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{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Onix Concepción
|image=Onix Concepcion.jpg
|position=[[Shortstop]]
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1957|10|5}}
|birth_place=[[Dorado, Puerto Rico]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=August 30
|debutyear=1980
|debutteam=Kansas City Royals
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=April 7
|finalyear=1987
|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.239
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=3
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat3value=80
|teams=
* [[Kansas City Royals]] ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1985}})
* [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ({{mlby|1987}})
|highlights=
*[[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1985}})
}}

'''Onix Cardona Concepción Cardona''' (born October 5, 1957), is a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] former [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) [[shortstop]]. He is the cousin of former MLB player [[José Lind]].

==Career==
Concepcion played for two teams during his seven-year career: the [[Kansas City Royals]] (1980–1985) and [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1987).  Concepcion made his major league debut on August 30, 1980, and played his final game on April 7, 1987.

Concepcion was a member of the Royals team that won the [[World Series]] in [[1985 World Series|1985]]. He scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 on a single by [[Dane Iorg]], which also drove in [[Jim Sundberg]] to win the game.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.si.com/longform/2015/1985/world-series-cardinals-royals/index.html |title=After THE CALL |last=Greene |first=Dan |work=Sports Illustrated |access-date=2017-12-07 |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{1985 Kansas City Royals}}

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