:Rey Quiñones

{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1963)}}

{{distinguish|Ray Quiñones}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Rey Quiñones

|position=Shortstop

|image=Rey Quinones Mariners.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1963|11|11}}

|birth_place=Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 17

|debutyear=1986

|debutteam=Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 21

|finalyear=1989

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.243

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=29

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=159

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1986}})
• Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1989}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1989}})

}}

Rey Francisco Quiñones (born November 11, 1963) is a Puerto Rican former baseball infielder who had a short career in Major League Baseball, primarily as a shortstop.

He played for the Boston Red Sox, the Seattle Mariners, and the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1989.

Boston traded him (along with Mike Brown and Mike Trujillo) to the Mariners for Spike Owen and Dave Henderson.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-18-sp-18144-story.html Red Sox get Spike Owen from Mariners]

The Mariners traded him to the Pirates (along with Bill Wilkinson) in exchange for Mike Dunne, Mike Walker, and Mark Merchant. The Pirates released him after a few months.

Quiñones also once missed a game because he was busy playing Nintendo in the clubhouse.Holloman, Ray. ESPN.com "All-Bizarre Injury team" [https://www.espn.com/page2/s/holloman/020307.html] Accessed March 25, 2010

Quinones received a World Series ring from the 1996 New York Yankees, after holding an administrative position with the team. The ring was later sold at auction.Bartsch, Tom. Sports Collectors Digest "1996 N.Y. Yankees Ring Tips Scales at $15,600" [http://www.sportscollectorsdigest.com/news/auction-news/1996-n-y-yankees-ring-tips-scales-at-15600]

He played 451 games and hit for a .243 average, with 29 home runs and 159 RBIs.