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Kennys Vargas

Positions: First Baseman and Designated Hitter

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-5, 290lb (196cm, 131kg)

Born: August 1, 1990 in Canovanas, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Luis Hernaiz Verone HS (Canovanas, Puerto Rico)

Last Game: October 1, 2017 (Age 27-061d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2014 season

Agents: International Baseball Consulting • Previously: Rep1 Baseball

Full Name: Kennys Vargas

Nicknames: Little Papi

Pronunciation: \KEN-ees\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.6

783

197

.252

104

RBI

116

OBP

.311

SLG

.437

OPS

.748

OPS+

102

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2009	18	-1.6	Twins	GULF	Rk	MIN	35	130	109	12	28	7	0	3	18	2	0	17	34	.257	.369	.404	.773	44	3	3	0	1	1
2010	19	-0.6	Twins	GULF	Rk	MIN	39	160	142	24	46	15	1	3	26	1	0	13	40	.324	.388	.507	.895	72	0	3	0	2	0
2010-11	19	-8.2	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		7	26	23	4	6	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	4	.261	.346	.435	.781	10	2	1	0	0	0
2011	20	-0.5	Elizabethton	APPY	Rk	MIN	44	191	174	27	56	11	0	6	33	0	0	15	50	.322	.377	.489	.865	85	1	1	0	1	0
2012	21	-0.6	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIN	41	186	154	22	49	10	1	11	36	0	0	28	41	.318	.419	.610	1.030	94	4	1	0	3	3
2012-13	21	-5.4	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		25	82	72	10	13	2	0	3	9	0	0	10	21	.181	.280	.333	.614	24	4	0	0	0	0
2013	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		44	175	156	17	41	7	0	5	21	1	1	15	42	.263	.331	.404	.735	63	4	2	0	2	0
2013	22	-0.8	Fort Myers	FLOR	A+	MIN	125	520	457	68	122	33	1	19	93	0	0	50	105	.267	.344	.468	.813	214	20	7	0	6	3
2013-14	22	-4.2	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		38	154	138	16	36	6	0	5	20	1	1	13	37	.261	.331	.413	.744	57	4	2	0	1	0
2013-14	22	-7.4	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		6	21	18	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.278	.333	.333	.667	6	0	0	0	1	0
2014	23	-1.7	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	97	405	356	50	100	17	0	17	63	0	2	43	68	.281	.360	.472	.832	168	10	3	0	3	3
2014	23	-5.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	53	234	215	26	59	10	1	9	38	0	0	12	63	.274	.316	.456	.772	98	5	3	0	4	2
2014-15	23	-3.1	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		37	151	114	21	30	7	0	6	22	0	0	33	30	.263	.430	.482	.913	55	3	2	0	2	3
2015	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	MIN	73	302	244	40	69	9	2	13	46	0	0	52	71	.283	.414	.496	.910	121	6	4	0	2	3
2015	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		38	160	142	23	39	5	0	8	24	0	0	17	29	.275	.356	.479	.835	68	3	1	0	0	2
2015	24	-2.8	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	38	151	122	20	34	6	0	6	22	0	0	26	39	.279	.411	.475	.886	58	2	2	0	1	1
2015	24	-0.1	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	MIN	35	151	122	20	35	3	2	7	24	0	0	26	32	.287	.417	.516	.934	63	4	2	0	1	2
2015	24	-4.5	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	58	184	175	18	42	4	0	5	17	0	0	9	54	.240	.277	.349	.626	61	7	0	0	0	0
2015-16	24	-2.3	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		33	136	120	21	37	5	0	7	20	0	0	15	24	.308	.390	.525	.915	63	3	1	0	0	1
2015-16	24	-3.7	Puerto Rico	CARS	FgW		5	24	22	2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	5	.091	.167	.227	.394	5	0	0	0	0	1
