{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1945)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name =Jimmy Rosario | position =Center fielder | birth_date ={{birth date|1945|5|5}} | birth_place =Bayamón, Puerto Rico | bats =Both | throws =Right |debutleague = MLB | debutdate =April 8 | debutyear =1971 | debutteam =San Francisco Giants |debut2league = NPB | debut2date = | debut2year =1975 | debut2team =Lotte Orions |finalleague = MLB | finaldate =June 21 | finalyear =1976 | finalteam =Milwaukee Brewers |final2league = NPB | final2date = | final2year =1977 | final2team =Crown Lighter Lions |statleague = MLB | stat1label =Batting average | stat1value =.216 | stat2label =Home runs | stat2value =1 | stat3label =Runs batted in | stat3value =18 | stat4label =Stolen bases | stat4value =8 | teams = * San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1971}}–{{mlby|1972}}) * Lotte Orions ({{by|1975}}) * Milwaukee Brewers ({{mlby|1976}}) * Crown Lighter Lions ({{by|1977}}) | highlights = }} '''Jimmy Rosario''' (born Angel Ramon Ferrer Rosario on May 5, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball center fielder. He played for the San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Brewers between 1971 and 1976.<ref name="BA">{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=rosarji01|title=Jimmy Rosario|publisher=Baseball-Almanac.com|access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref><ref name="BR">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rosarji01.shtml|title=Jimmy Rosario|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2011-03-24}}</ref>
== Career == Rosario was signed as a free agent by the San Francisco Giants in 1965 and played two seasons with the team. After being released by the Giants in 1975, he signed with the Milwaukee Brewers and appeared at the Major League level with them in 1976.<ref name="BR" />
== Fielding == Defensively, Rosario handled 172 total chances (171 putouts and 1 assist) without committing an error across 583 innings as an outfielder, finishing with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.<ref name="BR" />
==See also== * List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
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