Jesús Tavárez
Outfielder, Baseball Player
1971 –
Who is Jesús Tavárez?
Jesús Rafael Tavárez Alcántaras is a former professional baseball outfielder. He played five seasons in Major League Baseball, playing mainly in center field for three different teams from 1994-1998 seasons. He also played two seasons for the Haitai Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization. Listed at 6' 0", 170 lb., he was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.
Tavárez entered the majors in 1994 with the Florida Marlins, playing for them three years before joining the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. His most productive season came in 1995 with the Marlins, when he posted career-numbers in batting average, home runs, runs, RBI and stolen bases. The next season he appeared in a career-high 98 games, while hitting just .219.
In a five-season career, Tavárez was a .239 hitter with three home runs and 33 RBI in 228 games, including 12 doubles, three triples and 13 stolen bases. He also played in the Seattle, Florida, Boston, Baltimore and San Francisco minor league systems from 1990–99, hitting .274 with 22 home runs and 259 RBI in 741 games.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Jesús Tavárez." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/jesus_tavarez>.
Discuss this Jesús Tavárez biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In