Mario Valdez (baseball)
| Mario Valdez | |||||||||||||||
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| First baseman | |||||||||||||||
| Born: November 19, 1974 Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: June 15, 1997, for the Chicago White Sox | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: July 2, 2004, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
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| MLB: June 22, 2001, for the Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||||
| NPB: August 27, 2004, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .238 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 21 | ||||||||||||||
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Mario Ayelar Valdez (born November 19, 1974) is a Mexican former professional baseball first baseman. He played during three Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. He also played one season in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2004.
Career
Valdez was drafted by the White Sox in the 48th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Valdez played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Utica Blue Sox in 1986, and his last season with the independent Pensacola Central of the Central League, in 2004. His last affiliated season was in 2003, when he played for the San Diego Padres' Triple-A unit, the Portland Beavers.
Valdez played with Mexican team Tomateros de Culiacan in winter ball in La Liga Mexicana del Pacifico. He debuted in 1995 with the team which won the championship the same year, also playing in 1996-1997, 2001-2002, 2003–2004 and the Caribbean Series in 1996-2002.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1974 births
- Algodoneros de Guasave players
- Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Baseball players from Sonora
- Birmingham Barons players
- Calgary Cannons players
- Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Charlotte Knights players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Guerreros de Oaxaca players
- Gulf Coast White Sox players
- Hickory Crawdads players
- Living people
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball players from Mexico
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Mexican League baseball first basemen
- Modesto A's players
- Nashville Sounds players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes players
- Pan American Games medalists in baseball
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Pensacola Pelicans players
- Portland Beavers players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- Salt Lake Buzz players
- South Bend Silver Hawks players
- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- Tomateros de Culiacán players
- Toros de Tijuana players
- Vaqueros Laguna players
- Venados de Mazatlán players
- Visalia Oaks players
- Yaquis de Obregón players
- People from Ciudad Obregón
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball