Married Aura...has two children: Leila and Leury Jr...attended Liceo Ercilia Pepin in San Francisco de Macoris, D.R.
2023
Slashed .222/.263/.417 (8-for-36), with one home run and four doubles, while recording two RBI and five runs in 15 Spring Training games... Released by Chicago (AL) on March 30, 2023...Played in the Dominican Winter League with Cibao...ln 26 games, slashed .340/.406/.436 (32-for-94), with five doubles and two triples, while recording 12 RBI and 16 runs...Went 8-for-9 in stolen base attempts...Also played for Team Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series.
2022
Club's longest-tenure player appeared in 97 games in his 10th season with the White Sox, including 45 starts at second base, 13 at shortstop, six at third, five in right field, five in left and two in center...recorded at least one plate appearance at all nine spots in the lineup...Slashed .216/.239/.280 (51-236) with three home runs vs. RHP and .188/.212/.219 (12-64) with no homers vs. LHP...Was the Opening Day shortstop on 4/8 at Detroit, marking his fourth straight season-opening start at a different position (2019 - CF; 2020 - 2B; 2021 - LF)...joined Pete Ward (1965- 68) as the only players in Sox history to start four consecutive openers at four different positions...Opened the season on an 0-18 streak before hitting a double on 4/15 vs. Tampa Bay...connected on his first home run of the season on 4/28 vs. Kansas City...Hit a game-tying sacrifice fly in the ninth inning on 5/7 at Boston...the White Sox trailed 1-0, entered the ninth and went on to record a 3-1 win in 10 innings...Recorded his first three-hit game on 6/11 vs. Texas...also scored three runs, one shy of his career-high...added a second three-hit effort on 6/13 at Detroit...Snapped a scoreless tie with a game-winning RBI single in the ninth on 7/1 at San Francisco...marked his fifth career game-winning hit in the ninth or later (last 9/12/21 at Boston)...Recorded his fourth career game-ending hit with an RBI single in the 10th on 7/6 vs. Minnesota...Snapped a 51-game homerless stretch with a two-run shot off Shane Bieber on 7/24 vs. Cleveland, starting a five-run inning...Was placed on the 10-day injured list on 8/17 with a lower back strain and reinstated on 8/27...Appeared in just 14 games over the remainder of the season (final game on 9/20).
2021
Appeared at six different positions over 126 games in his ninth season with the White Sox, extending his run as the club's longest-tenured player...Sox Splits: Batted .282/.319/.379 (35-124) vs. left-handers and .261/.342/.375 (76-291) with four homers vs. righties, .304 (34-112) with 47 RBI with RISP and a season-high .360 (31-86) with 11 RBI over 23 September games...Recorded at least four plate appearances in every spot in the lineup except cleanup, including 46 games as the eighth hitter...Defensive Dynamo: Appeared in 36 games (33 starts) at second base, 34 (28) in right field, 26 (22) in center, 26 (eight) in left, 19 (18) at shortstop and 11 (eight) at third...committed just six errors in 294 total chances across the six positions...Made his third consecutive Opening Day start on 4/1 at the Angels (left field), all at different positions...Started at second base on 4/3 at the Angels and made three consecutive starts at shortstop from 4/4-6 after Tim Anderson went on the injured list...Recorded three multi-RBI efforts in a four-game span from 4/29-2-5/1 (eight RBI total)...drove in five runs in a doubleheader sweep on 4/29 vs. Detroit...snapped a 1-1 tie with a two-run single in the opener and added three RBI in the nightcap...Snapped a tie with a game-winning single in the fifth on 5/19 at Minnesota...hit his first home run on 6/23 at Pittsburgh...Fell a double shy of the cycle on 7/7 at Minnesota, going 3-4 with a double, homer three RBI and two runs scored...Was placed on the seven-day concussion list on 8/15 (retro to 8/13) and transferred to the 10-day IL on 8/22...entered the "Field of Dreams" Game on 8/12 as a defensive replacement and collided with the left-field wall on Giancarlo Stanton's homer in the ninth...Was reinstated from the IL on 8/24 and recorded three straight multi-hit efforts on 8/24-26 at Toronto...Slashed .339/.380/.483 (40-118) in 32 games from 8/24 through the end of the season...his .339 average ranked fifth in the American League during that span...Homered in back-to-back games from 9/11-12 vs. Boston, including his first career game-ending home run in the ninth on 9/12...his walk-off homer came off Garrett Whitlock with two outs on an 0-2 count...Recorded multi-hit efforts four times in a span of five games from 9/23-27...Started all four games of the ALDS vs. Houston, including two each at second base and right field...went 3-15 (.200) with a double, homer, four RBI and three runs scored...Hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in the third inning of Game 3 in Chicago ...helped erase a 5-1 deficit entering the frame...Agreed to terms on a three-year, $16.5-million deal on 12/1.
2020
Was limited to 16 regular-season games due to a torn ligament in his left thumb … underwent surgery to repair the ligament on 8/17 in a procedure performed by Dr. John Fernandez and Dr. Mark Cohen at Gold Coast Surgery Center in Chicago...Made nine starts at shortstop, five at second base and one in right field … led off three times, hit sixth once, seventh four times, eighth five times and ninth three times...Started at second base on Opening Day (7/24) vs. Minnesota...To the Right … To the Left: Recorded his second career multi-homer game on 7/25 vs. the Twins, hitting a solo homer from the left side in the fifth inning off Zack Littell and a two-run shot from the right side in the seventh off Devin Smeltzer...Became the eighth player (11th time) in Sox history to homer from both sides of the plate and the first since teammate Yoán Moncada on 7/3-2/19 vs. Detroit … also became the sixth player in American League history to homer from both sides of the plate from the No. 9 spot, joining Garland Buckeye (9/10/25), U.L. Washington (9/21/79), Dale Sveum (7/17/87), Geoff Blum (5/4/04) and Rob Bowen (5/4/07)...Matched his career high with four hits on 8/1 at Kansas City … also walked to reach five times for the first time in his career... Scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch on 8/3 at Milwaukee … drove in all three of the Sox runs, including his third homer of the season, in an 8-3 loss on 8/6 vs. the Brewers...Left the game on 8/10 at Detroit with a torn ligament in his left thumb suffered sliding head-first into first base … was placed on the injured list on 8/11 … was transferred to the 45-day injured list on 8/15 and missed the rest of the regular season...Was reinstated from the injured list prior to the start of the AL Wild Card Series at Oakland … went 0-6 with three strikeouts in two games … started both games in left field...Went 0-4 in Game 1, his first career postseason game and his first appearance since 8/10 … was 0-2 in Game 2.
2019
Established career highs in every offensive category in his seventh season with the White Sox ... Led the majors with 14 outfield assists and the American League with 11 sacrifice bunts … led the Sox in runs scored (93), ranked second in steals (15) and plate appearances (618), tied for third in hits (161) and fourth in doubles (27) ... His 160 hits were the fifth-most from the No. 1 spot in the majors behind Whit Merrifield (192), DJ LeMahieu (175), Francisco Lindor (170) and Marcus Semien (165) ... His 93 runs scored tied Alex Ríos (2012) for the fourth-highest total by a Sox player since 2010 ... Appeared in 80 games (71 starts) in center field, 45 (30) in right, 24 (14) in left, 19 (16) at shortstop, two (two) at second and one (one) at third ... Batted .311 (57-183) vs. left-handers … recorded a .300-plus average in May (.319), July (.300) and September (.306) ... Scored 21 runs in March/April, tied for the seventh-most in franchise history during the month ... Led off and played center field on Opening Day at Kansas City … recorded a career-high four hits on 4/3 at Cleveland ... Connected on his first home run of the season on 4/16 vs. Kansas City, a game-winning, two-run shot in the fifth inning ... Hit .339 (19-56) with three doubles, four RBI, 15 runs scored, three HBP and a .393 on-base pct. over 14 games from 4/19-5/6 … registered three consecutive multihit efforts from 5/4-6 ... Hit his second career leadoff home run on 5/18 vs. Toronto ... Hit safely in eight straight from 6/13-23, going 12-34 (.353) with four doubles, two homers, three RBI and a 1.052 OPS ... Connected on a game-winning, solo home run off Adam Ottavino in the seventh on 6/13 vs. the Yankees ... Hit his third career leadoff homer on 6/19 at Cubs (Jon Lester) ... Started at shortstop on 6/26 at Boston following Tim Anderson's ankle injury the previous night ... Matched his career-high with four hits on 7/4 vs. Detroit ... Recorded four hits, including three doubles, on 7/19 at Tampa Bay … became the first Sox player to hit three doubles in a game since Adam Eaton on 8/2/14 vs. Minnesota ... Reached base safely in 20 straight games from 7/21-8/10 … hit his first career grand slam on 8/4 at Philadelphia ... Finished the season on a 10-game hitting streak from 9/13-29 … connected on his fourth leadoff homer on 9/25 vs. Cleveland.
