Leopoldo Jesús Posada Hernández (born April 15, 1936 in Havana

Havana

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, Cuba

Cuba

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) is a former 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...

 outfielder

Outfielder

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Career

Posada was signed as undrafted amateur free agent by the Milwaukee Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 in 1954. In 1956, he was selected by the Kansas City Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 from the Braves in the minor league draft.

Posada played for the Athletics from to . On August 3, 1962, he was traded by the Athletics with Dale Willis

Dale Willis

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 and Bill Kunkel

Bill Kunkel (baseball)

William Gustave James Kunkel was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1961 to 1963 who went on to a career as an American League umpire from 1968 until his death. His son Jeff was a major league shortstop from 1984 to 1992.Kunkel was born in Hoboken, New Jersey...

 to Braves for Orlando Peña

Orlando Peña

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. Posada continued to play in the minor leagues until .

In , Posada served as manager of the Class A Fort Lauderdale Yankees

Fort Lauderdale Yankees

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 of the Florida State League

Florida State League

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Family

Posada's brother, Jorge Posada, Sr., was a scout for the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

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. His nephew, Jorge Posada, Jr.

Jorge Posada

Jorge Rafael Posada Villeta is a Major League Baseball player who is currently a free agent and has played his entire career for the New York Yankees. He served as the Yankees primary catcher for most of his career, though following off-season knee surgery, he was moved to designated hitter for...

, is a catcher

Catcher

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 for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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