December 10 – Happy Birthday Luis Polonia
One of the smallest players in baseball during the time he played, this 5’8″ outfielder used one of the biggest gloves in baseball history. Polonia, a native of the Dominican Republic, had three tours of duty in pinstripes. In June of 1989 he was traded to New York by the A’s in the deal that sent Rickey Henderson back to Oakland. He hit .313 during the second half of that season but an alleged sexual escapade with a minor after a game in Milwaukee in August of that year, nearly destroyed his career. The Yankees sent him to the Angels the following April. He then had his best big league seasons with California, averaging over 50 stolen bases per season during the next three years. In 1994, he rejoined New York and batted .311 in 94 games of action as the Yankees’ starting left-fielder. Then in 2000, Louis played his final 37 big league games in a Yankee uniform. In all, Luis played 12 seasons in the Majors, batting .293 lifetime.
Polonia shares his December with this one-time Yankee back-up receiver and this former Yankee reliever.
THIS IS WRONG,LUISWAS BORN IN OCTOBER ,
I WAS LOOKING FOR THE YEAR AND HAPPEN TO SEE THAT ‘LUIS POLONIA
BIRTHDAY IS IN OCTOBER ,IS THERE 2 DIFFERENT ONES WITH DIFFERENT SPELLINGS?
There’s only one Luis Polonia who played for Yankees. According to his Player Profile page at Baseball-Reference.com, his birthday is December 10, 1963. But I’ve also seen conflicting dates. I’ll research it further. Thank you for the input.
THANK YOU .I GET CONFUSED WHEN THAT HAPPENS ON WHAT TO BELIEVE,I LOVE THIS SITE AND I DO AGREE IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES ,NOT TOO OFTEN ,BUT IT DID SAY OCTOBER ,ON A FEW PAGES ,AND WAS ALSO SPELLED LUIS, AND I KEPT TRYING OTHER SITES AND THATS ALL I GOT ,THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD THIS DATE AND THIS SPELLING , THANKS FOR LOOKIIJNG INTO IT~ I POST THE BITHDAYS ON MY YANKEE PAGE [FOR FANS] @ I LOVE MY NY YANKEES ,@ NYTAMMY1`