Dave Concepción

Dave Concepción (b. June 17, 1948), born David Ismael Concepción Benitez, is a former star shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela.

Achievements

• 9-time All-Star: 1973, 1975 - 1982 (his NL teams never lost an All-Star game)
• 5-time Gold Glove: 1974 - 1977, 1979
• Played over 100 games at shortstop 12 straight years (1974-85) and in 14 of 15 seasons
• Scored the 1,000,001st run in baseball history: 1975
• Winner of the Roberto Clemente Award http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/baseball/mlbawards/rclemente.htm as the top Latin American ballplayer in MLB: 1977
• Became the first Reds shortstop to hit .300 (1978) since Joe Tinker http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/T/Tinker_Joe.stm (1913)
• Led league in 14 game-winning RBI: 1981
• MVP All-Star game: 1982
• Twice Top 10 MVP (1979, 9 - 1981, 4)
• In four World Series hit better than .300 three times and topped .400 in the 1975 and 1979 NL Championship Series
• Developed trademark one-hop throw to first base on artificial turf: 1981
• 19 seasons with the same team: 1970 - 1988 (team's captain from 1973 until his retirement)
• MVP team: 1981
• Member of Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame (inducted in 2000)