Ralph "Rafael" Garcia (born December 14, 1948) is a former

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. Garcia played for the

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in 1972 and 1974. He batted and threw right-handed. He then played in the Mexican League from 1976 through 1988, mainly for the Indios de Ciudad Juarez. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005.

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