Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Canadian-Dominican baseball player (born 1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vladimir Guerrero Ramos Jr. (born March 16, 1999) is a Canadian-Dominican professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his major league debut in April 2019, and he bats and throws right-handed. He is the son of Baseball Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | |
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Toronto Blue Jays – No. 27 | |
First baseman / Designated hitter / Third baseman | |
Born: (1999-03-16) March 16, 1999 (age 25) Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 26, 2019, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
MLB statistics (through April 15, 2024) | |
Batting average | .277 |
Home runs | 133 |
Runs batted in | 410 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Born in Montreal, Guerrero Jr. was signed by the Blue Jays as an international free agent in 2015. In 2018, he was named Minor League Player of the Year by both Baseball America and USA Today after batting .381 with 20 home runs and 78 runs batted in (RBI) with 38 strikeouts in 95 games. In 2021, he led the major leagues in home runs (48, tied), runs scored (123), and total bases (363). He was voted to the AL All-Star roster in 2021, during which he was voted MVP, the youngest to do so in All-Star Game history,[1] while also finishing second in AL MVP votes for the season.[2]