Ken Caminiti
American baseball player (1963-2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American professional baseball third baseman]] who spent 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Houston Astros (1987–1994, 1999–2000), San Diego Padres (1995–1998), Texas Rangers (2001) and Atlanta Braves (2001).
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Ken Caminiti | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: (1963-04-21)April 21, 1963 Hanford, California, U.S. | |
Died: October 10, 2004(2004-10-10) (aged 41) The Bronx, New York, U.S. | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
July 16, 1987, for the Houston Astros | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 7, 2001, for the Atlanta Braves | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .272 |
Home runs | 239 |
Runs batted in | 983 |
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Caminiti was named the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) with San Diego in 1996, and he was a three-time MLB All-Star. Caminiti is a member of the Padres Hall of Fame. He died of a cocaine and heroin (a speedball) drug overdose on October 10, 2004.