Starling Marte

Starling Marte, Dominican baseball player

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Born: October 9, 1988
Age in 2026: 38
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birth year: 1988

About Starling Marte

Starling Javier Marte (born October 9, 1988) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, Miami Marlins, Oakland Athletics, and New York Mets. He made his MLB debut in 2012 with the Pirates. Marte is a two-time MLB All-Star and a two-time Gold Glove Award winner. In 2021, he led the Major leagues with 47 stolen bases. He is the active leader in stolen bases and triples with 363 and 55, respectively. == Early life == Marte grew up on the outskirts of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. After his mother's death when he was nine, his grandmother raised him. == Career == === Pittsburgh Pirates === ==== Minor leagues ==== Marte signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007 and was primarily a center fielder during his time in the minors. In 2010, he played 60 games for the Pirates' Class-A affiliate, the Bradenton Marauders, ending with a batting average of.315.

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Career and life highlights

Marte also won the Eastern League batting title with a.332 batting average and was named the Eastern League Rookie of the Year.
On July 26, 2012, the Pirates promoted Marte from Indianapolis Indians, becoming the first graduate of the Pirates' Latin American complex, located in the Dominican Republic, to reach the major leagues.
The hit made Marte the third player in Pirates' franchise history to homer in his first at-bat and the first to do it since Don Leppert in 1961.

Starling Marte timeline

1961The hit made Marte the third player in Pirates' franchise history to homer in his first at-bat and the first to do it since Don Leppert in 1961.
2012On July 26, 2012, the Pirates promoted Marte from Indianapolis Indians, becoming the first graduate of the Pirates' Latin American complex, located in the Dominican Republic, to reach the major leagues.
2012He made his MLB debut in 2012 with the Pirates.

The world when Starling Marte was born

Starling Marte was born in 1988. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1988

#1 song"Faith" – George Michael
Top movieRain Man
Top TV showThe Cosby Show
Best-selling bookA Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentBen Johnson stripped of Olympic 100m gold for doping
Top headlineGeorge H.W. Bush elected president
Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic fiber optic cable
Defining fadKoosh balls
Notable inventionFirst disposable contact lenses
World population5.11 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
U.S. population244.5M

1988 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Starling Marte's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1988	2026
Gas	$0.95	$3.45/gal
Average home	$89,300	$435,000
Average income	$32,191	$67,500
Minimum wage	$3.35	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$4.11	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.25	$0.73
Population	244.5M	341 million

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