Miguel Andujar

BIOGRAPHY

Miguel Andújar was born March 2, 1995, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. He is a third baseman in the MLB.

Andújar signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in July 2011. He made his professional debut in 2012 with the Gulf Coast Yankees. He played the 2013 season for the Gulf Coast Yankees 2 and the 2014 season for the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League. In 2015, Andújar played for the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.

Andújar split the 2016 season between Single-A Tampa and Double-A Trenton, batting a combined .273/.332/.410 (140-for-512) with 62R, 26 doubles, 4 triples, 12HR, 83RBI and 39BB in 130 game. He ranked second among Yankees minor leaguers in RBIs and hit .290 (113-for-390) vs. right-handed pitching and was named an Organization All-Star by MiLB.com. Andújar started the season in Tampa and hit .283 (65-for-230) with 34R, 10 doubles, 2 triples, 10HR and 41RBI in 58 games to earn a spot on the FSL Mid-Season All-Star Team. He notched his second career multi-HR game on 5/28 at Brevard County (3-for-5, 2R, 2HR, 5RBI) and was promoted to Trenton on 6/14. In 72 games with Trenton, Andújar hit .266 (75-for-282) with 28R, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 2HR and 42RBI. Following the season, Andújar played for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the league's Fall Stars Game. Andújar was added to the Yankees' 40-man roster on 11/18/16.

After playing in seven games with the RailRiders in 2017, the Yankees promoted Andújar to the major leagues on June 28, when Matt Holliday, the Yankees designated hitter, went on the disabled list. He made his major league debut as the Yankees' designated hitter that day against the Chicago White Sox, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs and a walk, breaking the Yankees' record for most RBIs in a player's first game. Andújar became the 12th player in Major League history (ninth in the AL) to record at least 3H and 4RBI in his Major League debut.

IN 2018, Andújar was tabbed by Sporting News as the AL "Rookie of the Year" as voted on by his peers after hitting .297 (170-for573) with 83R, 47 doubles, 27HR and 92RBI in 149 games (132GS at 3B, 13 at DH) with the Yankees, the highest single-season batting average by a Yankee since Robinson Canó hit .314 in 2013. He led all Major League rookies in hits, doubles, RBI, extra-base hits (76) and multi-hit games (53), tied for first in HR and ranked second in runs and batting average. Andújar was the 15th Yankees rookie with at least 150H in a season. He ranked second in AL "Rookie of the Year" voting to the Angels' Shohei Ohtani, collecting five first-place votes, 20 second-place votes and four third-place votes. Andújar was named to Baseball Digest's 2018 Rookie All-Star team, set the Yankees' single-season rookie record with 47 doubles (previous: Joe DiMaggio, 44 in 1936) and tied with Boston's Fred Lynn (1975) for the most ever by an AL rookie and the second-most by any rookie in Major League history behind only Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick in 1929 (52).

In 2019, Andújar made his first career Opening Day roster and had a team-leading 17H in spring training. He had a career-best nine-game hitting streak from September 27, 2018 to May 5, 2019.