Yamaico Navarro | |||
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Navarro with the Baltimore Orioles
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Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 17 | |||
Second baseman | |||
Born: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic |
October 31, 1987 |||
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MLB debut | |||
August 20, 2010, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
MLB statistics (through 2013 season) |
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Batting average | .206 | ||
Hits | 37 | ||
Home runs | 2 | ||
Runs batted in | 20 | ||
KBO statistics (through 2015 season) |
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Batting average | .297 | ||
Hits | 307 | ||
Home runs | 79 | ||
Runs batted in | 235 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Yamaico Navarro Pérez (born October 31, 1987) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines club of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Baltimore Orioles.
Navarro was born in San Pedro de Macorís and signed by scout Pablo Lantigua. He began his professional career in 2006, with the DSL Red Sox. He hit .279 in 53 games. The following year, he played for the Lowell Spinners, hitting .289 in 62 games. In 2008, Navarro played for the Greenville Drive (83 games) and Lancaster JetHawks (42 games), hitting a combined .304 with 11 home runs in 125 games. In 2009, he played for the Spinners (five games), Salem Red Sox (23 games) and Portland Sea Dogs (39 games), hitting a combined .240 in 67 games. Navarro hit .275 with 11 home runs for the Sea Dogs (88 games) and Pawtucket Red Sox (16 games) prior to his August 20, 2010, call-up.
Navarro was added to the Red Sox 40 man roster and called up on August 20, 2010, when Dustin Pedroia went on the disabled list. Navarro made his Major League debut against the Toronto Blue Jays that same day.
On July 2, 2011, Navarro hit his first career home run off Houston Astros pitcher J. A. Happ.