José Abreu (baseball)
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Abreu with the White Sox in May 2014
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| Chicago White Sox – No. 79 | |||
| First baseman / Designated hitter | |||
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Born: January 29, 1987 Cruces, Cienfuegos, Cuba |
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| MLB debut | |||
| March 31, 2014, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .299 | ||
| Hits | 536 | ||
| Home runs | 91 | ||
| Runs batted in | 307 | ||
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José Dariel Abreu Correa (born January 29, 1987) is a Cuban professional baseball first baseman for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in the Cuban National Series for Cienfuegos before his defection in August 2013. After being granted free agency by MLB, Abreu signed with the White Sox in October 2013. Abreu has also filled in at designated hitter for the White Sox.
Abreu set a Cuban home run record in 2010–2011 and was named league MVP. He had played five seasons in the Cuban Serie Nacional through 2007–2008, hitting .295 and slugging .467. After 48 games in 2008–2009, he was batting .345/~.368/.600, earning the infielder a spot on Cuba's provisional roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He did not make the final cut and finished the season with a .346/.441/.630 batting line. He led the 2008-09 Cuban National Series with 30 times hit by pitch. He tied Yenier Bello and Alexander Guerrero for 8th in homers (19), was 8th in slugging and 4th in strikeouts (69).
Abreu was 2 for 10 in the 2009 World Port Tournament, backing up Ariel Borrero at first base. In the 2009 Baseball World Cup, he hit .250/.333/.469 in his first major tournament. He was listed in the IBAF's Final Report as being one of the All-Star outfielders alongside teammate Alfredo Despaigne and Jon Weber, but other sources list Puerto Rico's Miguel Abreu, who had better statistics. He was not even used as a starter in the outfield, playing alongside Ariel Borrero at first. In the Gold Medal game, he did not appear as Borrero saw the action.
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