Oscar Acosta (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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baseball player
Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1957
Place of Birth: Portales, New Mexico, United States
Date of Death: 19-Apr-2006
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Oscar Acosta (baseball)
- Oscar Carlos Acosta (March 21, 1957 – April 19, 2006) was an American professional baseball player and pitching coach.
- After playing five seasons in the minor leagues, he became a minor league coach with several organizations.
- He had first joined the New York Yankees organization in 1996, spending three seasons as the pitching coach at Triple-A Columbus (1996–98).
- He spent three seasons as a major league pitching coach with the Chicago Cubs (2000-01) and the Texas Rangers (2002).
- Acosta and another minor league coach were killed in an automobile accident while working for the Yankees in the Dominican Republic.
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