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TIGERS MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H AB R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG
2012 Connecticut 0-4 3.40 12 12 0 0 0 42.1 31 159 22 16 1 4 17 42 7 0 .195
GONZALEZ, DAVID NAZARETH INFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-9 BATS: R BORN: December 1, 1993 - Valencia Edo Carabobo, VZ
WEIGHT: 140 THROWS: R RESIDENCE: Valencia Edo Carabobo, VZ
RECOMMENDED/SIGNED BY: Pedro Chavez (Tigers)
HOW OBTAINED: Signed by the Tigers as a non-drafted free agent on March 15, 2011.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2011: Led the Venezuelan Summer League with 51 walks, while he tied for third with 68 games played and tied for fifth with 44 runs scored...
topped all league shortstops with a .954 fielding percentage and 104 putouts.
Year Club AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E
2011 VSL Tigers .255 68 239 44 61 76 12 0 1 19 5 4 3 51 33 8 10 .387 .318 16
2012 GCL Tigers .243 39 136 19 33 40 5 1 0 16 4 0 0 22 20 6 2 .348 .294 5
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .251 107 375 63 94 116 17 1 1 35 9 4 3 73 53 14 12 .374 .309 21
GREEN, RODGER DEAN (DEAN) FIRST BASEMAN
HEIGHT: 6-4 BATS: L BORN: June 30, 1989 - Tulsa, OK
WEIGHT: 255 THROWS: R RESIDENCE: Tulsa, OK
RECOMMENDED/SIGNED BY: Rolando Casanova (Tigers)
SCHOOL: Barry University (FL)
HOW OBTAINED: Selected by the Tigers in the 11th round of the June 2011 draft.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2012: Selected to the Midwest League’s mid-season all-star squad...sidelined June 8-July 19 due to surgery on June 14 to have loose bodies
removed from his elbow...garnered Tigers Minor League Player of the Month honors for August after hitting .379 (36x95) with eight doubles,
three home runs and 24 RBI in 26 games during the month with Lakeland.
2011: Tabbed Connecticut’s Player of the Year...selected to the New York-Penn League’s mid-season all-star squad...led the league with 128
total bases, while he finished second with 84 hits and a .520 slugging percentage, third with a .341 batting average, tied for fourth with 28
extra-base hits, finished fifth with a .395 on-base percentage and tied for fifth with 44 RBI...garnered Tigers Minor League Player of the Month
honors for July after hitting .350 (36x103) with five doubles, a triple, three home runs and 16 RBI in 26 games...named the Sunshine State
Conference Player of the Year after batting .400 (82x205) with 22 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 77 RBI in 57 games during his senior
season at Barry University.
Year Club AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E
2011 Connecticut .341 65 246 33 84 128 19 2 7 44 1 2 5 18 35 1 0 .395 .520 2
2012 GCL Tigers# .094 9 32 1 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 .189 .094 0
West Michigan .306 58 219 34 67 110 16 0 9 38 1 4 6 23 39 0 3 .381 .502 2
Lakeland .348 38 141 16 49 73 11 2 3 36 0 0 8 7 25 2 0 .410 .518 0
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .318 170 638 84 203 314 46 4 19 123 2 7 19 52 104 3 3 .383 .492 4
GUEZ, BENJAMIN JAMES (BEN) OUTFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-11 BATS: R BORN: January 24, 1987 - Houston, TX
WEIGHT: 180 THROWS: R RESIDENCE: Houston TX
RECOMMENDED/SIGNED BY: Bill Buck (Tigers)
SCHOOL: College of William & Mary (VA)
HOW OBTAINED: Selected by the Tigers in the 19th round of the June 2008 draft.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2012: Saw action in 23 games with Culiacan in the Mexican Winter League following the season, hitting .247 (21x85) with six doubles, three
home runs and 10 RBI.
2011: Batted .273 (12x44) with a double and an RBI in 13 games with Culiacan in the Mexican Winter League following the season.
2010: Saw action in 16 games with Surprise in the Arizona Fall League following the season, hitting .228 (13x57) with two doubles, a triple,
three home runs and six RBI.
2009: Tied for fourth in the Midwest League with a .483 slugging percentage...tabbed the Midwest League Player of the Week for July 13-19
after hitting .440 (11x25) with two doubles, two home runs and six RBI in six games...tied for second in the league with 23 RBI during July...
selected the Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for August after batting .355 (38x107) with 13 doubles, two triples, four home runs and
16 RBI in 27 games...second in the league with 67 total bases during August, while he was eighth with a .355 batting average.
2008: Tied for the lead among all New York-Penn League outfielders with eight assists...hit .390 (90x231) with 75 runs scored, 18 doubles,
three triples, 13 home runs, 51 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 57 games as a junior at the College of William & Mary to earn All-Colonial Athletic
Association honors...named to the Second-Team American Baseball Coaches Association East All-Region Team.
2007: Batted .270 (37x137) with 25 runs scored, 11 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 24 RBI and eight stolen bases in 46 games during
his sophomore season at the College of William & Mary...saw action in 43 games with Bourne in the Cape Cod League during the summer,
hitting .282 (44x156) with 24 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, three home runs, 24 RBI and nine stolen bases...started in center field
in the Cape Cod League’s All-Star Game.
2006: Played for Covington in the Valley League during the summer, batting .272 (46x169) with 27 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, two
home runs, 18 RBI and 12 stolen bases in 42 games.
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