For love of the game:
Made it back to the Majors
After seven years
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| 1991 Topps #692 Efrain Valdez (RC) |
There's are times I when I look at a card and fully expect to struggle in creating a haiku about the person depicted. With only 26 MLB games to his name, Efrain was one of those guys. I was wrong, because this guy has played professional baseball for over 20 years in 5 different countries! After pitching with the Indians in 1990 and 1991, Valdez went on a bit of a world tour:
- 1991 season: Blue Jays's minor league system
- 1992 season: Brewers' minor league system
- 1993 and 1994 seasons: Mexican League
- 1995 season: Taiwan League
- 1996 and 1997 seasons: Mexican League
- 1998 season: Mets' and Diamondbacks' minor league systems
It was during that time with Tucson that Valdez's contract was purchased by the Diamondbacks. After 7 seasons, Valdez returned to the Major Leagues pitching 6 games for Arizona. After that stint, he spent a year with an independent baseball league, and two more separate stints in the Mexican league sandwiched between some time in Korea. After initially signing as an amateur free agent with the Padres in 1983, Valdez was last known playing for the Vaqueros Laguna in 2003.
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