Born: (1949-12-24) December 24, 1949 (age 74) Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 25, 1971, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
July 25, 1982, for the Montreal Expos
MLB statistics
Batting average
.255
Home runs
2
Runs batted in
214
Stolen bases
300
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1971–1972, 1974–1979)
New York Mets (1979–1981)
Montreal Expos (1982)
Career highlights and awards
NL stolen base leader (1977)
Franklin Crisostomo Taveras Fabian (born December 24, 1949) is a Dominican former Major League shortstop from 1971 to 1982 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets and Montreal Expos.
was in Cincinnati. Taveras managed to play in 164 regular season games that year, as the Mets had played nine games when Taveras arrived in New York...
Taveras and Tavera do not have the same origin. Tavera is likely of Italian origin and Taveras is likely Spanish or Portuguese.surname. It may refer to:...
Louis Cardinals closer and future Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter deep with FrankTaveras on first for the come from behind victory. With Wilson and fellow rookie...
was primarily a defensive replacement when starting Pirates shortstop FrankTaveras (who himself only had a .246 batting average in 1974) had been pinch...
greater than either individual teams'. Presently '70s-era speedster FrankTaveras holds the records for both most regularly scheduled MLB games played...
Jorgensen Elliott Maddox Lee Mazzilli Jerry Morales John Stearns Craig Swan FrankTaveras June 3, 1980: 1980 Major League Baseball Draft Darryl Strawberry was...
for Enrique Romo, Rick Jones and Tom McMillan. April 19, 1979: Traded FrankTaveras to the New York Mets for Tim Foli and Greg Field (minors). June 28,...
Milner 0 Al Oliver 12 Mike Phillips 3 Rodney Scott 4 Chris Speier 11 FrankTaveras 29 Tim Wallach Outfielders 49 Warren Cromartie 10 Andre Dawson 16 Terry...
Freddie Patek, KC 68 FrankTaveras, PIT 70 Wins Dave Goltz, MIN Dennis Leonard, KC Jim Palmer, BAL 20 Steve Carlton, PHI 23 ERA Frank Tanana, CAL 2.54 John...
17 Brian Giles 22 Mike Jorgensen 26 Dave Kingman 10 Rusty Staub 11 FrankTaveras Outfielders 15 Mike Howard 16 Lee Mazzilli 17 Ellis Valentine 1 Mookie...
Reitz, Dave Roberts, Eddie Solomon, Don Stanhouse, Fred Stanley, and FrankTaveras. Jim Murray (1919–1998) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring...
at-bat, the longest streak without a home run to begin a career since FrankTaveras in 1977. On September 5, Revere hit another home run, the second of...
player were traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for shortstop FrankTaveras. The trade sent Foli from the worst team in the league to one of the...
– Was shown when a slow grounder defied the grip of Mets' shortstop FrankTaveras at a summer Mets game in 1979. "JOSE, CAN YOU SEE?" – Presented when...
Other batters 48 Rimp Lanier 10 FrankTaveras Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 43 Don Leppert (First Base) 44 Frank Oceak (Third Base) 42 Don Osborn...
Mario Mendoza 24 Paul Popovich 7 Bob Robertson 6 Rennie Stennett 10 FrankTaveras Outfielders 27 Dave Augustine 15 Gene Clines 37 Miguel Diloné 16 Al...
Reynolds 7 Bob Robertson 8 Willie Stargell 6 Rennie Stennett 10 FrankTaveras Outfielders 15 Miguel Diloné 24 Omar Moreno 16 Al Oliver 39 Dave Parker...
Art Shamsky (1960) Charlie Small (1949–1950, MGR) Dwight Smith (1985) FrankTaveras (1969) Kent Tekulve (1969) MLB All-Star Wayne Terwilliger (1964-1965...
Minnesota Twins, the Texas Rangers' Lenny Randle walks up to Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi during batting practice and says he wanted to talk to him. Words...
caught the ball for the final out of the game. Meanwhile, Mets shortstop FrankTaveras had sought and received time out from third base umpire Doug Harvey...
Mario Mendoza 28 Bill Robinson 8 Willie Stargell 6 Rennie Stennett 10 FrankTaveras 24 Bobby Tolan Outfielders 37 Miguel Diloné 24 Mike Easler 22 Jerry...
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