José Adolis García Arrieta

José Adolis García Arrieta is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in the MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants. García was an MLB All-Star in 2021 and 2023.

Career
Early career
García played for Ciego de Ávila of Cuba's National Series from 2011 to 2016.

On April 20, 2016, García signed with the Yomiuri Giants of the Japanese Professional Baseball League. García played for the Cuban national team at the 2015 Pan American Games.

St. Louis Cardinals
García defected from Cuba in 2016. He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in February 2017, receiving an invitation outside the roster for spring training. He spent 2017 with the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League and the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, posting a combined batting average of .290 with 15 home runs and 65 runs batted in (RBIs) between both clubs.

García started the 2018 season with Memphis. The Cardinals promoted him to the Major Leagues on August 6. In 112 games for Memphis, he batted .256 with 22 home runs, 71 RBIs and ten stolen bases, and in 21 games for St. Louis, he batted .118.

García was designated for assignment on December 18, 2019.

Texas Rangers
On December 21, 2019, García was traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for cash. In 2020 for the Rangers, García recorded only six at-bats and went hitless on the year. On February 10, 2021, García was designated for assignment after the signing of Mike Foltynewicz was made official. On February 12, García was invited to spring training as an outside-the-roster invitee.

On April 13, 2021, García was selected to the active roster after Ronald Guzmán was placed on the injured list. García was named American League Rookie of the Month in May 2021 after batting .312 with a slugging percentage of .633 and 11 home runs. Adolis García was named as an American League reserve for the 2021 MLB All-Star Game, and went two for two with a double in the game. In 2021, García batted .243/.286/.454/.740 and led all rookies with 90 RBIs and 59 extra-base hits. He also hit 31 home runs and tied for the league lead with 16 assists in the outfields.

In 156 games for Texas in 2022, García batted .250/.300/.456/.756 with 27 home runs, 101 RBIs and 25 stolen bases.

On April 22, 2023, against the Oakland Athletics, García hit five hits, including two doubles and three home runs, and drove in eight runs. With this, he became the fourth person in MLB history to hit three home runs and two doubles in a game. Adolis was named as an American League reserve for the 2023 MLB All-Star Game, his second selection of his career. On September 8, García suffered a strain in the patellar tendon of his right knee, but missed only 10 games. In 148 total games in 2023, García batted .245/.328/.508/.836 with 39 home runs, 107 RBIs and 9 stolen bases.

In 2023, despite losing the division to the Astros on the last day of the regular season, the Rangers surprised the Rays and Orioles to reach the American League Championship Series to play against Houston. In the last four games of the series, Adolis García hit five home runs. In Game 5, García hit a three-run home run that changed the momentum to put Texas ahead 4-2. In the bottom of the eighth, García was at the center of a bench-clearing incident after being hit by a fastball from Bryan Abreu, which resulted in his ejection from the game and a fine. Houston ended up winning 5-4. In Game 6 in Houston, with Texas in a must-win situation, he hit a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning despite striking out four times that day. In Game 7, an 11-4 victory for Texas, García hit two home runs and drove in five runs. During the series, Adolis García set a record with 15 RBIs in a postseason series and was named the Most Valuable Player of the American League Championship Series.

Personal life
His older brother, Adonis García, is a former professional baseball player.

García is the godfather of Randy Arozarena's daughter. Arozarena, who defected from Cuba a year before García and also signed his first minor league contract with the Cardinals, described García in July 2023 as "kind of like my brother"