Indians sign C Matt Treanor to Minor League contract

December 17, 2013

CLEVELAND, OH - The Cleveland Indians today announced that the club has signed free agent C MATT TREANOR to a Minor League contract with a non-roster invitation to Major League spring training camp.

Treanor, 37, has batted .221 (281-1272) with 45 doubles, 18 HR and 129 RBI in 468 career games across nine Major League seasons with Florida (2004-08), Detroit (2009), Texas (2010, 2011), Kansas City (2011) and Los Angeles-NL (2012) after being selected by the Royals in the fourth round of the 1994 June draft. He owns a career .989 (32 E/3047 TC) fielding pct. and has caught just over 27% (68 of 247) of runners attempting to steal. Treanor appeared in 4 games behind the plate during the Rangers' 2010 Postseason run, including Game 2 of the World Series against San Francisco. The Garden Grove, CA native last appeared in the Majors with the Dodgers in 2012 and spent the 2013 campaign recovering from a left knee procedure. He is married to Misty May-Treanor, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in volleyball.

Year	Team	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
2004	Florida Marlins	.236	29	55	7	13	2	0	0	1	4	13	0	0	.311	.273	.584
2005	Florida Marlins	.201	58	134	10	27	8	0	0	13	16	28	0	0	.301	.261	.562
2006	Florida Marlins	.229	67	157	12	36	6	1	2	14	19	34	0	1	.328	.318	.646
2007	Florida Marlins	.269	55	171	16	46	7	1	4	19	19	29	0	0	.357	.392	.749
2008	Florida Marlins	.238	65	206	18	49	7	0	2	23	18	53	1	0	.306	.301	.607
2009	Detroit Tigers	.000	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.071	.000	.071
2010	Texas Rangers	.211	82	237	22	50	6	1	5	27	22	43	1	2	.287	.308	.595
2011	Kansas City Royals	.226	65	186	24	42	6	0	3	21	33	49	2	2	.351	.306	.657
2011	Texas Rangers	.000	7	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.083	.000	.083
2012	Los Angeles Dodgers	.175	36	103	11	18	3	1	2	10	14	29	1	1	.281	.282	.563
	Minor League Totals	.244	928	2860	395	699	132	9	64	358	376	560	37	24	.352	.364	.716
	Major League Totals	.221	468	1272	120	281	45	4	18	129	147	286	5	6	.313	.305	.618