Henry Mateo
Henry Mateo | |||||||||||||||
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Second baseman | |||||||||||||||
Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | October 14, 1976|||||||||||||||
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
Professional debut | |||||||||||||||
MLB: July 28, 2001, for the Montreal Expos | |||||||||||||||
CPBL: July 11, 2010, for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | |||||||||||||||
Last appearance | |||||||||||||||
MLB: October 1, 2006, for the Washington Nationals | |||||||||||||||
CPBL: October 3, 2010, for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .233 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 10 | ||||||||||||||
CPBL statistics | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .249 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Henry Antonio Mateo Valera (born October 14, 1976) is a professional baseball infielder. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2006, and part of the 2010 season in Chinese Professional Baseball League.
Professional career
Expos/Nationals
Mateo was drafted by the
Tigers, Rays, and independent ball
In 2007, he signed with the Detroit Tigers, spending all of that season with their top farm team, the Toledo Mud Hens. He was released by the Detroit Tigers on April 21, 2008. Later in 2008 signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He batted .318 for the Bluefish and led his team in hits with 170. On May 24, 2009, Mateo was signed to a minor league contract by the Tampa Bay Rays and immediately optioned to the minor league Durham Bulls, where he ended the season. Mateo is currently being sought for the civil charge of criminal conversation in North Carolina.
Mexico and Taiwan
Mateo became a free agent again after the 2009 season. He then went to the
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)