Al Silvera

Aaron Albert Silvera (August 26, 1935 – July 24, 2002) was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder who played parts of two seasons for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball in –.

Early and personal life Silvera was born in San Diego, California, to Albert and Victoria Silvera. He was Jewish, and of Jewish and Italian descent on his paternal side and of Syrian Jewish descent on his maternal side. He was the nephew of former major league pitcher "Subway Sam" Nahem. He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in nearby Culver City, California. In 1952, as a sophomore outfielder he was named to the All-Western League First Team. In 1953, he batted .500 and received All City honors, was named the Western League Player of the Year, and was named to the All-Western League First Team.

Baseball career Silvera signed a $20,000 bonus contract with the Cincinnati Redlegs as a 19-year-old in 1955, and was placed on Cincinnati's major league roster per the bonus rule of the time. He played for the 1956 Port Arthur Sea Hawks and the 1956 Abilene Blue Sox in the Big State League, the 1957 Columbia Gems in the South Atlantic League and the 1957 Crowley Millers in the Evangeline League, and the 1958 Albany Senators in the Eastern League.

In 2003 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.