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2017
◆ Tabbed as Minnesota’s Opening Day catcher during first season
with the Club...Reached double digits in home runs for fifth Catch This
consecutive season...47 RBI were third most of career and most A.L. Leaders in Games Caught since 2013
since 2014 (56 RBI). Player Seasons
2016 Salvador Perez 761
◆ In final season with Houston, finished the season first among Mike Zunino 664
A.L. catchers in triples (3), second in walks (43), fifth in on-base
percentage (.309) and tied for fifth in doubles (16). Jason Castro 631
◆ Committed just four errors in over 900 innings caught (.996)...
Threw out 13 of 58 would-be base stealers (22.4%).
2015
◆ Made fourth consecutive Opening Day start for Houston...Named one of three finalists for 2015 A.L. Gold Glove Award
at catcher...Threw out 24-of-66 runners attempting to steal (32.3%), marking best caught stealing percentage by a
Houston catcher since Brad Ausmus threw out 40% of runners attempting to steal (30-for-75) in 2001...Ranked fifth
among A.L. catchers in caught stealing percentage, and second in fielding percentage (.999, 840 total chances, 1 error)...
Was A.L.’s second-best pitch framer, behind only the White Sox’ Tyler Flowers, according to Baseball Prospectus . . .
Caught first no-hitter of career on Aug. 21 vs. Dodgers (Mike Fiers).
2014
◆ Played in a career-high 126 games with the Astros...Matched a career high (also, 2013) with 56 RBI.
◆ Finished tied for sixth in homers (14) among A.L. catchers and tied for fifth in doubles (21)...Threw out a career-high 21
runners attempting to steal (21-of-102, 20.6%).
◆ Named Astros nominee for the 2014 Roberto Clemente Award.
2013
◆ Named an American League All-Star during third big league season with Houston...Set career highs in nearly every
offensive category including hits, doubles, home runs and RBI.
◆ Set single-season Astros records by a catcher in doubles (35), homers (18), runs scored (63), extra-base hits (54),
slugging (.485) and OPS (.835)...Led A.L. catchers in slugging (min. 450 PA) and finished second in OPS (.835), third in
runs (63) and OBP (.350), tied for third in doubles (35), fourth in homers (18) and tied for sixth in hits (120)...Finished castro
second among A.L. catchers in WAR (4.5) behind Joe Mauer (5.4).
◆ Named A.L. Player of the Week, hitting .579 with three home runs, five RBI and a .636 OBP for the week of May 20-26...
Named A.L. Player of the Week again Aug. 26 after hitting .529 with six extra-base hits (2 doubles, 1 triple,3 homers),
five RBI and a 1.913 OPS.
◆ Tabbed as Astros Team MVP by the BBWAA.
2012
◆ Made first career Opening Day start in second season with Houston...Led Houston backstops with a 4.34 catcher’s
ERA (646.2 IP - 312 ER) in 79 games (73 starts)...Caught 12 of 69 attempting base stealers (17%)...Named Astros 2012
Darryl Kile “Good Guy” Award as voted on by the Houston Chapter of the BBWAA.
2011
◆ Missed entire season while recovering from a right knee injury...Initially suffered the injury March 2nd during the
Club’s Spring Training contest...Had surgery to repair a tear of the medial meniscus and reconstructed ACL.
2010
◆ After beginning the season with Triple-A Round Rock, had contract selected by Houston June 22nd...Made Major
League debut that day, singling in first big league plate appearance off Tim Lincecum...Appeared in 67 games, the most
by an Astros rookie catcher since 2010 (Mitch Meluskey, 103 G) and second most since 1992.
◆ At the time of call-up, his 53 hits ranked ninth in all of Triple-A by a catcher while his 29 walks were tied for fourth.
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
◆ Has made two different postseason appearances, going 1-for-19 (.053) with two RBI...Saw second career
postseason action in 2017...Went 0-for-3 in Minnesota’s 8-4 loss at Yankee Stadium...In 2015, for Houston in the
A.L. Wild Card Game vs. Yankees, went 0-for-2 with a walk in the Astros’ 3-0 win at Yankee Stadium...Appeared in five
games of ALDS vs. Kansas City...Logged first postseason hit in Game 3, an RBI single in the bottom of the 5th inning off
Edinson Volquez...Houston would lose the series to the Royals three games to two.
Wild Card Game Totals
Year Club, Opp AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2015— HOU, NYY .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .333 0
2017— MIN, NYY .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
TOTALS .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 .000 .167 0

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