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Dixon Javier Machado Moreno (born February 22, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). ==Career== The Tigers purchased Machado's contract after the 2012 season, adding him to their 40-man roster. He was designated for assignment on December 4, 2013, to make room on the 40-man roster for Joe Nathan. He was added to the 40-man roster again on November 20, 2014. During the 2014 season, he hit .305 with five home runs and 32 RBI, with a .965 fielding percentage in 90 games with the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. He also appeared in 41 games with the Class-A Advanced Lakeland Flying Tigers, hitting .252 with one home run and eight RBI, with a .972 fielding percentage. Machado was named the Eastern League Player of the Month for the month of August 2014. He hit .410 (34-for-83) with six doubles, three home runs, 17 runs scored, 15 RBI, five stolen bases, a .515 on-base percentage and a .590 slugging percentage in 25 games during the month. He ranked first among all Eastern League hitters in batting average (.410), on-base percentage (.590) and OPS (1.105), tied for second in hits (34), third in slugging percentage (.590) and walks (18). Machado was called up from the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens on May 24, 2015. He made his major league debut the next day in a game against the Oakland Athletics. Prior to being called up, Machado was hitting .274 with one home run and 16 RBIs in 40 games with the Mud Hens. On May 27, Machado got his first career major league hit, a single off of Sean Doolittle of the Oakland Athletics in the sixth inning. On September 1, 2015, Machado was named to the International League post-season All-Star game. Machado is hitting .259 with 47 RBIs, 15 steals and a .640 OPS in 124 games with the Mud Hens. His .976 fielding percentage ranks among the best for International League shortstops. Machado was named the Venezuelan Winter League Player of Week for the week ending October 26, 2015. While playing for Leones del Caracas, Machado batted 22-for-57 (.386) with seven doubles, three home runs and 11 RBIs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dixon Machado」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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