Aarom Baldiris

Aarom Baldiris
Aarom Baldiris
	Baldiris with the Hanshin Tigers
	Third baseman
	Born: January 5, 1983 (age 41); Caracas, Venezuela
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
	NPB: May 15, 2008, for the Hanshin Tigers
	KBO: April 1, 2016, for the Samsung Lions
Last appearance
	NPB: October 3, 2015, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars
	KBO: August 5, 2016, for the Samsung Lions
NPB statistics
Batting average	.268
Home runs	93
Runs batted in	387
KBO statistics
Batting average	.266
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	33
Teams
	Hanshin Tigers (2008–2009); Orix Buffaloes (2010–2013); Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2014–2015); Samsung Lions (2016);

Aarom German Baldiris Pérez (born January 5, 1983) is a former Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers, Orix Buffaloes, and Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. He batted and threw right-handed.

Career[edit]

Minor league career[edit]

Bardiris was originally drafted by the New York Mets out of high school at the age of seventeen. He started off at the Rookie-Class Venezuelan Summer League and played there until 2002, and missed the entire 2001 season due to an injury. He was called up to Single-A Brooklyn in 2002, then to Double-A Binghamton in 2004. He played for the Texas Rangers organization in 2006. He was acquired by the New York Yankees in 2007 and put on their 40-man roster in September 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Career in Japan[edit]

Baldiris left the Yankees and signed to play in NPB in 2008. There, the Hanshin Tigers selected him to be on the team's #1 roster. He struggled the first couple of weeks, but as the season went on, his batting average rose. On July 5, 2009 in a game against the Yakult Swallows, Baldiris hit his first NPB Home Run. It was a lead off home run off Masanori Ishikawa. He would later be chosen as one of the "Heroes" of that game along with the Tigers starting pitcher, Yasutomo Kubo.^{[citation needed]} From 2010 to 2013 Baldris played for the Orix Buffaloes.

Career in South Korea[edit]

In 2016 Baldiris has played for the Samsung Lions.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League)