BIOGRAPHY
Adolis Garcia was born March 2, 1993, in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
García defected from Cuba in 2016. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in February 2017, receiving a non-roster invitation to spring training. He spent 2017 with both the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League and the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, posting a combined .290 batting average with 15 home runs and 65 runs batted in between both clubs.
García began the 2018 season with Memphis. The Cardinals promoted him to the major leagues on August 6. In 112 games for Memphis, he batted .256 with 22 home runs, 71 RBIs, and ten stolen bases.
In 2021, García batted .243/.286/.454/.741 and led all rookies with 90 RBI and 59 extra-base hits. He also hit 31 home runs and tied for the league lead with 16 outfield assists.
Over 156 games for Texas in 2022, García hit .250/.300/.456/.756 with 27 home runs, 101 RBI, and 25 stolen bases.
Over 156 games for Texas in 2022, García hit .250/.300/.456/.756 with 27 home runs, 101 RBI, and 25 stolen bases.
In 2023, despite losing the division to the Astros on the final day of the regular season, the Rangers upset the Rays and Orioles to make it to the ALCS to play Houston. Over the final four games of the series, García homered five times. In Game 5 García hit a lead-changing three-run home run to put Texas up 4-2. In the bottom of the eighth, Garcia was at the center of a benches-clearing incident after he was hit by a Bryan Abreu fastball, resulting in his ejection from the game and a fine. Houston ended up winning 5-4. In Game 6 in Houston, with Texas in a must-win situation, he hit a grand slam in the top of the ninth despite striking out four times that day. In Game 7, an 11-4 blowout in favor of Texas, García homered twice and drove in five runs. Over the series, García set a record with 15 RBIs in a postseason series and was named the ALCS Most Valuable Player. In game one of the 2023 World Series versus the Arizona Diamondbacks, García hit a walk-off home run versus Miguel Castro. García set a single post-season record by recording 22 RBI throughout the Rangers run. García suffered a strained right oblique at the end of Game 3 and missed the final two games of the series. García and Texas won the 2023 World Series in 5 games. García won an American League outfield Gold Glove Award in 2023, the first of his career.
