Ricardo Nanita
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Ricardo Michael Nanita (born June 12, 1981) is a Dominican professional baseball player. An outfielder, Nanita currently plays for the Chunichi Dragons in the Japanese NPB.
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Personal
Nanita attended Chipola College, and then transferred to Florida International University (FIU), where he played college baseball for the FIU Panthers baseball team.[1] The Chicago White Sox drafted Nanita in the 14th round of the 2003 Major League Baseball draft.
Career
Chicago White Sox
Nanita spent his first season in the minors with White Sox affiliate Great Falls in the Pioneer League registering a .384 batting average with 37 RBIs in 212 plate appearances.[2]
Toronto Blue Jays
Nanita played for the Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas 51s in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[3] The Blue Jays invited him to spring training in 2013.[4]
Nanita played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.[5]
Nanita started the 2013 season with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He was promoted to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons on May 21.[6]
On January 20, 2014, the Blue Jays announced that Nanita had been signed to a minor league contract for 2014 with an invitation to major league spring training.[7] He was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons before the end of spring training. Nanita was transferred to the temporarily inactive list on May 11, 2014, after he opened the season batting .118 over 6 games.[8] On May 17, it was announced that Nanita had been loaned to the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican Baseball League.
Chunichi Dragons
Nanita was signed by the Chunichi Dragons in the NPB on the 15th of December 2014.[9]
References
- ↑ http://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/2014/03/03/blue_jays_minorleague_outfielder_ricardo_nanita_dreams_of_a_shot_in_the_majors_griffin.html
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- ↑ http://www.noticiassin.com/2013/02/ricardo-nanita-y-su-familia-disfrutan-su-juego/
- ↑ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/01/can-japan-be-beat-previewing-the-world-baseball-classic/
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Nanita's Twitter
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Dominican Republic people of French descent
- FIU Panthers baseball players
- Sportspeople from Santo Domingo
- Dominican Republic baseball players
- Minor league baseball players
- Great Falls White Sox players
- Winston-Salem Warthogs players
- Kannapolis Intimidators players
- Birmingham Barons players
- Harrisburg Senators players
- Gulf Coast Nationals players
- New Hampshire Fisher Cats players
- Las Vegas 51s players
- Sultanes de Monterrey players
- Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players
- Olmecas de Tabasco players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Chipola Indians baseball players
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Chunichi Dragons players
- Dominican Republic baseball biography stubs
- Baseball outfielder stubs