Nomar Mazara

Nomar Shamir Mazara Jiminián (born April 26, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball right fielder who is currently a free agent. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mazara and the second or maternal family name is Jiminián.
Nomar Mazara
Mazara with the Rangers
Free agent
Right fielder
Born: (1995-04-26) April 26, 1995
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 10, 2016, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.258
Home runs80
Runs batted in323
Teams

Professional career

Minor Leagues

Mazara signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent to a $5 million signing bonus in July 2011; the bonus was a record for a non-American prospect.[1][2][3][4] He made his professional debut with the Arizona Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League in 2012, and compiled a.264 batting average, .383 on-base percentage, .448 slugging percentage, and six home runs in 54 games. In 2013, Mazara played in 126 games for the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting .236 with a .310 on-base percentage, .382 slugging percentage, and 13 home runs.[5] Mazara returned to Hickory to start the 2014 season.[6] In August, he was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League, skipping the Class-A Advanced level.[7] Mazara began the 2015 season with Frisco, and was promoted to the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League on August 17. The Rangers added him to their 40-man roster after the 2015 season to protect him from being eligible to be selected in the Rule 5 draft.[8]

2016

Mazara began the 2016 season in Triple-A Round Rock. The Rangers promoted Mazara to the major leagues on April 10, following an injury to Shin-Soo Choo. In his MLB debut, Mazara batted second and hit a single off of Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in his first at bat to get his first major league hit. Mazara followed that up with another single, and in his third at bat, his first major league home run off of Weaver. Mazara provided the only run for the Rangers in his debut, going 3-for-4.[9][10] Mazara batted .333 in April, and won the American League Rookie of the Month Award.[11] On May 25, 2016, Mazara hit a massive 491-foot home run off of Angels starter Hector Santiago. Mazara continued to bat over .300 for the month of May and he yet again won the American League Rookie of the Month.[12]

2017

To begin play in 2017, Mazara hit .417 with 2 home runs and 9 RBI's, one of those home runs being his first career Grand Slam which was hit on April 7th against the Oakland Athletics, propelling him to the American League Player of the Week. Mazara finished the 2017 season with a batting line of: .253/.323/.422/.745 with 20 home runs and a team leading 101 RBI.

2018

In 2018, Mazara posted a batting line of .258/.317/.436/.753 with 20 home runs and 77 RBI. Mazara landed on the disabled list from July 20 to August 16 with a right thumb sprain. The injury lingered and hampered Mazara through the end of the season, but did not require surgery to fix.[13]

2019

On June 21, 2019, Mazara hit a home run estimated at 505 feet off of Reynaldo López of the Chicago White Sox, the longest home run hit by any major leaguer in 2019.[14][15] In 2019, Mazara hit .268/.318/.469/.786 with 19 home runs and 66 RBIs.[16]

Chicago White Sox

On December 11, 2019, Mazara was traded to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Steele Walker.[16] Overall with the 2020 Chicago White Sox, Mazara batted .228 with one home run and 15 RBIs in 42 games.[17] On December 2, Mazara was non-tendered by the White Sox.[18]

References
  1. "Newberg Report: Nomar Mazara could be a future cornerstone for Rangers". Texas Rangers. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. "Texas Rangers sign Dominican Nomar Mazara for $5 million record bonus". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. "Plan for 16-year-old Nomar Mazara". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  4. "Rangers pay record $5 million bonus to 16-year-old Nomar Mazara". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. "Texas Rangers: Rangers prospect primer: Power-hitting OF Nomar Mazara comes with big expectations after inking record deal - SportsDay". SportsDay. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  6. "Crawdads' Mazara up to challenge". HDR - Hickory Daily Record. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. "Texas Rangers promote two top prospects to Frisco". Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  8. "Rangers set 40-man roster ahead of deadline". MLB.com. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  9. "Nomar Mazara excited for Rangers debut". Star-Telegram. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. "Texas Rangers: Nomar Mazara will be Rangers regular right fielder, hits second in MLB debut - SportsDay". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  11. "Rangers' Nomar Mazara named AL Rookie of the Month for April". MLB.com (Press release). Major League Baseball. May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  12. Posner, Ryan. "Mazara's mighty HR is downright dreamy". MLB. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
  13. "Rangers' Nomar Mazara won't need surgery on right thumb". ESPN.com. Associated Press. October 2, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  14. T.R. Sullivan (June 21, 2019). "Feast your eyes on Mazara's 505-foot homer". MLB.com. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  15. "Statcast Leaderboard | baseballsavant.com". Baseballsavant.mlb.com. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  16. "Rangers trade OF Nomar Mazara to White Sox for prospect". ESPN.com. December 11, 2019. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  17. https://www.mlb.com/player/nomar-mazara-608577?stats=career-r-hitting-mlb&year=2020
  18. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/white-sox-non-tender-nomar-mazara-carlos-rodon.html


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