Stan Javier
| Stan Javier | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 9, 1964 San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 15, 1984, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 6, 2001, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .269 | ||
| Home runs | 57 | ||
| Runs batted in | 503 | ||
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Stanley Julián Antonio Javier [hah-ve-ERR] (born January 9, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the son of long time St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Julián Javier, and was named after his father's teammate and close friend, Stan Musial.
A switch-hitter with good production from both sides of the plate, he also had a strong arm with the ability to play all three outfield positions exceptionally well.
Javier signed with his father's former franchise, the St. Louis Cardinals, as an amateur free agent at seventeen years old. After two years in the Appalachian League, in which he batted .264 with eleven home runs and 55 runs batted in, Javier was dealt to the New York Yankees with Bobby Meacham (who was also a minor leaguer at the time) for three minor leaguers who never materialized. After two more seasons in the Yankees' farm system, Javier made his major league debut as a September call-up in 1984 (he actually made the team out of Spring training, but did not appear in any games before being optioned down to the double A Nashville Sounds). He had one hit in seven plate appearances. After the season, he was packaged with Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Eric Plunk and José Rijo to the Oakland Athletics for Rickey Henderson.
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