Carlos Triunfel

Carlos Manuel Triunfel

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.

• Debut September 7, 2012
• Final Game August 17, 2014
• Born February 27, 1990 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.

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Biographical Information

Infielder Carlos Triunfel reached the majors with the Seattle Mariners in 2012 for 10 games, returned in 2013 for 17 games and then played 12 games with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2014.

Triunfel was signed by scout Bob Engle and Latin American Supervisor Patrick Guerrero of the Mariners for $1.3 million as a 16-year-old in 2006. He began his pro career the following summer with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, hitting .309 in 43 games for the club before suffering a thumb injury that caused him to miss more than a month of the season. After a rehab stint with the AZL Mariners, he joined the High Desert Mavericks, for whom he hit .288 in 50 games. Back with the Mavericks in 2008, he hit .287 with 8 home runs in 108 games and led the team with 30 stolen bases.

Triunfel missed most of the 2009 campaign after breaking his leg in April. He came back the next year, hitting .257 with 7 homers for the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx. He began 2011 with the Jackson Generals and hit .281 with 6 home runs and 22 doubles in 105 games before being promoted to the AAA Tacoma Rainiers. In 27 games with Tacoma, he posted a .279 average.

Back with the Rainiers to start 2012, Triunfel hit .260 with 10 homers. His performance earned him a September call-up to the majors, and he made his big league debut for Seattle on September 7th against the Oakland Athletics. Coming to the plate as a pinch hitter in the 9th inning, he struck out against Sean Doolittle.

His most plate appearances in the majors were with the Mariners in 2013, for whom he got 47 plate appearances. Selected off waivers by the Dodgers, he appeared in 12 more games with them. He spent most of 2012 and 2013 in the minors with the Tacoma Rainiers, and most of 2014 with the Albuquerque Isotopes. He played in 2015 with the San Francisco Giants's AAA affiliate, in 2016 with the Cincinnati Reds affiliate in AAA, and then played independent ball in 2017 and 2018, with the York Revolution of the Atlantic League and the New Jersey Jackals of the Can-Am Association the second.

He also played many years in the Dominican Winter League.

Related Sites

• Carlos Triunfel on mlb.com