page_title: Jean Segura
section_title: Milwaukee Brewers
hierarchical_section_title: Jean Segura / Professional career / Milwaukee Brewers
caption_attribution_description: Jean Segura
context_page_description: Jean Carlos Enrique Segura, nicknamed El Mambo is a Dominican professional baseball shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Milwaukee Brewers, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Seattle Mariners. Segura was an All-Star in 2013 and 2018, and led the National League in hits in 2016. He played for the Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
  Segura signed with the Angels as a free agent in 2007. He made his MLB debut with the Angels in 2012, and was traded to the Brewers as part of a package for Zack Greinke. He played for Milwaukee through 2015, when he was traded to the Diamondbacks. Arizona traded him to Seattle after the 2016 season, and he signed a five-year, $70 million contract with the Mariners in 2017. After the 2018 season, Seattle traded Segura to Philadelphia.
context_section_description: After playing in only one game for the Angels, he was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers along with John Hellweg and Ariel Peña for Zack Greinke on July 27, 2012. The Brewers assigned him to the Huntsville Stars of the Class AA Southern League, and promoted him on August 6 after he batted 13-for-30 in eight games with the club. He batted .264/.321/.331	 with seven stolen bases and 14 RBIs in 148 at bats with the Brewers.
  In the offseason, Segura played in the Dominican Winter League, and won the league's batting title with a .324 batting average, as he was also 2nd in the league with 11 stolen bases. He was named the Brewers' Opening Day shortstop in 2013. He was a National League reserve for the 2013 MLB All Star Game. He won the Player of the Week Award on May 12, and finished the year hitting .294/.329/.423 with 10 triples and 44 stolen bases (each 2nd in the NL), 12 home runs, an 18.9 power–speed number (9th in the league), and 7.0 at bats per strikeout (10th-lowest) in 588 at bats. At the same time, his walk percentage of 4.0% was tied for the 6th-lowest in major league baseball.
  In 2014 he batted .246/.289/.326 with 7.3 at bats per strikeout (7th-lowest), and 10 sacrifice hits (10th in the league) in 513 at bats.  On defense. Segura led all NL fielders with 447 assists. 
  In 2015 Segura batted .257/.281/.336 with 25 stolen bases (5th in the NL), and an 80.65% stolen base percentage (10th) in 560 at bats. He walked in 2.2% of his at bats, the lowest percentage in the major leagues, and had the lowest walks-per-strikeout ratio in the majors (0.14).
caption: Segura batting in 2013
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