Juan Encarnación Notable

b. March 8, 1976 · Detroit Tigers 1997–2001, Cincinnati Reds 2002, Florida Marlins 2002–2005, Los Angeles Dodgers 2004, St. Louis Cardinals 2006–2007

Juan Encarnación played for five clubs across 11 seasons as a center fielder, opening with the Detroit Tigers in 1997 and closing with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2007.

Across 1,259 games he batted .270, with 1,264 hits and 618 runs. He finished with 156 home runs, 242 doubles and 127 stolen bases.

He played 1,235 games in the outfield, with 2,504 putouts and 51 errors.

He was born in Las Matas de Farfan, San Juan, D.R. on March 8, 1976. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1997	DET	11	33	3	7	1	1	1	5	3	12	3	.212
1998	DET	40	164	30	54	9	4	7	21	7	31	7	.329
1999	DET	132	509	62	130	30	6	19	74	14	113	33	.255
2000	DET	141	547	75	158	25	6	14	72	29	90	16	.289
2001	DET	120	417	52	101	19	7	12	52	25	93	9	.242
2002	CIN/FLA	152	584	77	158	22	5	24	85	46	113	21	.271
2003	FLA	156	601	80	162	37	6	19	94	37	82	19	.270
2004	FLA/LAD	135	484	63	114	30	2	16	62	38	86	5	.236
2005	FLA	141	506	59	145	27	3	16	76	41	104	6	.287
2006	STL	153	557	74	155	25	5	19	79	30	86	6	.278
2007	STL	78	283	43	80	17	1	9	47	18	43	2	.283
Career	—	1259	4685	618	1264	242	46	156	667	288	853	127	.270

On this day & linked events

1976

Born March 8, 1976

Las Matas de Farfan, San Juan, D.R.

1997

Major-league debut: Juan Encarnación

Juan Encarnación made a major-league debut on September 2, 1997.

2007

Final major-league game: Juan Encarnación

Juan Encarnación played a final major-league game on August 30, 2007.

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