael Montalvo Baseball player

Rafael Edgardo Montalvo Torres (born March 31, 1964, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher whose time in the big leagues consisted of only one inning in one game at the age of 22. He holds the record with several other pitchers for having the shortest career. His one appearance came on Sunday, April 13, 1986 as a member of the Houston Astros. He pitched one inning against the Atlanta Braves and allowed one run, one hit, and two walks. Shortly thereafter he was demoted to the Tucson Toros in the minor leagues. After the Astros reached the 1986 NLCS he was awarded $500 as his share of the winnings. [1]

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 31, 1964
Birth place
Río Piedras Puerto Rico

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Baseball player

Career startApril 13, 1986
Career endApril 13, 1986
batting sideRight
former teams
Houston Astros
position
Pitcher
teams
Houston Astros
throwing sideRight

Rafael Montalvo on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1986_231398
  2. http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1986_429884
  3. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmontr001.htm