Enrique Javier Hernández is a Puerto Rican professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers. His nickname is Kike, sometimes spelled Kiké during English-language television broadcasts to prevent it from being confused with an anti-Semitic slur.
About Enrique Hernández (baseball) in brief
Enrique Javier Hernández is a Puerto Rican professional baseball utility player who is a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Dodgers. His nickname is Kike, sometimes spelled Kiké during English-language television broadcasts to prevent it from being confused with an anti-Semitic slur that has a different pronunciation. He has played every position except catcher in the major leagues, though he has spent the most time in the outfield and second base. He and catcher Geovany Soto are the only MLB players to be drafted out of the American Military Academy. He began playing baseball at age six, and participated in international youth tournaments in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. He was known for his sense of humor and for wearing a banana suit in the dugout during games in which he was not playing.
In the 2017 National League Division Series, he hit three home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in seven runs to tie the record for most RBI in a postseason game, helping send the Dodgers to the World Series for the first time since 1988. He is the eldest child of Enrique Hernán Sr., a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his wife Mónica González, owner of a boutique in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. His mother is Cuban, while his father is Puerto Rican, and he has two younger sisters. The Houston Astros drafted him in the sixth round of the 2009 Major League baseball Draft. He earned a USD 150,000 signing bonus. In 2009, he played primarily second base and third base, and in 2010 he played exclusively second Base.
You want to know more about Enrique Hernández (baseball)?
This page is based on the article Enrique Hernández (baseball) published in Wikipedia (as of Nov. 03, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
