Guiyuan Xu
| Xu Guiyuan | |||
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 Xu with the Aberdeen IronBirds in 2018 | |||
| Baltimore Orioles | |||
| First baseman/Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 29, 1996 Puning, Guangdong, China | |||
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Xu Guiyuan (simplified Chinese: 许桂源; traditional Chinese: 許桂源; pinyin: Xǔ Guìyuán; born January 29, 1996) is a Chinese baseball first baseman and outfielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
Career
Guiyuan signed with the Baltimore Orioles as a free agent in July 2015 from the MLB Development Center in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, making him the first player from one of MLB's three development centers in China to sign with a major league team.[1][2] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the GCL Orioles where he slashed .247/.271/.284 in 33 games and returned there in 2017, batting .179 with seven RBIs in 15 games.[3]
International
Guiyuan played in the 2017 World Baseball Classic with China.
References
- ↑ Barker, Jeff. "Orioles prospect Gui Yuan Xu has hot start, flirts with position change". Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ↑ "Orioles sign prospect Xu Guiyuan from China". MLB.com.
- ↑ "Guiyuan Xu Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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