What is Oscar Taveras?
{{Infobox MLB player | name = Oscar Taveras | image = Oscart2014.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Taveras with the Cardinals in 2014 | position = [[Right fielder]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1992|6|19}} | birth_place = [[Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|10|26|1992|6|19}} | death_place = [[Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic]] | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutdate = May 31 | debutyear = 2014 | debutteam = St. Louis Cardinals | finaldate=September 28 |finalyear=2014 |finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals |stat1label = [[Batting average]] |stat1value = .239 |stat2label = [[Home run]]s |stat2value = 3 |stat3label = [[Runs batted in]] |stat3value = 22 |teams=<nowiki></nowiki> * [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{By|2014}}) }} '''Oscar Francisco Taveras''' (June 19, 1992 &ndash; October 26, 2014) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]–[[Dominican people (Dominican Republic)|Dominican]] [[professional baseball]] [[outfielder]] for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). The Cardinals signed him as an undrafted [[free agent]] in 2008. Taveras made his MLB debut in 2014 after [[batting average|batting]] .321 with a .519 [[slugging percentage]] over six [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] seasons. He played all three outfield positions while spending most of the time in [[Center fielder|center field]]. On Sunday, October 26, 2014, Taveras and his girlfriend died in a car accident in [[Puerto Plata (city)|Puerto Plata]], [[Dominican Republic]], aged 22.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/10/26/cardinals-outfielder-oscar-taveras-dies-in-car-accident/17977685/|title=Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras dies in car accident|publisher=|accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/99707820/st-louis-cardinals-rookie-outfielder-oscar-taveras-killed-in-car-accident-in-dominican-republic|title=St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras killed in car accide