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NJ Jackals' Alfredo Marte Named Can-Am League Player of the Year

August 30, 2019 - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
New Jersey Jackals News Release


Little Falls, NJ - Today the Can-Am League announced that New Jersey Jackals outfielder Alfredo Marte has been named the league's 2019 Player of the Year in a poll of league managers and media members. Marte is now the third Jackal to receive this honor, joining Art Charles (2016) and Nick Giarraputo (2012) in this prestigious club.

A 30-year-old native from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Marte is authoring a career year with a .312 batting average, 16 homers and 86 RBIs. He leads the Can-Am League in numerous offensive categories including home runs (16), RBIs (86), doubles (28), total bases (181) and extra-base hits (44). Plus he is among the league leaders in hits (104, 2nd), runs (66, 3rd) and slugging percentage (.541, 3rd). Marte also made history this season by being named the Can-Am League's Batter of the Week four times, tying him with Quebec Capitales third baseman Eddie Lantigua for the record that he set in 2005.

Along with lighting up the league leader boards, he leads the Jackals in all the aforementioned offensive categories along with multi-hit games (32) and multi-RBI games (21). Marte is also one of the club's most clutch hitters as evidenced by his thriving when the bases were loaded (.462, 1 HR, 19 RBIs), with runners in scoring position (.303, 7 HR, 67 RBIs) and with runners in scoring position and two outs (.275, 1 HR, 22 RBIs). Furthermore, the Jackals are 32-14 when he drives in a run and 9-5 when he hits a homer.

Marte is in his first season with the Jackals and his 14th season as a professional, having played in the Arizona, Los Angeles Angels, Baltimore and Philadelphia organizations. He spent parts of three seasons in the majors, appearing in 71 games with the Angels (2013-14) and the Diamondbacks (2015).

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