Andújar Cedeño Donastorg (August 21, 1969 – October 28, 2000) was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 from to . Born in La Romana, Dominican Republic, he played for the Houston Astros

Houston Astros

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 from 1990 to , the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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 in , and in 1996 played for the Padres, Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 and Houston Astros again.

He hit for the cycle

Hitting for the cycle

In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". Cycles are uncommon in Major League Baseball , occurring 293 times since the first by Curry...

 in and was a career .236 hitter. His best season was in for the Astros, where he hit 11 home run

Home run

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s, 58 RBI

Run batted in

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, and a .283 batting average

Batting average

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He died in an automobile accident on October 28, 2000, while heading to his home in La Romana, Dominican Republic. It took place after a game between the Tigres de Licey & the Azucareros del Este in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. While on his way home, the Mercedes Benz he was driving collided with a truck, killing him instantly. He died from severe head injuries. He was 31 years old.

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