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Héctor Sánchez CTigers

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Birth Date	11-17-1989
Height	6' 0"
Weight	220 lbs

Age	35 years, 5 months, 11 days
Bats	B
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2011	SFN	21	13	34	8	2	0	3	6	0	0	.258	.324	.323	85	-0.5	0.1	-1.2	0.0
2012	SFN	22	74	227	61	15	3	5	52	1	0	.280	.295	.390	80	-5.2	-1.8	-9.7	-0.7
2013	SFN	23	63	140	32	4	3	7	29	3	0	.248	.300	.349	89	-1.5	-0.9	0.7	0.4
2014	SFN	24	66	177	32	8	3	8	55	2	1	.196	.237	.301	64	-6.8	-0.2	1.6	0.2
2015	SFN	25	28	59	10	4	1	2	14	0	0	.179	.207	.304	61	-2.5	-0.8	-1.7	-0.3
2016	CHA	26	2	8	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	95	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	SDN	26	26	46	12	1	3	3	8	1	0	.286	.348	.524	100	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.2
2017	SDN	27	75	143	30	4	8	5	41	0	0	.219	.245	.423	85	-2.3	-0.2	-5.7	-0.3
Career			347	834	186	38	21	34	207	7	1	.238	.273	.367	79	-18.8	-4.0	-16.2	-0.6

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2007	dgi	Rk	DSL	44	146	.000	.000	.000	.288			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	dgi	Rk	DSL	55	254	.000	.000	.000	.389			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2009	GIA	Rk	AZL	33	139	.261	.341	.363	.358	93	12.9	3.8	2.3	157	0	-0.4	-0.6	18.2	2.3
2010	AUG	A	SAL	89	341	.256	.325	.371	.311	89	4.6	9.9	1.7	119	0	5.8	-1.7	7.2	2.3
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	13	34	.242	.308	.368	.320	94	-1.1	0.9	0.5	85	14	-1.2	0.1	-0.5	0.0
2011	SJO	A+	CAL	52	228	.274	.347	.431	.342	95	11.7	6.8	0.7	111	0	0.4	-1.0	3.1	1.0
2011	FRE	AAA	PCL	46	168	.288	.360	.459	.295	100	-7.9	5.2	2.9	73	0	-0.6	0.3	-5.3	0.2
2012	SFN	MLB	NL	74	227	.257	.317	.400	.349	95	-3.2	6.2	3.4	80	10	-9.7	-1.8	-5.2	-0.7
2012	FRE	AAA	PCL	4	15	.262	.332	.378	.071	107	-3.8	0.4	0.3	39	0	0.4	0.0	-1.0	0.0
2012	LAG	Wnt	VWL	21	77	.000	.000	.000	.340			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2013	SFN	MLB	NL	63	140	.255	.315	.390	.296	99	-2.5	3.7	1.6	89	11	0.7	-0.9	-1.5	0.4
2013	SJO	A+	CAL	4	14	.263	.335	.407	.333	76	0.1	0.4	0.1	61	0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1
2013	FRE	AAA	PCL	32	99	.276	.345	.429	.294	102	1.4	2.8	0.9	105	0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.4	0.3
2013	GIA	Rk	AZL	1	3	.290	.371	.448	.500	102	0.2	0.1	0.1	61	0	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2014	SFN	MLB	NL	66	177	.250	.312	.382	.266	101	-8.9	4.6	2.3	64	10	1.6	-0.2	-6.8	0.2
2014	FRE	AAA	PCL	7	20	.267	.329	.407	.133	86	-1.6	0.6	0.1	71	0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	0.0
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	28	59	.252	.313	.395	.220	93	-4.4	1.6	0.8	61	14	-1.7	-0.8	-2.5	-0.3
2015	SAC	AAA	PCL	37	152	.271	.332	.420	.304	94	-0.7	4.2	1.8	95	0	-3.9	-2.1	-3.3	-0.3
2016	CHA	MLB	AL	2	8	.259	.336	.431	.200	108	-0.7	0.2	0.1	95	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	26	46	.250	.318	.408	.290	96	2.7	1.3	0.6	100	12	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.2
2016	CHR	AAA	INT	8	30	.262	.335	.374	.100	113	-2.1	0.8	0.5	61	0	-0.1	0.0	-1.6	0.0
2016	ELP	AAA	PCL	55	200	.272	.334	.420	.352	114	15.6	5.6	-2.1	162	0	-1.8	-1.5	9.8	1.0
2017	SDN	MLB	NL	75	143	.248	.312	.404	.247	90	-3.7	4.2	1	85	14	-5.7	-0.2	-2.3	-0.3
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	7	28	.284	.339	.450	.313	106	1.2	0.8	-0.1	104	0	-0.6	-0.2	0.2	0.0
2018	SAC	AAA	PCL	24	89	.272	.351	.449	.300	104	-1.7	2.6	1.6	86	0	-7.0	-1.4	-1.2	-0.5

