page_title: Wilmer Flores
section_title: 2013
hierarchical_section_title: Wilmer Flores / Career / New York Mets / 2013
caption_attribution_description: Wilmer Flores
context_page_description: Wilmer Alejandro Flores Garcia is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. Flores signed as an international free agent with the New York Mets on his 16th birthday in 2007, and made his major league debut with them in 2013. He has played in MLB for the New York Mets from 2013 through 2018, and the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2019.
context_section_description: He obtained a promotion to the Mets' major league roster on August 6, the day of his 22nd birthday. Pitcher Bobby Parnell was placed on the disabled list with a herniated disk in his neck to make room for Flores on the roster. He made his debut that day against the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field going 0-for-4 at the plate and committing an error in the sixth inning in what would be a 3–2 Mets win. On August 7, he notched his first career major league hit, a single in the bottom of the second inning off Rockies pitcher Jhoulys Chacín. In the bottom of the eight inning, with bases loaded, he hit a base clearing double off pitcher Manny Corpas for his first three major league RBIs. The Mets would go on to win 5–0. On August 11, he hit his first career home run, a solo home run to right field off Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Heath Bell in the top of the ninth inning to extend the Mets lead to 9–5 by which the Mets won. He finished the 2013 season appearing in 27 games with a batting average of .211 in 95 at-bats in 101 plate appearances while compiling 20 hits, 13 RBIs, 1 home run, 5 walks, 8 runs scored, and striking out 23 times.
caption: Flores with the New York Mets in 2013
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