Tommy Manzella #12

Played four seasons at Tulane while double-majoring in marketing and legal studies...hit .347 with eight home runs and 63 RBI as a senior in 2005...named as Tulane's Male Student Athlete of the Year and given First-Team All-Conference USA honors that season...played collegiate ball with current Astro Brian Bogusevic...drafted by Houston in the third round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft...signed by Astros scout Mike Rosamond.

2010

Hit .225 (58x258) with one homer and 21 RBI in 83 games in his rookie season at the Major League level...hit .290 (20x69) against left-handed pitchers...posted a .270 (30x111) average with 13 RBI in his final 36 games of the season (beginning on June 8)...missed nearly two months (June 23-Aug. 19) while recovering from a fractured left index finger...made 11 rehab appearances at the Double A and Triple A levels, combining to hit .367 (15x41) with one homer and five RBI...posted a .973 fielding percentage in 82 games (75 starts) at shortstop...made just two errors in his last 48 games of the season, after May 25, for a .990 fielding percentage...was part of an all-rookie infield on Aug. 20 at FLA along with C Jason Castro, 1B Brett Wallace, 2B Angel Sanchez and 3B Chris Johnson...was the first time a team started five rookies at those positions since Washington did so on Sept. 28, 2008 at PHI...connected for his only MLB home run on May 5 vs. ARI off RHP Rodrigo Lopez...started at shortstop on Opening Day, April 5 vs. SF...was the first Astros rookie to start on Opening Day since Willy Taveras (CF) and Luke Scott (LF) both started in 2005...was the club's first rookie starting shortstop since Adam Everett in 2002...missed more than a week in Spring Training (March 21-31) while nursing a strained right quad.

2009

Made his first appearance on a Major League roster in September...made his Major League debut on Sept. 8 vs. ATL as a pinch-runner...singled in his first MLB plate appearance on Sept. 11 vs. PIT as a pinch-hitter...appeared in two games at shortstop, including his first career start Sept. 16 at CIN...named the 2009 team MVP for Triple A Round Rock after hitting .289 (153x530) with nine homers, 31 doubles and 56 RBI in 133 games...he finished the PCL season ranking second in at-bats (530) and third in hits (153)...earned Round Rock's Defensive Player of the Month honors twice during the season and was named by Baseball America as the organization's best defensive infielder prior to the 2009 campaign...in 2009, he posted a .977 fielding percentage in 130 games as Round Rock's everyday shortstop.

2008

Began the season with Corpus Christi and hit .299 (67x224) with four home runs and 34 RBI in 54 games en route to being named a Texas League All-Star...named the Hooks' Defensive Player of the Month in April...promoted to Round Rock on June 14 and proeceeded to hit .219 (50x228) in 61 games to finish the season...named Round Rock's Defensive Player of the month for August.

2007

Split the season between Double A Corpus Christi and Class A Salem...hit 289 (66x228) with 12 doubles, three triples, one home run, 15 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 64 games after being promoted to Double A...earned Carolina League All-Star honors...hit 238 (53x223) with 13 doubles, 24 RBI and five stolen bases in 57 games for Salem.

2006

Hit 275 with seven home runs, 16 stolen bases and 43 RBI in 99 games with Class A Lexington had a 16-game hitting streak from April 27-May 16...earned mid-season and postseason All-Star honors.

2005

In his first professional season, hit 232 with 24 runs scored and 18 RBI in 53 games with short-season Tri-City.