Ossie Blanco, former MLB player and Venezuelan Hall of Famer, dies at 80

Ossie Blanco, a former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians, has passed away at the age of 80. The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League announced his death in a social media post. Blanco spent two seasons in the majors, making history as the first Venezuelan to bat cleanup in an MLB game. He played 34 games for the White Sox in 1970 and 18 for the Indians in 1974, finishing his MLB career with a.196 batting average. Blanco was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015, highlighting his success in the Venezuelan league.

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