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Frank Taveras
Shortstop
Born: (1949-12-24) December 24, 1949 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
Career statistics
Batting average	.255
Hits	1029
Triples	44
Stolen bases	300
Runs scored	503
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates ( REDIRECT Template:Baseball year- REDIRECT Template:Baseball year) New York Mets ( REDIRECT Template:Baseball year- REDIRECT Template:Baseball year) Montreal Expos ( REDIRECT Template:Baseball year)
Career highlights and awards
Set Pirates record & led National League in stolen bases ( REDIRECT Template:Baseball year)

Franklin Crisostomo Taveras Fabian (born December 24, 1949 in Las Matas de Santa Cruz, Dominican Republic), is a former Major League shortstop from

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Pittsburgh Pirates

Taveras signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent January 8,

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New York Mets

Eleven games into the

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Montreal Expos

The Mets traded Taveras to the Montreal Expos for pitcher Steve Ratzer prior to the start of the

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See also

• List of Major League Baseball leaders in career stolen bases
• List of Major League Baseball stolen base champions

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube