Héctor Sánchez (baseball)
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Héctor Sánchez playing for the Giants in June 2012
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| San Diego Padres – No. 44 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: November 17, 1989 Maracay, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 15, 2011, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .241 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 95 | ||
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Héctor Enrique Sánchez (born November 17, 1989) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, and Padres.
In 2011, after hitting .302 with 11 home runs and 58 RBI in 52 games for the San Jose Giants, Sánchez was promoted to the Fresno Grizzlies. Sánchez was called up to the majors for the first time on July 15, 2011.
He was selected to join the Giants' 2012 Opening Day roster as the backup catcher behind Buster Posey. Due to their pairing during Barry Zito's rehab stint at AAA in 2011, and their continued success together at the major-league level in 2012, he had been designated as Zito's personal catcher. On April 23, 2012, Sánchez hit his first career home run off of Dillon Gee. On May 6, 2012, Sánchez hit a pitch-hit, walk-off single against the Milwaukee Brewers despite a five-man infield. On May 21, Sánchez hit his second career homer in the top of the 14th inning, against the Brewers again, to help the Giants win 4–3. In 2012, Sánchez appeared in 74 games, batting .280 with 3 home runs and 34 RBI. He was the backup catcher during the 2012 postseason, which culminated in the Giants winning the 2012 World Series.
In 2013, Sánchez played in 63 games, batting .248 with 3 home runs and 19 RBI. On August 15, 2013, he hit a pinch-hit, 3-run home run off Washington Nationals closer Rafael Soriano with two outs in the top of the ninth inning. The Giants were trailing 3–1 and held on to win 4–3. On April 23, 2014, Sánchez hit his first career grand slam in the top of the 11th inning against the Colorado Rockies. On June 25, 2014, Sánchez was the catcher for Tim Lincecum's second no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. Sánchez went on the concussion list on July 26 and suffered a second concussion while on a rehab assignment and missed the rest of the 2014 season.
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