Jesús Tavárez

Jesús Rafael Tavárez Alcántaras (born March 26, 1971) is a former professional baseball outfielder and current manager of the Dominican Summer League Indians, an affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball, playing mainly in center field for three different teams from 1994-1998 seasons. He also played two seasons for the Haitai Tigers of the KBO League. Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.

Jesús Tavárez
Outfielder
Born: (1971-03-26) March 26, 1971
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Batted: Both Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 23, 1994, for the Florida Marlins
Last MLB appearance
June 15, 1998, for the Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
Batting average.239
Home runs3
Runs batted in33
Teams
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Tavárez and the second or maternal family name is Alcántaras.

Tavárez entered the majors in 1994 with the Florida Marlins, playing for them three years before joining the Boston Red Sox (1997) and Baltimore Orioles (1998). His most productive season came in 1995 with the Marlins, when he posted career-numbers in batting average (.289), home runs (2), runs (31), RBI (13) and stolen bases (7). The next season, he appeared in a career-high 98 games, while hitting just .219.

In a five-season career, Tavárez was a .239 hitter (101-for-228) with three home runs and 33 RBI in 228 games, including 12 doubles, three triples and 13 stolen bases. He also played in the Seattle, Florida, Boston, Baltimore and San Francisco minor league systems from 1990–99, hitting .274 with 22 home runs and 259 RBI in 741 games.

See also
  • Players from Dominican Republic in Major League Baseball


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