José Godoy #63

José Alberto Godoy…Instagram: @ josegodoyvzla27…wife, Stephanie (m. 2/21/20)…grew up in Maracaibo, Venezuela, the same hometown as former Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor.

2023

Signed to a Minor League contract by Los Angeles-AL prior to the season and subsequently released on 3/14… signed by New York-AL on 3/22 and assigned to Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, where he played 11 games, batting .270 (10-37) with three HR and seven RBI…spent the balance of the campaign with Triple-A Norfolk of the Baltimore chain after a midseason trade on 6/2 sent him to the O’s for cash considerations…posted a .266 batting avg. (21-79) with one HR, three 2B and seven RBI for the Tides…clubbed pair of homers on 4/21 at STP, his first career multi-HR game. 

2022

Began year with Triple-A St. Paul and appeared in four games, before receiving first of two big league promotions to Minnesota...Totaled 43 games for St. Paul across three stints with team... Made Twins debut, Apr. 24 vs. White Sox, walking twice and scoring two runs... Claimed off waivers by Pirates, Aug. 5 and joined Pittsburgh’s Major League roster... Made Pirates debut, Aug. 6 at Baltimore, as a defensive substitution... After five games with Pirates, was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis, where he recorded a hit in seven of 10 games...Hit safely in all five games with Indians during the month of September, going 8-for-19 with three home runs and seven RBI... Returned to Pittsburgh Sept. 26 for final week of regular season.

2021

Spent a majority of the season with Triple-A Tacoma where he batted .285 in 73 games... Appeared in 16 games for the Mariners from May 20-June 18...made his major league debut May 21 at San Diego, becoming the 20,000th player in MLB history... Batted .307 (58-for-189) with 11 doubles, one triple, three homers and 37 RBI over his final 45 games with Tacoma from July 22 to the end of the season...Threw out five of 29 potential base stealers with Triple-A Tacoma. A Placed on waivers by Seattle and claimed by San Francisco on March 13...spent four days in Giants organization before being claimed on waivers again by Minnesota on March 17.

2020

Did not play due to the cancellation of the minor league season.

2019

Played in 74 games between Springfield (AA) and Memphis (AAA), batting a combined .276 with 7 HR, 42 RBI and 16 doubles...Posted career highs in home runs (7), RBI (42), doubles (16) and sacrifice flies (4)...His batting average never dropped below .311 in Memphis after his first game...Began the season in Springfield and was recalled to Memphis for five games at the beginning of June. After being optioned back to Springfield, was recalled to Memphis on July 13 for the remainder of the season...Threw out 27.4% (17 CS/62 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers on the season...Homered in three consecutive games (6/8-13) at Reno while with Memphis, then back-to-back games vs. Midland while in Springfield...Hit his first career grand slam at Corpus Christi (6/23) off J.B. Bukauskas, as part of a Cardinals 6-run 6th inning for his season-high in RBI (4)...Posted three straight games with multiple RBI (7/9-13)...Caught a season-high 11.0 innings vs. Midland (6/13).

2018

Played in 77 games over the course of the season, appearing in nine games for Springfield (AA) but playing the majority of the season in Palm Beach (A)...Threw out 46.6% (27 CS/58 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers. His 46.6% caught stealing rate would have led the Florida State League, but did not play the qualifying amount of games...Was selected as the starting catcher for the Florida State League All-Star Game for the South squad. Was 0-for-1 in the game and caught four innings...Was 2-for-7 in the Florida State League playoffs starting both games at catcher...Batted .350 (14-40) in 14 games in April and carried a .300 batting average as late into the season as July 26 (.301)...Had pinch-hit RBI single vs. Daytona (6/8) in the 8th inning breaking a 6-6 tie for the eventual 7-6 win...Hit safely in 7-of-9 games in Springfield.

2017

Posted then single-season highs in home runs (4), RBI (41) and doubles (14)...Tallied a season-high four RBI in three different games...Threw out 40.0% (20 CS/50 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers.

2016

Posted single-season highs in hits (85), runs (36) and batting average (.295) between Peoria (A) and one game at Springfield (AA)...Was hit by pitch eight times, tied for the Peoria (A) team lead...Threw out 44.4% (20 CS/45 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers...Pitched one scoreless inning, the 15th inning of a 9-9 tie at West Michigan (7/22).

2015

Threw out 42.9% (12 CS/28 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers...Posted a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage over 262 total chances in the New York-Penn League.

2014

Tallied a career-high 6 RBI in a 4-for-5 effort with two doubles at Bluefield (6/19)...Threw out 47.5% (19 CS/40 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers...Posted an 11-game hitting streak (6/23-7/9) batting .432 (16-37) during the stretch, T-10th longest streak in the Appalachian League.

2013

Threw out 44.1% (15 CS/34 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers...Tied for the Gulf Coast League lead among catchers in double plays.

2012

Ranked 5th among Dominican Summer League catchers in caught stealing percentage throwing out 45.6% (36 CS/79 SB ATT) of attempted base stealers.