Velazquez, whose only other Big League season occurred in 1969 as a member of those one-year wonder Seattle Pilots, appeared in 15 games for Atlanta in 1973, hitting a robust .348 with eight hits over 23 at-bats.
In his MLB debut of 1969, he played in six games with the Pilots as a 31-year-old rookie, collecting two hits over 16 at-bats, good for a .125 average.
A career Minor Leaguer, Velazquez made his American Pro debut back in 1958 in D-Ball with Panama City as a 20-year-old, going on to play 14 years in the lower levels before making it to the Big Show.
Nevertheless, over his brief two-year MLB career, he finished with a .256 average with 10 hits in 39 at-bats over 21 games.
