Andy Ibañez (Velazquez)…led Cuba’s 16U national league in batting average (.458), slugging percentage (.703) and stolen bases (18) in 2009…represented Cuba at the 16U World Championships in Taiwan in 2009 and at the 18U World Championships in Canada in 2010…was teammates with Jorge Soler and Lourdes Gurriel on the bronze medal winning 18U club.
2025
Batted .239 with four home runs, 21 RBI and a .653 OPS in 91 games over two stints with Detroit…it was his third season with the Tigers and his fifth in the Majors...Was successful in 4-of-5 (80.0%) stolen base attempts…had career highs in stolen bases and hit by pitches (four)...Struck out 26 times and his average 7.42 plate appearances per strikeout was second best to his mark of 7.77 as a rookie in 2021...Batted .258 (32-for-124) with all four of his home runs, 17 of his 21 RBI, nine of his 23 walks, and a .714 OPS against left-handed pitchers…hit .192 (10-for-52) with a .507 OPS against right-handers…made 28 of his 33 starts against left-handed pitchers...Was 12-for-40 (.300) with a home run, three RBI, five walks and a hit by pitch as a pinch hitter…led the Majors in pinch hits and had the most pinch hits by a Tiger since Gates Brown had 16 in 1974…also ranked second in the majors in pinch plate appearances (46) to the Royals Grichuk (50), and tied for fifth in pinch walks…is now 29-for-111 (.261) with four doubles, a triple, two home runs, 12 RBI and 10 walks in his career as a pinch hitter…his 29 pinch hits are fourth most in the majors dating back to his debut season of 2021...Hit .304 with runners in scoring position...had a .186 batting average with the bases empty, .289 with runners on...Connected for all four of his home runs at home, where he had a .773 OPS in 41 games…had a .555 OPS on the road...Batted .213 before the All-Star break, .268 after the break...Had a .204 batting average over innings 1-6, a .282 average from the seventh inning on...Hit .185 in 35 games against divisional foes in the American League Central, .270 in 60 games against all other teams...Made 31 starts at third base and one each at first base and second base…overall, appeared in 68 games at third, 11 at second, four at first, two at designated hitter and one each at shortstop and in left field...committed three errors as a third baseman for a .969 fielding percentage...Started games at every spot in the order except fifth and saw his most action with 12 starts from the six spot in the order...Also hit .259 with two home runs, 16 RBI and a .731 OPS in 36 games with Triple-A Toledo...Batted .342 (13-for-38) with a .983 OPS against left-handed pitchers, .228 (23-for-101) with a .622 OPS against right-handers...Made 11 starts at first base, 10 at designated hitter, seven at second base, five at third base, two in right field and one at shortstop.
2024
Spent the entire 2024 season with the Tigers, playing in 99 games and batting .241/.295/.357 with nine doubles, one triple, five home runs and 32 RBI...Had 10 hits as a pinch-hitter this season, tied for the A.L. lead and tied for second in the Majors, trailing only Randal Grichuk (13)...Finished the season batting .292/.357/.445 with seven doubles, one triple, four home runs and 24 RBI against left-handed pitchers...Went 4-for-4 with four runs scored, a double, two home runs and four RBI on May 7 at Cleveland...marked his first career four-hit game and second career multihomer game (other, Aug. 22, 2023 vs. Chicago (NL)...became the first Tiger to have four hits, four runs scored and four RBI in the same game since Miguel Cabrera had four runs, four hits and five RBI on May 19, 2013 at Texas...was the first Tiger to homer in the first two innings of a game since Christin Stewart on Sept. 20, 2018 vs. Kansas City...Gave Detroit the lead with a go-ahead, pinch-hit, three-run double in the eighth inning on Oct. 2 at Houston...marked the first go-ahead pinch-hit base hit in Tigers Postseason history, while becoming the seventh bases loaded go-ahead double in the eighth inning-or-later in postseason history (last, Marcell Ozuna, Game 1 of 2019 NLDS).
2023
Established career highs in nearly every offensive category in 2023, playing in 114 games with the Tigers... Was promoted to the Major League roster prior to the doubleheader on April 29 vs. Baltimore and made his Tigers debut in the first game of that day’s doubleheader against the Orioles... Notched his first three hits in a Tigers uniform in the second game of the doubleheader on May 3 vs. New York (NL)... Hit his first home run as a Tiger and scored three runs on May 8 at Cleveland... Hit a pinch-hit triple in the ninth inning on June 11 vs. Arizona...was the first pinch-hit triple by a Tigers player since Daz Cameron on Sept. 18, 2020 vs. Cleveland... Combined to go 4x9 with a solo homer in the doubleheader on June 14 vs. Atlanta...had three hits in the first game of the twin bill, posting back-to-back three-hit games for the first time in his career and the ninth three-hit game of his career... Named Tigers Player of the Month for June, hitting .312/.354/.558 with five doubles, one triple, four home runs and nine RBI...among American League players with at least 70 at-bats during the month, he ranked ninth in slugging percentage and 10th in OPS (.912)... Belted a pair of homers on Aug. 21 vs. Chicago (NL), hitting a solo shot in the first inning and a three-run blast in the fourth inning...marked his first career multi-homer game... Over his final 34 games of the season, hit .324/.402/.520 with six doubles, one triple, four home runs and 20 RBI.
