Nap Reyes
Third baseman, Baseball Player
1919 – 1995
Who was Nap Reyes?
Napoleón Aguilera Reyes was a Major League Baseball third baseman-first baseman who played for the New York Giants from 1943 to 1945, and again in 1950. A native of Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, he stood 6'1" and weighed 205 lbs.
Reyes made his major league debut on May 19, 1943 against the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. He got into 40 games as a rookie, and then played regularly in 1944 and 1945. After World War II was over, however, he got into only one more big league game. Five years later, on April 27, 1950 he played part of a game at first base and went 0-for-1.
Career totals include 279 games played, 264 hits, 13 home runs, 110 runs batted in, 90 runs scored, and a lifetime batting average of .284. Defensively, he fielded both of his position very well.
Reyes died at the age of 75 in Miami, Florida.
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1919
Santiago de Cuba - Profession
- Lived in
- Santiago de Cuba
- Died
- Sep 15, 1995
Miami
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on July 23, 2013
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