Alfredo Amézaga

Alfredo Amézaga Delgado

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 165-180 lb.
• School St. Petersburg Community College
• High School Miami (FL) High School
• Debut May 24, 2002
• Final Game September 4, 2011

• Born January 16, 1978 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora Mexico

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Biographical Information

Alfredo Amézaga hit .391/.440/.391 as the leadoff man for his hometown Yaquis de Obregón in the 2008 Caribbean Series. He was 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts and scored five runs in six games but failed to make the Series All-Star team when Tony Pena Jr. was chosen as the shortstop.

He was a center fielder for Mexico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, going 2 for 5 with 2 runs and a solo homer (off Craig Anderson against Australia but was injured and missed the rest of the Classic, being replaced on the roster by Cristhian Presichi.

Drafted three times, Amézaga finally signed with the Anaheim Angels in 1999. He was drafted one spot ahead of Albert Pujols. Amézaga gradually rose through the minor league ranks to make his major league debut in 2002. Besides Anaheim, he also played for the Colorado Rockies (2005, 2011), Pittsburgh Pirates (2005), and Florida Marlins (2006-2009, 2011). Amézaga was the quintessential utility player, logging 265 games in the outfield (most of them in center field), 115 games at shortstop, 71 games at third base, 60 games at second base, and six games at first base. He carried a .241 career major league batting average with 12 home runs, 110 RBI, 49 stolen bases, and 173 runs scored over 584 major league games. In 2013, Amézaga signed with the Tigres de Quintana Roo of the Mexican League and played in Mexico through the 2018 season. He ended his playing career after appearing in 2,073 professional games and logging 7,844 at-bats.

Amézaga became a coach with the Mississippi Braves in 2019 and was scheduled to coach the Gwinnett Stripers in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Amézaga did not coach professionally in 2021. He joined the Detroit Tigers organization in 2022 as a first base coach for the Toledo Mud Hens. The Tigers called Amézaga up to the major leagues on September 1st to replace an ailing Gary Jones for the remainder of the season. He returned to Detroit in 2023, but was released after the season.

In 2024 Amézaga took his coaching talents south to the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. He started as the manager for Saraperos de Saltillo, but was fired on June 3rd. Four days later the Diablos Rojos del Mexico announced that Amézaga was joining their team as a defensive coordinator and baserunning coach.

Amézaga also has coaching experience in the winter Mexican Pacific League. He started as a hitting coach for the 2018/2019 Venados de Mazatlán. Amézaga switched to the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in 2020/2021 to serve as their third base coach and repeated this role in 2022/2023. In 2023/2024 Amézaga became a first time manager for the Tomateros de Culiacán. He only stayed with Culiacán one season before becoming a coach for the Charros de Jalisco in 2024/2025.

Related Sites

• Alfredo Amezaga on mlb.com
• BR Minors page