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J.C. Romero played in the majors between 1999-2009

# Players born in city: 87

Major Leaguers: [30] - Agosto, Carmona, Crespo, Crespo, Gonzalez, Gotay, Melendez, Molina, Montalvo, Morales, Munoz, Navarro, Oquendo, Ortiz, Padilla, Padilla, Pagan, Peraza, Pineiro, Ponce, Quinones, Rivera, Rodriguez, Romero, Sanchez, Santos, Sierra, Sierra, Villanueva, Villegas

High Schools: Liceo Castro, Miguel Such, Ramon Villa Mayo

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Major Leaguers

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Juan Agosto	Feb 23,1958	P	MLB	1981-1993	1996
Rafael Carmona	Oct 2,1972	P	MLB	1995-1999	2000	Juano Colon (Comerio,PR)	Indian Hills Community College-Centerville
Cesar Crespo	May 23,1979	2B-SS	MLB	2001-2004	2007	Notre Dame (Caguas,PR)
Felipe Crespo	Mar 5,1973	LF-RF	MLB	1996-2001	2003	Notre Dame (Caguas,PR)
Andy Gonzalez	Dec 15,1981	SS	MLB	2007-2009	2009	Florida Air Academy (Melbourne,FL)
Ruben Gotay	Dec 25,1982	2B	MLB	2004-2008	2009	Dr. Santiago Veve Calzada (Fajardo,PR)	Indian Hills Community College-Centerville
Francisco Melendez	Jan 25,1964	1B	MLB	1984-1989	1990
Bengie Molina	Jul 20,1974	C	MLB	1998-2009	2009		Arizona Western College
Rafael Montalvo	Mar 31,1964	P	MLB	1986-1986	1999
Jose Morales	Feb 20,1983	C	MLB	2007-2009	2009	Academia de Providencia ( Rio Piedras, PR)
Bobby Munoz	Mar 3,1968	P	MLB	1993-2001	2002	Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah,FL)	Polk State College
Tito Navarro	Sep 12,1970	SS	MLB	1993-1993	1994
Jose Oquendo	Jul 4,1963	SS	MLB	1983-1995	1995
Hector Ortiz	Oct 14,1969	C	MLB	1998-2002	2005	Luis Hernaiz Verone (Canovanas,PR)	Ranger College
Jorge Padilla	Aug 11,1979	OF	MLB	2009-2009	2009	Florida Air Academy (Melbourne,FL)
Juan Padilla	Feb 17,1977	P	MLB	2004-2005	2008	Visual Arts (Santurce,PR)	Jacksonville University
Angel Pagan	Jul 2,1981	OF	MLB	2006-2009	2009	Republica De Colombia ( Rio Piedras, PR)	Indian River State College
Luis Peraza	Jun 17,1942	P	MLB	1969-1969	1969
Joel Pineiro	Sep 25,1978	P	MLB	2000-2009	2009	Colonial (Orlando,FL)	Edison State College
Carlos Ponce	Feb 7,1959	1B-OF	MLB	1985-1985	1985
Rey Quinones	Nov 11,1963	SS	MLB	1986-1989	1999
Mike Rivera	Sep 8,1976	C	MLB	2001-2009	2009		Troy University
Tony Rodriguez	Aug 15,1970	SS-3B	MLB	1996-1996	2005
J.C. Romero	Jun 4,1976	P	MLB	1999-2009	2009	Berwing (San Juan,PR)	University of Mobile
Rey Sanchez	Oct 5,1967	SS-2B	MLB	1991-2005	2005	Live Oak (Morgan Hill,CA)
Angel Santos	Aug 14,1979	2B	MLB	2001-2003	2003	Miguel Melendez Munoz (Cayey,PR)
Candy Sierra	Mar 27,1967	P	MLB	1988-1988	1991
Ruben Sierra	Oct 6,1965	RF	MLB	1986-2006	2006	Dr. Secario Rosario (Rio Piedras,PR)
Hector Villanueva	Oct 2,1964	C-1B	MLB	1990-1993	2001	Cupeyville (Rio Piedras,PR)	University of Alabama-Birmingham
Ismael Villegas	Aug 12,1976	P	MLB	2000-2000	2002	Magaria Janer Palacios (Guaynabo,PR)

