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JOSE ROJAS # 90
BORN: FEB. 24, 1993 OPENING DAY AGE: 27
BIRTHPLACE: ANAHEIM, CA RESIDES: ANAHEIM, CA
SIGNED THRU: 2020
ACQUIRED: SELECTED IN 36TH ROUND OF 2016 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER
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INF HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 200 BATS: L THROWS: R

NON-ROSTER INVITEE
ROJAS’ 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
2016— Orem .308 59 221 45 68 15 3 5 31 3 2 2 22 0 29 9 4 5 .471 .372 11
2017— Inland Empire .319 79 317 44 101 20 5 7 50 1 2 2 17 0 64 4 8 6 .479 .355 8
Mobile .227 44 172 16 39 9 1 4 20 0 4 3 6 1 35 0 1 3 .360 .259 6
2018— Mobile .304 84 312 57 95 21 3 17 65 0 1 3 36 1 75 9 4 5 .554H .381 5
Salt Lake .217 19 69 10 15 3 0 0 6 0 2 0 2 0 13 1 0 1 .261 .233 4
2019— Salt Lake .293 126 515 101 151 39 7 31 107H 0 5 0 58 2 131 4 4 8 .577 .362 12
MINOR TOTALS .292 411 1606 273 469 107 19 64 279 4 16 10 141 4 347 27 21 28 .502 .350 46
H led or tied for league lead
◆ Jose Rojas (roh-HOSS)...Signed by Angels scout Ben Diggins.
◆ 2020 marks his first big league camp...Has slashed .292/.350/.502 with 107 doubles, 19 triples, 64 home runs, and roJas
279 RBI in 411 career minor league games over four professional seasons.
◆ Spent 2019 season with Triple-A Salt Lake of the Pacific Coast League, slashing .293/.362/.577 with 101 runs, 39
doubles, seven triples, 31 home runs, and 107 RBI in 126 games...Named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...
Among PCL leaders, ranked 1st in RBI and TB, T-2nd in 2B, 3rd in AB, T-3rd in R, 5th in H, T-7th in 3B, T-9th in HR
and 12th in SLG%...Set career highs in all offensive categories except .AVG, .OBP and SB...Slashed .359/.414/.769
with 26 runs, 12 home runs, and 26 RBI in July...Slashed .330/.366/.713 in 21 games as cleanup hitter...Slashed
.321/.371/.667 in 165 at-bats with RISP...Posted 15-game hitting streak from July 14 through July 28, during which
he hit .427 (29/68) with seven home runs and 18 RBI...Appeared defensively in 39 games at 2B, 31 at 3B, 18 at 1B,
and 12 in LF .
◆ Played majority of 2018 with Double-A Mobile, slashing .304/.381/.554 with 17 HR and 65 RBI, to go with 57 runs,
21 doubles, and nine stolen bases...Named a Post-Season All-Star...Received Player of the Week honors on May
13...Slashed .338/.443/.663 in 80 at-bats with RISP...Posted 11-game hitting streak from July 5 through July 15...
Completed a cycle on May 11 at Mississippi with a grand slam, compiling seven RBI and 10 total bases... Appeared
in 36 games at 1B and 12 at 3B . . .Promoted to Salt Lake for four games in mid-June, going 0-for-11...Returned to Salt
Lake August 13, accumulating 10 runs, 15 hits, and 6 RBI...Posted five mutli-hit games for Bees.
◆ Started 2017 with Adv.-A Inland Empire of the California League, where he slashed .319/.355/.479 with 101 hits
and 50 RBI in 79 games...Named a Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star with team, as well as Player of the Week on
July 2...Had 29 multi-hit games, including 10 games with 3+ hits...Finished his time in High-A with a 23-game hitting
streak from June 18 to July 14, hitting .385 (37/96) during this stretch...Started 73 games at 3B...Promoted to
Mobile on July 15, where he hit four home runs and tallied 20 RBI in 44 games...Had 10 multi-games in Double-A...
Compiled a 13-game hitting streak from July 28 through August 10, hitting .360 (18/50) during this stretch...Started
27 games at 3B and 14 at 2B .
◆ Began professional career with Rookie-level Orem of the Pioneer League in 2016, where he slashed .308/ .372/ .471,
hitting five home runs and tallying 31 RBI, along with 45 runs in 59 games...Named Player of the Week on July 10...
Went 5-for-7 with 7 RBI in a July 6 doubleheader against Grand Junction...Posted 20 mult-hit games, including
seven performances of at least three hits...Slashed .343/.402/.586 with 26 runs and 22 RBI in 26 games in July...
Appeared in 45 games at 3B and 13 at 2B .
◆ Selected by Angels in the 36th round of 2016 First-Year Player Draft...Along with fellow 2016 Angels draftee Sean
Isaac, the only Vanguard University of Southern California product to ever be drafted by the Angels.
◆ Began college career at Fullerton Community College, where he was coached by Nick Fuscardo...Completed
collegiate career with two seasons playing for Vanguard in Costa Mesa as a shortstop...Named 2016 Golden State
Athletic Conference Player of the Year and NAIA All-American .
◆ Attended and played baseball for Anaheim High School in Anaheim, CA.
◆ Angels were favorite team as a child favorite athlete was former Angels first baseman Mo Vaughn.

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