| Manny Piña | |
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| Kansas City Royals – No. 28 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: June 5, 1987 Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| August 3, 2011 for the Kansas City Royals | |
| Career statistics (through 2011) |
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| Batting average | .214 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Teams | |
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Manuel Elías Piña Reyes (English pronunciation: /ˈpiːnjə/; born June 5, 1987 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a major league baseball catcher for the Kansas City Royals.
Piña began his professional baseball career in 2005 in the Texas Rangers system, hitting .247 in 27 games for the AZL Rangers. He played for the AZL Rangers again in 2007, hitting .244 in 14 games. In 2007, he played for the Clinton LumberKings, hitting .228 in 86 games. He split 2008 between the Bakersfield Blaze (61 games) and Frisco RoughRiders (23 games), hitting .267 overall. With the RoughRiders again in 2009, he hit .259 in 86 games.
On September 3, 2009, he was traded with Tim Smith to the Royals for Daniel Gutierrez.[1]
On July 31, 2011, Piña was added to the Royals' active roster after Matt Treanor was placed on the disabled list. He made his major league debut on August 3, getting two hits in a win over the Baltimore Orioles. He also threw out Vladimir Guerrero while trying to steal second base in the first inning of this game.