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2007	dgi	Rk	DSL	146	119	10	34	10	0	4	56	18	19	15	2	2	.286	.390	.471	.185	4	4
2008	dgi	Rk	DSL	254	207	40	72	14	3	4	104	63	36	29	4	1	.348	.460	.502	.155	1	1
2009	GIA	Rk	AZL	139	117	13	35	8	1	1	48	22	16	21	0	0	.299	.406	.410	.111	0	0
2010	AUG	A	SAL	341	310	29	85	20	1	5	122	31	28	50	0	2	.274	.334	.394	.119	2	2
2011	SFN	MLB	NL	34	31	0	8	2	0	0	10	1	3	6	0	0	.258	.324	.323	.065	0	0
2011	SJO	A+	CAL	228	212	31	64	14	1	11	113	58	11	49	0	1	.302	.338	.533	.231	3	0
2011	FRE	AAA	PCL	168	153	15	40	9	0	1	52	26	13	22	0	1	.261	.315	.340	.078	2	0
2012	LAG	Wnt	VWL	77	72	11	21	4	0	3	34	16	4	17	1	0	.292	.325	.472	.181	1	0
2012	FRE	AAA	PCL	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.067	.067	.067	.000	0	0
2012	SFN	MLB	NL	227	218	22	61	15	0	3	85	34	5	52	0	0	.280	.295	.390	.110	3	0
2013	GIA	Rk	AZL	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	.333	0	0
2013	FRE	AAA	PCL	99	85	10	23	4	0	3	36	11	12	15	0	0	.271	.364	.424	.153	1	0
2013	SJO	A+	CAL	14	12	1	3	1	0	0	4	3	1	4	0	0	.250	.286	.333	.083	1	0
2013	SFN	MLB	NL	140	129	8	32	4	0	3	45	19	7	29	0	0	.248	.300	.349	.101	1	0
2014	SFN	MLB	NL	177	163	8	32	8	0	3	49	28	8	55	0	1	.196	.237	.301	.104	4
2014	FRE	AAA	PCL	20	19	1	3	0	0	1	6	3	1	3	0	0	.158	.200	.316	.158	0
2015	SFN	MLB	NL	59	56	5	10	4	0	1	17	5	2	14	0	0	.179	.207	.304	.125	0	1
2015	SAC	AAA	PCL	152	139	18	38	6	0	4	56	14	9	25	0	0	.273	.318	.403	.129	2	1
2016	CHA	MLB	AL	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.000	0	0
2016	SDN	MLB	NL	46	42	3	12	1	0	3	22	7	3	8	0	0	.286	.348	.524	.238	0	0
2016	CHR	AAA	INT	30	28	2	4	1	0	2	11	3	1	6	0	0	.143	.200	.393	.250	0	0
2016	ELP	AAA	PCL	200	176	25	57	16	0	13	112	40	20	40	0	0	.324	.392	.636	.313	2	0
2017	ELP	AAA	PCL	28	26	2	7	2	0	2	15	6	2	8	0	0	.269	.321	.577	.308	0	0
2017	SDN	MLB	NL	143	137	14	30	4	0	8	58	25	5	41	0	0	.219	.245	.423	.204	1	0
2018	SAC	AAA	PCL	89	79	10	19	4	0	1	26	8	9	18	0	1	.241	.326	.329	.089	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2011	127	0.5118	0.5906	0.7467	0.7538	0.4194	0.8571	0.5385	0.2533	-0.0006
2012	855	0.4702	0.5696	0.7125	0.7562	0.4040	0.8059	0.5574	0.2875	-0.0031
2013	522	0.4598	0.5402	0.7447	0.7000	0.4043	0.8810	0.5439	0.2553	0.0000
2014	648	0.4537	0.6219	0.6973	0.8231	0.4548	0.8140	0.5217	0.3027	0.0065
2015	191	0.4869	0.5183	0.7273	0.6882	0.3571	0.8438	0.5143	0.2727	-0.0052
2016	211	0.4739	0.5545	0.7607	0.7600	0.3694	0.9079	0.4878	0.2393	0.0000
2017	551	0.4755	0.5209	0.7073	0.7443	0.3183	0.7744	0.5652	0.2927	0.0000
Career	3105	0.4689	0.5636	0.7194	0.7546	0.3948	0.8260	0.5409	0.2806	0.0002

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-08-18	2014-08-18	On-Alr	0	0	-	Head	Concussion	2nd Concussion - Foul Ball While on Rehab Assignment	-
2014-07-26	-	60-DL	-	-	-	Head	Concussion	Foul Ball	-
2013-08-21	2013-08-21	DTD	0	0	Right	Forearm	Contusion	HBP	-	-
2013-07-09	2013-07-24	15-DL	15	12	Right	Shoulder	Strain		-	-
2013-03-13	2013-03-21	Camp	8	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2013-03-06	2013-03-10	Camp	4	0	-	Lower Leg	Strain	Calf	-	-
2013-02-23	2013-02-25	Camp	2	0	Right	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-
2012-07-18	2012-08-02	15-DL	15	14	Left	Knee	Sprain		-	-
2012-06-04	2012-06-08	DTD	4	4	Left		Contusion	Two Foul Balls	-	-
2012-03-18	2012-03-21	Camp	3	0	Right	Thigh	Tightness	Hamstring	-	-
2010-06-11	2010-06-18	Minors	7	0			Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Years	Description	Salary
5 yr	Previous	$3,044,500
5 yr	Total	$3,044,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
5 y 18 d	OL Baseball Group	1 year (2019)

