DeFreites hit .211 over that brief time, collecting four hits over 19 at-bats, including his only MLB homer, with two runs batted in and a run scored.
He’d be back on a Big League field for 1979, albeit for only 23 games, hitting .206 with seven hits in 34 at-bats, scoring two while driving in four.
Turns out those two brief stints in the Majors would be it for him, as he will go on to play the rest of his professional career in the Mexican League, putting in seven years between 1980 and 1986 for a few organizations.
For his MLB career, he played in 32 games in two seasons, hitting .208 with 11 hits over 53 at-bats, with one homer and six RBI’s, with three runs scored.
