Henry Cotto

Henry Cotto (born January 5, 1961) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He played in all or parts of ten seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1984 until 1993. He played one season in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants, winning the 1994 Japan Series. After a brief return to the minor leagues in 1995, he retired. He then coached in the minor leagues for two decades. Cotto grew up in Puerto Rico, moving to the island three months after being born in New York. He attended high school at Colegio Bautista de Caguas. He signed with the Chicago Cubs as an international free agent on June 7, 1980. Cotto played in the Puerto Rican winter baseball league for the Criollos de Caguas during the 1980s. After batting .274 in 146 at bats during his 1984 rookie season with the Chicago Cubs, he was traded along with Ron Hassey, Rich Bordi, and Porfi Altamirano to the New York Yankees for Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett at the winter meetings on December 4, 1984.