2022
Split the 2022 season between Triple A Round Rock and Texas, playing in 113 games... Made an Opening Day roster at the Major League level for the first time in his career... Equaled a career high with three hits, including a double, and drove in a run on May 28 at Oakland... Went 5-for-5 with a RBI on July 12 at El Paso... Played in 21 games with Round Rock in July, hitting .311/.351/.511 with nine doubles, three home runs and 16 RBI... Had a 10-game hitting streak with Round Rock from Aug. 23-Sept. 4, going 14-for-42 with two doubles, a triple and four RBI.
2021
Despite having his season shortened by a late-season stint on the IL, still finished among A.L. rookie leaders in doubles (8th, 15), hits (11th, 70), extra-base hits (14th, 24), and runs (14th, 31) in his MLB debut…spent two stints with Texas (5/4-20 and 6/21-end of season), along with stint on IL from 8/29-9/16 with left hamstring strain suffered on 8/28 vs. HOU…produced career-best 16-G on-base streak from 8/15-9/21…had streaks of 11 straight with a hit (8/15-27) and seven straight with multiple hits (8/20-27)…the 11-G hit streak matched longest by a Ranger in ’21, while the 7-G multi-hit streak was longest for club since Alex Rios in 2014 (7) and longest in MLB for the season…selected Rangers Player of the Month for August after batting .310 with 4 HR and 10 RBI in 25 games…game-tying home run on 7/31 vs. SEA was 1st game-tying blast by a Ranger with club trailing by multiple runs in the 9th inning since 8/24/18 at SF (Rougned Odor)…started games in 8 of 9 spots in the batting order (all except leadoff)…made at least 10 starts at 2B, DH, 1B, 3B, and one start in LF.
2020
Did not see official game action after the minor league season was cancelled due to the pandemic…batted .231 (6-26) with two HR and seven RBI over 15 games in the Cactus League prior to the shutdown…was included on Texas’ initial 60-man player pool before the resumption of the regular season in July, and participated in Summer Camp workouts and scrimmages at Globe Life Field…assigned to Alternate Training Site in Arlington on 7/19 and spent the remainder of the campaign there.
2019
Registered the 5th-highest qualified average (.300) among Texas minor leaguers in his 2nd season at the Triple-A level…was named an MiLB.com organization All-Star after leading Nashville (AAA) batters in doubles (30), runs (91), and OPS (.871) and finishing 3rd in HR (20) and RBI (65)… recorded 20-game on-base streak from 7/24-8/20, batting .377 (29-77) with a .473 OBP during that stretch…slashed .308/.385/.538/.924 (52-169) in 43 contests after the All-Star break compared to .295/.368/.473/.841 (88-298) in 78 games before the break…owned reverse splits, batting .302 (104- 344) with .895 OPS against right-handed pitchers opposed to .293 (36-123) with .805 OPS vs. left-handers…saw action defensively at the shortstop position (26 G) for the 1st time in his professional career, but split the majority of his appearances in the field between third base (48 G) and second base (35 G).
2018
Spent the entire season with Round Rock in his 1st career Triple-A action…led the Express in games (125), hits (131), and total bases (190) while also ranking among club leaders in walks (2nd, 40), home runs (T2nd, 12), doubles (T2nd, 21), runs (T3rd, 62), and RBI (4th, 55)…among Pacific Coast League leaders, finished 7th in PA/SO (6.96), T7th in hits, and T8th in games played…batted .289 (101-349) with .743 OPS against right-handed pitching, .263 (30-114) with .787 OPS against southpaws…made 115 total starts at third base (91) and second base (24), compiling a .973 fielding pct. (10 E/368 TC)…appeared in 19 G for Aguilas in the Dominican Winter League, batting .164 (11-67).
2017
Returned to Frisco for a 2nd consecutive season, starting 70 games as the team's primary second baseman… also started games at designated hitter (8) and third base (4)… batted .333/.398/.524 (28-84) over 22 games from 4/9-6/16 before posting a .248/.304/.367 (54-218) line over 58 games from 6/17-end of season…on disabled list, 4/18-5/29, with right finger dislocation…went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs and a careerhigh 6 RBI on 5/31 vs. Northwest Arkansas, his 2nd game following DL stint…batted .278 (20-72) against left-handed pitchers compared to .261 (62-238) against right-handers, with all 8 of his home runs coming against righties…slashed .313/.365/.453/.818 (20-64) with RISP, including .354 (17-48) with RISP and 2 outs…compiled a .985 (5 E/338 TC) fielding percentage at second base.
2016
Rated the 2nd-best prospect in the Texas organization by MiLB.com after batting .285 (140-492) with 13 home runs and 66 RBI with Hickory and Frisco in his stateside debut…was 4-for5 with 4 RBI in season debut on 4/7 at Kannapolis and batted .439/.489/.732 over his 1st 10 games to capture the South Atlantic League's 1st Player of the Week award for the season, 4/7-17… ranked tied for 3rd among all minor leaguers in hits (16) and extrabase hits (16) in April…hit .203 (15-74) over next 20 games to drop season average from .402 to .308…hit safely in each of his last 8 games with the Crawdads at .414/.500/.862 (12-29)… promoted to Frisco on 6/7 and batted .219/.252/.325 (25-114) over 1st 29 games with the 'Riders…hit .285/.353/.430 (55-193) in final 52 games with Frisco to raise average to .261…started at third base in 14 of final 17 games after no starts at the position up to that point…batted .281/.324/.391 (18-64) over 19 games with the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League.
2015
Did not see official game action…was one of the top hitters in the Colombian Winter League, batting .370 (27-73) with 8 doubles, a triple, 14 RBI, 6 walks, and 15 runs scored.
