Aarom German Baldiris Pérez (born January 5, 1983) is a former Venezuelan professional baseball third baseman. He played for the

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. was his first year playing in Nippon Pro Baseball with the Tigers. He wore #52 and was a third baseman. He batted and threw right-handed.

Career

Minor league career

Bardiris was originally drafted by the New York Mets out of high school at the age of seventeen. He started off at the Rookie-Class Venezuelan Summer League and played there until , and missed the entire season due to an injury. He was called up to Single-A Brooklyn in , then to Double-A Binghamton in . He played for the Texas Rangers organization in . He was acquired by the New York Yankees in and put on their 40-man roster in September 2007.

Career in Japan

Baldiris left the Yankees and signed to play in NPB in . There, the Hanshin Tigers selected him to be on the team's #1 roster. He struggled the first couple of weeks, but as the season went on, his batting average rose. On July 5, 2009 in a game against the Yakult Swallows, Baldiris hit his first NPB Home Run. It was a lead off home run off

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. He would later be chosen as one of the "Heroes" of that game along with the Tigers starting pitcher, Yasutomo Kubo. From 2010 to 2013 Baldris played for the

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Career in South Korea

In 2016 Baldiris has played for the

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