Details

1 year (2019). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 1/21/19 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2018). Signed by San Francisco as a free agent 1/4/18 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2017). Re-singed by San Diego as a free agent 12/4/16 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by San Diego 4/1/17. Sent outright to Triple-A by San Diego 11/6/17 (elected free agency).
1 year (2016). Signed by Chicago White Sox as a free agent 12/15 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Chicago White Sox 4/26/16. Claimed by San Diego off waivers 5/11/16 after being DFA by Chicago White Sox 5/9/16. DFA by San Diego 6/14/16. Sent outright to Triple-A 6/24/16. Contract selected by San Diego 8/31/16. Non-tendered by San Diego 12/2/16.
1 year/$0.8M (2015). Re-signed by San Francisco 12/4/14 (avoided arbitration). Non-tendered by San Francisco 12/2/15.
1 year/$0.512M (2014). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/4/14.
1 year/$0.5025M (2013). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/13.
1 year/$0.48M (2012). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/9/12.
1 year (2011). Contract purchased by San Francisco 7/15/11.
Signed 2009 by San Francisco as an amateur free agent from Venezuela.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
90^o	385	47	95	19	1	15	52	30	87	.272	.333	.461	114	26.3	C -14	1.3
80^o	364	43	86	17	1	14	47	27	84	.260	.320	.444	105	20.1	C -14	0.7
70^o	350	40	80	16	1	13	44	25	82	.251	.309	.429	99	15.9	C -14	0.2
60^o	337	37	75	15	1	12	41	23	80	.244	.301	.416	94	12.5	C -14	-0.1
50^o	325	35	70	14	1	11	39	22	79	.235	.292	.399	90	9.6	C -14	-0.4
40^o	313	32	65	13	1	10	36	20	77	.226	.279	.382	85	6.8	C -14	-0.7
30^o	300	30	61	12	1	10	34	19	75	.220	.273	.379	80	4.1	C -14	-1.0
20^o	286	27	55	11	1	9	31	17	72	.208	.260	.360	74	1.2	C -14	-1.3
10^o	265	24	49	10	1	8	27	15	68	.199	.249	.346	66	-2.5	C -14	-1.7
Weighted Mean	329	35	71	14	1	11	39	22	79	.236	.293	.399	91	10.6	C -14	-0.3

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
2010	afx	.000	0.0	2541	-.001	0.9	64	-.090	-.002	3.6	4.4	5.8
2011	aaa	-.003	-1.5	2116	.000	-0.2	41	.000	.001	0.0	-2.8	-0.6
2011	afa	.000	0.0	1250	.000	-0.2	35	-.023	.004	0.5	-0.6	0.4
2011	mlb	-.009	-0.7	403	.004	-0.5	13	.000	.004	0.0	-1.2	-1.2
2012	aaa	-.007	-0.3	217	.001	0.0	4	.026	.000	-0.1	-0.4	0.4
2012	mlb	-.014	-6.3	2287	.002	-1.5	49	.016	.001	-0.5	-8.3	-9.7
2013	mlb	.011	2.4	1108	.006	-1.6	24	.005	.013	-0.1	0.5	0.7
2013	afa	.000	0.0	114	.002	-0.1	2	.001	.003	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
2013	aaa	.002	0.4	834	.001	-0.2	12	.013	.000	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2
2014	mlb	.011	3.2	1418	.003	-1.2	40	.004	.005	-0.1	1.5	1.6
2014	aaa	-.001	0.0	153	.000	0.0	3	-.016	.000	0.0	-0.1	-0.1
2015	mlb	-.008	-0.7	425	.007	-0.8	7	.021	.002	-0.1	-1.7	-1.7
2015	aaa	-.009	-3.3	1435	.001	-0.3	26	.030	.000	-0.5	-4.6	-3.9
2016	aaa	-.014	-3.0	0	.000	0.0	10	.011	.000	-0.1	-3.3	-1.9
2016	mlb	-.027	-3.1	530	.000	0.0	3	.001	-.001	0.0	-3.2	-0.1
2017	aaa	-.011	-0.4	160	.000	0.0	1	.008	.000	0.0	-0.5	-0.6
2017	mlb	-.014	-2.7	783	.010	-2.1	13	.018	.002	-0.2	-5.1	-5.7
2018	aaa	-.020	-6.0	1184	.003	-1.1	14	.001	.002	0.0	-7.5	-7.0

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