Iván Calderón
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Ivan Calderón Pérez (March 19, 1962 – December 27, 2003), born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player from Template:Mlby to Template:Mlby, and was named an All-Star in Template:Mlby. He was murdered in a bar in Loiza, Puerto Rico.[1] Shot seven times in the back and head, he died instantly. Local police suspect mafia involvement in the murder.
Calderón was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent on July 30, Template:By, and made his debut on August 10, 1984. Midway through the Template:Mlby season he was traded to the Chicago White Sox, where he became an every-day right fielder in Template:Mlby.
Known for his power and speed, Calderón put together a series of productive seasons in Chicago. He was sent to the Montreal Expos after the Template:Mlby season, in a deal that brought Tim Raines to the White Sox. The Expos raised his yearly salary to over $2 million a season, and his efforts were rewarded with a place on the 1991 NL All-Star team. Injuries the following season slowed him down, and after stints with the Boston Red Sox and again with the White Sox, he quit in 1993, at age of 31.
Calderón was a career .272 hitter with 104 home runs and 444 RBI in 924 games.
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