Alcides Escobar

Infobox MLB player


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name = Alcides Escobar
team = Milwaukee Brewers
number = 21
position = Infielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1986|12|16
birthplace = La Sabana, Venezuela
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = September 3
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Milwaukee Brewers
statyear = September 11, 2008
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .500
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 0
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 0
awards =
teams =
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|2008–present)

Alcides Escobar (born December 16, 1986 in La Sabana, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers.

In by|2007, he split time between Single-A and Double-A, playing 63 games in Single-A Brevard County and 62 games in Double-A Huntsville. He hit a combined .306 with one home run and 53 RBI.

In by|2008, Escobar played mostly for the Huntsville Stars. He is considered the best-fielding infielder in the Brewers' organization and is one of the top prospects for the team. On September 1, mlby|2008, when rosters expanded, Escobar was called up to the Majors for the first time and made his debut two days later as a defensive replacement at shortstop. He picked up his first hit in his first career at-bat in the same game, a single against Scott Schoeneweis of the New York Mets.

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