Humberto Cota
| Humberto Cota | |||
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| Vaqueros Laguna – No. 40 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: February 7, 1979 San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 9, 2001, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2008 season) | |||
| Batting average | .233 | ||
| Home runs | 12 | ||
| Runs batted in | 61 | ||
| Teams | |||
Humberto Cota (born February 7, 1979 in San Luis Río Colorado, Mexico) is a Mexican professional baseball catcher for the Vaqueros Laguna of the Mexican Baseball League. His debut in Major League Baseball occurred on September 9, 2001 with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After signing a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals during the 2007-2008 offseason, Cota refused an assignment to minor league camp during spring training and became a free agent. He then signed a minor league deal with the Colorado Rockies.
On May 28, 2008, Cota was suspended 50 games for failing a drug test.[1] He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Cincinnati Reds on February 2, 2009.[2] He was released in March, 2009.
He was traded to the Broncos de Reynosa on May 24, 2016. He was traded to the Vaqueros Laguna on June 28, 2016.
References
- ↑ "Rox Minor Leaguer Cota suspended". May 28, 2008, mlb.com. Retrieved on May 29, 2008.
- ↑ Mark Sheldon (2009-02-02). "Reds get catching insurance with Cota". MLB.com. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)