José Fermín #15

Was switched from uniform No. 35 to No. 15 midway through the 2024 Spring Training season when the Cardinals signed Brandon Crawford...Shares the same birthplace as former Cardinal Carlos Martínez, the late Oscar Taveras and Victor Marte...Took English classes in school while living in the Dominican Republic...Was aspiring to become an engineer, but was signed out of the Amaurys Nina Academy in East Santo Domingo, at 16 years old by Cleveland...Resides in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

2024

Began the season in Memphis (AAA), but was recalled on April 24 and two more times before finishing the season on the St. Louis roster appearing in 45 Major League games...Was co-leading the Redbirds with four home runs at the time of his first recall on April 24...Started games at second base (8) and third base (5) while making one appearance in left field vs. COL (6/8). Started two games as the designated hitter...Batted .250 (6-for-24) with a triple and three RBI in two-out situations...Hit right-handed pitchers at a .226 clip (7-for-31, four RBI) and .100 (4-for-40) vs. left-handed pitchers...Scored a season-high two runs off the bench vs. MIL (8/21). Entered defensively after a Luken Baker pinch-hit home run and was on base when Nolan Arenado hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning...Was flawless in 37 defensive chances...Batted .311 at Memphis with 13 doubles, eight home runs and 18 stolen bases in 20 attempts. Ran off a .424 on-base percentage and a .924 OPS, highest among all Redbirds with 60 or more games...Had a 34:22 walk to strikeout ratio at Memphis.

2023

Played his first season as a member of the Cardinals organization...Was a Spring Training Major League invite but was slowed by quadriceps strain and began the season in Memphis (AAA)...Played the majority of his games in St. Louis with 21, while appearing in 20 at Memphis and five games each in Palm Beach (A) and the Florida Complex League (R)...Was recalled from Memphis (AAA) on July 7 when Tommy Edman went on the injured list with right wrist inflammation...Made his Major League debut at CWS that night as a pinch-runner for Alec Burleson in the ninth inning...Started his first MLB game at second base two days later at CWS (7/9)...Went 0-for-3, but put down a perfect sacrifice bunt in the 10th inning as the Cardinals won in extras 4-3 heading into the All-Star break...Recorded his first Major League hit at CHI (7/21) with a bunt single off Justin Steele...Became the first Cardinal to bunt for his first career hit since RHP Britt Reames (9/23/2000 vs. CHI) and last Cardinals position player since OF Charlie Chant (9/1/1976 vs. CIN)...Finished the season on a three-game hit streak including a career-high three RBI game vs. Cincinnati in a 15-6 rout of the Reds on the second to last day of the season...Played for Gigantes del Cibao in the Dominican Winter League and led the circuit with a .577 on-base percentage while ranking second in batting (.432) to Ronny Mauricio (.441) and third in slugging percentage (.568) over 21 games.

2022

Played 90 games for Columbus (AAA), making 59 starts at third base and 27 starts at second base./.Hit four home runs in April, including his first career multi-home run game with two blasts at Indianapolis (4/20). ..His multi-home run game was part of a two-game explosion, going 7-for-9 with a double, two home runs and six RBI with five runs scored (4/20-21 at IND)...Scored a run in seven straight games (4/13-4/21)...Hit his first career grand slam at Omaha (5/4) off Daniel Mengden...Collected three games with two stolen bases, his second most in a single-season behind 2019 (four).