2018
Was limited to 82 games due to three separate stints on the 10-day disabled list ... Appeared in 40 games (25 starts) in left field, 26 (20) in center field, 16 (10) in right field, seven (four) in second base, five (three) at shortstop and one (one) at third base … owned a .977 fielding percentage (4 E/175 TC) ... Owned the following averages: .337 (35-104) with runners on, .373 (25-67) with RISP and .333 (14-42) with RISP/two outs ... His numbers fell from .290/.323/.404 in the first half (58 games) to .227/.253/.307 after the break (24 games) ... Made his season debut as a pinch hitter on Opening Day (3/29) at Kansas City, recording a single … started his first game on 4/3 at Toronto in left field ... Registered his first multihit effort on 4/5 vs. Detroit … stole two bases on 4/9 vs. Tampa Bay ... Connected on his first homer of 2018 on 5/4 vs. Minnesota ... Left the game in the fifth on 5/23 vs. Baltimore and was placed on the disabled list on 5/24 with a left knee sprain ... Began an injury rehab assignment with Charlotte on 6/16, appearing in four games … was returned from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the disabled list on 6/22 ... Returned to the lineup in Game 1 of a doubleheader that night vs. Oakland, going 2-4 … matched his career high with four hits on 6/26 vs. Minnesota ... Connected on a solo home run on 7/5 at Houston … recorded two three-hit efforts in a span of three games on 7/13 and 7/15 ... Drove in a career-high four runs on 7/28 vs. Toronto ... Was on the 10-day disabled list from 8/6-17 with a left hamstring strain ... Left the game on 8/20 at Minnesota and was placed on the disabled list on 8/21 with a strained left hamstring ... Was reinstated on 9/22 … went 0-1 as a pinch hitter on 9/22 vs. the Cubs in his first game off the disabled list.
2017
Appeared in 87 games in his fifth season with the White Sox… recorded career highs in virtually every offensive category...Was on the disabled list twice during the season due to a sprained finger on his left hand and a sprained right thumb...Played the following positions: 51 games (47 starts) in center field, 24 (21) in left, six (six) in right, three (two) at second base and two (two) at shortstop … committed just four errors...Batted .302/.341/.349 with zero home runs vs. left-handers, compared to .257/.306/.453 with nine homers vs. righties... Went 12-35 (.343) with RISP/two outs … hit .265 (43-162) with 10 doubles, two triples, five homers, 19 RBI and six walks as the White Sox leadoff hitter (40 games)...Joined Willy García (left field) and Avisaíl García (right field) as the starting outfield on 4/14 at Minnesota, marking the first time in MLB history a starting outfield included three players with the exact same last name (Elias)...Matched his career high with three hits and scored twice on 4/24 vs. Kansas City … added three hits and two RBI on 4/25 vs. the Royals, marking the first time in his career he recorded consecutive three-hit efforts...Hit his second homer of the season on 4/26 vs. Kansas City… marked his second home run in a span of seven games after hitting two in his first 165 career games from 2013-2017...Hit safely in a career-high nine straight games from 5/5-16, batting .405 (15-37) with two doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and eight runs scored (five multihit efforts)... Recorded his first career multihomer game and matched his career high with three hits on 5/12 vs. San Diego...Had his hitting streak snapped on 5/17 at Los Angeles-AL...Drove in Chicago's only run with a solo homer, his fifth of the season, on 5/22 at Arizona... connected on his sixth home run on 5/24 at the Diamondbacks...Matched his career high with three RBI on 6/2 at Detroit...Was placed on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to 6/16) on 6/19 with a sprained finger on his left hand … made three rehab appearances between the Arizona Rookie League White Sox and Class AAA Charlotte before being returned from the assignment and reinstated from the disabled list on 7/30...Made the start as the leadoff hitter and in left field on 7/30 vs. Cleveland … hit a game-tying, solo homer in the sixth...Hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh on 8/12 vs. Kansas City … the Sox lost, 5-4, following Melky Cabrera's two-run home run in the eighth...Connected on his first career leadoff home run on 8/16 at the Dodgers … the first-pitch homer off Yu Darvish followed Tim Anderson's leadoff homer on the first pitch of the game on 8/15 at Dodger Stadium … marked the first time in White Sox history they recorded consecutive leadoff homers on the first pitch...Connected on his ninth homer on 8/23 vs. Minnesota...Was placed on the disabled list on 9/2 with a sprained right thumb and missed the remainder of the season.
