Alberto Lois
Dominican baseball player (1956–2019)
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Alberto Lois (May 6, 1956 – March 12, 2019), was a Major League Baseball player. Lois played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1978 and 1979. He was used primarily as a pinch runner, but was also an outfielder.
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| Pinch runner/Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: May 6, 1956 Hato Mayor del Rey, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||
| Died: March 12, 2019 (aged 62) Consuelo, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 8, 1978, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||
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| September 29, 1979, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Games played | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| At bats | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .250 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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On January 5, 1980, Lois sustained serious injuries in a vehicular accident in the Dominican Republic when the truck he was driving collided with a train that was parked, unlit, in the middle of a grade crossing.[1] Six of the nine people in the truck were killed.[1] Lois was thrown from the vehicle; he was unconscious for six days, and damage to his right eye ended his career in professional baseball.[1]
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