Alfredo Amézaga | |||
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Amézaga, with the Marlins in June 2007
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Toros de Tijuana | |||
Shortstop | |||
Born: Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico |
January 16, 1978 |||
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MLB debut | |||
May 24, 2002, for the Anaheim Angels | |||
MLB statistics (through 2011 season) |
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Batting average | .247 | ||
Home runs | 12 | ||
Runs batted in | 110 | ||
Stolen bases | 49 | ||
Teams | |||
Alfredo Amézaga Delgado (/əˈmɛzəɡə/; Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfɾeðo aˈmesaɣa]; born January 16, 1978 in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico) is a professional baseball player, for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. In his career, he played 265 games in the outfield (most of them in center field), 115 games at shortstop, 71 games at third base, 60 games at second base and 6 games at first base. The only positions he has not played are pitcher and catcher.
Amézaga graduated from Miami High School and St. Petersburg College. While in college, he played for the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. He played for Yaquis de Obregón in the Mexican Pacific League between MLB seasons for several years and appeared for the Mexican team in both the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2009 World Baseball Classic.