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Marcus Andrew Semien (born September 17, 1990) is an American professional baseball second baseman and shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, and Texas Rangers.
Semien was a All-Star in 2021 with the Blue Jays, when he also won the Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award. Semien signed a seven-year, $175 million contract with the Rangers following the 2021 season and won the World Series with the team in 2023.
Marcus Andrew Semien was born on September 17, 1990 in San Francisco. He grew up pitching and playing infield in El Cerrito Youth Baseball, across the bay from San Francisco, and was a member of the area’s All-Star teams. He attended St. Mary’s College High School in Berkeley, California. At St. Mary’s, he hit .471 as a junior, .371 as a senior, and was named all-league three times, where he was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 34th round of the 2008 MLB draft.
Semien chose not to sign and instead enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where he played college baseball for the California Golden Bears…
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