Christian Vázquez

Vázquez with the Boston Red Sox

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Catcher

Born: August 21, 1990
Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

July 9, 2014, for the Boston Red Sox

MLB statistics
(through 2014 season)

Batting average

.240

Home Runs

Runs batted in

Teams

Boston Red Sox (2014)

Christian Rafael Vázquez [vahs'-kays] (born August 21, 1990) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He stands 5'9" and weighs 200 lbs. He has drawn accolades for his powerful throwing arm and credits his development as a catcher in part to the Molina brothers (Yadier, Jose, and Bengie), who have all played Major League Baseball.

Professional career

Minor Leagues

Vázquez attended the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School. The Boston Red Sox selected him in the ninth round of the 2008 MLB Draft.^[1]

In 2011, he hit .283 with 18 home runs and 84 RBI in 105 games for Class-A Greenville. In 2012, he batted a combined .254 for A+ Salem and Double-A Portland, compiling a .986 Fld% while retiring a 40% of potential base stealers (49-for-122).^[1]

Vázquez spent the entire 2013 year with Portland, where he batted a very solid .289 in 96 games. In 2014, he produced a line of .275/.331/.715 In his first 62 games for Triple-A Pawtucket, and was named to the International League All-Star team. In addition, he was selected as a late addition to the All-Star Futures Game to compete on the World Roster,^[2] but was replaced following his promotion to the major leagues on July 9.^[3]

Boston Red Sox

2014

Vázquez made his Major League debut on July 9, 2014, where he nabbed Alejandro De Aza at the plate trying to score. He recorded his first career hit off of Scott Feldman on July 11, 2014, then got two more hits, each of them doubles along with 3 RBI. On September 25, 2014, he hit his first career home run off of Jeremy Hellickson. In 55 games with the Red Sox in 2014, Vázquez batted .240 with a home run and 20 RBI.

2015

On April 2, 2015, Vázquez underwent Tommy John surgery and was placed on the 60-day disabled list.^[4]

References

External links

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Boston Red Sox current roster

Active roster	2 Xander Bogaerts 7 Christian Vázquez 10 Ryan Hanigan 11 Clay Buchholz 12 Brock Holt 13 Hanley Ramírez 15 Dustin Pedroia 16 Deven Marrero 19 Koji Uehara 22 Rick Porcello 23 Blake Swihart 24 David Price 25 Jackie Bradley, Jr. 28 Robbie Ross, Jr. 29 Roenis Elías 30 Chris Young 34 David Ortiz 35 Steven Wright 36 Junichi Tazawa 37 Heath Hembree 38 Rusney Castillo 39 Carson Smith 46 Craig Kimbrel 47 Travis Shaw 48 Pablo Sandoval 50 Mookie Betts 51 Edwin Escobar 52 Eduardo Rodríguez 56 Joe Kelly 59 Tommy Layne 60 Henry Owens 61 Brian Johnson 64 Bryce Brentz 66 Noe Ramirez 67 Brandon Workman 68 Matt Barnes 76 Williams Jerez 78 Pat Light 79 Marco Hernández 80 Sean Coyle

Inactive roster	3 Sandy Leon 5 Allen Craig 31 Brennan Boesch 32 Josh Rutledge 43 Anthony Varvaro 62 Sean O'Sullivan 65 Ryan LaMarre 70 Chris Dominguez 71 Alí Solís 72 Roman Mendez 73 Danny Rosenbaum 74 Sam Travis 75 William Cuevas 77 Dan Butler 81 Kyle Martin -- Carlos Marmol

Coaching staff	Manager 53 John Farrell Bench 17 Torey Lovullo First base 20 Rubén Amaro, Jr. Hitting 44 Chili Davis Pitching 54 Carl Willis Third base 55 Brian Butterfield Asst. hitting 57 Vic Rodriguez Bullpen 58 Dana LeVangie

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