Walter Ibarra

{{Infobox MLB player

|name=Walter Ibarra

|team=Leones de Yucatán

|number=57

|position=Infielder

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1987|11|1}}

|birth_place=Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico

}}

Walter Ibarra (born November 1, 1987) is a Mexican professional baseball infielder for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League.

Career

=New York Yankees=

Ibarra signed with the New York Yankees as an international free agent in 2006. He played for the Mexico national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.{{cite web|last=Oz |first=Mike |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/getting-know-world-baseball-classic-squads-mexico-041345616--mlb.html |title=Getting to know your World Baseball Classic squads: Mexico | Big League Stew – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date=2013-02-28 |accessdate=2013-06-06}} After batting .312 in 20 games for the Trenton Thunder of the Double–A Eastern League in 2013, the Yankees promoted him to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders of the Triple–A International League.{{cite web|author=|url=http://blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/railriders/index.php/2013/06/05/huge-roster-shuffle-for-railriders/ |title=Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders Blog » Huge roster shuffle for RailRiders |publisher=Blogs.thetimes-tribune.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-06}}

=Los Angeles Dodgers=

Ibarra signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs on November 11, 2013, but was released and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who assigned him to the Triple–A Albuquerque Isotopes. In 97 games for the Isotopes, he hit .269 with 5 homers and 32 RBI, while splitting time between second base and shortstop.

=Arizona Diamondbacks=

On November 4, 2014, Ibarra signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. On April 7, 2015, Ibarra was loaned to the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League and was returned to the Diamondbacks on September 24. He elected free agency on November 6.{{cite web| url = https://www.mlb.com/player/walter-ibarra-503429?stats=career-r-hitting-minors&year=2021| title = Walter Ibarra Stats, Fantasy & News {{!}} MLB.com| website = MLB.com}}

=Sultanes de Monterrey=

On April 1, 2016, Ibarra signed with the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League.

=Leones de Yucatán=

On December 21, 2017, Ibarra was traded to the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League alongside Luis Juárez in exchange for Francisco Lugo and Ricky Alvarez. Ibarra did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/07/mexican-league-cancels-2020-season.html|title=Mexican League Cancels 2020 Season}}

In 2022, he played in 52 games for Yucatán, hitting .257/.300/.332 with 1 home run and 33 RBI. Ibarra won the Mexican League Championship with the Leones in 2022.{{Cite web|title=LMB King's Series — Championship Series 2022 — Round-up|url=https://gambyl.com/en/baseball/lmb/lmb-kings-series-championship-series-2022-round-up/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=gambyl.com|date=20 September 2022 |language=en}}