finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1993 right 28 april 1995 caracas , venezuela caracas , venezuela 1985 july 22 .207 2 35 infielder florida marlins batting average home runs runs batted in september 7 26 october 1961 gus polidor
 california angels gus polidor right
gus polidor

gustavo adolfo polidor gonzález -lsb- poh-lee-dor -rsb- , -lrb- october 26 , 1961 -- april 28 , 1995 -rrb- , was a shortstop in major league baseball who played for the california angels -lrb- 1985 -- 88 -rrb- , milwaukee brewers -lrb- 1989 -- 90 -rrb- and florida marlins -lrb- 1993 -rrb- .
he was born in caracas , venezuela .
polidor played infield for the holyoke millers of the eastern league -lrb- holyoke , ma -rrb- in 1981 and 1982 .
in 1981 he hit for a batting average of .248 .
his best year was 1987 with the angels , when he hit for a .263 batting average , with 2 homers and 15 rbi in 137 at bats .
after dropping off to .148 in 1988 he was traded to the brewers .
polidor played in a career-high 79 games in 1989 and was later a member of the marlins in their 1993 inaugural season .
in his major league career , polidor batted .207 , with 2 home runs , 35 runs batted in , 33 runs scored , 15 doubles and 3 stolen bases .
polidor made a brief comeback attempt as a replacement player with the montreal expos in spring training of 1995 .
less than a month later , he was murdered in caracas as he tried to protect his son from two men who were trying to steal his car .
he was only 33 years old .
