Aledmys Díaz
Cuban baseball player (born 1990) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aledmys Díaz Serrano (born August 1, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball utility player for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros. He played for the Naranjas de Villa Clara in the Cuban National Series from 2007 through 2012, before defecting to the United States. Díaz signed with the Cardinals in 2014, and made his MLB debut with them in 2016.
Aledmys Díaz | |
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Oakland Athletics – No. 6 | |
Utility player | |
Born: (1990-08-01) August 1, 1990 (age 33) Santa Clara, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 5, 2016, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Batting average | .261 |
Home runs | 78 |
Runs batted in | 293 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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From Santa Clara, Cuba, Díaz' career accomplishments in the Cuban National Series from 2007 to 2012 included a .307 batting average, .397 on-base percentage (OBP), and .439 slugging percentage over 342 games. As a rookie in MLB in 2016, he became the first player in history to sustain a .500 batting average after 50 at bats, and was named an All-Star for the National League team. After losing his starting job in 2017, he spent the 2018 season with Toronto and was traded to Houston before the 2019 season. He won the 2022 World Series with the Astros.