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INFIELDER
YOÁN MONCADA

MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2023
◆ Seventh season with Chicago (A.L.)...Made his fifth Opening Day start and fourth at third base.
◆ Played in 92 games and slashed .260/.305/.425 with 32 extra-base hits and 40 RBI.
◆ Batted .316 (48/152) with 12 doubles, eight home runs and 24 RBI over his last 43 games (Aug. 8 - end of season), and
raised his average from .214 to .260…During that span, ranked sixth in the American League in AVG and SLG.
◆ Placed on injured list on Apr. 14 (retro to Apr. 11) with lower back soreness and went on a rehab assignment to
Triple-A Charlotte before being reinstated on May 12...Placed on I.L. for second time from June 14 to July 25 with
lower back inflammation.
2022
◆ Limited to 104 games during sixth season with White Sox...Ranked fourth among A.L. third basemen with a career-
high .980 fielding percentage (min. 250 TC)…Five errors were the fewest of his career.
◆ Batted .212 (84/397) with a .626 OPS and 31 extra-base hits...Hit .286/.372/.541 with RISP and .371/.488/.686 with
RISP and two outs.
◆ Opened the season on the injured list with a right oblique strain from Apr. 4 to May 9 and appeared in six games on a
rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte; Also missed time with a right hamstring strain from June 20 (retro to June
18) to June 28, and left hamstring strain from Aug. 27 (retro to Aug. 26) to Sept. 5.
MONCADA
◆ Became the fourth player in MLB history (first A.L.) to record multiple five-hit, five-RBI games (June 15, Sept. 8) in a
season, joining Kris Bryant (2016), Phil Cavarretta (1945) and Hack Wilson (1930).
2021
◆ In fifth season with the White Sox, batted .263 (137/520) with 33 doubles, his third season with at least 30 doubles in
four years dating back to 2018.
◆ Ranked third in the A.L. with a .375 on-base percentage and eighth with 84 walks.
◆ Slashed .313/.455/.438 with nine doubles and 17 runs scored over 29 games in May.
2020
◆ Played in 52 games of the abbreviated season with the White Sox and batted .225 (45/200) with a .705 OPS.
◆ Reached base safely in his first 16 games from July 24 to Aug. 10...Recorded a career-high, 21-game on-base streak
from Sept. 25, 2019 to Aug. 10, 2020.
2019
◆ Had a career year in third season with White Sox, and reached career highs in batting average (.315), slugging (.548),
OPS (.915), doubles (34), home runs (25), runs scored (83), and RBI (79).
◆ Ranked third in American League with .315 (161/511) average.
◆ Was one of three players in MLB to hit over .300 with 30 doubles, 25 home runs, 75 RBI and 10 steals, joining Cody
Bellinger and Ketel Marté...Became the fourth player (sixth time) in club history to record those numbers in a season,
joining Álex Ríos (2012), Carlos Lee (2004) and Magglio Ordóñez (1999-2001).
◆ Batted .322/.377/.569 with 21 homers vs. righthanders, and .299/.345/.500 with four homers vs. southpaws.
◆ Recorded seven straight multi-hit efforts from Sept. 15-22 (.484, 15/31), one game shy of the club record.
◆ Missed time with a strained right hamstring from Aug. 1 (retro to July 31) to Aug. 22...Appeared in five games with
Triple-A Charlotte on rehab assignment.
◆ Started at third base on Opening Day at Kansas City after switching from second base during Spring Training.
2018
◆ In third Major League season and second with Chicago (A.L.), appeared in a career-high 149 games with a .235 average
(136/578) with .715 OPS...Made first career Opening Day start on Mar. 29 at KC.
◆ Became the fifth player in franchise history (age 23 or younger) with at least 30 doubles, 15 home runs and 60 RBI in
a season, joining Chet Lemon (1977), Frank Thomas (1991), Paul Konerko (1999) and Carlos Lee (1999)...First player to
reach those marks with at least 10 stolen bases.
◆ Led MLB with 217 strikeouts, at the time the fourth-highest single season total in MLB history.
2017
◆ Opened the season with Triple-A Charlotte...Recalled on July 19 and made his White Sox debut that night vs. LAD.
◆ Hit first career major-league home run on July 26 vs. Cubs, a solo shot off RHP Jake Arrieta in the 7th inning.
◆ Named to the IL All-Star Team and was selected to play for the World Team at the All-Star Futures Game (also 2016).
◆ Entered the season rated by Baseball America and MLB Pipeline as the No. 2 Prospect in baseball.
2016
◆ Named Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year after combining to hit .294/.407/.511 with 31 doubles, six
triples, 15 home runs, 62 RBI, 72 walks, 94 runs scored and 45 stolen bases over 106 games between Single-A Salem
and Double-A Portland in the Red Sox organization.
◆ Contract selected by Red Sox from Portland on Sept. 2…Made MLB debut that night at Oakland as a defensive
replacement at third base...Drew a walk in first plate appearance.
◆ Made first MLB start on Sept. 3 at Oakland and collected his first hit and RBI off RHP Daniel Mengden.
◆ Named MVP of the Futures Game on July 10 in San Diego.

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