Eugenio Velez
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Eugenio Velez Vancomper
- Bats Both, Throws Right
- Height 6' 1", Weight 163 lb.
- Debut September 5, 2007
- Born May 16, 1982 in San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
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Eugenio Velez tripled to right at Petco Park for his first major league hit, playing for the San Francisco Giants on September 14, 2007.
Velez set a couple of unenviable records playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011. First, he went 0 for 37 for the season, the most ever at-bats in a hitless season by a non-pitcher. The Pittsburgh Pirates' Hal Finney had previously held the record with an 0-for-35 season in 1936. When his last 9 hitless at-bats of 2010 were added to the total, Velez had an 0-for-46 streak, the longest ever for a position player, beating a record set earlier in the season by Craig Counsell of the Milwaukee Brewers who had gone 45 at-bats without a hit.
