324 average, 38 home runs and 109 RBI as the Expos' starting right fielder. 302 with 11 homers and 40 RBI in 90 games in 1997 with Montreal, he emerged onto the national scene in 1998 with a. 2 prospect by Baseball America heading into 1997 and drew comparisons to Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente by veteran major leaguers.
360 en route to the Eastern League’s Most Valuable Player Award in Double-A Harrisburg in 1996, Guerrero was rated the game’s No. He was signed by the Expos at age 18, and quickly established himself as one of baseball’s top prospects.Īfter hitting. 9, 1975 in Nizao, Dominican Republic, Guerrero played baseball barefoot as a youth, using a stick for a bat and lemons wrapped in rags for balls. What he left behind in substance, however, was a legacy of power and production.īorn Feb. Vladimir Guerrero wasn’t about style points. He was a throwback to a different era, when batting gloves were shunned and pine tar was a badge of honor.
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