Michael Conforto | |||
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Conforto with the New York Mets in 2016
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New York Mets – No. 30 | |||
Outfielder | |||
Born: Seattle, Washington |
March 1, 1993 |||
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MLB debut | |||
July 24, 2015, for the New York Mets | |||
MLB statistics (through April 20, 2017) |
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Batting average | .243 | ||
Hits | 122 | ||
Home runs | 23 | ||
Runs batted in | 74 | ||
Slugging percentage | .455 | ||
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Michael Thomas Conforto (born March 1, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). After he played college baseball for the Oregon State Beavers, the Mets selected him in the first round of the 2014 MLB draft with the 10th overall pick. He made his MLB debut in 2015.
Conforto represented the Northwest Region in the Little League World Series in 2004. He attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington where he was an honor roll student. He played shortstop on the baseball team and quarterback and safety on the football team. As a football player, Conforto was recruited by Ivy League schools. Meanwhile, Conforto received offers to play baseball at Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Washington State, Stanford and Oregon State.