Twenty-two Dominican players are participating in the Major League Baseball playoffs. The teams this year are the St. Louis Cardinals vs the Los Angels Dodgers; the Altanta Bravos vs the Houson Astros; New York Yankees vs Minnesota Twins; and Boston Red Sox vs Anaheim Angels. The players are Jose Offerman, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Jose Vizcaino, Julio Franco, Cristian Guzman, Rafael Furcacl, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Enrique Wilson, Vladimir Guerrero, Adrian Beltre, Hector Luna, Duaner Sanchez and Yency Brazoban in the field. Pitchers are Julian Tavarez, Jose Lima, Odalis Perez, Antonio Alfonseca, Juan Cruz, Pedro Martinez, Bartolo Colon and Ramon Ortiz.
The regular season was a dream year for Dominican players, with the most outstanding being Vladimir Guerrero (Anaheim Angels, .339 batting average, 39 homeruns and 126 runs batted in), Manny Ramirez (Red Sox, 40 homeruns and 40 doubles, .308 batting average), Adrian Beltre (48 homeruns), Albert Pujols (St. Louis Cardinals, 500 runs in his first four years in the Majors and 30 homeruns in his first four years), Miguel Tejada (Baltimore Orioles, 150 runs batted in), David Ortiz (Red Sox, 41 homeruns and 139 runs batted in), Aramis Ramirez (Chicago Cubs, 36 homeruns, 32 doubles and 103 runs batted in), and Moises Alou (Chicago Cubs, .293 average, 39 homeruns and 106 runs batted in).
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