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KEINNER PIÑA
BORN: FEBRUARY 12, 1997 OPENING DAY AGE: 23
BIRTHPLACE: BARQUISIMETO, VZ RESIDES: BARQUISIMETO, VZ
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SIGNED AS INTERNATIONAL FREE AGENT, OCT. 17, 2013

C HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 175 BATS: R THROWS: R

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
PIÑA’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2014— Angels (DSL) .214 47 154 19 33 1 0 0 14 1 1 7 31 1 34 8 9 3 .221 .368 2
2015— Angels (DSL) .246 35 122 15 30 2 1 0 13 0 1 1 21 0 21 7 4 1 .279 .259 6
Angels (AZL) .108 12 37 4 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 10 0 1 3 .108 .171 1
2016— Angels (AZL) .296 37 142 19 42 4 1 0 17 0 1 1 12 0 26 5 2 5 .338 .353 3
Orem .250 3 12 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .250 .308 2
2017— Orem .292 48 185 34 54 7 0 0 33 0 3 8 23 0 19 1 0 4 .330 .388 1
2018— Burlington .256 82 313 26 80 8 2 0 36 2 3 4 20 0 72 3 0 6 .294 .306 8
2019 — Inland Empire .173 16 52 1 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 2 10 0 0 4 .192 .283 1
Burlington .228 32 114 7 26 3 0 1 13 0 3 1 9 0 28 0 0 4 .281 .283 4
MINOR TOTALS .248 312 1131 125 281 26 4 1 131 4 13 23 127 3 224 24 16 30 .281 .333 27
◆ Keinner (KAY-ner) José Piña (PEEN-yuh)...Signed by Angels scouts Carlos Ramirez and Lebi Ochoa.
◆ 2020 marks seventh pro season and second straight MLB spring camp invitation.
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◆ Has thrown out 40% of base stealers in minor league career (161 of 406)...Owns .989 career fielding pct.
behind plate (27 E/2537 TC)...Has also appeared in 15 career games at first base.
◆ Started 2019 with Adv.-A Inland Empire, notching two multi-hit games in 15 starts...Played his remaining
32 games of the season with Single-A Burlington in Midwest League, tallying five mutli-hit performances...
Blasted his first professional home run in Peoria on June 15, a fifth-inning solo blast to left-center field...
Served as the team’s cleanup hitter for five games...Caught 10-inning combined no-hitter vs. Beloit on Aug.
27, for which he received the game ball from pitching coach Jonathan Van Eaton.
◆ For 2018 campaign, played career-high 82 games at Burlington . . .Led Midwest League in caught stealing
percentage, throwing out nearly half of base stealers (49.5%; 48 of 97) . . .Batted .245 (47/192) over first three
months of season (50 games) and hit .282 (33/117) over final two months (32 games)...Established career
highs in hits (80), doubles (8), triples (2), and RBI (36).
◆ In 2017, hit .292 (54/185) in 48 games with Rookie-Level Orem...Hit .324 (23/71) and reached base at a .435
clip in 18 games in July...Batted No. 5 in lineup 45 of 48 games...Established a career best with a .388 OBP...
Laced walk-off single to right field in bottom of ninth against Grand Junction on July 1. . .Committed just one
error in 433 total chances to lead Pioneer League catchers in fielding percentage (.998)...Threw out 26 of 53
(49%) would-be base stealers to lead league.
◆ Hit .296 (42/142) in 37 games for the Rookie-Level AZL Angels in 2016...Logged 13 multi-hit games, including
a career-high four hits July 21 vs. the AZL Diamondbacks . ..Threw out 20 of 56 base stealers (36%). . .Was
named Angels Organizational Defensive Player of the Month for two consecutive months (July & August).
◆ In 2015, played 35 of 47 games with the Rookie-Level DSL Angels, hitting .246 with 15 runs, 13 RBI, 21 BB, and seven
stolen bases...Had nine mutli-hit games in the DSL, including a 3-game multi-hit streak from June 9-11, in which he
went 6-for-10...Threw out 42% of attempted DSL base stealers (18 of 43) in 23 appearances behind the plate...Batted
No. 2, 3, or 4 in lineup in 31 of 35 contests.
◆ In 2014, began pro career with DSL Angels, knocking in 14 runs and stealing eight bases in 47 games...Threw out
40% of attempted base stealers (23 of 58)...Made 30 starts at C and four at 1B...Posted a .993 fielding percentage
behind the plate.

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