Mark Dalesandro

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1968)}}

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

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|position=Catcher / Third baseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1968|5|14}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=June 6

|debutyear=1994

|debutteam=California Angels

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 10

|finalyear=2001

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.240

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

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Mark Anthony Dalesandro (born May 14, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher and third baseman. He is an alumnus of Chicago's St. Ignatius College Prep (1986) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career

Drafted by the California Angels in the 18th round of the 1990 MLB amateur draft out of Illinois, Dalesandro would make his Major League Baseball debut with the California Angels on June 6, 1994, and appear in his final game on August 10, 2001.

Dalesandro played for the California Angels ({{mlby|1994}}-{{mlby|1995}}), Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|1998}}-{{mlby|1999}}) and Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|2001}}).

After his playing career, Dalesandro became President of Baseball/Softball Operations with Elite Sports Performance.{{cite web|title=Mark Dalesandro - Biography|url=http://www.espcomplex.com/esp-complex/about-esp/esp-founders/mark-dalesandro-biography.html|work=espcomplex.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304120424/http://www.espcomplex.com/esp-complex/about-esp/esp-founders/mark-dalesandro-biography.html|archive-date=March 4, 2014}}

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