Yasiel Puig
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Puig with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Free agent | |||||||||||||||
| Right fielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: December 7, 1990 Cienfuegos, Cuba | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
| MLB: June 3, 2013, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||||||||
| KBO: April 2, 2022, for the Kiwoom Heroes | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2019 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .277 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 132 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 415 | ||||||||||||||
| KBO statistics (through May 18, 2025) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .261 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 93 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Yasiel Puig Valdés (/ˈjɑːsiɛl ˈpwiːɡ/ YAH-see-el PWEEG, Spanish: [ˈpwiɣ]; born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball right fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians, and in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes. He has also played in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. His nickname is "The Wild Horse", given to him by former longtime Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.
Puig also played for the Cuba national baseball team in the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship, winning a bronze medal. He defected from Cuba in 2012 and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2013. In 2013, Puig hit .319 in 104 games with 19 home runs, and was selected by Baseball America to their annual "All-Rookie team". The Dodgers traded Puig to the Reds before the 2019 season, and the Reds traded Puig to the Indians at the 2019 trade deadline.
Puig did not sign with a team in 2020, and played for El Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican League in 2021. He signed with the Heroes for the 2022 season.