Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Alcides Escobar was born December 16, 1986, in La Sabana, Venezuela. He is an infielder in the MLB.

In 2014, Escobar, along with Evan Longoria, Hunter Pence and Freddie Freeman were the only players in the MLB to start in all 162 regular season games for their respective teams. He finished the season hitting .285, with 74 runs scored, 50 RBIs, and 31 stolen bases.

On July 2, 2021, Escobar was traded to the Washington Nationals in exchange for cash considerations. He was selected to the active roster on July 3. On July 18, Escobar hit his first major-league home run since the 2018 season against the San Diego Padres to pull the Nationals within one run in the eighth inning, and hit a walk-off single in the ninth to lead them to an 8–7 victory. Escobar finished out the 2021 season with the Nationals batting .288/.340/.404, his best totals since 2012; he then signed a one-year contract extension through the 2022 season on October 5, 2021.