Minor Leaguers

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Randy Albaladejo	Apr 10,1973	C	A+		1995
Alex Aranzamendi	May 1,1974	SS/3B	A		1994	Rio Piedras, RR (-)
Pichi Balet	Nov 11,1977	3B	A+		2008	Forest Hill (West Palm Beach,FL)	Florida State University
Efrain Barreiro	May 4,1968	P	A		1991		Western Kentucky University
Carlos Caballero	Dec 5,1983	OF	Rookie		2004	Ines Maria Mendoza (San Juan,PR)
Rafael Campos	Jun 24,1967	3B	A+		1989
Confesor Castro	Jan 16,1971	P	Rookie		1989	Concepcion de Garcia (Carolina,PR)
Benny Cepeda	May 2,1983	P	A-		2008		Ohio Dominican University
Malcolm Cepeda	Nov 3,1972	1B	A		2003		Solano Community College
Ariel Colon	Sep 17,1977	1B	Rookie		1996	Carolina,PR (-)
Efrain Contreras	Dec 22,1972	OF	A+		2000		Texas A&M University
Elvis Corporan	Jun 9,1980	3B	AAA		2006	Academia Espanol (Vista del Morro,DR)	Lake City Community College
Luis Cotto	Jul 9,1981	IF	AA		2007	Instituto Cumbre (Trujillo Alto,PR)
Israel Cruz	Sep 2,1979	SS	A+		2001	Puerto Rico.
Rey Delgado	Dec 29,1975	P	A+		2003
Carlos Escalera	Sep 3,1965	C	AA		1989	Ramon Power (Rio Piedras,PR)
Jose Escalera	Oct 21,1980	IF	A		2002	Carlos Escobar Lopez (Loiza,PR)
Melvin Falu	Aug 28,1980	2B	A-		2008	Angel P. Millan Rohena (Carolina,PR)	Southern Arkansas University
Hector Fargas	Oct 16,1973	P	A+		1994	Rio Piedras,PR (-)
Eduardo Ferrer	Nov 28,1973	2B	A-		1996		Florida International University
Carlos Figueroa	Sep 20,1982	P	A		2001
Carlos Figueroa	Oct 5,1979	P	AA		2005
Claudio Figueroa	Nov 2,1978	P	Rookie		1998
Danny Figueroa	Mar 6,1974	3B	A		1995	Rio Piedras,PR (-)
Luis Figueroa	Mar 2,1977	IF	AAA		2008
Angel Garcia	Oct 28,1983	P	AA		2009	Nicolas Sevilla (Toa Alta,PR)
Rolando Geigel	Sep 18,1979	P	A+		2003		Muscatine Community College
Angel Gonzalez	Dec 28,1985	SS	AA		2009
Jonathan Guzman	Aug 26,1977	P	Rookie		1998	Levittown,PR (-)
Luis Isaac	Jun 19,1946	C	AA		1979	Carolina (PR)
Ken Juarbe	Jul 15,1968	P	AA		1999
Aurelio Llanos	Oct 14,1970	OF	A		1995
Juan Lopez	Nov 6,1952	SS	AAA		1984
Obed Martinez	Jul 19,1975	OF	Rookie		1996
Jimmy Mojica	Nov 3,1983	SS	AA		2009		Kansas City Community College
Felix Ortega	Dec 16,1981	C	Rookie		2001	Medardo Carazo (Trujillo Alto,PR)
Felix Pagan	Jun 12,1975	2B	A+		2004		University of Mobile
Javier Puchales	Mar 29,1972	OF	AA		1995	Josefa Pastrana (Aguas Buenas,PR)
Wilfredo Quintana	Jun 22,1978	OF	A+		2007		Indian Hills Community College-Centerville
Lino Rivera	Dec 2,1966	P	AAA		2003	Superior LoFraile (PR)	Miami-Dade College
Ramon Rivera	Apr 10,1980	P	Rookie		2000
Santiago Rivera	Dec 15,1972	SS	A+		1996		Arizona State University
Sammy Rodriguez	Aug 20,1975	C	AAA		2001	Mount St. Michael Academy (Bronx,NY)
Felipe Roman	Dec 17,1978	OF	Rookie		1996	Rio Piedras,PR (-)
Melvin Rosario	Sep 22,1978	OF	A+		2005		Indian Hills Community College-Centerville
Luis Sabino	May 24,1983	OF	A		2007		Wabash Valley College
Tino Sanchez	Feb 2,1979	C	AAA		2007	Luis Munoz Marin (Anasco,PR)
Ethien Santana	Jan 25,1984	OF	A+		2007		Laredo Community College
John Santiago	Dec 26,1984	3B	A		2009	Nuestra Senora Del Carmen (San Juan,PR)
Freddy Thon	Apr 9,1984	1B	AA		2008	Baldwin School (PR)	Villanova University
Jonathan Valcarcel	Nov 23,1982	P	A-		2003	Margararita Janer (PR)
Geraldo Valentin	Sep 8,1982	SS	AA		2009		Southern Arkansas University
Marcos Vazquez	Nov 5,1968	P	A+		1992

College and other players

Player Name	Born Date	Pos	High Level	MLB Years	Last Active	High School	College
Luis Escobar	Sep 5,1982	C	Ind		2004	Fernando Callejo (Manati,PR)
Carlos Figueroa	May 25,1981	2B	Ind		2007
Jonathan Guzman	Aug 8,1978	OF	Ind		2004
Felix Rodriguez	Jan 1,1983	P	Ind		2006