Alcides Escobar

Shortstop 2008–2022 1× All-Star

1,486H

45HR

.258AVG

478RBI

.640OPS

Alcides Escobar, born in La Sabana, Venezuela, played 15 seasons (2008–2022) primarily as a shortstop, mostly with the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals. He collected 1,486 hits and 45 home runs with a .258 batting average, ranking 19th in hits among Venezuelan-born players. He was selected to 1 All-Star game.

Born: December 16, 1986 · La Sabana, Venezuela · 5 major leaguers from La Sabana
Bats / Throws: R / R
Teams: Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
2008	Milwaukee Brewers	9	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500
2009	Milwaukee Brewers	38	125	20	38	3	1	1	11	4	4	18	.304
2010	Milwaukee Brewers	145	506	57	119	14	10	4	41	10	36	70	.235
2011	Kansas City Royals	158	548	69	139	21	8	4	46	26	25	73	.254
2012	Kansas City Royals	155	605	68	177	30	7	5	52	35	27	100	.293
2013	Kansas City Royals	158	607	57	142	20	4	4	52	22	19	84	.234
2014	Kansas City Royals	162	579	74	165	34	5	3	50	31	23	83	.285
2015	Kansas City Royals	148	612	76	157	20	5	3	47	17	26	75	.257
2016	Kansas City Royals	162	637	57	166	24	6	7	55	17	27	96	.261
2017	Kansas City Royals	162	599	71	150	36	5	6	54	4	15	102	.250
2018	Kansas City Royals	140	485	54	112	22	3	4	34	8	29	74	.231
2021	Washington Nationals	75	319	53	92	21	2	4	28	3	17	56	.288
2022	Washington Nationals	42	124	12	27	4	2	0	8	1	5	32	.218
Career		1,554	5,750	670	1,486	249	58	45	478	178	253	864	.258

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	SO	BB
2022	Washington Nationals	0	0	10.80	2	0	0	1.2	0	1
Career		0	0	10.80	2	0	0	1.2	0	1

More Venezuelan shortstops of his era

Elvis Andrus2009–2023 · 2,091 H, 102 HR Asdrúbal Cabrera2007–2021 · 1,763 H, 195 HR Alex González1998–2014 · 1,418 H, 157 HR Marco Scutaro2002–2014 · 1,355 H, 77 HR Carlos Guillén1998–2011 · 1,331 H, 124 HR César Izturis2001–2013 · 1,103 H, 17 HR