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Place of Birth: Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela
About Gus Polidor
- Gustavo Adolfo Polidor González [poh-lee-dor'], (October 26, 1961 – April 28, 1995), was a shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels (1985–88), Milwaukee Brewers (1989–90) and Florida Marlins (1993).
- He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Polidor played infield for the Holyoke Millers of the Eastern League (Holyoke, MA) in 1981 and 1982.
- In 1981 he hit for a batting average of .248. His best year was 1987 with the Angels, when he hit for a .263 batting average, with 2 homers and 15 RBI in 137 at bats.
- After dropping off to .148 in 1988 he was traded to the Brewers.
- Polidor played in a career-high 79 games in 1989 and was later a member of the Marlins in their 1993 inaugural season. In his major league career, Polidor batted .207, with 2 home runs, 35 runs batted in, 33 runs scored, 15 doubles and 3 stolen bases. Polidor made a brief comeback attempt as a replacement player with the Montreal Expos in spring training of 1995.
- Less than a month later, he was murdered in Caracas as he tried to protect his son from two men who were trying to steal his car.
- He was 33 years old.
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