Michael Thomas Conforto was born on March 1,1993, and nicknamed "Scooter", is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.
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23 Facts About Michael Conforto
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Michael Conforto has played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets.
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Michael Conforto attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Washington where he was an honor roll student.
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Michael Conforto played shortstop on the baseball team and quarterback and safety on the football team.
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Meanwhile, Michael Conforto received offers to play baseball at Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, Washington State, Stanford and Oregon State.
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Michael Conforto was named Freshman Hitter of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
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Michael Conforto helped lead the team to the College World Series, where he went 7 for 16 and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
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Michael Conforto was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year and was named a first-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
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Michael Conforto again played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team during the summer in 2013.
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Michael Conforto again was named the Pac-12 Baseball Player of the Year.
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Michael Conforto signed with the Mets on July 11,2014, receiving a $2,970,800 signing bonus.
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Michael Conforto played for the Brooklyn Cyclones of the Class A-Short Season New York–Penn League after he signed.
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Michael Conforto started the 2015 season with the St Lucie Mets of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League and was promoted to the Binghamton Mets of the Class AA Eastern League on June 26,2015.
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Michael Conforto finished the season with 9 home runs in 56 games played.
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Michael Conforto hit two home runs in Game 4 of the 2015 World Series, becoming the first rookie to homer twice in a world series game since Andruw Jones in the 1996 World Series.
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Michael Conforto made his major league debut in center field on July 23,2016 as a defensive replacement.
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Michael Conforto started the 2017 season as the Mets fourth outfielder but worked his way to a starting job.
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Michael Conforto was selected to the 2017 MLB All-Star Game in Miami after hitting.
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On May 28,2019, Michael Conforto hit his first major league grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
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Michael Conforto appeared to be in tears and described his emotions during the game as "something I've never really felt before", acknowledging first base coach Tony Tarasco who held Michael Conforto's hand up in the air before he entered the dugout.
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Michael Conforto would go on to finish the 2021 season with a career worst slugging percentage and with a batting average and OPS worse than any season aside from 2016.
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Michael Conforto would have had to sign before midnight on the 31st to be eligible for postseason play, but chose to turn down the deal.
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Michael Conforto's mother, Tracie Conforto is a three-time Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming, and his father, Mike, an Italian American, played inside linebacker at Penn State.
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