Manny Piña

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Piña and the second or maternal family name is Reyes.

Manny Piña
Kansas City Royals — No. 28
Catcher
Born: June 5, 1987 (1987-06-05) (age 24) Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 3, 2011 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.214
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
Kansas City Royals (2011–present)

Manuel Elías Piña Reyes (English pronunciation: /ˈpiːnjə/; born June 5, 1987 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a major league baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals.

Career

Piña began his professional baseball career in 2005 in the Texas Rangers system, hitting .247 in 27 games for the AZL Rangers. He played for the AZL Rangers again in 2007, hitting .244 in 14 games. In 2007, he played for the Clinton LumberKings, hitting .228 in 86 games. He split 2008 between the Bakersfield Blaze (61 games) and Frisco RoughRiders (23 games), hitting .267 overall. With the RoughRiders again in 2009, he hit .259 in 86 games.

On September 3, 2009, he was traded with Tim Smith to the Royals for Daniel Gutierrez.^[1]

On July 31, 2011, Piña was added to the Royals' active roster after Matt Treanor was placed on the disabled list. He made his major league debut on August 3, getting two hits in a win over the Baltimore Orioles. He also threw out Vladimir Guerrero while trying to steal second base in the first inning of this game.

References

1. ^ Lonestar Ball.com

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Piña, Manuel
Alternative names
Short description	Major League Baseball player
Date of birth	June 5, 1987
Place of birth	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Date of death
Place of death