“Cito” Gaston​

Clarence “Cito” Gaston played professional baseball for 16 years and won two World Series titles as a manager. Born in San Antonio and raised in Corpus Christi, he moved back to San Antonio in 1961. He was playing amateur baseball with the Cardona Welders, a traveling team that often dominated games in the small towns surrounding San Antonio, when he was noticed by a local professional scout.​

Primarily an outfielder, he made his major league debut with the Atlanta Braves in 1967 but moved to the San Diego Padres in their expansion draft, playing there for six years. His best season was in 1970 when he hit .318 with 29 homers and 93 RBIs and was voted to the All-Star Team. He played four seasons in Atlanta and ended his playing career with a .256 batting average, 91 homers and 387 RBIs.​

Gaston was a minor league hitting coach for Atlanta in 1981 before joining the Toronto Blue Jays as hitting coach in 1982. He became the manager of the Blue Jays in 1989 and held the position through 1997. Toronto won World Series championships in 1992 and 1993 and four American League East titles under his leadership. In 2002, he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.​