2016
Spent most of the season with Class AAA Charlotte but played with the White Sox in September. Appeared in 16 games in center field, including 14 starts … hit .234 (11-47) with a double, triple, home run, five RBI and five runs scored as a starter. Was recalled from Charlotte on 9/6 and made his season debut that night as the starting center fielder vs. Detroit (0-3). Started each of the White Sox last nine games from 9/24-10/2 … hit a triple and his second career home run and drove in three runs on 9/27 vs. Tampa Bay. Ranked among the Charlotte leaders in triples (1st, 4), runs scored (1st, 45), hits, (2nd, 97), average (2nd, .313), on-base percentage (2nd, .367) and stolen bases (2nd, 18). Was named an International League midseason All-Star but did not play in the game at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte. Hit .319/.386/.444 vs. right-handers and .298/.320/.383 vs. left-handers … batted .383 (18-47) with two doubles, seven RBI and a .412 on-base percentage over 15 June games. Hit his first home run of the season and recorded three RBI on 4/24 at Toledo … registered four hits on 5/12 at Norfolk. Recorded three straight multihit efforts from 5/21-26 …owned 10-game hitting streaks from 6/14-28 and 8/10-19. Drove in a season-high six runs on 8/25 vs. Durham … hit safely in each of his last five games with the Knights from 9/1-5. Played in 30 games for Cibao in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .266 (29-109) with five doubles, three triples, eight RBI and seven stolen bases.
2015
Appeared in 17 games (three stints) with the White Sox … played four games in center field, two in left, three at shortstop, two at second base and one at pitcher … was recalled from Class AAA Charlotte three times: 7/23, 8/2 and 9/1. Made his second career pitching appearance on 4/16 vs. Oakland, allowing one hit with one strikeout (Jason Pridie) over 1.0 scoreless IP … became the first White Sox position player to pitch twice with the club since Wayne Nordhagen in 1979. ... Alexei Ramirez pitched the ninth inning vs. the Athletics, marking the second time in franchise history two position players pitched in the same game (Elias) … Frank Isbell and Sam Mertes pitched on 9/28-2/1902 vs. the St. Louis Browns. ... Hit a game-ending single in the bottom of the ninth on 10/3 vs. Detroit (second career game-ending hit, 7/2/14 vs. LAA). ... Ranked third in the International League in steals (30). ... Hit .333 (45-135) vs. left-handers, .327 (32-98) in the second half and .330 (58-176) at home. ... Eclipsed the .300 mark in three different months (.330 in May, .324 in July and .310 in August) … recorded three seven-game hitting streaks: 4/21-29, 6/3-9 and 7/16-22. ... Recorded four-hit efforts on 5/2 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 5/19 at Scranton and 5/29 vs. Lehigh Valley … hit his first homer (three-run shot) on 5/26 vs. Columbus. ... Hit safely in seven of his last eight games with the Knights. ... Connected on a game-tying, inside-the-park home run for the Dominican Republic during the Caribbean World Series
2014
Spent his first full season in the major leagues...Appeared in 15 games (11 starts) at third base, 14 (11) at second, 14 (eight) in center field, nine (three) at shortstop, three (none) in right, two (one) in left and one game at pitcher...Ranked fourth on the club with 11 stolen bases … entered 18 games as a pinch runner, scoring four runs with seven steals...Hit .269 (7-26) in April (.143 over the remainder of 2014)...Scored the game-ending run on a wild pitch on 4/2 vs. Minnesota after reaching base on a bunt single...Suffered the loss in his first career pitching appearance on 4/16 vs. Boston (2 ER/1.0 IP) … retired the first two batters in the 14th inning before walking consecutive hitters and surrendering a game-winning, two-run double to Jackie Bradley Jr...Was the first White Sox position player to pitch since Casper Wells on 6/28/13 vs. Cleveland...Went 2-3 on 6/4 at Los Angeles-NL, including his first career home run, a solo shot off Josh Beckett...Connected on a game-ending, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning on 7/2 vs. the Angels...Recorded a RBI in three straight games from 7/11-13...Started five straight games from 8/5-9 (three in center and one each at second and third)...Played for Puerto Rico in the Caribbean World Series.
