Tyler Saladino
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Saladino with the Chicago White Sox
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| Third baseman / Shortstop | |||
| Born: July 20, 1989 San Diego, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 10, 2015, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through May 14, 2016) |
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| Batting average | .226 | ||
| Home runs | 5 | ||
| RBIs | 26 | ||
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Tyler Saladino (born July 20, 1989) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Amateur career
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Saladino attended University City High School, where he was a standout in baseball and held a 3.1 GPA. Saladino then attended Palomar College in San Marcos, California, before transferring to Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In his two years at Palomar as a shortstop and third baseman, Saladino hit .399 and .616 in conference play. During his time at Palomar, Saladino was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 36th round of the 2008 draft, but turned it down to continue with college.[1][2]
Professional career
Saladino was drafted out of Oral Roberts University by the Chicago White Sox in the seventh round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. In August 2014, he had Tommy John surgery.[3][4] The White Sox added him to their 40-man roster on November 20, 2014.[5]
Saladino was called up and made his major league debut on July 10, 2015.
References
- ↑ https://www.palomar.edu/athletics/baseball/09.Saladino.htm
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Tyler saladino on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Diego, California
- Baseball players from California
- Major League Baseball infielders
- Chicago White Sox players
- Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball players
- Bristol White Sox players
- Kannapolis Intimidators players
- Winston-Salem Dash players
- Mesa Solar Sox players
- Birmingham Barons players
- Charlotte Knights players
