Nikco Riesgo
Outfielder
Born: (1967-01-11) January 11, 1967 (age 57)
Long Beach, California
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 1991, for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
April 26, 1991, for the Montreal Expos
MLB statistics
Games4
Plate appearances10
Walks4
Teams

Damon Nikco Riesgo (born January 11, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player. Riesgo played for the Montreal Expos in 1991. He batted and threw right-handed.

Riesgo played college baseball at San Diego State where he was named a freshman All-American[1] and, as a sophomore, had a .413 batting average and set a school record with 10 triples.[2]

He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1988 amateur draft.

Riesgo made his Major League debut on April 20, 1991 at Shea Stadium against the New York Mets and recorded his first and only hit in MLB, a line drive single off of Frank Viola.[3][4] He would appear in a total of four games, drawing four walks in ten plate appearances, between his debut on April 20 and final game on April 26, 1991.[4]

Riesgo served as a replacement player during the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike for the Boston Red Sox but was released before the start of the 1995 season.[5] He co-authored a book about his experiences during the strike entitled Strike Three! - A Player's Journey Through the Infamous Baseball Strike Of 1994.[6]

References

  1. ^ Tackett, Michael (2016). The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-544-38639-6. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "COLLEGE BASEBALL 88 : SDSU : San Diego State to Open the Season Disarmingly : Lack of Pitching Experience Is Team's Weakness". Los Angeles Times. 5 February 1988. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ "New York Mets at Montreal Expos Box Score, April 20, 1991". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Nikco Riesgo Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  5. ^ Doyle, Paul (April 5, 1995). "NAEHRING KNOWS HIS ECONOMICS". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. ^ Riesgo, Nikco; Cohen, Russ (2010). Strike Three! - A Player's Journey Through the Infamous Baseball Strike Of 1994. Strike Three. ISBN 978-0-557-24643-4. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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