| César Gutiérrez | |
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| Shortstop | |
| Born:
January 26, 1943 Coro, Falcón State, Venezuela |
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| Died:
January 22, 2005 (aged 61) Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela |
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| Batted: Right | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| April 16, 1967 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 26, 1971 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .235 |
| Hits | 128 |
| Sacrifice hits | 19 |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
César Dario Gutiérrez [goo-te-ER-rez] (January 26, 1943 – January 22, 2005), also nicknamed "Cocoa", was a Venezuelan shortstop in Major League Baseball who played with the San Francisco Giants (1967, 1969) and Detroit Tigers (1969–1971).
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Gutiérrez was born in Coro, Falcón State. He was a career .235 hitter with 26 RBI and no home runs in 223 games.
Gutiérrez's most productive season came in 1970, his only season as a regular, when he posted career-highs in batting average (.243), RBI (22), runs (40), hits (101), doubles (11), triples (6), stolen bases (4) and games played (135). On June 21, in the second game of a doubleheader between Detroit and the Cleveland Indians, Gutiérrez hit a perfect 7-for-7 including a triple,[1] to set an American League mark (and tie a major league record) for hits in a game without making an out. The Tigers won 9–8 in twelve innings. Gutiérrez's batting average went up 31 points that day, from .218 to .249.
In 1971 Gutiérrez played 40 games as an infield backup, retiring at the end of the season. Later, he served as a coach and scout with several teams.
Gutiérrez died in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela, four days short of his 62nd birthday.
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