Bats Right Throws Right Runs batted in 38 Nationality Venezuelan Salary 507,500 USD (2016) | Batting average .285 Height 1.85 m Home runs 12 | |
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Mlb willson contreras rookie 2016 highlights chicago cubs
Willson Eduardo Contreras (born May 13, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher and outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He stands at 6'1.
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- Mlb willson contreras rookie 2016 highlights chicago cubs
- Willson contreras 2016 rookie highlights
- Minors
- Chicago Cubs
- References
Willson contreras 2016 rookie highlights
Minors
Contreras signed with the Chicago Cubs as an international free agent in 2009. He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Cubs that year. He batted .205 in 29 games at age 17. In 2010 he batted .313 in 17 games at age 18 with them. In 2011 and 2012 he played with the Boise Hawks. Contreras spent 2013 with the Kane County Cougars, 2014 with the Daytona Cubs and 2015 with the Tennessee Smokies. He was named the Cubs Minor League Player of the Year in 2015 after batting .333/.413/.478 with eight home runs. During his minor league career, he played the positions of catcher, first base, second base, third base, left field, and right field. The Cubs added him to their 40-man roster after the season.
Contreras was rated 57th on Baseball Prospectus' top 101 prospect list prior to the 2016 season.
Chicago Cubs
He was promoted to the Cubs major league team on June 17, 2016, playing catcher. On June 19, he hit a two-run home run on the first pitch of his first major-league at-bat after two pick-off attempts by the pitcher to first base, becoming the 30th player in the modern MLB era to do so. In his fifth game, he started at the first base position, and started in left field in his eighth game, making him a very versatile player.
In Game 4 of the 2016 National League Division Series against the San Francisco Giants with the Cubs having a 2-1 series lead, Contreras had a pinch-hit two-run single in the top of the ninth inning, tying the score at 5. Contreras was forced at second by a Jason Heyward bunt but the Cubs scored the go-ahead run later that inning, sending them to the National League Championship Series. The Cubs won the 2016 World Series over the Cleveland Indians, giving the Cubs their first championship in 108 years.
