Biography

BIOGRAPHY

José Marmolejos was born on January 2, 1993, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is a first baseman and outfielder in the MLB.

Marmolejos signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in June 2011. After hitting .310 over 124 games with 11 home runs for the Class-A Hagerstown Suns of the South Atlantic League in 2015, Marmolejos was named the Nationals' Minor League Player of the Year. He repeated in 2016, earning organizational Minor League Player of the Year honors with a combined .289 batting average and 13 home runs with the High-A Potomac Nationals and the Class-AA Harrisburg Senators.

The Nationals added Marmolejos to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season. He was named to participate in the Eastern League All-Star game in 2017.

Marmolejos signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners, that included an invitation to spring training, in November 2019.

On July 24, 2020, Marmolejos made his MLB debut on Opening Day.