Starling Marte
| Starling Marte | |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 6 | |
| Outfielder | |
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Born: October 9, 1988 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| July 26, 2012 for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Career statistics (through 2013 season) | |
| Batting average | .275 |
| Hits | 186 |
| Home runs | 17 |
| Runs batted in | 52 |
| Stolen Bases | 53 |
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Starling Marte (born October 9, 1988) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States.[1][2]
Early life
Marte grew up on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.[3] His mother died when he was 10, leaving him to be raised by his grandmother.[4]
Career
Minor leagues (2007–2012)
He signed with the Pirates in 2007.[3] In 2010, Marte played for the Pirates' Class A affiliate, the Bradenton Marauders, where he played in 60 games, ending with a batting average of .315. He hit 16 doubles and tripled five times that season while also stealing 22 bases.[5] Marte represented the Pittsburgh Pirates at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.[6] In 2011, while playing for the Altoona Curve, Marte was an Eastern League Mid-Season All-Star [7] and Post-Season All-Star, a Baseball America Double-A All-Star,[8] a Topps Double-A All-Star,[9] and a Milb.com organization All-Star.[10] On August 15, 2011, Marte was named the EL's player of the week.[11] Marte also won the Eastern League Batting Title with a .332 batting average [12] and was named the Eastern League Rookie of the Year.[13] Marte was added to the Pirates 40 man roster on November 18, 2011.[14] Marte was a respected prospect and was ranked number 73 on Baseball America's Top 100 Prospects list in February 2012 [15] and number 56 on Baseball Prospectus's Top 101 Prospect list in February 2012.[16] In 2012, while playing for the Indianapolis Indians, Marte was named an International League Mid-Season All-Star.[17] On July 2, 2012, Marte was named the International League player of the week.[18]
Major leagues (2012–present)
On July 26, 2012, Marte was promoted from the Triple A Indianapolis Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates,[19] becoming the first graduate of the Pirates' Latin American complex, located in the Dominican Republic, to reach the major leagues.[3] He hit a home run on the first pitch he faced in his major league career, off Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel.[20] The hit made Marte the third player in Pirates' franchise history to homer in his first at-bat and the first to do it since Don Leppert in 1961. He also became the first Pirate to homer on the first pitch of his major league career since Walter Mueller did so in 1922.[21]
Scouting report
In November 2011, Larry Broadway, the Pirates' director of Minor League operations, said of Marte, "An exciting player to watch, Starling has very good athleticism and speed to go along with the ability to hit. The scary thing is that he is starting to mature physically and is starting to develop power as well. His speed-power-hit combo is going to make him a very fun player to see mature."[10]
See also
References
- ↑ diariolibre.com "El cotizado prospecto Starling Marte se convirtió anoche en el dominicano 566 en debutar en las Grandes Ligas y en su primer turno disparó jonrón ante los envíos de Dallas Keuchel de Houston."
- ↑ Starling Marte pegó jonrón en su primer turno en MLB
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Biertempfel, Rob (July 27, 2012). "Biertempfel: Marte is fruit of Pirates’ labor". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
- ↑ Biertempfel, Rob (July 26, 2012). "Marte homers, Pirates win in rookie's debut". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
- ↑ "Marte Promoted to Pittsburgh". Bradenton Marauders (Minor League Baseball). July 26, 2012.
- ↑ Langosh, Jenifer (June 23, 2011). "Marte to play for World at Futures Game". Pittsburgh Pirates.
- ↑ Wild, Danny (June 29, 2011). "Cats' McDade among Eastern All-Stars".
- ↑ "2011 Classification All-Star Teams". Baseball America. September 16, 2011.
- ↑ Passanisi, Mike (November 16, 2011). "Marte Selected To Topps' Double-A All-Star Squad".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Marshall, Ashley (November 30, 2011). "Pirates Organization All-Stars".
- ↑ Parker, John (August 15, 2011). "Offensive Players of the Week".
- ↑ Vukovcan, Mike (September 5, 2011). "Marte Wins Eastern League Batting Title". KDKA CBS Pittsburgh.
- ↑ Rosario, Bill (September 4, 2011). "Starling Marte Wins Rookie of the Year". Minor League Baseball.
- ↑ "Pirates set 40-man roster". Pittsburgh Pirates. November 18, 2011.
- ↑ "2012 Top 100 Prospects". Baseball America. February 21, 2012.
- ↑ Goldstein, Kevin (February 13, 2012). "Future Shock: Top 101 Prospects". Baseball Prospectus.
- ↑ "International League All-Star Team". International League. June 27, 2012.
- ↑ "Starling Marte & Pat Neshek Honored as International Players of the Week". International League. July 2, 2012.
- ↑ Singer, Tom (July 25, 2012). "Top prospect Marte to join Bucs as Meek sent down". Pittsburgh Pirates.
- ↑ Singer, Tom (July 26, 2012). "Starling in the making: Rookie homers on first pitch". Pittsburgh Pirates.
- ↑ "Starling Marte homers on 1st major league pitch as Pirates upend Astros". ESPN. July 26, 2012.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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