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keinner
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piña SIGNED THRU: 2019 OPENING DAY AGE: 22
piña
BORN: FEB. 12, 1997
BIRTHPLACE: BARQUISIMETO, VZ RESIDES: BARQUISIMETO, VZ
c 96 ACQUIRED: SIGNED AS INTERNATIONAL FREE AGENT,
OCT. 17, 2013
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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
MINOR TOTALS .255 264 965 117 246 22 4 0 117 4 10 21 111 1 186 24 16 22 .286 .341 23
◆ ◆ Keinner (KAY-ner) José Piña (PEEN-ya)...Signed by Angels’ Scouts Carlos Ramirez and Lebi Ochoa.
◆ ◆ Enters fifth professional season in 2019 and first MLB camp (joined LAA in big league camp for two games;
one in 2018 and one in 2017)...Seeks first professional home run (264 minor league games).
◆ ◆ Has thrown out 42% of base stealers in minor league career (220 games caught; 143 of 337)...Own .989 piña
career fielding pct. behind plate (23 E /2043 TC)...Has also played 15 career games at first base.
◆ ◆ For 2018 campaign, played career-high 82 games at Single-A Burlington...Led Midwest League in caught
stealing percentage, throwing out nearly half of base stealers (49.5%; 47 of 99).
◆ ◆ 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), RBI (36) and strikeouts (72).
◆ ◆ In 2017, hit .292 (54/185) in 48 games with Rookie-Level Orem...Hit .323 (30/93) in road games and .324
(23/71) in July (23/71)...383 OBP established a career best.
◆ ◆ Laced walk-off single to right field in bottom of ninth against Grand Junction, July 1.
◆ ◆ Committed just one error in 433 total chances to lead Pioneer League catchers (.998)...Threw out 26 of 53
(49%) of base stealers to lead league.
◆ ◆ Hit .296 (42/142) in 37 games of Arizona Summer League in 2016...Logged 13 multi-hit games, including
career-high four hits July 21 vs. AZL Diamondbacks...Threw out 20 of 56 base stealers (36%)...Was named
Angels Organizational Defensive Player of the Month for two consecutive months (July-Aug.).
gene autry Memorial statue

Dedicated April 1, 1998
The Gene Autry statue is a life-size bronze piece depicting the longtime Angels
owner, who became a legend in the entertainment industry in a career that
spanned seven decades. Autry’s first steps toward becoming a sports legend
came when he took over the ownership of the Los Angeles Angels expansion
team in 1960, a position he has held for over three decades.
At the base of the statue lay five of Autry’s replica stars from the Hollywood
Walk of Fame. The statue is placed in the Angel Stadium perimeter plaza,
located just inside Gate 2.
INSCRIPTION: GENE AUTRY - Founder of California Angels, 1961. His uniform
number 26 was retired in 1982 by the players.
Singing Cowboy. Actor. Composer. Air Force Pilot. Entrepreneur. Baseball Fan.
Philanthropist. 88th Degree Mason. Best Friend.

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