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Yonder Alonso

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b. April 8, 1987 · Cincinnati Reds 2010–2011, San Diego Padres 2012–2015, Oakland Athletics 2016–2017, Seattle Mariners 2017, Cleveland Indians 2018, Chicago White Sox 2019, Colorado Rockies 2019

Yonder Alonso played for seven clubs across 10 seasons as a first baseman, opening with the Cincinnati Reds in 2010 and closing with the Colorado Rockies in 2019.

Across 1,072 games he batted .259, with 872 hits and 391 runs. He finished with 100 home runs, 181 doubles and 22 stolen bases.

He played 879 games at first base, with 6,767 putouts and 48 errors. He turned 593 double plays.

He was an All-Star in 2017.

He was born in Havana, La Habana, Cuba on April 8, 1987. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 1 2017
Player of the Week 1 2017

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
2010 CIN 222926 200 30100 .207
2011 CIN 4788929 405 1510210 .330
2012 SDP 15554947150 3909 62621013 .273
2013 SDP 973343494 1106 4532476 .281
2014 SDP 842672764 1917 2717366 .240
2015 SDP 10335450100 1815 3142482 .282
2016 OAK 15648252122 3407 5645743 .253
2017 OAK/SEA 14245172120 22028 67681182 .266
2018 CLE 14551664129 19023 83511230 .250
2019 CHW/COL 1212923458 13010 3739700 .199
Career 10723362391872 1812100 42636664822 .259

On this day & linked events

1987

Born April 8, 1987

Havana, La Habana, Cuba

2010

Major-league debut: Yonder Alonso

Yonder Alonso made a major-league debut on September 1, 2010.

2019

Final major-league game: Yonder Alonso

Yonder Alonso played a final major-league game on September 29, 2019.

Image: Keith Allison / UCinternational, CC BY-SA 2.0