Zoilo Versalles Baseball player

Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez (/vɛərˈsaɪ/ vair-SY ; December 18, 1939 – June 9, 1995), nicknamed "Zorro", was a Cuban shortstop in Major League Baseball, who was considered a solid leadoff man, and a good baserunner whose speed helped him to cover a huge area at shortstop. He was the spark plug who led the 1965 Minnesota Twins to their first World Series, a year in which he also won the American League Most Valuable Player award.

Personal facts

Zoilo Versalles
Birth dateDecember 18, 1939
Birth place
Cuba , Vedado
Date of deathJune 09, 1995

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Baseball player

Career startAugust 01, 1959
Career endSeptember 28, 1971
batting sideRight
former teams
Atlanta Braves
Texas Rangers (baseball)
position
Shortstop
teams
Atlanta Braves
Cleveland Indians
Los Angeles Dodgers
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers (baseball)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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Zoilo Versalles on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.cooloftheevening.com
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