Yoenis Céspedes
Cuban baseball player
Yoenis Céspedes Milanés (born October 18, 1985) is a Cuban professional baseball player. He is an outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). Céspedes played before for the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, and the Detroit Tigers. He has also played in the Cuban National Series. He is a member of the Cuba national baseball team. Céspedes won the Home Run Derby in 2013 and 2014.[1][2]
| Yoenis Céspedes | |||
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 Céspedes playing with the Mets on August 10, 2015 | |||
| New York Mets – No. 52 | |||
| Outfielder | |||
| Born: October 18, 1985 Campechuela, Granma Province, Cuba | |||
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| debut | |||
| March 28, 2012, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| Career statistics (through September 4, 2015) | |||
| Batting average | .271 | ||
| Hits | 583 | ||
| Home runs | 100 | ||
| Runs batted in | 351 | ||
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On July 31, 2015, Céspedes was traded from the Detroit Tigers to the New York Mets in exchange for minor league pitchers Michael Fulmer and Luis Cessa.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Cespedes beats Harper to claim Derby title". MLB. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "La Potencia time: Yoenis Cespedes defends HR Derby title". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ↑ "Mets land a slugger in Cespedes from Tigers". MLB. Archived from the original on 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
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