Rafael Silvaido Landestoy Santana (born May 28, 1953) is a retired
Major League Baseball
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player. Landestoy played eight major league seasons with the
Houston Astros
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,
Cincinnati Reds
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, and
Los Angeles Dodgers
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. He amassed 291 hits, a .237
batting average
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Cricket
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, and four home runs, primarily as a middle
infielder
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Standard arrangement of positions
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.
On October 10, 1984 he was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Landestoy is now the manager for
Tigres del Licey
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in the Dominican Republic.
He also currently serves as the International Field Coordinator for the
New York Mets
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