30 Facts About Oscar Taveras

Oscar Taveras played all three outfield positions while spending most of the time in center field.

Oscar Taveras elicited comparisons to former MLB outfielder and fellow Dominican Vladimir Guerrero—with a powerful and smooth, balanced stroke, Taveras successfully hit pitches well outside of the strike zone.

On May 31,2014, Oscar Taveras homered in his major league debut against the San Francisco Giants and went on to hit.

Oscar Taveras hit a game-tying home run in Game 2 of the 2014 National League Championship Series against the Giants.

Oscar Taveras' father was an outfielder in the Milwaukee Brewers' minor league system.

Related searches

Oscar Taveras lived in Montreal from ages 12 to 16 and obtained Canadian citizenship.

Oscar Taveras earned another promotion to the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Class A Midwest League in 2011 and spent the entire season there.

Oscar Taveras earned the Midwest League batting title with the highest average in the league since 1956.

Oscar Taveras was actually 31 plate appearances short of qualifying; however, his adjusted batting average after adding the hitless at-bats still gave him the title.

Oscar Taveras was the first Cardinals minor leaguer to win the MWL batting title since Brendan Ryan in 2004.

Oscar Taveras spent the entire season there, playing 124 games before participating in winter league play.

Oscar Taveras won his first of two Cardinals Minor League Player of the Month awards in 2012 for April after batting.

Oscar Taveras played in the Major League Baseball All-Star Futures Game for the World squad.

Oscar Taveras started in right field and batted third, collecting one hit in three at-bats.

Oscar Taveras logged 43 multi-hit games, including 12 three-hit games, five four-hit games and one five-hit game.

Oscar Taveras was named the Cardinals' Minor League Player of the Year.

Oscar Taveras played another 39 games in the after-season Dominican Professional Baseball League for the Aguilas Cibaenas.

Oscar Taveras won the league Rookie of the Year award after batting.

Oscar Taveras played in just 15 games after that for the season and in 46 total.

Oscar Taveras became the first from Sosua to reach the major leagues.

Oscar Taveras became the youngest to hit a home run in his major league debut for the Cardinals since Eddie Morgan in 1936.

Oscar Taveras appeared on the postseason roster for the Cardinals, playing exclusively as a pinch hitter, and collected three hits and two runs scored in seven total at bats.

However, the Cardinals believed that Oscar Taveras showed the range and skill to be an effective center fielder so he began taking an apprenticeship to learn the position.

Oscar Taveras suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead while receiving care at Sosua Cabarete Medical Center.

Oscar Taveras was an amazing talent with a bright future who was taken from us well before his time.

Related searches

Observances on behalf of Arvelo and Oscar Taveras were held for Game 6 of the World Series, including a moment of silence before the first pitch.

Oscar Taveras's hat was turned in for display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Oscar Taveras was here to uplift kids and put the town on the map.

Oscar Taveras declared that the team would take a greater role in educating young players to "avoid reckless actions".

In January 2015, DeWitt announced plans for the Cardinals to renovate a baseball field in Sosua in Oscar Taveras's honor, modeled after the Cardinals Care facilities in Greater St Louis.