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2013 TIGERS
Selected to both the Eastern’s League mid- and post-season all-star squads with Double A Erie during the 2001 season.
• Led the Eastern League with 540 at-bats, while he finished third with 163 hits and seventh with a .302 batting average.
• Topped all league shortstops with 206 putouts and 370 assists.
• Named to Baseball America’s Double A all-star squad.
• Tabbed the best defensive shortstop in the Eastern League by Baseball America.
• Posted a season-high 13-game hitting streak April 22-May 6, batting .436 (24x55) with 13 runs scored, three
doubles, a triple, nine RBI and five stolen bases.
• Reached base safely via a hit or walk in 27 straight games April 22-May 21 -- hit .411 (46x112) with 24 runs scored,
five doubles, two triples, 19 RBI, 14 walks and six stolen bases during the stretch.
• In 21 games during April, he hit .346 (28x81) with 14 runs scored, five doubles, a triple, 10 RBI and six stolen bases.
• Collected a season-high four hits on May 20 at Bowie -- equaled the high with four hits on June 9 at Trenton, July 28
at Portland, August 15 at Altoona and August 29 versus Bowie.
• Hit .319 (37x116) with 25 runs scored and 15 RBI in 29 games during the month of May.
• Batted .360 (18x50) with two doubles, a triple and eight RBI over an 11-game stretch June 16-29,
• Posted a 10-game hitting streak July 15-26 -- batted .366 (15x41) with eight runs scored, three doubles and three
RBI over the streak.
• In 27 games during August, he hit .315 (35x111) with 16 runs scored, six doubles and 18 RBI.
• In four games during the Eastern League playoffs, he batted .125 (2x16) with a run scored and an RBI.
• Batted .327 (49x150) versus lefthanded pitchers...hit .292 (114x390) against righties.
• Hit .340 (49x144) with runners in scoring position.
• Named the second-best prospect in the Tigers organization and 10th-best prospect in the Eastern League following
the season by Baseball America...rated as the best hitter for average, best defensive infielder and as possessing the
best infield arm in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America.
• Played for Oriente in the Venezuelan Winter League following the season, batting .265 (36x136) with 23 runs scored,
three doubles, a triple, a home run, 17 RBI and four stolen bases in 40 games...Infante finished the season with a
.353 on-base percentage.
Played the majority of the 2000 season with Single A Lakeland before joining Single A West Michigan in late August.
• Batted .300 (30x100) with 18 runs scored, three doubles, a home run, eight RBI and four stolen bases during a 27game
stretch May 18-June 24.
• In 24 games during May, he batted .308 (24x78) with seven runs scored, two doubles, a home run and nine RBI.
• Posted a 10-game hitting streak July 20-August 1, batting .406 (13x32) with three doubles and three RBI.
• Hit .324 (22x68) with three doubles, a home run and nine RBI in 23 games during July.
• Had his contract transferred to West Michigan on August 22 -- reached base via a hit or walk in 10 of the 12 games
he played with the Whitecaps.
• Hit .250 (3x12) with three RBI and two stolen bases in three games during the Midwest League playoffs.
• Named as the eighth-best prospect in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America.
• Batted .218 (17x78) with 10 runs scored, two doubles, a triple, five RBI and a stolen base in 23 games for the
Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League following the season.
Assigned to the Gulf Coast League Tigers after signing as a non-drafted free agent on April 28, 1999.
• Posted a 13-game hitting streak July 12-August 18, batting .392 (20x51) with four doubles and five RBI.
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS
He, his wife Yohanna and son Yomar reside in Lecheria, VZ during the off-season.
• Actively participates with Tigers Dreams Come True and participated in a pre-game ceremony prior to the annual Fiesta
Tigres! game.
• Recommended/signed by Ramon Pena for the Tigers.
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INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUNS BY TIGERS
Austin Jackson connected for the 288th inside-the-park home run in Tigers history on August 10, 2012 at Texas.
There have been four inside-the-park home runs by Tigers players in the 13-year history of Comerica Park, with the last
being hit by Curtis Granderson on August 26, 2007 versus the New York Yankees.
Ty Cobb holds the franchise record for inside-the-park home runs during a career with 47, including a club-record nine
inside-the-park home runs during the 1909 season.
Courtesy of David Vicent
2013 DETROIT TIGERS INFORMATION GUIDE