2016	25	-1.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	96	402	330	41	77	16	1	15	58	1	0	66	89	.233	.361	.424	.785	140	7	2	0	4	2
2016	25	-3.7	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	47	177	152	27	35	11	0	10	20	0	0	24	57	.230	.333	.500	.833	76	2	0	0	1	1
2016-17	25	-0.9	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		34	143	117	13	21	5	1	3	18	0	0	24	31	.179	.329	.316	.645	37	3	2	0	0	4
2017	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		31	127	102	19	25	6	0	6	19	0	0	25	34	.245	.394	.480	.874	49	4	0	0	0	5
2017	26	-0.7	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	51	211	178	26	45	8	1	9	28	0	0	31	53	.253	.360	.461	.821	82	5	0	0	2	1
2017	26	-2.6	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	78	264	241	33	61	13	0	11	41	0	0	20	77	.253	.314	.444	.758	107	10	2	0	1	1
2017	26	-3.1	Puerto Rico	WBC	WBC		3	12	9	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.222	.417	.556	.972	5	0	1	0	0	0
2017-18	26	-0.4	Aguilas	DOWL	FgW		14	61	54	8	12	4	0	2	5	0	0	7	20	.222	.311	.407	.719	22	2	0	0	0	1
2017-18	26	-0.1	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		17	66	48	11	13	2	0	4	14	0	0	18	14	.271	.470	.563	1.032	27	2	0	0	0	4
2018	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		52	208	170	27	56	10	0	6	31	0	0	37	46	.329	.452	.494	.946	84	8	1	0	0	7
2018	27	0.5	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	130	533	463	41	111	23	0	21	73	0	0	58	133	.240	.326	.425	.752	197	21	5	0	7	3
2018-19	27	1.4	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		31	120	93	20	35	5	0	6	20	0	0	27	20	.376	.517	.624	1.140	58	5	0	0	0	5
2018-19	27	0.4	Aguilas	DOWL	FgW		21	88	77	7	21	5	0	0	11	0	0	10	26	.273	.364	.338	.701	26	3	1	0	0	2
2019	28		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Fgn-FgW		120	385	318	28	78	19	0	11	52	0	1	55	111	.245	.366	.409	.775	130	9	8	0	4	11
2019	28	3.7	Chiba Lotte	JPEL	Fgn		54	147	131	10	35	5	0	5	21	0	1	12	42	.267	.333	.420	.753	55	6	2	0	2	0
2019	28	0.1	Chiba Lotte	JPPL	Fgn		35	102	84	4	15	5	0	1	6	0	0	16	36	.179	.324	.274	.597	23	2	2	0	0	1
2019-20	28	1.7	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		31	136	103	14	28	9	0	5	25	0	0	27	33	.272	.434	.505	.939	52	1	4	0	2	10
2020-21	29	4.1	Mayaguez	PRWL	FgW		16	68	50	5	10	1	0	1	6	0	0	16	20	.200	.412	.280	.692	14	0	2	0	0	0
2021	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Ind-FgW		102	435	365	65	103	21	2	23	71	0	0	61	117	.282	.389	.540	.928	197	8	5	0	4	4
2021	30	0.1	Saltillo	MEX	Ind		66	285	239	54	74	14	1	18	54	0	0	41	72	.310	.418	.603	1.020	144	5	4	0	1	1
2021-22	30	4.4	Carolina	PRWL	FgW		21	87	70	8	17	5	1	4	9	0	0	14	26	.243	.368	.514	.882	36	2	1	0	2	2
2021-22	30	1.3	Los Mochis	MXPW	FgW		15	63	56	3	12	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	19	.214	.286	.304	.589	17	1	0	0	1	1
2022	31		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Ind-FgW		135	570	456	90	140	22	2	27	100	0	1	101	143	.307	.442	.542	.984	247	11	11	0	2	5
2022	31	1.1	Dos Laredos	MEX	Ind		85	353	281	54	91	17	0	17	65	0	1	68	98	.324	.462	.566	1.028	159	8	4	0	0	4
2022-23	31	2.7	Lara	VEWL	FgW		30	131	106	21	29	4	2	6	21	0	0	17	26	.274	.397	.519	.916	55	1	6	0	2	1
2022-23	31	1.6	Monterrey	MXPW	FgW		20	86	69	15	20	1	0	4	14	0	0	16	19	.290	.430	.478	.908	33	2	1	0	0	0
2023	32		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Ind-FgW		148	625	540	70	156	34	0	26	101	0	0	67	137	.289	.373	.496	.869	268	18	10	0	8	6
