Brian Serven #29

Brian Nicholas Serven...Graduated from Palm Desert High School in his hometown of Palm Desert, Calif., in 2013...Was a three-year letterman in both baseball and basketball...Named CIF Div. 4 Player of the Year in 2021, Two-time First Team All-CIF in both 2012 and 2013, and two-time First Team DUL in 2012 and 2013...Spent three years at Arizona State University, batting .280 (162-for-578) in 162 combined games while recording 33 doubles, a pair of triples, 13 homers and 97 RBI...Became the third true freshman in Arizona State history to start the majority of their freshman and sophomore seasons at catcher...Named First Team All-Pac-12 and Second-Team Pac-12 All-Academic in 2015 as a sophomore, as well as Pac-12 All-Conference First Team as a junior in 2016...Played for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod League in 2014 and 2015, batting .186 (18-for-97) across 97 games combined with three doubles, a homer and 12 RBI...His younger brother Jonathan played baseball at Long Beach State.

2023

Made his first career Opening Day roster...Batted .130 (3-for-23) over three stints with Colorado...Spent 64.0 innings behind the plate...Caught five stealing on 12 attempts (42%)...Between his stints with Colorado, played in 38 contests with Triple-A Albuquerque, hitting .199 (30-for-151) with five doubles, five homers and 20 RBI. 

2022

Became the first player in MLB history to record two multi-run home runs for his first two Major League hits, May 21 vs. New York-NL (G2)...joined Trevor Story as the only player in franchise history to have his first two Major League hits both be home runs...Hit .333 (18-for-54) with one double, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI in his first 18 career games....150 (20-for-133) through his following 44 games to end the season...Caught 10 of 51 attempted base stealers for an 80.4 stolen base percentage...tied for the second-most caught stealings for a Major League rookie and the third-most by a rookie catcher in franchise history...Hit .250/.330/.480 with three doubles, one triple, six home runs and 14 RBI in 35 games at Coors Field against .149/.176/.161 with one double and two RBI in 27 road games...First professional pitching appearance July 28 vs. Los Angeles-NL...faced the minimum, including inducing a Mookie Betts ground ball double play...second Rockies position player to pitch in 2022, along with Randal Grichuk, the eighth in franchise history...Career-high four hits on June 16 vs. Cleveland...became one of eight Rockies, first catcher, to have a four-hit game within his first 17 career contests (last: Rafael Ynoa in 2014)...Charlie Blackmon and Troy Tulowitzki also accomplished this feat...first Major League catcher to do so since Alejandro Kirk on Sept. 21, 2020, and just the 17th in the Wild Card Era (since 1995)...Appeared as a defensive replacement at first base in the first game of a June 1 doubleheader vs. Miami, his first professional experience at first base...Made his Major League debut and his first career start May 18 vs. San Francisco...became the second Rockie to debut in 2022...had his contract selected by the Rockies on May 17, his first time on a 40-man or active roster...Slashed .273/406/.506 with three doubles, five home runs and 11 RBI in 23 games for Triple-A Albuquerque before having his contract selected.

2021

Spent the season with Triple-A Albuquerque where he hit .250 (63-for-252) with 12 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 38 RBI in 73 games... His 16 home runs and .504 slugging percentage were both career highs... Led the Isotopes with 65 starts at catcher... Attended his third Major League Spring Training as a non-roster invitee, going 6-for-17 with two doubles, one triple and three RBI in 15 games... Both of his triples came in the same game on Aug. 6 vs. Oklahoma City, his first multi-triple game... Homered off Clayton Kershaw on Sept. 7 at Oklahoma City.

2020

Named to Colorado’s 2020 player pool and spent the 60-game shortened season at the alternate training site in Denver... Had three at-bats across five Spring Training games (one strikeout).

2019

Spent his first season with Double-A Hartford and batted .202 (49-for-242) with nine home runs and 30 RBI... Attended his first Spring Training and went 2-for-2 with two runs and one strikeout in seven games... Played for Salt River in the Arizona Fall League, going 13-for-46 (.283) with four runs scored, three doubles, one triple, two home runs and nine RBI.