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Allen Córdoba
Allen Octavio Córdoba Pose (born December 6, 1995) is a Panamanian professional baseball infielder for the Charros de Jalisco of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres. He made his MLB debut in 2017. A right-handed batter and thrower, Córdoba stands tall and weighs . Career St. Louis Cardinals Córdoba signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent on April 12, 2013. He made his professional debut with the DSL Cardinals in 2013, and also played for the club in 2014, hitting .272 and .258 respectively. He was the Gulf Coast League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015 after hitting .342 in 53 games, and won the Appalachian League Batting average (baseball), batting title while playing with a .362 batting average with the Johnson City Cardinals in 2016. With Johnson City, he made 220 plate appearances, batted .362, .427 on-base percentage, 16 Double (baseball), doubles and five Triple (baseball), tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field, between first base and third base. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases. The team playing in the field tries to prevent runs by catching the ball before it hits the ground, by tagging runners with the ball while they are not touching a base, or by throwing the ball to first base before the batter who hit the ball can run from home plate to first base. There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |