   raÃºl ramÃ³n mondesÃ­ avelino (born march 12, 1971) is a dominican former major league baseball player and the current mayor of san cristÃ³bal, dominican republic. he was the national league rookie of the year in 1994 as a right fielder for the los angeles dodgers. he won gold glove awards in 1995 and 1997 as an outfielder. ==career== ===los angeles dodgers=== mondesÃ­ was originally signed by the los angeles dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1988 out of the dominican republic. with the great falls dodgers in 1990, he hit .303 with 30 stolen bases and was selected to the pioneer league all-star team. in 1991, he played in 21 games with the bakersfield dodgers, 53 games with the san antonio missions, and 2 with the albuquerque dukes hitting .277 with 8 home runs and 18 stolen bases. in 1992, he played 18 games with san antonio and 35 with albuquerque, hitting .296. he spent all of 1993 with the dukes, hitting .280 with 12 homers and 13 steals. he made his major league debut for the dodgers on july 19, 1993, against the philadelphia phillies, hitting a single to center field as a pinch hitter in seventh inning against david west for his first major league hit.dodgers vs. phillies box score july 19, 1993 he hit his first home run, a two run shot off bob scanlan in the 13th inning of a game against the chicago cubs on july 31.dodgers vs. cubs boxscore july 31, 1993 he returned to the minors after the august 6 games, but was back with the dodgers for goo
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