Yuniesky Betancourt Pérez (born January 31, 1982) is a Cuban former professional baseball shortstop. Betancourt played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Seattle Mariners, and Kansas City Royals. He played in the Cuban National Series for Villa Clara before he defected from Cuba. In 2019, he became the first former MLB player to return to the Cuban national baseball system after defecting from the country. However, he never played a game for Villa Clara in 2019. In Cuba, he is nicknamed "Riquimbili". More about Yuniesky Betancourt
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His early career was spent in the Cuban leagues, including Villa Clara of the Serie Nacional. He was considered the fastest second baseman in the Cuban leagues and the star of the Villa Clara team. In the finals against the Industriales in 2002, he got a hit in nearly every at bat, though the Industriales won, 4 games to 0. He left Cuba on a speedboat in December 2003 and ended up in Mexico, where he played for a while before signing with Seattle Mariners scouts Bob Engle and Patrick Guerrero on January 26, 2005. He made his major league debut on July 28, 2005.In total, we tracked 109 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Yuniesky Betancourt (Yuniesky Betancourt Single Signed Baseball Autographed Ball Seattle Mariners) was sold in August 2017 for $40.00 while the cheapest item (MILWAUKEE BREWERS YUNIESKY BETANCOURT AUTOGRAPHED CARD) found a new owner for $0.25 in March 2011. The month with the most items sold (4) was May 2008 with an average selling price of $10.49 for an autographed item of Yuniesky Betancourt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2023 with $39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.25 was March 2011. In average, an autographed item from Yuniesky Betancourt is worth $8.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Yuniesky Betancourt were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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2006 YUNIESKY BETANCOURT UPPER DECK INKREDIBLE AUTOGRAPH CARD | $9.00 | ||
2007 Topps #576 Yuniesky Betancourt Mariners Auto-Signed | $5.00 | ||
2009 Topps YUNIESKY BETANCOURT Signed Card autograph AUTO BREWERS mariners cuba | $9.99 | ||
2012 Topps Update #US47 Yuniesky Betancourt Autograph Signed Royals | $20.00 | ||
SEATTLE MARINERS YUNIESKY BETANCOURT 2007 TOPPS SIGNED CARD # 576 AUTO | $14.99 | ||
Topps Allen & Ginter Mariners Yuniesky Betancourt Autograph Signed Auto Card | $5.00 | ||
Yuniesky Betancourt 2006 Upper Deck INKcredible Autograph Card | $8.96 | ||
Yuniesky Betancourt autographed MB baseball with MLB hoogram | $39.99 | ||
Yuniesky Betancourt Signed 2012 Topps #57 Autograph Milwaukee Brewers Auto | $3.97 | ||
Yuniesky Betancourt Signed OML Baseball JSA Certified, Seattle Mariners, Royals | $4.99 |
Former MLB shortstop charged with insurance fraud, accused of staging car crash (04/16/24): Yuniesky Betancourt faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted