Enrique Hernández (baseball)
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Hernández with the Houston Astros in 2014
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 14 | |||||||||||||
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Born: August 24, 1991 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Batting average | .248 | ||||||||||||
| Home runs | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 72 | ||||||||||||
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Enrique Javier Hernández (born August 24, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Houston Astros and Miami Marlins. His nickname is Kike (/ˈkiː.keɪ/ KEE-kay), sometimes spelled with an accent mark during television broadcasts to prevent it from being confused with a derogatory slur that has a different pronunciation. While he is most experienced as an outfielder, he has played every position except pitcher and catcher
Hernández is the eldest child of Enrique Hernández Sr., a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his wife Monica Gonzalez, owner of a boutique in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. He has two younger sisters. He began playing baseball at age six, participating in tournaments in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.
He attended high school at the American Military Academy in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Though he was only 5 foot 6 inches tall in his junior year, he grew five inches in his senior year. He is the only MLB player to be drafted out of the American Military Academy in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Hernández was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. He earned a $150,000 signing bonus. He was called up to the majors for the first time on July 1, 2014. He made his major league debut the same day, entering a game against the Seattle Mariners as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and collecting two hits, the first of which was a ground rule double in his first at-bat off Dominic Leone of the Mariners. He hit his first home run the following day off Chris Young of the Mariners. In 24 games, he hit .284 for the Astros.
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