Yorvit Torrealba

Full Name: Yorvit Adolfo Torrealba	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5'11"/200	First Game: September 5, 2001
Birthdate: July 19, 1978	MLB Experience: 7 years
Birthplace: Caracas, Distrito Federal (Venezuela)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
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8 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Yorvit Torrealba (Yorvit Adolfo Torrealba) was born on July 19, 1978 in Caracas, Distrito Federal (Venezuela). He made his Major League debut on September 5, 2001 for the San Francisco Giants. In 2002, his rookie year, he hit .279 with 2 home runs and 14 RBI. Torrealba played for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 6 year career.

Torrealba debuted with the San Francisco Giants in 2001. He showed some potential, but when Benito Santiago left via free agency in 2003, the Giants opted to trade for A.J. Pierzynski rather than test Torrealba as a full-time player. He continued to serve as the backup catcher when the Giants signed Mike Matheny prior to the season; in fact, he played less than when Pierzynski was the starter. Torrealba expressed frustration over his lack of playing time to the media more than once, saying he believed he was capable of playing every day. Manager Felipe Alou publicly discussed the possibility of converting Torrealba into a utility infielder to get him more playing time, but that never came to pass.

Torrealba was traded, along with pitcher Jesse Foppert, to the Seattle Mariners for outfielder Randy Winn at the trading deadline of the 2005 season. After the 2005 season the Mariners traded Torrealba to the Colorado Rockies after signing Kenji Johjima to be their starting catcher. With the Rockies, Torrealba had a chance to be the starting catcher. However, Torrealba's chances of being a starter diminished greatly when the Rockies signed veteran catcher Javy López to a one-year deal on January 9, 2007.

Through 2006, Torrealba has posted a .249 batting average with 22 home runs and 126 RBI's in 327 games. As a catcher, he has compiled a .997 fielding average with only ten errors in 1845 chances.

Source: Wikipedia

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2001	SF	N	3	4	0	2	0	2	.500	.500	1.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	SF	N	53	136	17	38	2	14	.279	.355	.397	10	0	14	20	2	3	0	2	11
2003	SF	N	66	200	22	52	4	29	.260	.312	.390	10	2	14	39	2	3	1	1	3
2004	SF	N	64	172	19	39	6	23	.227	.302	.407	7	3	17	31	2	4	2	3	7
2005	SF	N	34	93	18	21	1	7	.226	.301	.344	8	0	9	25	1	2	1	1	3
2005	SEA	A	42	108	14	26	2	8	.241	.293	.333	4	0	7	25	1	3	0	0	5
2005	Total		76	201	32	47	3	15	.234	.297	.338	12	0	16	50	2	5	1	1	8
2006	COL	N	65	223	23	55	7	43	.247	.293	.439	16	3	11	49	4	2	4	1	7
2007	COL	N	113	396	47	101	8	47	.255	.323	.376	22	1	34	73	6	6	2	1	19
Total	NL		398	1224	146	308	28	168	.251	?	?	73	10	99	247	17	20	10	9	50
Total	AL		42	108	14	26	2	8	.241	.293	.333	4	0	7	25	1	3	0	0	5
Total			440	1332	160	334	30	176	.251	.313	.391	77	10	106	272	18	23	10	9	55

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
2001	SF	N	C	3	1	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
2002	SF	N	C	53	40	363.2	269	20	2	3	0	28	11	0	.993
2003	SF	N	OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2003	SF	N	C	66	52	495.2	365	29	1	3	0	22	19	1	.997
2003	SF	N	LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	SF	N	C	59	45	433	349	18	2	4	2	21	9	0	.995
2005	SF	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	SF	N	C	27	24	217.1	147	16	0	1	1	10	10	0	1.000
2005	SEA	A	C	41	36	319.1	225	18	0	2	0	26	10	0	1.000
2005	Total		C	68	60	536.2	372	34	0	3	1	36	20	0	1.000
2006	COL	N	C	63	61	530	337	34	5	7	4	31	21	0	.987
2007	COL	N	C	112	105	935.1	678	56	7	7	4	61	15	2	.991
Total			LF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			C	424	364	3306.1	2378	191	17	27	11	199	95	3	.993
Total			OF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by San Francisco Giants (September 14, 1994).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Jesse Foppert to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Randy Winn (July 30, 2005).
Traded by Seattle Mariners to Colorado Rockies in exchange for Marcos Carvajal (December 7, 2005).