Today's Birthday: George Kontos, Staten Island Yankees (2006)

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Happy Birthday (37th) to former New York-Penn League prospect George Kontos. He played for the 2006 Staten Island Yankees.

Kontos played in the majors during 8 seasons with the New York Yankees (2011, '18), San Francisco Giants (2012-17), Pittsburgh Pirates (2017-18), and Cleveland Indians (2018).

He pitched in one game in the 2012 World Series for the world champion San Francisco Giants.

Source: Baseball Reference

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