Agustín Tissera

Manuel Agustín Tissera Grafeuille listed as Agostino in Italy

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 172 lb.

• Born November 16, 1993 in Córdoba, Córdoba Argentina

Biographical Information

Agustín Tissera has played in Italy and Argentina and for the Argentinian national team.

Tissera hit .377/.481/.491 for Macareta in Italy's Serie A (their 2nd-tier league) in 2016, with 25 runs in 28 games. He fielded .883. He was 7th in the league in average, 8th in OBP, 5th in hits (40), tied for 10th in runs and tied for 8th in total bases (52). He hit .321/.424/.464 with 6 RBI in 7 games in the 2016 U-23 Baseball World Cup, fielding .969 at short.

In 2017, he batted .306/.384/.387 for Macareta. He hit .324 in Argentina that winter. He was named MVP of the finals. In 2018, he moved to Padule in Italy's top league, Serie A1. He struggled there at .121/.183/.136 and fielded .910.

He was 2 for 10 for Argentina when they won the 2018 South American Championship; he split short with Nicolás Solari. Argentina won a spot in the 2019 Pan American Games for the first time (they had made it twice before as hosts, not as qualifiers). He hit .448/.590/.741 for the Falcons de Cordoba that winter and was named MVP of the Argentine Baseball League. In the 2019 Pan American Games, he was one of Argentina's better players, batting .462/.500/.538 while fielding .900 at the hot corner. Only Sebastián García had a better average or OBP or more hits for Argentina. He was 5th in the event in average, between former major leaguer Ronny Paulino and minor league veteran Christian Correa.