Ozzie Chavez

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Ozzie Smith Chavez (born July 13, 1983 in Villa Mella, Dominican Republic) is a minor league baseball infielder, currently with the Huntsville Stars, Double-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Minor league career

Chavez began the 2001 season at the Milwaukee Brewers' rookie league affiliate, the AZL Brewers. He was promoted to the Class A Beloit Snappers in 2002. During 2003, he played at Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks. He played there again in 2004, as well as with the Double-A Huntsville Stars. In 2005, he returned the the Brewers Class A-Advanced team, which had changed to the Brevard County Manatees. In 2006 he returned to Huntsville before being promoted to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. He played the entire 2007 season with Nashville.

When Brewers prospect Mat Gamel was named to the Sounds' roster in late August of 2008, Chavez was sent back down to AA Huntsville.

References

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Ozzie-Chavez.shtml "Ozzie Chavez Statistics".] "The Baseball Cube". 17 December 2007.