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Old 01-30-2016, 04:14 PM   #1089
FatJack
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Hector Perez 1979

Hector Perez, briefly a pitcher in the Cardinals system in 1979, passed away last year. One of the necrology sites just located the article on his passing. A Dominican hurler, notice of Hector's death was delayed as he was living in Boston using the papers and identity of a Puerto Rican, Jaime M. de Hoyos. Born in 1961, Hector had some health issues and ultimately suffered a massive heart attack.

A right handed reliever, Hector appeared in ten games for Johnson City in 1979 with no decisions but an ERA of 10.64 and a WHIP north of 2.

This image appeared in a collage of images in the aforementioned article (this being the only baseball image). And I just felt, given the short time nature of his pro "career," that it should be saved for future reference. In all probability, it'll disappear from the web or become impossible to find down the road. I can think of a whole bunch of short-time Mets farmhands I wish I had images of (Billy Micklewhite, to name one).

I do not recognize the uniform. Nor do I recognize the apparent watermark. Also, please note that the sky was kind of greenish, so I turned it blue (because I do that sort of thing).
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