Wil Nieves
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Nieves with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013
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| Free agent | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: September 25, 1977 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 21, 2002, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics (through July 29, 2015) |
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| Batting average | .241 | ||
| Home runs | 10 | ||
| Runs batted in | 114 | ||
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Wilbert "Wil" Nieves (born September 25, 1977) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Philadelphia Phillies.
Nieves was selected by the Padres in the 47th round of the 1995 MLB draft. He made his major league debut on July 21, 2002, for the San Diego Padres, and played 28 games with them during their 2002 season.
Nieves was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels on December 20, 2002.
He was traded to the New York Yankees for pitcher Bret Prinz. Nieves won a spot on the Yankees 2007 roster by beating out Todd Pratt and Raul Chavez during spring training. He served as the back-up catcher to Jorge Posada, but was primarily considered Mike Mussina's "personal catcher." Joe Torre experimented with using Nieves to help bolster Mussina out of a rough stretch with good results.
Nieves made his first career non-catching appearance in the ninth inning of a game on July 8, 2007, against the Angels; he played first base when the Yankees ran low on position players.
Following an impressive 2-for-3 performance against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on July 21, 2007, Nieves was designated for assignment by the Yankees following news that they had acquired José Molina from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Though respected as a good defensive catcher, Nieves hit just .164 for the Yankees.
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