Raúl Mondesí
| Raúl Mondesí | |
|---|---|
Mondesí signing autographs at Spring Training in 1998 | |
| Right fielder | |
| Born: March 12, 1971 San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| July 19, 1993, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 27, 2005, for the Atlanta Braves | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .273 |
| Home runs | 271 |
| Runs batted in | 860 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Raúl Ramón Mondesí Avelino (born March 12, 1971) is a Dominican former politician and baseball player. Mondesí played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 13 seasons, primarily for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and made his MLB debut with them in 1993. He was the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year in 1994, an MLB All-Star, and a two-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner. Known for his combination of power and speed, Mondesí twice achieved the 30–30 club. He led MLB right fielders in assists in three separate seasons over the course of his career.
After baseball, Mondesí began a career in politics, gaining election to the Dominican Chamber of Deputies in 2006. In 2010, he became mayor of San Cristóbal in the Dominican Republic, serving a six-year term. In 2017, Mondesí was sentenced to eight years in prison on corruption charges arising from his mayoral tenure.