Married Sikiu Ortega … has two children: Maria de Jesus and Hector Manuel.
2013
Made his first career Opening Day roster … appeared in 23 games and made 19 starts at catcher…pitchers recorded a 4.37 ERA (87 ER/179.0 IP) when he was behind the plate...threw out 25.0 percent (5-20) of attempted basestealers…made his first start of the season on 4/6 vs. Seattle (0-3)…connected on his first major-league home run on 4/26 vs. Tampa Bay…collected a career-high four hits, including a three-run home run off Ernesto Frieri, on 5/18 at Los Angeles-AL…caught all 16 innings in the White Sox 7-5 victory on 6/5 at Seattle, going 2-7 with a double and RBI…was designated for assignment on 7/5 and outrighted to Class AAA Charlotte on 7/9…made five starts with the Knights…was placed on the Charlotte disabled list on 7/22 to undergo left knee surgery…missed the remainder of the season…appeared in 60 games with Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .257 (55-214) with nine doubles, 15 homers, 51 RBI and 39 runs scored.
2012
Spent most of the season with Class AAA Charlotte but also appeared in five games with the White
Sox ... Chicago pitchers owned an 0.66 ERA (1 ER/13.2 IP) when he was behind the plate ... his contract was purchased from Charlotte on 8/30 ... made his Sox debut the same day at Baltimore, going 1-for-1 ... made his only start of the season on 10/3 at Cleveland, going 3-5 with a RBI ... appeared in 47 games at catcher, 32 as the designated hitter, 20 at first base and one at third with Charlotte ... threw out 43.1 percent (22-51) of attempted basestealers ... hit a season-high .301 (22-73) with three homers and eight RBI in July ... was 4-11 (.364) with 10 RBIs with the bases loaded ... owned a .284 (48-169) average with four home runs and 20 RBIs as the catcher, compared to .242 (32-132) with seven homers and 26 RBIs as the DH ... reached base in 17 consecutive road games from 5/5-6/26, batting .379 (25-66) with five home runs and 17 RBIs during that span ... recorded a season-high 11-game hitting streak from 7/4-23 (.415, 17-41) ... collected a season-high four hits three times and registered four RBIs on 6/26 at Pawtucket.
2011
Made his first-career Opening Day roster with Los Angeles-NL...appeared in four games (one start),
going 1-7 (.143)...collected his first Major League hit on 4/2 vs. San Francisco, a single off Javier lopez...was
on the Dodgers disabled list from 4/9-6/10 with a strained right knee, including a rehabilitation assignment at
Class AA Chattanooga...was outrighted on 6/10 and finished the season with Chattanooga, hitting .286 (66-231)
with 11 home runs and 54 RBI in 66 games...threw out 34.6 percent (9-26) of attempted baserunners with the
Lookouts...played in 49 games for Aragua of the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting .266 (45-169) with seven
home runs and 23 RBI.
2010
Selected as Double-A Altoona (Pirates) team MVP, tying for second in the Eastern League with a
.305 batting average and leading the league-champion Curve with 16 home runs in 94 games ...
ranked third on the club with 72 RBI ... Was the starting catcher for the West Division All-Stars and ranked fifth in the league with a .310
batting average in 61 games before the All-Star break ... also had a team-high 12 home runs and
drove in 49 runs in the first half ... Named to the Postseason Eastern League All-Star Team, ranking among the league leaders
in batting average (.305, 2nd), on-base percentage (.384, T-4th) and slugging percentage
(.533, 2nd) ... Appeared in 92 games as a catcher and two at first base, helping to guide Altoona's pitching staff
to a 3.55 team ERA, which ranked second in the league ... the club posted a 2.96 ERA in its eight
postseason games to win the league championship ... Batted .354 (34-for-96) with runners in scoring position and hit .346 (56-for-162) with runners
on base ... Hit .394 (26-for-66) with seven home runs and 22 RBI in 19 May games ... batted .488 (21-for-43)
with six homers and 15 RBI during his season-long 12-game hitting streak from May 19-June 4 ... Had 24 multi-hit games, including three four-hit efforts ... also had a pair multi-home run games on
May 5 and June 2 ... Batted .331 (42-for-127) as a right-handed hitter and hit .289 (61-for-211) as a left-hander ... hit
.371 (63-for-170) in 46 home games ... Following the season, played for the Tigres de Aragua of the Venezuelan Winter League, batting
.261 with eight home runs and 28 RBI in 56 games.
