BirthMarch 21993

Adolis García

Adolis García, Cuban baseball player

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When
Tuesday, March 2 199333 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Adolis García

At a glance

Born 1993-02-03.

Who they were

Personal life His older brother, Adonis García , is a former professional baseball player. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] García is the godfather of Randy Arozarena 's daughter. Arozarena, who defected from Cuba a year before García and also signed his first minor league contract with the Cardinals, described García in July 2023 as "kind of like my brother." [ 3 ] ^ Ortiz, Jorge L. (February 4, 2016). "Braves' Adonis Garcia relishes chance to play with Cuban brother" . USA TODAY . Retrieved October 29, 2024 .

José Adolis García Arrieta, nicknamed "El Bombi", is a Cuban-born professional baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants, and in the Cuban National Series for Tigres de Ciego de Ávila. García was an MLB All-Star in 2021 and 2023. García won the 2023 World Series with the Rangers,

Path and career

Career Cuban career García played for Tigres de Ciego de Ávila of the Cuban National Series from 2011 into 2016. [ 1 ] He was voted Most Valuable Player for the 2015–16 Cuban National Series , in a season where he slashed .294/.371/.520 in the first half, and .315/.395/.517 in the second half. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Yomiuri Giants On April 20, 2016, García signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball , and that season he batted .220/.258/.373 for them. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]

Why this date

Adolis García appears on our March 2 calendar for 1993 as a birth entry.

March 2 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1993Adolis García
  2. 1998Galileo (spacecraft)
  3. 2002War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  4. 2004Iraq War
  5. 2006Monterrey
  6. 2012Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012
  7. 2014Oscar selfie
  8. 2017Moscovium
  9. 2017Chemical element
  10. 2022Battle of Kherson
  11. 2026Hezbollah

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March 2 1993 — 33 years ago, on a Tuesday.

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