Biff Benedict Pocoroba is a former Major League Baseball

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 catcher, who also played a few games at third base. He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 in the 17th round of the 1971 amateur draft

1971 Major League Baseball Draft

-First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.* Did not sign- Background :The June 1971 draft was a productive one, even though none of its top ten choices yielded players who would have memorable major league careers...

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As a rookie, Pocoroba got attention during spring training in 1975 by throwing out 11 straight would-be base stealers

Stolen base

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. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Pocoroba_Biff.stm He made his major-league baseball debut on April 25, 1975, as a defensive replacement in the Braves' 5-3 loss to the San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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 at San Diego.

His best season was in when he achieved career-highs with 123 games, a Batting average

Batting average

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 of .290, 8 home run

Home run

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s, 24 doubles

Double (baseball)

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, and 44 runs batted in. In , he made the National League

National League

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 All-Star

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 team, finishing the season with a .242 batting average, 6 home runs, and 34 RBI in 92 games. A torn Rotator cuff

Rotator cuff

In anatomy, the rotator cuff is the group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder. The four muscles of the rotator cuff, along with the teres major muscle, the coracobrachialis muscle and the deltoid, make up the seven scapulohumeral muscles of the human body.-Function:The...

 injury slowed his career http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Pocoroba_Biff.stm and he played his last game on April 20, 1984, at the age of 30.

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