Juan Encarnación

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Juan Encarnación

St. Louis Cardinals — No. 43
Right field
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 2, 1997 for the Detroit Tigers
Selected MLB statistics
(through October 2, 2006)
Batting average     .269
Home Runs     147
RBI's     620
Runs scored     575
On-base percentage     .316
Slugging average     .441
Former teams

    Juan De Dios Encarnación [en-car-NAH-see-own] (b. March 8, 1976 in Las Matas de Farfan, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. He is 6'3" and weighs 215 lbs.

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    [edit] Scouting Report

    Encarnacion was signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1992, at age 17. Juan can play all three outfield positions, but prefers right. He is known for having a serviceable bat and good speed, and although he has seldom been without a starting job, general consensus is that he has never played to his potential, due in part to his low on base percentage. He is a bit of a free swinger which leads to few walks and too many strikeouts. And although he has good speed, he usually doesn't steal many bases (Although he did have 33 in 1999). He is generally portrayed as a solid defender (fielding percentage of 1.000 in 2003), but can sometimes miss the routine plays.

    [edit] Playing Years

    Juan played for the Tigers until 2002, when he had his best season as a Cincinnati Red and Florida Marlin, hitting a career-high 24 home runs and driving in 85 runs. In 2003 he had 94 RBI as well as a team-leading 37 doubles on the way to a World Series ring with Florida, then was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in December of that year. He was traded back to Florida midway through the 2004 season along with Paul Lo Duca and Guillermo Mota for Brad Penny, Bill Murphy, and Hee Seop Choi after hitting a disappointing .235 in 86 games. Encarnación bounced back with a career year in 2005, batting .287 with 16 homers and 76 runs batted in. He was also on the roster for the Domincan team in the inaugural World Baseball Classic. [1] Juan signed a three-year contract with St. Louis on December 23, 2005, worth $15 million. [2]

    [edit] 2006 Season

    Encarnación homers
    Encarnación homers

    Juan finished the 2006 season, his first with the Cardinals, batting .278 with 19 home runs and 79 RBI for the Cards, with 6 steals. He led the Cardinals in games played (153) and at-bats (557), was third in runs scored (74), second in hits (155), tied for fourth with Preston Wilson in doubles (25), tied for first with Aaron Miles in triples (5), tied for fourth with Jim Edmonds in home runs (19), third in RBI (79), third in total bases (247), tied for eighth with Chris Duncan in walks (30), third in strikeouts (86), sixth in steals (6), second in caught stealing (5), eleventh in on-base percentage (.317), sixth in slugging average (.443), and seventh in batting average (.278). He also had 265 put-outs, 4 assists, and 6 errors in 275 total chances, for a .978 fielding percentage. [3]

    In the playoffs he was 8-for-44 (.182) with two triples and five RBI. He hit an RBI triple in Game 4 of the NLDS which turned out to be the game-winner, as the Cardinals went on to beat the Padres, 6 - 4, winning the series. However, he struggled the rest of the postseason and sat the final 3 games of the World Series, in which the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1. Encarnacion confused many fans when he, without explanation, did not appear at the Cardinals' World Series victory parade. This marked the second time he has won a World Series but skipped the victory parade with the winning team; he also skipped the 2003 Florida Marlins World Series victory parade. It was later known that he went back to his home in Dominican Republic right after the World Series to tend to a matter with his son. [4]

    [edit] 2007 Season

    The 2007 season will be Juan's second with the Cardinals. Before the season, he had surgery on his wrist, and may not be ready for opening day. [5]

    [edit] Feats

    Juan makes a diving catch
    Juan makes a diving catch

    [edit] Trivia

    [edit] Statistics

    Career Statistics:
    Hitting (through October 2, 2006)

    G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB SO BB AVG OBP SLG OPS
    1,181 4,402 1,184 225 45 147 575 620 270 810 125 .269 .316 .441 .757

    Average Season (1999-2006, not including '97-'98, when he played less than 40 games)

    G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB SO SB
    148 550 148 28 6 18 72 78 34 101 16

    [edit] Career Honors and Awards

    • 1997 - Southern League All-Star Team (Double-A) (Outfielder)
    • 1997 - Double-A All-Star Team (Baseball America)
    • 1997 - Southern League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
    • 1997 - Southern League's Best Batting Prospect, Best Outfield Arm, and Most Exciting Player (Baseball America)
    • 1997 - One of baseball's Top 10 prospects (Howe Sportsdata)
    • 1998 - Detroit's Player of the Month (September)
    • 2000 - Detroit's Player of the Month (April)
    • 2003 - World Series Champion (Florida Marlins)
    • 2006 - World Series Champion (St. Louis Cardinals)

    [edit] Annual Salaries

    [edit] Uniform Numbers

    [edit] See also

    [edit] External links

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