Alex Avila

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 210lb (180cm, 95kg)

Team: Arizona Diamondbacks (majors, 10-day IL)

Born: January 29, 1987 in Hialeah, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 34th round of the 2005 MLB June Amateur Draft from Archbishop McCarthy HS (Southwest Ranches, FL) and the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2008 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

High School: Archbishop McCarthy HS (Southwest Ranches, FL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Debut: August 6, 2009 (Age 22-189d, 17,227th in MLB history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

2019 Contract Status: Signed thru 2019, 2 yrs/$8.25M (18-19)

Service Time (01/2019): 9.061 • Free Agent: 2020

Agents: Excel Sports Management

Full Name: Alexander Thomas Avila

Nicknames: Titanium Catcher

Pronunciation: \a-VEE-la\

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SUMMARY

2019

Career

WAR

0.8

15.4

AB

2817

H

667

HR

BA

.220

.237

R

329

RBI

373

SB

OBP

.410

.349

SLG

.508

.397

OPS

.919

.746

OPS+

137

103

6/14 Diamondbacks catcher Alex Avila exited the team’s game Thursday with a left calf strain, Zach Buchanan of The Athletic reports. Avila will go for an MRI, but he told Buchanan, “It will cost
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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2008	21	DET-min	A	58	244	213	21	65	14	0	1	22	0	1	27	41	.305	.383	.385	.768		82	8	1	1	2	0		WMI · MIDW
2009	22	DET-min	AA	93	387	329	52	87	23	1	12	55	2	1	52	77	.264	.365	.450	.814		148	4	1	3	2	2		ERI · EL
2009	22	DET	AL	29	72	61	9	17	4	0	5	14	0	0	10	18	.279	.375	.590	.965	148	36	0	0	0	1	0	2
2010	23	DET	AL	104	333	294	28	67	12	0	7	31	2	2	36	71	.228	.316	.340	.656	78	100	12	2	1	0	0	2/D
2011	24	DET	AL	141	551	464	63	137	33	4	19	82	3	1	73	131	.295	.389	.506	.895	142	235	8	3	3	8	9	*2/D5	AS,MVP-12,SS
2012	25	DET-min	AAA	3	8	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.429	.500	.429	.929		3	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2012	25	DET	AL	116	434	367	42	89	21	2	9	48	2	0	61	104	.243	.352	.384	.736	99	141	12	2	2	2	2	*2
2013	26	DET-min	AAA	12	51	44	5	11	3	0	1	5	0	0	7	12	.250	.353	.386	.739		17	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2013	26	DET	AL	102	379	330	39	75	14	1	11	47	0	0	44	112	.227	.317	.376	.693	88	124	10	1	1	3	0	2
2014	27	DET	AL	124	457	390	44	85	22	0	11	47	0	3	61	151	.218	.327	.359	.686	94	140	6	3	1	2	1	*2/3D
2015	28	DET-min	AAA	6	22	20	2	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	8	.300	.273	.450	.723		9	1	0	0	2	0		TOL · IL
2015	28	DET	AL	67	219	178	21	34	5	0	4	13	0	1	40	66	.191	.339	.287	.626	77	51	4	0	1	0	0	23/D
2016	29	CHW-min	AAA	9	30	24	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	7	.333	.467	.500	.967		12	0	0	0	0	0		CHR · IL
2016	29	CHW	AL	57	209	169	19	36	6	0	7	11	0	0	38	78	.213	.359	.373	.732	103	63	3	1	0	1	0	2/D
2017	30	TOT	MLB	112	376	311	41	82	13	1	14	49	0	1	62	120	.264	.387	.447	.834	120	139	10	1	1	1	2	23/D
2017	30	DET	AL	77	264	219	30	60	11	0	11	32	0	1	43	80	.274	.394	.475	.869	131	104	6	1	0	1	2	23/D
2017	30	CHC	NL	35	112	92	11	22	2	1	3	17	0	0	19	40	.239	.369	.380	.750	95	35	4	0	1	0	0	2/3
2018	31	ARI	NL	80	234	194	13	32	6	0	7	20	0	0	37	90	.165	.299	.304	.603	61	59	4	1	0	2	2	2/31
2019	32	ARI	NL	25	78	59	10	13	2	0	5	11	1	0	18	21	.220	.410	.508	.919	137	30	3	1	0	0	3	2
11 Yrs				957	3342	2817	329	667	138	8	99	373	8	8	480	962	.237	.349	.397	.746	103	1118	72	15	10	20	19
162 Game Avg.				162	566	477	56	113	23	1	17	63	1	1	81	163	.237	.349	.397	.746	103	189	12	3	2	3	3

DET (8 yrs)				760	2709	2303	276	564	122	7	77	314	7	8	368	733	.245	.350	.404	.754	106	931	58	12	9	17	14
ARI (2 yrs)				105	312	253	23	45	8	0	12	31	1	0	55	111	.178	.327	.352	.679	80	89	7	2	0	2	5
CHC (1 yr)				35	112	92	11	22	2	1	3	17	0	0	19	40	.239	.369	.380	.750	95	35	4	0	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				57	209	169	19	36	6	0	7	11	0	0	38	78	.213	.359	.373	.732	103	63	3	1	0	1	0

AL (9 yrs)				817	2918	2472	295	600	128	7	84	325	7	8	406	811	.243	.350	.402	.752	105	994	61	13	9	18	14
NL (3 yrs)				140	424	345	34	67	10	1	15	48	1	0	74	151	.194	.338	.359	.697	84	124	11	2	1	2	5

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