Hall of Scrubs

Nikco Riesgo was a mediocre outfielder in the minors who got a surprise promotion to the Expos in 1991 where he got one hit in 7 at bats. 

Besides his brief stay in the majors, Nikco’s claim to fame was being traded by the Mets to the Phillies in 1991 for Tommy Herr. 

Nikco spent most of his career in Single A and Double A.  He did get 79 at bats in AAA in the Brewers system before bing traded to the Tigers in 1993 and subsequently released.

Nikco settled in the Detroit area and is now the president and sole member of the Major League Players Organization of Bloomfield Hills.  He runs a web site that motivates young baseball players for a subscription fee of $10 a month.  The funds from his endeavor are intended to help people who cannot afford their own legal defense. 

You can read more about Nikco’s fight in The Detroit News:
Ex-ballplayer takes issue with legal-defense system

You can also view Nikco’s stats at www.baseball-reference.com:

Nikco’s Stats

Let us set the record straight.  Onix Concepcion is indeed the cousin of a famous Gold Glove- winning infielder.  Can you guess who?  I am sure you are thinking about Dave Concepcion.  If so, you are wrong.  In fact, they are not even from the same country.   Dave is from Venezuela.  Onix is from Puerto Rico.  So who could it be?  There were only two Concepcions in major league history.  Give up? …..  Onix’s cousin is Jose Lind, the famous no-hit Pittsburgh second baseman.

 Onix was a shortstop for the Royals in the 80’s.  He was given  an opportunity to take over the job from U.L. Washington, but he never really hit enough to hold onto it.  His best year was in ‘84 when he hit .282 in 287 at bats.  After hitting only .204 the next year, he was released by the Royals.

Onix resurfaced in 1987 on his cousin’s team, the Pirates.  But the cousins never really got a chance to form the ultimate no-hit double play duo.  Onix only played one game that year and went 1 for 1 at the plate (1.000 BA).

You can view Onix’s stats at www.baseball-reference.com:

Onix’s stats