Orlando Calixte
| Orlando Calixte | |||
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| Kansas City Royals – No. 61 | |||
| Shortstop | |||
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Born: February 3, 1992 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 19, 2015, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) | |||
| Batting average | .000 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 0 | ||
| Teams | |||
Orlando Calixte (born February 3, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop who is currently is in the Kanas City Royals organization. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Kansas City Royals in 2015.
Career
Calixte was signed by the Kansas City Royals as an international free agent in August 2010.[1] He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Royals. He played 2011 with the Kane County Cougars and 2012 with Kane County and Wilmington Blue Rocks. In 2013 and 2014 he played for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Naturals.[2][3]
Calixte began the 2015 season with the Omaha Storm Chasers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. They promoted him to the major leagues on April 19.[4]
On December 2, 2015, the Royals decided to non-tender Orlando, then the following day they signed him to a minor league contract.
References
- ↑ "No signs of rust for Kansas City Royals prospect Orlando Calixte in second game with Double-A Northwest Arkansas - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Royals". kansascity. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Royals prospect Calixte heating up for Naturals". Kansas City Royals. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Royals". kansascity. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)