Wilson Valdez
Dominican baseball player
Wilson Antonio Valdez (born May 20, 1978) is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball, the Kia Tigers of the KBO League, and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2004 to 2012.
Playing career
Early career
Valdez was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos on February 4, 1997. He played on the Expos' Dominican League teams from 1997-1999 and then on various minor league Single-A teams for the Expos through 2001.
On March 29, 2002, the Florida Marlins claimed Valdez off waivers and sent him to the Marlins' Double-A Portland Sea Dogs. He continued in the Marlins organization in 2003, playing with their Double-A Carolina Mudcats and their Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes.
Chicago White Sox
On June 17, 2004, while hitting .319 for Albuquerque, he was traded by the Marlins with cash to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for reliever Billy Koch. The White Sox promptly assigned him to their Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte where he hit .302 and earned his first major-league call-up in September of 2004 to the White Sox. On September 26, 2004, he hit his first career home run off Brian Anderson. In limited action he hit .233 for the Sox.
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