2009
Signed with Pittsburgh as a minor league free agent on 1/18 and split season between Double-A Altoona
and Triple-A Indianapolis...Hit .276 (83-for-301) with eight homers and 38 RBI in 89 combined games with the two clubs...Began season
with Altoona and compiled a .309 average after his first 19 games thru 5/23...Homered twice on 5/13 at Harrisburg...Tallied lone
triple on 6/19 vs. Connecticut...Homered in final Double-A game on 6/21 vs. Connecticut...Hit .368 (14-for-38) against left-handed
pitchers while playing with Altoona, where he made 17 appearances behind the plate, 17 at third base and two at first base...Was
promoted to Triple-A on 6/22 and hit safely in six of his first seven games with the Indians (7-for-23, .304)...Hit first home run with
Indy on 6/27 and his his second one in his final game on 9/7 at Louisville...Made 12 appearances at third base, 10 at first base
and six at catcher with Indianapolis...Also made three appearances in left field and went 17-for-63 (.270) in 16 games as the
designated hitter...Participated in the Venezuelan Winter League and hit .319 (67-for-210) with 14 doubles, eight homers and 40 RBI
in 62 games with Aragua.
2008
Split the season between Class A Vero Beach and Class AAA Durham in the Tampa Bay organization,
hitting .211 (59-280) with 37 RBI over 81 combined games.
2007
Joins the Rays from the Houston organization...underwent surgery to repair a partially torn labrum in his right shoulder in March 2007 and spent the entire year on the Astros disabled list...Played for Aragua in the Venezuelan Winter League, batting .276 in 38 games with 2 homers and 23 RBI.
2006
Struck out on 9/25 at PHI in his first MLB plate appearance...switch-hitter batted.273 (75x275) with 8 HR and 37 RBI in 76 games for Triple A Round Rock. Made his first appearance on a Major League roster...led Double A Corpus Christi with 58 RBI in 2005 and ranked tied for third on the club with 12 homers.
2005
Hit .273 (124x454) with a minor league career-best 12 home runs and 58 RBI for Double A Corpus Christi in 2005...also hit 19 doubles and tripled once...named to the Texas League All-Star Team...named Corpus Christi's offensive and defensive player of the month for June, when he hit .302 with three home runs and 12 RBI and threw out 10 of 19 potential base stealers.
2004
The switch-hitting catcher batted .245 with six home runs and 46 RBI in his first season at Double A Round Rock...posted back-to-back three-RBI games on Aug. 8 vs. San Antonio and Aug. 9 vs. El Paso...tied his season high with four hits (4x5) on Aug. 9...batted .352 (19x54) in June...collected 13 RBI in August...went 4x5 with a season-high three runs on June 12 vs. Arkansas...hit the game-winning two-run homer on May 24 vs. El Paso...played in the Venezuelan winter league for Magallanes...batted .308 with three home runs and 25 RBI in 39 games...rated as the best defensive catcher in the Houston system by Baseball America heading into the 2005 season.
2003
The switch-hitting catcher was rated as Houston's No. 6 prospect by Baseball America heading into the 2004 season,
and was listed as the organization's Best Defensive Catcher...batted .247 (94x381) in 109 games with seven home
runs and 54 RBI...tossed out 38.9 percent of runners attempting to steal, ranking second in the Carolina League...posted a 99.1 fielding
percentage...named Salem's Defensive Player of the Month in June after throwing out nine base runners...earned Offensive Player
of the Month honors in May after batting .338 with three home runs and 13 RBI...entered the season as the eighth-best prospect in the Astros organization, as ranked by Baseball America...finished the Venezuelan winter league (2003-04) with four homers, 20 RBI and a .281 batting average for Magallanes,
as a catcher, first baseman and DH.
2002
Played at Class A Lexington where he batted .263 and finished tied for third on the team
with 11 home runs...named a South Atlantic League All-Star...
2001
Named a Venezuelan Summer League Post-
Season All-Star after inishing third in the league in slugging percentage (.507)...ranked second on the VSL Astros in
extra-base hits (18) including second in doubles (12), third in triples (3), and second in home runs (5)...also finished
third in RBI (34)...
2000
Began his professional career with the VSL Astros.
