BIOGRAPHY
Jean Segura was born on March 17, 1990, in San Juan, Dominican Republic. He is a shortstop and second baseman in the MLB.
He previously played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Seattle Mariners. Segura was an All-Star in 2013 and 2018, and led the National League in hits in 2016. He played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Segura signed with the Angels as a free agent in 2007. He made his MLB debut with the Angels in 2012, and was traded to the Brewers as part of a package for Zack Greinke. He played for Milwaukee through 2015, when he was traded to the Diamondbacks. Arizona traded him to Seattle after the 2016 season, and he signed a five-year contract with the Mariners in 2017. After the 2018 season, Seattle traded Segura to Philadelphia.
In 2019, Segura batted .280/.323/.420 with 79 runs, 37 doubles (8th in the National League), 12 home runs, 60 RBIs, and 10 stolen bases in 576 at bats. He made contact with the highest percentage of pitches he swung at in the strike zone (94.3%) of all NL batters. He had 7.9 strikeouts-per-at-bat, second-best in the National League, and on defense his 20 errors were tops in the league and his 83 double plays were fourth-most among NL shortstops.
In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, Segura batted .266/.347/.422 with 7 home runs and 25 RBIs in 54 games.
In 2021, Segura batted .290/.348/.436 with 14 home runs, 58 RBIs and 9 stolen bases in 131 games.
On January 4, 2023, Segura signed a two-year, $17 million contract with the Miami Marlins.
