Onix Concepcion

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Given name: Onix Cardona Concepcion
Nicknames: None
Primary Pos: Shortstop
Hght/Wght: 5'6" / 160 lbs
Bats/Throws: R / R
Born: Oct 5, 1957 in DoradoPR
Age: 67
Debut: Aug 30, 1980

Onix Cardona Concepción Cardona (born October 5, 1957), is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop. He is the cousin of former MLB player José Lind.

Career

Concepcion played for two teams during his seven-year career: the Kansas City Royals (1980–1985) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1987). Concepcion made his major league debut on August 30, 1980, and played his final game on April 7, 1987.

Concepcion was a member of the Royals team that won the World Series in 1985. He scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 on a single by Dane Iorg, which also drove in Jim Sundberg to win the game.