Oswaldo Navarro
Oswaldo Navarro | |||
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Shortstop | |||
Born: Villa de Cura, Venezuela |
October 2, 1984 |||
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MLB debut | |||
September 9, 2006, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 18, 2010, for the Houston Astros | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .130 | ||
Home runs | 0 | ||
Runs batted in | 0 | ||
Teams | |||
Oswaldo Ramses Navarro [nah-vahr-o] (born October 2, 1984 in Villa de Cura, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Venezuela on August 12, 2001.
Navarro was a September call-up for the Mariners in 2006. In his first at-bat, he recorded a hit on a bunt. He was granted free agency in 2009 and signed a minor league contract with Houston Astros on December 8, 2009.
Navarro was called up to the Astros on May 20, 2010 following the release of Kaz Matsui.[1] On September 16, Navarro was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Enerio Del Rosario. After clearing waivers, Navarro was outrighted to the Astros' AAA affiliate.
On March 17, 2012, Navarro signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. Navarro spent the year at Double-A Binghamton before retiring.[2]
Personal life
He resides in Maracay, Venezuela with his wife, Angelica, and son, Oswaldo.
References
- ↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100520&content_id=10228092&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Seattle Mariners players
- Houston Astros players
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Major League Baseball shortstops
- People from Maracay
- Everett AquaSox players
- Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players
- San Antonio Missions players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
- Round Rock Express players
- Oklahoma City RedHawks players
- Binghamton Mets players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Venezuelan baseball biography stubs
- Baseball shortstop stubs