Jorge Padilla
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Padilla with the Washington Nationals
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: August 11, 1979 Río Piedras, Puerto Rico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 5, 2009, for the Washington Nationals | |||
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| October 4, 2009, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Batting average | .120 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 0 | ||
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Jorge Rafael Padilla (born August 11, 1979, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was first called up to the major leagues on August 5, 2009.
Padilla was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the third round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft. He soon made his debut with the Rookie-level Martinsville Phillies. He batted .356 with five homers and 25 RBIs in 23 games.
In 1999 Padilla split his season between the Class A Piedmont Boll Weevils, where in 44 games he hit .208 with three homers and 17 RBIs, and the Short-season Batavia Muckdogs, where in 65 games he hit .252 with three homers and 30 RBIs.
With the Class A Clearwater Phillies Padilla ranked ninth in the South Atlantic League in batting with a .305 average. He also had 11 home runs and 67 RBIs in 108 games in 2000.
He spent the entire 2001 season with Class A Advanced Clearwater, hitting .260 with 16 homers, 66 RBIs and 23 stolen bases in 100 games.
In 2002 Padilla was promoted for the Double-A Reading Phillies. He hit .256 with seven homers, 65 RBIs and 32 stolen bases in 127 games.
Playing for Double-A Reading again in 2003, Padilla batted .295 with two homers and 23 RBIs. He suffered a hand injury in late June, which required season-ending surgery.
With the Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre Red Barons Padilla batted .253 with seven homers and 45 RBIs in 117 games in 2004.
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