Aaron Colin Guiel (; born October 5, 1972) is a Canadian former professional

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Career

Minor leagues and Mexico

Guiel was drafted out of Kwantlen College by the

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in the 21st round of the

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. He began his professional career in with the Low-A Boise Hawks as a second baseman and outfielder and

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.298 in 35 games. With Single-A

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in , he hit 18

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s and drove in 82 runs. In , Guiel played for High-A Lake Elsinore and for Double-A

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in . In his first year with Midland, he played mostly

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and hit .269 for the third consecutive season. Guiel had a breakout season with Midland in as he was converted to a full-time outfielder and batted .329 with 22 home runs and 85 RBI. On August 23, 1997, the Angels traded him to the San Diego Padres for

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Angelo Encarnación. Guiel began with Triple-A

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and hit .311 in 60 games. He started in Las Vegas again, but hit just .245 and became a minor league free agent at the end of the season. On March 18, , Guiel signed with the

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but was released twelve days later on March 30. He then spent two months playing for the

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in the Mexican League before being signed by the Kansas City Royals on June 13.

Kansas City Royals

Guiel spent the rest of the season with the Triple-A

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. He spent all of with Omaha and hit 21 home runs and had 73 RBI and became a minor league free agent again. After re-signing with the Royals in 2002 and hitting .353 with Omaha, he was called up to the major leagues and made his debut on June 22,

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in his only

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. He began in the minors again then was called up in May. He stayed in the majors for the rest of the season hitting .277 in 99 games. He missed part of the season with an eye injury but hit only .156 when he was healthy. In , Guiel played most of the season with Triple-A Omaha until an August call-up. With Omaha, he hit .276 with a career-high 30 home runs and 95 RBI. He also hit .294 in the majors after being called up. Before the regular season began, Guiel played for Canada in the

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. In the tournament, he went 2-9 as Team Canada was eliminated in the first round. On July 5, , after having spent most of the season with Omaha, he was claimed off waivers by the New York Yankees.

New York Yankees

In his first game with the Yankees, Guiel went 1–3 with a

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and 3

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. Overall with the Yankees, he hit .256 with 4 home runs and 11 RBI while playing

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and

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Tokyo Yakult Swallows

For the season, Guiel signed with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Japan's

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, hitting 35 home runs with 79 RBI. In , he hit only .200 being limited to just 79 games due to an elbow injury. After the 2008 season, he re-signed with the Swallows for , staying with them through 2011, totaling 90 home runs and 239 RBI over those five seasons.

Personal

His brother is former outfielder Jeff Guiel. Has an older brother Sean.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guiel, Aaron 1972 births Living people Arizona League Padres players Baseball people from British Columbia Baseball players at the 1999 Pan American Games Canadian expatriate baseball players in Japan Canadian expatriate baseball players in Mexico Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Cedar Rapids Kernels players Columbus Clippers players Kansas City Royals players Lake Elsinore Storm players Las Vegas Stars (baseball) players Major League Baseball players from Canada Major League Baseball outfielders Mexican League baseball right fielders Midland Angels players Mobile BayBears players New York Yankees players Nippon Professional Baseball left fielders Nippon Professional Baseball right fielders Omaha Royals players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in baseball Sportspeople from Vancouver Tokyo Yakult Swallows players Wichita Wranglers players World Baseball Classic players of Canada 2006 World Baseball Classic players Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games