Efren Navarro
| Efrén Navarro | |||
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Navarro with the Los Angeles Angels in 2011
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| Detroit Tigers – No. 74 | |||
| First baseman / Left fielder | |||
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Born: May 14, 1986 Lynwood, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 2, 2011, for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Batting average | .246 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 20 | ||
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Efrén Navarro (born May 14, 1986) is an American professional baseball first baseman and left fielder in the Detroit Tigers organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Navarro was born in Lynwood, California and graduated from Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California. He played college baseball at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Navarro was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels in the 50th round of the 2007 Major League Baseball draft.
He was a 2011 recipient of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award with the Salt Lake Bees.
Navarro joined the Angels during September call-ups on September 1, 2011.
Navarro spent the whole 2012 season in the minors.
Navarro played in 64 games for Anaheim, hitting .245 in 159 at bats.
Against the Seattle Mariners on July 18, 2014, Navarro came in to pinch-hit for John McDonald in the bottom of the 16th inning. He ripped the first pitch through to centerfield, driving in the winning run represented by Mike Trout who was on second base after hitting his 100th career double. It was Navarro's first career walk-off RBI and the first pinch-hit walk-off by an Angel since September 7, 2012. It was just the second pinch-hit walk-off in the 16th inning or later in Angels franchise history. Efren Hit his first career home run off Justin Verlander on July 26.
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