José Guillén
| José Guillén | |||
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Guillén batting for the Kansas City Royals in 2009
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| Right fielder | |||
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Born: May 17, 1976 San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 1, 1997, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 3, 2010, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .270 | ||
| Home runs | 214 | ||
| Runs batted in | 887 | ||
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José Manuel Guillén (pronounced [ɡiˈʎen]; born May 17, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. Guillén played for ten MLB teams in his career.
Guillén was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent on August 19, 1993. He made his Major League debut on April 1, 1997.
On July 23, 1999, Guillén was traded, along with Jeff Sparks, to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Joe Oliver and Humberto Cota. On November 27, 2001, after two injury-plagued seasons with the Devil Rays, the team released him.
On December 18, 2001, Guillén signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played in only 54 games for the Diamondbacks before being released on July 22, 2002.
Guillén was signed by the Colorado Rockies on July 29, 2002, but was released just three days later on August 1, before playing in any games.
On August 20, 2002, Guillén signed with the Cincinnati Reds.
On July 30, 2003, Guillén was traded by the Reds to the Oakland Athletics for Aaron Harang, Joe Valentine,((Kyle Wallace)) and Jeff Bruksch. While he was hitting home runs in 2003, he was not taking many walks. He is one of only six players who have concluded a 30-homer season with more homers than walks (31 HR, 29 BB), the others being Alfonso Soriano (39-23 in 2002), Garret Anderson (35-24 in 2000), Iván Rodríguez (35-24 in 1999), Joe Crede (30-28 in 2006), and Ryan Braun (34-24 in 2007) After the 2003 season he became a free agent.
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