Wilmer Difo
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Difo with the Washington Nationals | |||
| Washington Nationals – No. 1 | |||
| Shortstop | |||
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Born: April 2, 1992 Santiago, Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 19, 2015, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) | |||
| Batting average | .261 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 7 | ||
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Wilmer Difo (born April 2, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball second baseman for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Difo signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent on June 3, 2010. He made his professional debut that season for the Dominican Summer League Nationals. From 2010 to 2013, he played for the Gulf Coast Nationals, Auburn Doubledays, Hagerstown Suns and Potomac Nationals. Difo played the 2014 season with Hagerstown.[1] He was named the 2014 South Atlantic League Most Valuable Player (MVP) with a .315 batting average, a .360 on-base percentage and a .470 slugging average, with 14 home runs and 90 runs batted in.[2][3] He received the Bob Boone Award from the Nationals, which "recognizes professionalism and passion".[4][5] Difo started 2015 with the Potomac Nationals and was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators after 19 games.[6]
On May 19, 2015 Difo was called up to the major leagues for the first time[7] and collected his first hit in his first at-bat, a single up the middle. On October 14, 2016 he struck out for the game's last out as a pinch hitter[8] as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Washington Nationals 4-3 to win the National League Division Series.
References
- ↑ "Byron Kerr: Difo making noise for Hagerstown after focused offseason training". MASNsports. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Wilmer Difo wins South Atlantic League MVP". Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Suns' Difo, Giolito voted brightest stars South Atlantic League has to offer". Herald Mail Media. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Lucas Giolito, Wilmer Difo visit Nationals Park to receive minor league awards". Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Top Nats prospects Giolito and Difo take in Nationals Park". Comcast SportsNet Washington. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ↑ Highly regarded Washington Nationals' prospect Wilmer Difo promoted to Harrisburg
- ↑ Nationals calling up prospect Wilmer Difo, Jayson Werth could land on DL
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)