Ronny Paulino
| Ronny Paulino | |||
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Paulino with the Baltimore Orioles
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| Olmecas de Tabasco – No. 34 | |||
| Catcher/ First baseman | |||
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Born: April 21, 1981 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 16, 2005, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2012 season) |
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| Batting average | .272 | ||
| Home runs | 33 | ||
| Runs batted in | 216 | ||
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Representing  Dominican Republic
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| Men's Baseball | ||
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2002 San Salvador | Team |
Ronny Leonel Paulino (born April 21, 1981) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican Baseball League. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, New York Mets and Baltimore Orioles.
Paulino signed as a non-drafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization on December 29, 1997, at the age of 16. In 2002, he was selected by the Kansas City Royals in the Rule 5 draft, but he was returned to the Pirates in spring training of the following year. After making his major league debut in September 2005 with the Pirates, Paulino was selected to the Dominican Republic team for the 2006 World Baseball Classic as a backup catcher. The highlight of the World Baseball Classic for Paulino came on March 13, when Paulino started at catcher against the Cuban team. Paulino went 2–2 with a double, three walks, and a run scored in the Dominican's triumph over Cuba. On April 16, 2006, Paulino was recalled to the Major Leagues and quickly became the Pirates every day catcher. Eventually he was again demoted to Triple-A Indianapolis, as management would give Ryan Doumit the bulk of playing time behind the plate with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Paulino was praised by the Pirates pitching staff as an excellent catcher to work with. The staff earned run average (ERA) was markedly better when Paulino was behind the plate.
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