Raúl Ibañez

Raúl Ibañez
Ibañez with the New York Yankees
Left fielder
Born: (1972-06-02) June 2, 1972 (age 44) New York City, New York
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 1, 1996, for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2014, for the Kansas City Royals
MLB statistics
Batting average	.272
Hits	2,034
Home runs	305
Runs batted in	1,207
Teams
Seattle Mariners (1996–2000) Kansas City Royals (2001–2003) Seattle Mariners (2004–2008) Philadelphia Phillies (2009–2011) New York Yankees (2012) Seattle Mariners (2013) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2014) Kansas City Royals (2014)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2009)

Raúl Javier Ibañez (/ᵻˈbɑːnjɛz/; born June 2, 1972) is an American former professional baseball left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) now serving as a special advisor to Los Angeles Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman. He played 11 of his 19 seasons for the Seattle Mariners, and also for the Kansas City Royals, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. While primarily a left fielder, Ibañez often filled in as a designated hitter as well throughout his career.

An All-Star in 2009, Ibañez won the Player of the Week Award five times. In spite of not reaching 500 plate appearances in a single season until the age of 30, Ibañez batted .272 with 424 doubles, 305 home runs and 1,207 runs batted in (RBI) over nineteen major league seasons. He had eight seasons with at least 20 home runs, two seasons with at least 30 home runs, six seasons with at least 90 RBI, four seasons with at least 100 RBI, and ten consecutive seasons (2002–2011) with at least 30 doubles. In 2004, Ibañez tied an American League record with six hits in one game.