Chapter 143: Omar Infante
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There have been 630 players to appear with the Florida and through their first 28 seasons of major league play.
Players in the series are sorted in ascending bWAR divided by PA/BF. Omar Infante earned 4.3 bWAR in 233 games for the Marlins.
23. Omar Infante
Omar Infante is a right-handed five-foot-11 infielder from Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. A 15-season major league veteran, Infante manned second base almost exclusively by the time he reached the Marlins in 2011.
In 1999, still just 17-years-old, Infante signed his first professional contract with the Detroit Tigers. After making his major league debut in 2002, he played in 494 contests through the following six seasons for the Tigers, hitting .253/.298/.386 with 32 home runs, 154 RBI, and 34 stolen bases in 48 attempts. After the 2007 season, he was traded to the Chicago Cubs for Jacque Jones (#540), then flipped a month later with Will Ohman to the Atlanta Braves for Jose Ascani