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Isiah Kiner-Falefa
American baseball player (born 1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Isiah Kiner-Falefa (born March 23, 1995), often abbreviated as IKF, is an American professional baseball utility player for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers from 2018 to 2021 and the New York Yankees from 2022 to 2023.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa | |
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![]() Kiner-Falefa with the New York Yankees in 2022 | |
Toronto Blue Jays – No. 7 | |
Utility player | |
Born: (1995-03-23) March 23, 1995 (age 29) Waipahu, Hawaii, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 10, 2018, for the Texas Rangers | |
MLB statistics (through May 29, 2024) | |
Batting average | .261 |
Home runs | 30 |
Runs batted in | 220 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Kiner-Falefa was born and raised in Hawaii where he attended Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu. Out of high school, he was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB draft. After spending five seasons in the Rangers farm system, Kiner-Falefa made his major league debut in April 2018. In 2020, he won the American League Gold Glove Award at third base. In 2020 and 2021, he led the Rangers in several statistical batting categories. Prior to the 2022 season, Kiner-Falefa was sent to the Minnesota Twins but was flipped to the Yankees the following day as part of a multi-player trade.