Luis Miguel Guillorme Gonzalez (born September 27, 1994), nicknamed Luismi, is a Venezuelan-American professional

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

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 pla ...

for the

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, West Division. They are one of two major leag ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

(MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the

New York Mets The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...

Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Eas ...

Los Angeles Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, ...

, and

Arizona Diamondbacks The Arizona Diamondbacks are an American professional baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Diamondbacks compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The franchise was established ...

Early life

Guillorme was born in

Caracas, Venezuela Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...

. His grandparents immigrated from Spain and he holds Spanish and Venezuelan citizenship. As a child, he modeled his game after native Caracas infielder Omar Vizquel. In 2007, his family relocated to Davie, Florida. Guillorme attended Coral Springs Charter School in Coral Springs, Florida where, as a senior, he hit .565 with 34

runs batted in A run batted in or runs batted in (RBI) is a statistic in baseball and softball that credits a batter for making a play that allows a run to be scored (except in certain situations such as when an error is made on the play). For example, if th ...

(RBIs). He committed to play

college baseball College baseball is baseball that is played by Student athlete, student-athletes at institutions of higher education. In the United States, college baseball is sanctioned mainly by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); in Japan, ...

State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota (SCF) is a public college with campuses in the Manatee County, Manatee and Sarasota County, Florida, Sarasota counties of Florida, United States. Part of the Florida College System, it is designated a ...

. In 2016, Guillorme reported that he expected to apply for naturalization as a US citizen within a year or two.

Professional career

New York Mets

Minor leagues

The

selected Guillorme in the 10th round of the

2013 Major League Baseball draft The 2013 Major League Baseball draft was held from June 6 through June 8, 2013. The first two rounds were broadcast from Studio 42 of the MLB Network in Secaucus, New Jersey. Each team received one selection per round, going in reverse order of ...

. He spent his first professional season with the

Gulf Coast Mets The Florida Complex League Mets are a Rookie-level affiliate for the New York Mets, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Bas ...

where he slashed .258/.337/.283 with 11 RBIs in 41 games. He played 2014 with the Kingsport Mets and Savannah Sand Gnats, batting a combined .283 with 17 RBIs in sixty total games between both teams. He returned to Savannah in 2015 and was named the

South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, often informally called the Sally League, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams predominantly in states along the Atlantic coast of the United States from New York to Georgia. A Class A league for most of its h ...

MVP after he batted .381 with 55 RBIs, 18 stolen bases and a .746 on-base plus slugging (OPS) in 122 games. In 2016, Guillorme started at shortstop for the Spanish national baseball team in the qualifying for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He spent 2016 with the St. Lucie Mets where he posted a .263 batting average with one home run and 46 RBIs, and 2017 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies where he batted .283 with one home run, 43 RBIs and a .706 OPS. During a

spring training Spring training, also called spring camp, is the preseason of the Summer Professional Baseball Leagues, such as Major League Baseball (MLB), and it is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spri ...

game in 2017, Miami Marlins infielder Adeiny Hechavarria accidentally let go of his bat while swinging at a pitch and sent it flying into the Mets dugout. Guillorme, who was standing at the dugout railing, casually reached up and caught the bat while his teammates scrambled to get out of the way. Highlights of the play went viral.

Major leagues

The Mets added Guillorme to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season. Guillorme was called up to the Mets on May 9, 2018, when Tomas Nido was optioned to the Las Vegas 51s. On May 13 at

Citizens Bank Park Citizens Bank Park is a baseball stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the city's South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Home to Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies, the stadium opened April 3, 2004. It is named after Citizens Financi ...

, Guillorme made his first Major League plate appearance; he singled off of Aaron Nola of the Philadelphia Phillies as a

pinch hitter In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, A ...

. On August 10, 2019, Guillorme hit his first major league home run in the 8th inning off of reliever Fernando Rodney. He finished the season hitting .246/.324/.361 with three RBIs. In 2020 for the Mets, Guillorme slashed .333/.426/.439 with nine RBIs in 29 games. On March 14, 2021, Guillorme faced St. Louis Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks in the longest at-bat in MLB history. The 22 pitch at-bat resulted in a

walk Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an "inverted pendulum" gait in which the body vaults over ...

. However, because this occurred during

, it was not official. In 2021, Guillorme batted .265/.374/.311 over a career-high 69 games. Guillorme had a hot start to the 2022 season and, on June 11, when Guillorme had a batting average of .321 and OPS of .816, Mets manager Buck Showalter told reporters that he deserved a vote for the

Major League Baseball All-Star Game The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National ...

. However, from that point until the end of the season, he hit .246 with a .620 OPS and finished the season at .273 and .691 respectively. On May 17, 2023, the Mets optioned Guillorme to the Syracuse Mets and recalled infielder Mark Vientos. It was his first time being optioned to the minors since July 2019. Guillorme was recalled to the majors on June 9, 2023. He was placed on the injured list with a calf strain on July 22 and reactivated on September 18. On November 17, The Mets non-tendered Guillorme, making him a free agent.

Atlanta Braves

On January 5, 2024, Guillorme signed a one-year, $1.1 million contract with the

. He was named to the Opening Day roster as a utility infielder, and went 3–for–20 (.150) with three RBI across nine games.

Los Angeles Angels

On May 9, 2024, the Braves traded Guillorme to the

in exchange for cash considerations or a

player to be named later In Major League Baseball, a player to be named later (PTBNL) is an unnamed player involved in exchange or "trade" of players between teams. The terms of a trade are not finalized until a later date, most often following the conclusion of the seaso ...

. In 50 games for the Angels, he slashed .231/.302/.298 with three RBI and one stolen base. Guillorme was designated for assignment on August 16, and released on August 18.

Arizona Diamondbacks

On August 20, 2024, Guillorme signed a major league contract with the

. In 18 games for the Diamondbacks, he hit .162/.347/.216 with four RBI and three stolen bases. Guillorme was designated for assignment by Arizona on September 20. He elected free agency on September 24.

Houston Astros

On February 11, 2025, Guillorme signed a minor league contract with the

. In 57 appearances for the Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys, he batted .248/.377/.317 with two home runs, 22 RBI, and three stolen bases. On June 14, the Astros selected Guillorme's contract, adding him to their active roster.

International career

Guillorme played for the Spanish national baseball team at the 2016 European Baseball Championship in the Netherlands. He was named the tournament's most outstanding defensive player en route to a silver medal. He also represented Spain in the qualifying round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic and in the 2018 Super 6 Tournament.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guillorme, Luis 1994 births Living people American people of Spanish descent American people of Venezuelan descent Arizona Diamondbacks players Atlanta Braves players Baseball players from Caracas Baseball players from Broward County, Florida Binghamton Rumble Ponies players Brooklyn Cyclones players Coral Springs Charter School alumni Gulf Coast Mets players Houston Astros players Kingsport Mets players Las Vegas 51s players Los Angeles Angels players Major League Baseball players from Venezuela Major League Baseball second basemen Major League Baseball shortstops Major League Baseball third basemen Naturalized citizens of the United States New York Mets players Sportspeople from Davie, Florida Savannah Sand Gnats players Scottsdale Scorpions players Spanish baseball players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States St. Lucie Mets players Sugar Land Space Cowboys players Syracuse Mets players Venezuelan emigrants to the United States Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States Venezuelan people of Spanish descent 21st-century Venezuelan sportsmen