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Roberto Petagine
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 384 of 1218 players
Petagine
Roberto Antonio Guerra Petagine
Born: June 7, 1971 at Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.01 Weight: 170

Roberto Petagine was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on February 8, 2005, February 9, 2005, February 22, 2005, August 13, 2005, August 14, 2005, and February 5, 2008.

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First Mets game: May 31, 1996
Last Mets game: September 28, 1997

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Jersey Joe
August 30, 2001
A real life Crash Davis. He was a guy whose baseball abilities could really only carry him to AAA, where he was an All-Star. Kinda' like having "warning track power".

I guess that he was the first real star from the NORFOLK Tides. I liked it better when they were TIDEWATER ... a real minor league place. When you got sent down by the Mets, it wasn't to a real city (Norfolk), but, rather, some mythical second rate, minor league kinda place ...."Tidewater".

Ahhh, those were the days.

DB
November 12, 2001
He was the worse hitter I had ever seen. In '97 he batted like .062 or something. He was supposed to be a real futuristic, but he never ammounted to anything.

Gary from Chesapeake
April 7, 2002
He is the (Norfolk) Tides' all-time single season home run leader with 31 in 1997. I'm glad to hear he is succeeding in Japan.

Mr. Sparkle
November 5, 2002
I was reading on ESPN.com about the next great Japanese free agent that everyone is salivating over, Hideki Matsui and they followed it up with the #2 to Matsui in most categories with a .322 average, 47 homers and 94 RBIs- Roberto Petagine. Has Petagine finally come into his own the way everyone thought he would or is Japan baseball so much like AAA that this Matsui will fizzle out once he gets here? I think the latter.

Tampa Mets Fan
December 10, 2002
Petagine just signed to stay in Japan for two more years, and he is already 31 years old. It looks like he probably won't be coming back to the States again. I remember him with the Mets, and I always thought he'd hit for average, but with little power (too little for a 1st baseman). He has a lot of power over in Japan, but who knows what he would have done over here. He'd probably still be in AAA or warming the bench on a Major League team. Nice to see him have success in Japan though. Something tells me Steve Cox, who the Devil Rays just sold to a Japanese team, will be the next former MLBer to make it big over there.

KMT
March 18, 2005
This guy put up some monster numbers in Japan, year in year out. He's back in the USA trying to make it with the Red Sox. Fenway just might be the place for him here. Short R.F. porch and all. He's also excellent with the leather so he's got a shot. Could be interesting to see what he'll do with a little confidence. He never got that from the Mets.

Shorty Larson
December 4, 2005
I am surprised Petagine never signed with some second-rate team and got a chance to play. He crushed the ball in the minors and in Japan, and given what Hideki Matsui (he had similar power numbers as Petagine) has done so far, a small-market team in need of a 1B should give this guy a chance. Or he could become a type of Designated 1B, like the Yankees use, to play some games in light of defense. He could do what Nick Johnson did with the Yanks.

Adam
January 4, 2006
Talk about a player too good for the minors, but not good enough for the majors. I'm surprised none of the small market times ever bothered to take a flyer on him.

john reilly
August 14, 2009
As of May 25, 2009 Petagine is crushing the ball for the LG twins of the Korean baseball organization. He is hitting .438 with 12 homers. He recently hit 3 homers in a row! When he was with the Red Sox David Ortiz was very critical of Petagine, but the way Big Papi is swinging the bat for the Red Sox he'd be lucky to be playing in the Boston Park League. The Mets looked awesome this weekend at Fenway!








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