Eduardo Escobar

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Eduardo Escobar

Minnesota Twins – No. 5
Second baseman
Born: (1989-01-05) January 5, 1989 Villa de Cura, Venezuela
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 2011 for the Chicago White Sox
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Batting average	.228
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	19
Teams
Chicago White Sox (2011–2012) Minnesota Twins (2012–present)

Eduardo José Escobar (born January 5, 1989) is a Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins.

Pro Career

Chicago White Sox

Escobar was a September callup in 2011 playing in 9 games and had two hits in 7 at-bats. In 2012, Escobar made the 25-man roster out of spring training as a utility infielder.

Minnesota Twins

On July 28, 2012, Escobar was traded to the Minnesota Twins with Pedro Hernández for Francisco Liriano.^[1] On April 3, 2013, Escobar hit a walk-off 2-run double against Phil Coke that lifted the Twins past the Detroit Tigers, 3-2, to its first win of the 2013 season.^[2] On April 9, 2013, Escobar hit his first career home run in the top of the 5th inning off Jeremy Guthrie of the Kansas City Royals.

References

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

v t e Minnesota Twins current roster

Active roster	1 Alex Presley 2 Brian Dozier 5 Eduardo Escobar 7 Joe Mauer 8 Kurt Suzuki 12 Chris Herrmann 15 Glen Perkins 16 Josh Willingham 21 Samuel Deduno 24 Trevor Plouffe 25 Pedro Florimón 26 Eric Fryer 27 Chris Parmelee 30 Kevin Correia 31 Oswaldo Arcia 32 Aaron Hicks 37 Mike Pelfrey 38 Logan Darnell 39 Danny Santana 43 Josmil Pinto 44 Kyle Gibson 45 Phil Hughes 47 Ricky Nolasco 49 Vance Worley 50 Casey Fien 51 Anthony Swarzak 52 Brian Duensing 53 Kris Johnson 55 Chris Colabello 56 Caleb Thielbar 57 Ryan Pressly 58 Scott Diamond 59 Michael Tonkin 60 Edgar Ibarra 61 Jared Burton 65 Trevor May 67 Max Kepler 68 Kennys Vargas 78 Jorge Polanco

Coaching staff	Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Bench Coach 36 Terry Steinbach First Base Coach 41 Scott Ullger Third Base Coach 46 Joe Vavra Hitting Coach 23 Tom Brunansky Pitching Coach 40 Rick Anderson Bullpen Coach 18 Bobby Cuellar Bullpen Catcher 75 Nate Dammann

Persondata
Name	Escobar, Eduardo
Alternative names
Short description	Venezuelan baseball player
Date of birth	January 5, 1989
Place of birth	Villa de Cura, Venezuela
Date of death
Place of death

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