- This person has a spanish surname; here Marte is the name of the father, Valdes is the name of the mother.
Ketel Ricardo Marte Valdez ( Spanish: Ketel Ricardo Marte Valdez , October 12, 1993 , Nisao ) - Dominican baseball player , shortstop club MLB Arizona Diamondbacks . Member of the All-Star League 2019 match.
| Ketel Marte | |
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| Arizona Diamondbacks - No. 4 | |
| Shortstop | |
| Born: October 12, 1993 (25 years old) Nisao , Dominican Republic | |
| Beats: both | Throws: Right |
| Professional debut | |
| July 31, 2015 for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Selected Statistics (as of July 9, 2019) | |
| Beat rate | 27.3 |
| Hits | 478 |
| Home Run | 42 |
| RBI | 180 |
| Stolen bases | 32 |
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Career
On August 13, 2010, Marte signed a contract with Seattle Mariners as a free agent. In 2011, he began his professional career with the Seattle subsidiary in the Dominican Summer League. Then he played for farm clubs a level higher - Everett Aquasox, Clinton Lamberkings, High Desert Mavericks, Jackson Generals and Tacoma Rainiers. November 20, 2014 he was included in the expanded composition of the Mariners.
July 31, 2015 Marte was first called up to the main team of Major League Baseball. After the exchange of Brad Miller, he began to receive more playing time. In 2016, Marte played 119 matches for the Mariners.
On November 23, 2016, the Mariners exchanged Ketel and Taizuang Walker to Arizona [1] . He began the season of 2017 as part of Rino Acis in the AAA League, but on June 28 he was transferred to the main team [2] . On October 4, in a wild card game against Colorado Rockies , he knocked out two triplets , becoming the eighth player in Major League Baseball history to achieve such success in the playoff game.
Notes
- ↑ Perry, Dayn. Mariners, D-Backs swap Taijuan Walker, Segura as part of 5-player trade . cbssports.com . CBS (November 24, 2016). Date of appeal April 25, 2018.
- ↑ McManaman, Bob. SS Ketel Marte next man up as Diamondbacks look to keep winning despite injuries . azcentral.com USA Today (June 28, 2017). Date of appeal April 25, 2018.