LaMonte Aaron Wade Jr. (born January 1, 1994), nicknamed "Late Night LaMonte," is an American

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and

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for the

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(MLB). He played college baseball for the

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. The

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selected Wade in the ninth round of the

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. He previously played in MLB for the Twins, with whom he made his MLB debut in 2019.

Amateur career

Wade attended St. Paul's School in

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. He played baseball and basketball. In baseball he played outfield and pitched. He was named to the All-

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team in 2010, 2011, and 2012, to the 2011 and 2012 Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches Preseason All-State team, and to the 2011 ''Baltimore Sun'' All-Metro Second Team. He was also named to the 2012 Preseason

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All-American Team and the 2012 ''Baltimore Sun'' All-Metro First Team, and was ranked the No. 1 prospect in the class of 2012 in Maryland by Dynamic Baseball. He then attended the

, where he played

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for the Maryland Terrapins. He played as a

in his freshman year, but then became a

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. In 2015 he batted .335/.453 (2nd in the

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)/.468. For the Terrapins, Wade had a .394 on-base percentage in three seasons,

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more times than he

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. In 2014, he played

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with the

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of the

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Professional career

Minnesota Twins (2015–20)

The

selected Wade in the ninth round, with the 260th overall selection, of the

, and he signed for a

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of $163,800. He made his professional debut with the

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of the Rookie-level

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, batted .312/.428 (6th in the league)/.506 with a .934 OPS (7th) and 46 walks (2nd), 5 triples (3rd), 9 home runs (6th), 44 RBIs (4th), and 12 stolen bases (8th), and was an Appalachian League post-season All Star. He was promoted to the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Class A

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in the final week of the season. Wade began the 2016 season with Cedar Rapids. He started in the 2016 Midwest League All-Star Game. Following the All-Star Game, the Twins promoted Wade to the Fort Myers Miracle of the Class A-Advanced

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. Wade finished 2016 batting .293/.402/.438 with eight home runs and 51

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(RBIs). He was an MILB.com organization All Star. Wade spent the 2017 season with the Chattanooga Lookouts of the Class AA Southern League, where he batted .292./.397 (10th in the league)/.408 with 74 runs (6th), seven home runs, and 67 RBIs (7th), while leading the league with 11 sacrifice flies, coming in second with five intentional walks, and drawing 76 walks (third in the league). He was a Southern League mid-season All Star. After the season, the Twins assigned Wade to the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League. Wade began the 2018 season in Chattanooga. He was a Southern League mid-season All Star. He was promoted to the

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of the Class AAA

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in June. The Twins added Wade to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He opened the 2019 season back with Rochester. On June 27, 2019, the Twins promoted Wade to the major leagues. He made his major league debut on June 28 versus the

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. In 2019 for the Twins he batted .196/.348/.375 with 10 runs, 2 home runs, and 5 RBIs in 56 at bats, playing primarily center field. In 2020 for the Twins he batted .231/.318/.308 with three runs, no home runs, and one RBI in 39 at bats.

San Francisco Giants (2021–present)

On February 4, 2021, the Twins traded Wade to the

for pitcher

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. Players and fans dubbed Wade "Late Night LaMonte" and "Late Inning LaMonte" due to his late-game heroics during the regular season. In the 2021 regular season, Wade batted .253/.326/.482 with 18 home runs and 56 RBIs in 336 at bats, and six steals in seven attempts. Batting in games that were late and close, he hit .362/.444/.511, with 2 out and

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he hit .407/.484/.889, and in the 9th inning he hit .565/.583/.826. He played 52 games in right field, 42 games in left field, 31 games at first base, and 2 games in center field. He won the 2021

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as the team's most inspirational player. In 2022, other than 58 at bats with AAA Sacramento in which he batted .250, with the Giants he batted .207/.305/.359 in 217 at bats, in which he had 29 runs, 8 home runs, and 26 RBIs. With the Giants he played 33 games in right field, 22 at first base, 19 in left field, 10 at DH, and one in center field.

Personal life

Wade is from

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. He has a brother, Jamal, who also played baseball for the Terrapins.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Lamonte 1994 births Living people People from Owings Mills, Maryland Baseball players from Maryland Major League Baseball outfielders Minnesota Twins players San Francisco Giants players Maryland Terrapins baseball players Brewster Whitecaps players Elizabethton Twins players Cedar Rapids Kernels players Fort Myers Miracle players Chattanooga Lookouts players Rochester Red Wings players Surprise Saguaros players