Guillermo Heredia (baseball)
| Guillermo Heredia | |||
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| Seattle Mariners – No. 5 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 31, 1991 Matanzas, Matanzas, Cuba | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 29, 2016, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .250 | ||
| Hits | 23 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 12 | ||
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Guillermo Heredia Molina (born January 31, 1991) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Heredia played for the Cuba national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic.[1] He played for Matanzas in the Cuban National Series since 2009. He defected from Cuba in January 2015, to pursue a contract with a Major League Baseball team.[2] He signed with the Mariners, and made his major league debut on July 29, 2016.[3]
References
- ↑ Cuba World Baseball classic roster
- ↑ Badler, Ben (January 21, 2015). "Guillermo Heredia Leaves Cuba". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
- ↑ Divish, Ryan (July 29, 2016). "Mariners call up Cuban outfielder Guillermo Heredia for big-league debut". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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