Allan de San Miguel

Allan Murray de San Miguel (born 1 February 1988) is an Australian professional baseball catcher and coach. He plays for the Melbourne Aces and coaches in the Kansas City Royals organisation.

Allan de San Miguel
Free agent
Catcher
Born: (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988
Bentley, Western Australia, Australia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

He is the most capped player in the Australian Baseball League, holding the record for the most games played with 354 as of 2019.

Career

Minor league career

He attended South Fremantle Senior High School in Perth, Western Australia before being added to the Minnesota Twins organization as an undrafted free agent on August 18, 2004. He split time between all levels of the Twins organization, from Rookie League to AAA, as an organizational catcher until the Twins released him in 2011.

In 2012, de San Miguel signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles following a strong showing in the ABL. He split time between A+ Frederick, AA Bowie, and AAA Norfolk, batting .239/.331/.399 and 6HRs in 63 games. He was invited to Spring Training with the Orioles in 2013, and spent the entire season in A+ Frederick, batting .240/.366/.421 with 10HRs in 65 games.

In 2014, he spent one season as the starting catcher for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He batted .203/.289/.332 with 5HR in 61 games for the Blue Crabs.

In 2015, he returned to the Twins organization, but appeared in only 3 games for Rochester, the Twins' AAA affiliate.

In 2016, de San Miguel signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, batting .187/.248/.264 in 30 games between AAA Omaha and AA Northwest Arkansas. The following year he hit .237/.310/.333 in 34 games.

In 2018 & 2019 he was still signed as a player with the Royals, but rarely activated as a player on the phantom injured list. He made no appearances in either season before being released at the end of 2019 and retained as a coach.

Australian Baseball League

De San Miguel was the starting catcher for the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League for six seasons from 2010 through 2015. In 2016, he joined the Melbourne Aces. He is a career .270/.382/.452 hitter with 39HRs in 279 games in the ABL. He is a four-time ABL Champion with the Heat, who won in 2010-11, 2011–12, 2013–14, and 2014–15, and de San Miguel was named MVP of the 2014-15 Championship Series.

Records that belong to de San Miguel prior to the 2019–20 Australian Baseball League season include games (354), plate appearances (1456), at-bats (1217), runs batted in (202), hit by pitch (36) as well as strikeouts (274) and grounded into double play (42).

Australian National Team

In 2009, he was a provisional member of the Australia national baseball team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Australia was eliminated in the first round of the tournament and placed 12th of 16 teams with a record of 1-2. De San Miguel did not play in the tournament.

In 2013, he returned with the team for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, for which Australia automatically qualified. Australia finished in last place out of sixteen teams, having lost three games in the first round to Chinese Taipei, South Korea, and the Netherlands. De San Miguel went 0-for-3 with a strikeout against Korea, and replaced Matt Kennelly late in the game against the Netherlands, striking out in his only appearance.

In 2016, de San Miguel caught for Australia in the 2017 World Baseball Classic – Qualifier 1, which occurred February 11–14, 2016. Australia defeated the Philippines and South Africa twice to advance in the tournament. He appeared in all three games, going 2-for-11 with a walk and a strike out.

De San Miguel returned in 2017 to compete in the World Baseball Classic with the Australia national baseball team. Australia was eliminated in the first round, losing to both Japan and Cuba. De San Miguel had a strong series, going 5-for-9 with one walk and three strikeouts. He hit a solo home run off of Tomoyuki Sugano in the second inning of the first game against Japan.

In 2018, he was selected exhibition series against Japan.[1]

On October 8, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[2]

References
  1. Baseball Australia Media (20 February 2018). "Team Australia Roster Announced". Baseball Australia Southern Thunder. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. DAVID PENROSE (8 October 2019). "BORAL TEAM AUSTRALIA'S PREMIER12 ROSTER ANNOUNCED". baseball.com.au. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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