Elian Herrera

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Not to be confused with Elián Herrera.

Elian Herrera

Milwaukee Brewers – No. 3
Infielder/Outfielder
Born: (1985-02-02) February 2, 1985 San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 15, 2012 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Batting average	.251
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	17
Teams
Los Angeles Dodgers (2012–2013)

Elian Herrera (born February 1, 1985) is a professional baseball infielder/outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. Herrera has played second base, third base, shortstop and all three outfield positions in his career.

Career

Los Angeles Dodgers

A native of the Dominican Republic, Herrera signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and began play with the rookie class Gulf Coast Dodgers, where he was selected as a Gulf Coast League All-Star. In 2007 he played at three levels, with the rookie class Ogden Raptors, Class-A Great Lakes Loons and A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino. Overall he appeared in 70 games and hit .255. He appeared in only 37 games in 2008, for the same three teams, and hit .292.

In 2010, Herrera played in 97 games for the AA Chattanooga Lookouts, hitting .258 and also stole 31 bases. He also played in 25 games in AAA for the Albuquerque Isotopes, where he hit .229. For the 2011 season he played exclusively for Chattanooga, appearing in 116 games, hitting .278 and stealing 33 bases.

Herrera began the 2012 season with Albuquerque and had his contract purchased by the Dodgers when he was called up to the Majors for the first time on May 14, 2012. He made his Major League debut as a pinch hitter on May 15 against the Arizona Diamondbacks and popped out. He recorded his first hit, an RBI double, in the first inning of his first start, on May 16 against the San Diego Padres. He hit his first Major League home run on July 5, 2012 off of Wade Miley of the Diamondbacks. He appeared in 67 games with the Dodgers in 2012, batting .251

In 2013, Herrera had a couple of brief Major League call-ups but only appeared in 4 games, where he had 2 hits in 8 at-bats. He was also in 108 games at Albuquerque, where he hit .282.

Milwaukee Brewers

On November 4, 2013, he was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[1]

References

↑ Stephen, Eric (November 4, 2013). "Elian Herrera claimed off waivers by Brewers". truebluela.com. Retrieved November 5, 2013.

External links

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

v t e Milwaukee Brewers current roster

Active roster	1 Logan Schafer 2 Scooter Gennett 3 Elian Herrera 8 Ryan Braun 9 Jean Segura 11 Sean Halton 12 Martín Maldonado 13 Will Smith 14 Jeff Bianchi 15 Caleb Gindl 16 Aramis Ramírez 18 Khris Davis 20 Jonathan Lucroy 21 Juan Francisco 22 Matt Garza 23 Rickie Weeks 25 Hunter Morris 26 Kyle Lohse 27 Carlos Gómez 29 Jim Henderson 30 Tyler Thornburg 32 Tom Gorzelanny 38 Wily Peralta 40 Johnny Hellweg 41 Marco Estrada 45 Alfredo Fígaro 46 Hiram Burgos 47 Rob Wooten 48 Donovan Hand 49 Yovani Gallardo 50 Jose De La Torre 51 Wei-Chung Wang 52 Jimmy Nelson 53 Brandon Kintzler 54 Michael Blazek 58 Ariel Peña 60 Kevin Shackelford 61 Jason Rogers 63 Brooks Hall 64 Mike Fiers

Restricted list	65 Miguel de los Santos

Coaching staff	Manager 10 Ron Roenicke Bench 36 Jerry Narron First base 35 Garth Iorg Third base 6 Ed Sedar Hitting 13 Johnny Narron Pitching 39 Rick Kranitz Bullpen 43 Lee Tunnell Bullpen catcher 55 Marcus Hanel Coach 33 John Shelby Coach -- Mike Guerrero

Persondata
Name	Herrerra, Elian
Alternative names
Short description	Baseball player
Date of birth	February 1, 1985
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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