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**Juan Miranda**
Juan Miranda
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	New York Yankees — No. 72
	First baseman
	Born: April 25, 1983 (age 26); Consolación del Sur, Cuba
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
	September 18, 2008 for the New York Yankees
Career statistics; (through 2009 season)
Batting average	.412
Home runs	1
Runs batted in	4
On-base plus slugging	1.123
Teams
	New York Yankees (2008-present);

Juan Miguel Miranda (born April 25, 1983, in Consolación del Sur, Cuba) is a Cuban Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees.

[edit] Baseball career

[edit] Cuba

The 5-foot-11 Miranda batted .303 with 27 homers for Pinar Del Rio in Cuba's Serie Nacional from 2002 to 2004.^[1] Miranda was on the 2001 Cuban national team. He defected to the Dominican Republic in early 2004. He established residency in 2005, and was granted citizenship there in 2006.

[edit] MLB

He signed a four-year contract with the New York Yankees worth $2 million on December 12, 2006.^[2]^[3] He played the 2007 season with the Yankees Single-A affiliate, the Tampa Yankees, and Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder. He played the 2008 season with the Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees.

On September 16, 2008, Miranda was called up to the New York Yankees for the first time in his career.^[4] He made his major league debut on September 18, 2008. His first major league plate appearance resulted in a walk.

He was once again called up to the Yankees on April 17, 2009, replacing David Robertson.

Miranda is a left-handed first baseman who hits with some power. He is also able to play in the outfield.

He recorded a walk-off game winning single against the Kansas City Royals on September 29, 2009. He hit his first Major League home run on October 2, 2009 against the Tampa Bay Rays.

[edit] Personal life

Juan has a son named Edgar Miguel Miranda who was born January 25, 2007. He loves music, especially salsa and hip-hop.

[edit] References

^ King, George. "JUAN MORE YANK". NY Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/12232006/sports/yankees/juan_more_yank_yankees_george_king.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
^ "Outfielder-first baseman signs with Yankees". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2693552. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
^ "Yankees sign Cuban prospect". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061222&content_id=1766707&vkey=hotstove2006&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
^ Jennings, Chad (2008-09-16). "Miranda called up". The Times-Tribune. http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.com/Blogs/SWBYankeesBlog/tabid/552/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4494/Miranda-called-up.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-17.

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[0] King, George. "JUAN MORE YANK". NY Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/12232006/sports/yankees/juan_more_yank_yankees_george_king.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

[1] "Outfielder-first baseman signs with Yankees". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2693552. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

[2] "Yankees sign Cuban prospect". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061222&content_id=1766707&vkey=hotstove2006&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

[3] Jennings, Chad (2008-09-16). "Miranda called up". The Times-Tribune. http://emedia.thetimes-tribune.com/Blogs/SWBYankeesBlog/tabid/552/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4494/Miranda-called-up.aspx. Retrieved 2008-09-17.

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