Brian Esposito #41

Went to high school at Staten Island Tech and played at the University of Connecticut, where in 1999 he was voted the team's Most Valuable Player and Unsung Hero.

2010

Appeared in two Astros games this season, on Sept. 18 vs. CIN and Sept. 30 at CIN, and went 0x3... Sept. 18 marked his first career Major League at-bat... caught 3.0 innings over those two games... marked his first appearance in the big leagues since appearing in one previous career MLB game for STL on June 2, 2007 at HOU... entered the game at catcher for 1.0 inning and did not make a plate appearance... had his contract purchased from Triple A Round Rock on Sept. 1... hit .203 (40x197) with two homers and 18 RBI in 59 combined games with Round Rock and Corpus Christi... for Round Rock, hit a grand slam on June 26 at Nashville... hit .474 (9x19) with four RBI over a five-game span from July 20-28... pitched 1.0 scoreless inning of relief for Round Rock on Aug. 30 at Omaha... was his 16th appearance as a pitcher.

2009

Invited to the Astros Major League Spring Training and appeared in four games (0x2) before being re-assigned to minor league camp on March 10...spent the season bouncing between Triple A Round Rock and Double A Corpus Christi... combined to hit .246 (64x260) with five homers and 38 RBI.

2008

Spent the entire season with Colorado's Double A affiliate Tulsa...hit .206 (51x247) in 68 games for the Drillers...appeared in 66 games behind the plate.

2007

Played almost the entire season at Triple A Memphis, batting .178 (43x242) in 77 games...made his first and only appearance on a Major League roster from May 30-June 6 while Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina went on the DL...appeared in one game defensively but did not record a plate appearance...optioned back to Memphis on June 6...was placed on the DL on Aug. 16 with a right elbow strain and missed two weeks of the season before returning on Sept. 1...released by St. Louis in Sept. and signed a minor league contract with Colorado on Jan. 3, 2008.

2006

Spent the entire season at Triple-A Memphis appearing in 55 games...Made 48 appearances behind the plate, four at first base, one in the left field and one as designated hitter...Committed six errors at catcher (.980 fielding %) and one at first base. Threw out 17-of-51 attempted basestealers (33.3%).

2005

Started the season at Double-A Frisco before joining Triple-A Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League on 7/23...Batted .281 (9-for-32) with runners in scoring position and .353 (6-for-17) with runners in scoring position and two outs...Was placed on the seven-day DL from 5/27-6/3...Posted a .265 batting average in 13 June games. Had two hits in four at-bats with an RBI on 7/15 at Wichita.

2004

Split the season between Stockton, Oklahoma and Frisco...batted a combined .229 (39-for-170) with 6 home runs and 25 RBI in 54 games...started season at Stockton, batting .256 (20-for-78) with 5 home runs and 13 RBI in 22 games...hit safely in 16 of 22 games with the Ports, including each of his last 5...had season-high 4 hits on 5/30 at Lancaster...recorded season-high 3 RBI on 5/6 vs. Inland Empire...notched first career steal on 4/29 vs. Bakersfield, his first in 221 career games...made only appearance for Oklahoma on 5/23 against Salt Lake, going 0-4 with an RBI...returned to Stockton the next day...made Frisco debut on 6/7...played in 31 games for the RoughRiders, batting .207 (19-for-92) with one home run and 11 RBI.

2003

Split the season between Augusta, Sarasota, Provo and Rancho Cucamonga...started the season at Augusta, appearing in 13 games as a relief pitcher...was 1-2, 5.33 (15 ER/25.1 IP) in 13 outings...was 1-0, 0.79 (11.1 IP / 1 ER) in 6 appearances on the road...earned lone win on 4/7 at Capital City, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings...moved back to the field for Sarasota, appearing in 2 games and failing to record a hit in 7 at-bats...was released by the Red Sox on 6/30 and signed by the Angels on 7/25...appeared in 3 games for Provo, batting .091 (1-for-11)...made Rancho Cucamonga debut on 8/14...appeared in 9 games for Rancho Cucamonga, batting .344 (11-for-32) with 2 RBI...hit safely in 8 of 9 games.

2002

Split the season between Augusta and Sarasota, combining to bat .217 (55-for-253) with 10 doubles, 7 home runs and 22 RBI in 71 games...had more than one assist per game with 41 in 39 games.

2001

Spent the entire season with Single-A Augusta, batting .190 (59-for-311) with 13 doubles, 3 home runs and 30 RBI in 90 games...recorded 80 assists in 89 games behind the plate.

2000

Made professional debut for Lowell, batting .240 (37-for-154) with 9 doubles, 3 home runs and 20 RBI in 42 games.