2023	32	1.7	Dos Laredos	MEX	Ind		30	132	115	18	31	7	0	5	15	0	0	15	28	.270	.356	.461	.817	53	6	1	0	1	1
2023	32	1.7	Guadalajara	MEX	Ind		50	207	182	27	54	13	0	11	32	0	0	20	46	.297	.367	.549	.917	100	5	2	0	3	1
2023-24	32	2.9	Mexicali	MXPW	FgW		68	286	243	25	71	14	0	10	54	0	0	32	63	.292	.385	.473	.858	115	7	7	0	4	4
2024	33		5 Teams	4 Lgs	Ind-FgW		139	592	497	71	135	26	0	20	104	0	1	84	157	.272	.383	.445	.828	221	14	8	0	3	8
2024	33	2.4	Dos Laredos	MEX	Ind		88	382	323	53	102	20	0	15	80	0	0	51	96	.316	.416	.517	.933	167	9	6	0	2	7
2024-25	33	4.1	Toros	DOWL	FgW		8	33	29	3	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	4	16	.172	.273	.414	.687	12	2	0	0	0	0
2024-25	33	5.6	Caguas	PRWL	FgW		1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	33	3.7	Obregon	MXPW	FgW		20	79	66	5	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	11	21	.182	.316	.212	.529	14	0	2	0	0	1
2024-25	33	3.7	Mexicali	MXPW	FgW		22	94	77	10	16	3	0	3	14	0	1	16	23	.208	.340	.364	.704	28	3	0	0	1	0
2025	34		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Ind-FgW		77	226	182	25	52	4	0	13	33	0	0	39	64	.286	.420	.522	.942	95	6	4	0	1	3
2025	34	3.2	Monclova	MEX	Ind		53	144	113	24	36	2	0	13	29	0	0	28	34	.319	.458	.681	1.140	77	5	2	0	1	2
2025-26	34	4.8	Mazatlan	MXPW	FgW		16	53	43	1	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	12	.302	.434	.326	.760	14	0	2	0	0	0
2025-26	34	6.6	San Juan	PRWL	FgW		8	29	26	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	18	.115	.207	.154	.361	4	1	0	0	0	1
2026	35		2 Teams	MEX	Ind		42	145	133	14	31	3	0	2	11	0	2	11	29	.233	.290	.301	.590	40	5	0	0	1	2
2026	35	3.9	Dos Laredos	MEX	Ind		6	20	19	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.263	.300	.316	.616	6	0	0	0	0	0
2026	35	3.9	Quintana Roo	MEX	Ind		36	125	114	11	26	2	0	2	10	0	2	10	20	.228	.288	.298	.586	34	5	0	0	1	2
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (4 seasons)					Majors		236	859	783	104	197	38	1	35	116	0	0	65	251	.252	.311	.437	.748	342	24	5	0	6	4
Minors (10 seasons)					Minors		731	3040	2607	351	703	149	7	117	474	4	2	373	684	.270	.363	.467	.830	1217	77	29	0	31	19
Foreign (16 seasons)					Foreign		1047	4118	3437	502	936	174	6	160	626	1	6	597	1015	.272	.386	.466	.852	1602	102	57	0	27	60
Other (1 season)					Other		3	12	9	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.222	.417	.556	.972	5	0	1	0	0	0
All Levels (18 Seasons)							2017	8029	6836	960	1838	361	14	313	1218	5	8	1037	1954	.269	.370	.463	.833	3166	203	92	0	64	83

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		315	1297	1093	128	267	53	2	51	181	1	0	181	314	.244	.352	.436	.789	477	35	9	0	14	7
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		132	556	478	70	135	20	2	24	87	0	2	69	100	.282	.376	.483	.859	231	14	5	0	4	5
A+ (1 season)					Minors		125	520	457	68	122	33	1	19	93	0	0	50	105	.267	.344	.468	.813	214	20	7	0	6	3
A (1 season)					Minors		41	186	154	22	49	10	1	11	36	0	0	28	41	.318	.419	.610	1.030	94	4	1	0	3	3
Rk (3 seasons)					Minors		118	481	425	63	130	33	1	12	77	3	0	45	124	.306	.378	.473	.851	201	4	7	0	4	1
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		89	249	215	14	50	10	0	6	27	0	1	28	78	.233	.329	.363	.692	78	8	4	0	2	1
FgW (15 seasons)					Foreign		544	2221	1836	244	467	88	5	73	313	1	2	335	534	.254	.376	.427	.803	784	51	34	0	16	41
Ind (6 seasons)					Foreign		414	1648	1386	244	419	76	1	81	286	0	3	234	403	.302	.408	.534	.942	740	43	19	0	9	18