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Bert Campaneris
MLB debut July 23, 1964 for the Kansas City Athletics Last MLB appearance October 1, 1983 for the New York Yankees Career statistics Batting average .259 Hits 2,249 Runs batted in 646 Stolen bases 649 Teams Kansas City / Oakland Athletics (1964–1976) Texas Rangers (1977–1979) California Angels (1979–1981) New York Yankees (1983) Career highlights and awards 6× All-Star (1968, 1972–1975, 1977) 3× World Series champion (1972–1974) 6× AL stolen base champion (1965–1968, 1970, 1972) Dagoberto "Bert" Campaneris Blanco (born March 9, 1942), nicknamed "Campy", is a Cuban American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for four American League teams, primarily the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics. One of the mainstays of the Athletics' championship teams of 1972 to 1974, he holds the A's franchise records for career games played (1795), hits (1882) and at bats (7180). He led the AL in stolen bases six times from 1965 to 1972 and retired with the seventh most steals in history (649). He led the league in putouts three times, and ended his career among the major league leaders in games (5th, 2097) and double plays (7th, 1186) at his position.

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