Eugenio Vélez

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Eugenio Vélez

San Francisco Giants — No. 8
Second baseman, Outfielder
Born: May 16, 1982 (1982-05-16) (age 26)
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Bats: Switch Throws: Right 
Major League Baseball debut
September 5, 2007 for the San Francisco Giants
Selected MLB statistics
(through May 11, 2008)
Batting average     .292
Hits     28
RBI     10
Stolen bases     12
Teams

Eugenio Vélez (born May 16, 1982 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a second baseman, shortstop, and outfielder in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants. Vélez is a switch hitter and he throws right-handed. He made his major league debut on September 5, 2007 in which he had his first major league at bat. On September 7th, Vélez scored his first major league run. On September 14, Vélez had his first major league hit, a triple, off Chris Young of the San Diego Padres in San Diego, California; he then scored on a wild pitch.[1]

In 2005, Vélez was selected by the Giants from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2005 minor league Rule 5 Draft. In 2006, he was named the Most Valuable Player of the South Atlantic League for his offensive performance with the Giants single A affiliate the Augusta GreenJackets. He won the award by batting .315 with 63 extra base hits, 64 stolen bases and organization-high 91 runs batted in. He was placed on the Giants 40-man roster in early 2007. In his 6 year professional minor league career, he owns a .293 batting average with 398 hits in 373 games. He is considered by some to be the eventual starting second baseman for the Giants in 2008.

In spring training in 2008 he led the major leagues in stolen bases, with 16.[2]

In May 2008, Vélez was sent down for Travis Denker.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Henry Schulman. "NewsPadres have Giants' number Greene's walk-off shot ends another frustrating night for S.F", The San Francisco Chronicle, 2007-09-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 
  2. ^ MLB.com. "Major League Baseball Hitting Stats, Spring Training 2008", MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. 

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1 Bengie Molina | 2 Randy Winn | 5 Ray Durham | 7 Emmanuel Burriss | 12 José Castillo | 13 Omar Vizquel | 14 Fred Lewis | 16 Pat Misch | 18 Matt Cain | 20 Steve Holm | 21 John Bowker | 22 Keiichi Yabu | 28 Travis Denker | 31 Vinnie Chulk | 33 Aaron Rowand | 34 Billy Sadler | 35 Rich Aurilia | 37 Jack Taschner | 38 Brian Wilson | 45 Tyler Walker | 49 Brian Horwitz | 52 Alex Hinshaw | 53 Jonathan Sánchez | 55 Tim Lincecum | 75 Barry Zito

Inactive (40-man) roster: 8 Eugenio Vélez | 29 Brian Bocock | 41 Brad Hennessey | 61 Osiris Matos | 69 Kelvin Pichardo | -- Travis Ishikawa | -- Guillermo Rodríguez | -- Nate Schierholtz | -- Clay Timpner

Disabled list: 10 Dave Roberts | 19 Kevin Frandsen | 32 Kevin Correia | 40 Daniel Ortmeier | 47 Merkin Valdéz | 51 Noah Lowry

Restricted List: 50 Eliézer Alfonzo

Coaching Staff: Manager 15 Bruce Bochy | Bench Coach 17 Ron Wotus | 1st Base Coach 39 Roberto Kelly | 3rd Base Coach 6 Tim Flannery | Hitting Coach 9 Carney Lansford | Pitching Coach 46 Dave Righetti | Bullpen Coach 26 Mark Gardner | Bullpen Catcher 58 Bill Hayes
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