Mario Valdez (baseball)
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| Mario Valdez | |
|---|---|
| First baseman | |
| Born: November 19, 1974 Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: June 15, 1997, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| NPB: July 2, 2004, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
| Last appearance | |
| MLB: June 22, 2001, for the Oakland Athletics | |
| NPB: August 27, 2004, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .238 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 21 |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .213 |
| Home runs | 9 |
| Runs batted in | 29 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Medals | |
Mario Ayelar Valdez (born November 19, 1974) is a Mexican former professional baseball first baseman. He played during three Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics. Valdez also played one season in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2004.
Valdez was raised in a middle-class family in northern Mexico. He left his family as a teenager and moved to Miami, Florida not to pursue a baseball career but to learn English at an American high school in anticipation of attending an American university. He enrolled at Miami Senior High School for his final year of high school and earned a college baseball scholarship to Miami Dade College where he planned to study international business before returning to Mexico. To Valdez's surprise, he led the team with a .408 batting average as a sophomore.[1]
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