2013
Spent time with Texas, Class AAA Round Rock, Class AAA Charlotte and the White Sox … made the Rangers Opening Day roster … appeared in 12 games at second base (nine starts), four at shortstop (two) and four at third (two) … made his major-league debut on 4/6 vs. Los Angeles-AL … recorded his first hit on 4/13 at Seattle (off Joe Saunders) and his first triple on 4/14 at Seattle … went 3-6 with four runs scored and a stolen base on 5/12 at Houston … was optioned to Round Rock on 6/15 … played 42 games at shortstop and five in center field with the Express … was acquired by the White Sox on 8/11 as the player to be named later to complete the 8/9 trade that sent outfielder Alex Rios and cash considerations to Texas … was optioned to Charlotte and recalled by the Sox on 8/22 … appeared in 18 games with the White Sox, including six starts at second base, four in center field and two at shortstop … led off six times … recorded a pinch-hit single in his White Sox debut on 8/23 vs. Texas … made his first start as the second baseman on 8/27 vs. Houston … matched his season high with three hits on 9/11 vs. Detroit … hit safely in three straight games from 9/18-25 … threw out Oswaldo Arcia from shallow right field on 9/18 vs. Minnesota … hit a combined .265 (59-223) with four triples, four home runs, 20 RBI, 15 stolen bases and 34 runs scored in 55 games between Round Rock and Charlotte … hit leadoff 46 times with Round Rock … batted .317 (19-60) with two home runs and 14 RBI in June … hit safely in six of his eight games with the Knights … entered the season ranked by Baseball America as the No. 20 Prospect, Fastest Baserunner and Best Infield Arm in the Texas organization … played with Cibao in the Dominican Winter League … made one appearance (0-1) as a pinch hitter for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic.
2012
Spent full season with Frisco...selected as the fastest baserunner and best infield arm in the organization by Baseball America...ranked among the Texas League leaders in triples (2nd, 11) and stolen bases (5th, 31)...shuffled between second base and shortstop, while also starting 4 games in center field...batted .317 (33-104) against left-handers and .282 (77-273) versus right-handed pitchers...hit .309 (21-68) with 2 doubles, 3 triples, 2 RBI, and 6 runs over first 18 games...was on the disabled list from April 27-May 23 with a hip strain...batted .342 (13-38) with a double, 2 triples, home run, and 7 RBI over first 9 games
upon activation from disabled list...hit just .223 (23-103) over 25 games in June, the lone month with a sub-.300 average...batted .314 (58-185) with 6 doubles, 5 triples, a home run, 16 RBI, and 33 runs following the All-Star break...closed out the season with a .366 average (26-71) over final 22 games...batted .226 (7-31) with 2 doubles, a home run, and 3 RBI over 7 games during the Texas League playoffs...hit a 10th inning, walk-off home run in Game 2 of the South Division Championship Series against Corpus Christi...WINTER BALL: Played 37 games for Cibao in the Dominican Winter League, batting .285 (41-144) with 5 doubles, a triple, 2 home runs, and 10 RBI...batted .354 (23-65) with 11 runs, 3 doubles, a triple, and 9 RBI over 18 games during the DWL playoffs...ranked among the playoff leaders in OBP (2nd), batting (3rd), hits (T4th), and runs (T4th)...last game was Jan. 22.
2011
Spent entire season with Myrtle Beach...tabbed the 11thbest prospect in the Texas organization following the season...named the 16th-best prospect and fastest baserunner in the Carolina League by Baseball America...tied for the 6th-most stolen bases (30) on the circuit...selected as the Carolina League's Topps Player of the Month for June, batting .342 (38-for-111) with 2 home runs, 14 RBI, and a league-best 10 stolen bases...was on disabled list, August 15-29, with sprained shoulder...hit .316 (6-19) over 4 games during the CL playoffs...batted .361 (30-for-83) with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 3 home runs, and 12 RBI in 20
games for the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League...finished among the AFL leaders in batting (5th) and stolen bases (T6th, 7).
2010
Spent the entire season with Hickory...tallied the most stolen bases among Texas minor leaguers and the 4thmost in the South Atlantic League despite missing over a month due to injury...was successful on 47-of-56 (83.9%) stolen base attempts...batted .299 (29-for-97) against lefties and .248 (65-for-262) vs. right-handers...hit .255 (67-for-263) prior to the All-Star break and .281 (27-for-96) following the break, including .309 (21-for-68) over 18 games in August...placed on the disabled list June 27 with a right shoulder strain...went 1-for-3 with a double in rehab assignment with AZL Rangers on July 8 at AZL Indians, but
re-aggravated injured shoulder...batted .533 (8-15) with a double and 2 RBI in second rehab assignment with AZL Rangers from Aug. 4-9...activated from disabled list on Aug. 10.
2009
Spent entire campaign with Hickory...voted as the "Top Defensive Shortstop" in the South Atlantic League by Baseball America...recorded at least one hit in each of his first eight games with the Crawdads, batting .310 (9-29)...hit .355 (22-62) from June 7-July 1, raising season average from .196 to .283.
2008
Spent entire first professional season with AZL Rangers.
