Santos "Sandy" Alomar Conde Sr. (; ; born October 19, 1943) is a Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in

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(MLB) for fourteen seasons. Alomar was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the father of former Major League

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and current

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coach

Sandy Alomar Jr. Santos "Sandy" Alomar Velázquez Jr. (, ; born June 18, 1966) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher between 1988 and 2007, most notably as a member of the Cleve ...

and Hall of Fame second baseman

Roberto Alomar Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizon ...

Career

Throughout his career, Alomar was a valuable defensive player. His range and defensive positions were excellent but he was prone to poor throws after making fantastic stops. Alomar was able to play all

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and

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positions. He led league second basemen in fielding percentage in 1975. Alomar's offense was below-average with a .245 career

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, 13

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s and 282 RBI in 1,481 games played. He was, however, a great bunter and gathered a significant number of bunt singles in his career. Alomar enjoyed his best season in with career highs in batting average (.260), home runs (4), runs (82), hits (179) and games played (162), and received an All-Star berth. Alomar was a smart and aggressive base-runner compiling 227 stolen bases including a career-high 39 in 1971. A durable player, Alomar was the Angels' everyday second baseman for five years. He twice played a full 162-game season and played in 648 consecutive games between 1969 and 1973. The only postseason at bat of Alomar's career came with the Yankees, during the

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; he was standing

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when

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hit the series-winning home run in Game 5. After retiring, Alomar became a

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both in his homeland and

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, and coached in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies and

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. While in San Diego, Alomar coached his two sons, Sandy Jr. and Roberto

After the season, Alomar was hired by the Mets as a bench coach and was moved to first base coach after the season. In 2007, he was moved to third base coach. On June 17, 2008, he was once again made bench coach of the Mets by former bench coach and recently promoted manager Jerry Manuel. Following the season, Alomar was let go by the Mets and replaced by Dave Jauss.

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