Yasiel Puig facts for kids

**Yasiel Puig**
Yasiel Puig
; Yasiel Puig with the Dodgers
	Free Agent — No. 66
	Center fielder
	Born: December 7, 1990 (age 29); Cienfuegos, Cuba
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	June 3, 2013 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Career statistics; (through September 13, 2014)
Batting average	.303
Hits	267
Home runs	32
Runs batted in	102
Teams
	* Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2018)
Career highlights and awards
	* All-Star (2014) 2x NL Player of the Month (June 2013, May 2014); NL Rookie of the Month (June 2013);

Yasiel Puig Valdés born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball player. Puig plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Puig plays the position outfielder.

Puig played for the Cuban national baseball team in the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship. His team won a bronze medal. In 2012, he left Cuba and signed a contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article1963115.html - From Cuba to the majors: Yasiel Puig’s harrowing story

Images for kids

Puig with then teammate Juan Uribe
Puig in the Dodger Stadium outfield for the 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers
Puig's follow through for the 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers
Yasiel Puig in the outfield for the 2016 Dodgers