Yohanny Valera

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Yohanny Valera
Catcher
Born: (1976-08-17) August 17, 1976 (age 43)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: RightThrows: Right
MLB debut
September 13,  2000, for the  Montreal Expos
MLB statistics
Games7
At bats 10
Hits 0
Teams

Yohanny Valera (August 29, 1976 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is an unofficially retired Major League Baseball player. Valera played for the Montreal Expos in the 2000 season. He played in 7 career games, with no hits in ten at-bats, with one walk.

Career

He was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1993 and also played in the Montreal Expos, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Detroit Tigers organizations before leaving organized baseball after the 2003 season. Valera also played in for the Aces, a traveling team in the Northeast League, in 2004. He spent a season with the Worcester Tornadoes of the Can-Am League and won the league championship in 2005, then spent a year with Italy's Bbc Grosseto. He returned to the US in 2007 playing for Worcester, then the Sussex Skyhawks in 2008, and one final professional season with Worcester in 2009.

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