#55 Alberto Velasco, Catcher, 27 yrs, Las Vegas Scorpions

#55 Alberto Velasco, Catcher, 27 yrs, Las Vegas Scorpions
Tuesday, 10/29/2010

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Alberto Velasco

9/18/1983
27
Mexico
6"4
210

Catcher
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R

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Very inconsistent
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,807,143
2010 (Arbitration eligible)
5 Year(s), 0 Days (850 total Days)
170 Day(s)
5 Year(s), 0 Days (850 total Days)
4 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	90	48	16	40	67
Versus LHP	93	49	16	39	67
Versus RHP	89	48	16	41	67
Talent	97	56	22	34	61

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34
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37
3
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Fielding Ratings
C : 94 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 94
Infield Arm : 14
Outfield Arm : 7

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/22	LA	W 5-4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#2
9/23	LA	L 1-9	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	#2
9/25	LA	L 2-7	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#2
9/26	@SD	L 1-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/27	@SD	W 3-1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	#2
9/28	@SD	W 7-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#2
9/29	@SD	L 1-8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	#2
10/2	@MIA	L 1-3	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	#2
10/3	@MIA	L 4-8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#3
10/5	MIA	L 2-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	#2

Batting Stats 2010

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	142	563	191	20	2	4	65	79	38	79	.339	.388	.403	.791	.722	.064

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	134	609	7	2	0	9	0	1	227	26	9	8	52.9	92.7	6.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	157	54	4	1	0	21	24	10	26	1	0	3	.344	.392	.382	.774
vs. RHP	406	137	16	1	4	44	55	28	53	0	0	4	.337	.386	.411	.797
Close/Late	59	27	1	1	1	7	6	7	4	0	0	0	.458	.515	.559	1.074
Scoring Position	152	51	2	0	0	55	0	13	18	1	0	2	.336	.393	.349	.742
Pinch Hitting	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	72	281	99	10	2	2	35	45	22	35	.352	.405	.423	.829
Road	70	282	92	10	0	2	30	34	16	44	.326	.370	.383	.753
March/April	22	94	33	5	1	1	17	19	4	8	.351	.384	.457	.841
May	25	94	28	4	0	1	12	18	10	17	.298	.380	.372	.752
June	24	91	32	3	0	1	13	13	6	11	.352	.398	.418	.816
July	25	98	32	4	1	1	10	11	8	12	.327	.383	.418	.802
August	25	99	30	0	0	0	6	9	5	18	.303	.337	.303	.640
Sept/Oct	21	87	36	4	0	0	7	9	5	13	.414	.452	.460	.911
Postseason	3	10	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	.200	.333	.300	.633

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2006	67	223	58	5	0	2	20	29	16	1	2	30	2	2	.260	.310	.309	.619	LV
2007	138	515	154	14	0	1	50	63	23	5	2	67	5	6	.299	.334	.332	.666	LV
2008	125	461	145	23	2	2	72	61	32	6	6	60	3	5	.315	.362	.386	.748	LV
2009	136	513	175	24	0	4	54	60	42	3	2	58	9	11	.341	.393	.411	.804	LV
2010	142	563	191	20	2	4	65	79	38	7	1	79	9	8	.339	.388	.403	.791	LV
Total	608	2275	723	86	4	13	261	292	151	22	13	294	28	32	.318	.364	.376	.740

Career Minor League Batting Stats

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Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2006	10	40	20	2	1	1	7	5	2	2	1	0	.500	.524	.675	1.199
2007	4	13	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.462	.462	.538	1.000
2008	7	25	13	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	1	0	.520	.520	.520	1.040
2009	9	32	12	0	0	1	7	4	1	3	0	1	.375	.394	.469	.863
2010	3	10	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633
Total	33	120	53	4	1	2	21	12	5	13	2	1	.442	.464	.542	1.006

Fielding Stats 2010

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	105	101	704	68	1	778	6	.992	907.1	7.72	2	138	55	39.9
First Base	1	1	5	1	2	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Las Vegas in 2006...
Had first career hit on 6/17/2006, off Jason Konrad (ATL)...
Hit first career homerun on 8/16/2006, off Alex Delmonte (PHI)...
Played for Mexico in the 2008 World Cup...
Injured on 8/28/2008 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2 weeks...
Won Platinum Glove at Catcher in 2008...
1/31/2009: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,664,286 through salary arbitration...
Had 6 hits with 5 RBI against San Diego on 7/12/2009...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/2009, hitting .600 with 1 HR, 8 RBI...
1/31/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,807,143 through salary arbitration...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
2009 - .341 - 8th

OBP
2009 - .393 - 10th

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