Napoleón Calzado
Napoleón Calzado (born February 9, 1977 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles. He won the bronze medal in the 2000 Pan American Championship where this national team qualified for the 2001 Baseball World Cup.[1]
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| Born: February 9, 1977 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| May 29, 2005, for the Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| June 7, 2005, for the Baltimore Orioles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .200 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Calzado played for the Orioles in the 2005 season. In four games, he had one hit in five at bats, playing the outfield. He batted and threw right-handed. He spent his entire career, except for a portion of 2004 with the Atlanta Braves, with the Orioles after being signed as an amateur free agent in 1996. In December 2008, Calzado and 8 teammates on the dMedia T-Rex were accused of throwing games from the Chinese Professional Baseball League.[2] On June 26, 2009, Calzado signed with the Long Beach Armada, Golden Baseball League in Long Beach, California. He played with the national team in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games played in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico,[3] winning the tournament's gold medal.[4] During this tournament, Calzado was scouted and later signed by the Nicaraguan team Indios del Bóer to play the 2010–11 Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League season,[5] helping his team to win the championship.[6]
References
- Barría, Laureano (2000-12-03). "¡Campeones! misión cumplida". Panamá América (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- "Calzado y Lebrón son investigados en Taiwán por asunto de apuestas". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Taipei. DPA. 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- Rodriguez, Ramon (2010-07-28). "Sánchez guía béisbol RD a disputar presea de oro hoy". Listin Diario (in Spanish). Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- Caceres, Jose (2010-07-28). "El país gana oro en béisbol". Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- Hernandez, Gerald (2010-09-11). "Bóer trae buen cañón". El Mundo (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- Estepa Herrera, Héctor (2011-01-30). "Bóer, tricampeón de la Liga Nacional en Nicaragua". El Mundo (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Retrieved 2017-12-13.