Duran was called up from Triple-A Oklahoma in April 2008 to replace an injured Hank Blalock. On April 17, 2008, Durán made his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays and struck out all three times in his three at bats. He hit his first home run on May 4, 2008 versus the Oakland Athletics. Duran was placed on waivers by the Rangers on June 26, 2009, and was claimed by the Houston Astros on July 1, 2009. German Duran played in the Mexican Baseball league in 2011 before joining the Grand Prairie AirHogs of the American Association. Hitting .317 in 12 games near the end of the season, Duran then hit .536 with 10 RBI in the playoffs, including a home run in game five of the championship series as the AirHogs won the championship over the St. Paul Saints. In December, the AirHogs sold his contract to the Miami Marlins.
On January 25, 2012, Duran signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins. He also received an invitation to spring training.
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germán, durán, born, august, 1984, mexican, american, former, professional, baseball, infielder, played, major, league, baseball, texas, rangers, third, basemanborn, 1984, august, 1984, zacatecas, mexicobatted, rightthrew, rightmlb, debutapril, 2008, texas, ra. German Duran born August 3 1984 is a Mexican American former professional baseball infielder He played in Major League Baseball MLB for the Texas Rangers German DuranThird basemanBorn 1984 08 03 August 3 1984 age 38 Zacatecas MexicoBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutApril 17 2008 for the Texas RangersLast MLB appearanceSeptember 28 2008 for the Texas RangersMLB statisticsBatting average 231Home runs3Runs batted in16TeamsTexas Rangers 2008 Early life EditDuran grew up in Fort Worth Texas where he attended Paschal High School and then briefly Texas Christian University After playing one season at TCU he transferred to Weatherford College Baseball career EditDuran was called up from Triple A Oklahoma in April 2008 to replace an injured Hank Blalock On April 17 2008 Duran made his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays and struck out all three times in his three at bats He hit his first home run on May 4 2008 versus the Oakland Athletics Duran was placed on waivers by the Rangers on June 26 2009 and was claimed by the Houston Astros on July 1 2009 German Duran played in the Mexican Baseball league in 2011 before joining the Grand Prairie AirHogs of the American Association Hitting 317 in 12 games near the end of the season Duran then hit 536 with 10 RBI in the playoffs including a home run in game five of the championship series as the AirHogs won the championship over the St Paul Saints In December the AirHogs sold his contract to the Miami Marlins On January 25 2012 Duran signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins He also received an invitation to spring training External links EditCareer statistics and player information from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors This biographical article relating to a Mexican baseball player manager or other figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biographical article relating to a baseball third baseman is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title German Duran amp oldid 1016037286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
