Born:(1992-06-19)June 19, 1992 Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Died: October 26, 2014(2014-10-26) (aged 22) Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 31, 2014, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 2014, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average
.239
Home runs
3
Runs batted in
22
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (2014)
Oscar Francisco Taveras (June 19, 1992 – October 26, 2014) was a Dominican–Canadian professional baseball outfielder who played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Known as "El Fenómeno" (Spanish for "The Phenomenon") in the Dominican Republic, the Cardinals signed him at age 16 in 2008 as an international amateur free agent and he made his MLB debut in 2014. Over six minor league seasons, he batted .321 with a .519 slugging percentage. He played all three outfield positions while spending most of the time in center field.
With prodigious batting skills, Taveras was a consensus top-five minor league prospect in 2013 and 2014. He elicited comparisons to former MLB outfielder and fellow Dominican Vladimir Guerrero—with a powerful and smooth, balanced stroke, Taveras successfully hit pitches well outside of the strike zone. Also similar to Guerrero, he possessed a strong and accurate throwing arm. The outfielder was the recipient of a litany of awards and won batting titles in two minor leagues, including hitting .386 for the Midwest League title in 2011. The next year, he won the Texas League batting title and was the Texas League Player of the Year and Cardinals organization Player of the Year.
On May 31, 2014, Taveras homered in his major league debut against the San Francisco Giants and went on to hit .239 in 80 regular season games, playing mostly right field. He also hit a game-tying home run in Game 2 of the 2014 National League Championship Series against the Giants. On October 26, 2014, he died in a car accident in the Dominican Republic shortly after the Cardinals were eliminated from the playoffs.
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learned of his friend OscarTaveras having died in the middle of the game and broke down in tears. He dedicated the double to Oscar, posting a tweet. Crawford...
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their first lead of the game. This was to prove short-lived however, as OscarTaveras hit a solo shot off Jean Machi to tie the game in the bottom half of...
in the top of the ninth with two outs and the bases loaded, retiring OscarTaveras (in what would be his final career at bat) on a comebacker to preserve...
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fall behind in the game 3–2, but rally with a game-tying home run by OscarTaveras in the seventh inning, a go-ahead homer in the eighth by Matt Adams...
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