Humberto Cota

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 225lb (180cm, 102kg)

Born: February 7, 1979 in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico mx

High School: Preparatoria Abierta (Mexico, Mexico)

Debut: September 9, 2001 (Age 22-214d, 17,990th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 28, 2007 (Age 28-110d)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2005 season

Agents: Eric Goldschmidt

Full Name: Humberto Figueroa Cota

Pronunciation: \KOH-tah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.2

519

121

.233

RBI

OBP

.280

SLG

.358

OPS

.639

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1998	19	TBD-min	Rk	67	287	245	48	76	13	4	15	61	4	4	32	59	.310	.399	.580	.978		142	3	6	1	3	1		PRI · APPY
1999	20	TBD-PIT-min	A	122	520	469	70	130	32	3	11	81	4	2	41	71	.277	.333	.429	.762		201	9	2	1	7	2		CHS,HCK · SALL
2000	21	PIT-min	AA	112	459	429	49	112	20	1	8	44	6	4	21	80	.261	.297	.368	.665		158	8	3	1	5	1		ATO · EL
2001	22	PIT-min	AAA	111	414	377	61	112	22	2	14	72	7	2	25	74	.297	.351	.477	.829		180	8	8	1	3	1		NVL · PCL
2001	22	PIT	NL	7	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	/H2
2002	23	PIT-min	AAA	118	448	404	51	108	27	1	9	54	5	8	31	106	.267	.321	.406	.727		164	11	5	0	8	1		NVL · PCL
2002	23	PIT	NL	7	18	17	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.294	.333	.353	.686	80	6	0	0	0	0	1	/2H
2003	24	PIT-min	AAA	62	222	200	23	41	9	0	8	27	2	0	20	59	.205	.284	.370	.654		74	4	2	0	0	1		NVL · PCL
2003	24	PIT	NL	10	17	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.294	.313	.607	58	5	0	0	0	0	0	/H2
2004	25	PIT-min	AAA	8	30	27	4	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	.259	.333	.370	.704		10	3	0	0	0	0		NVL · PCL
2004	25	PIT	NL	36	70	66	10	15	1	1	5	8	0	0	3	20	.227	.271	.500	.771	95	33	1	1	0	0	1	2H
2005	26	PIT-min	AAA	3	11	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.273	.545		3	2	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2005	26	PIT	NL	93	320	297	29	72	20	1	7	43	0	0	17	80	.242	.285	.387	.672	75	115	8	2	1	3	2	2/H
2006	27	PIT	NL	38	110	100	5	19	1	0	0	5	0	0	8	26	.190	.248	.200	.448	18	20	3	0	1	1	0	2/H
2007	28	PIT-min	AAA	30	104	95	9	27	6	0	0	9	2	0	7	8	.284	.330	.347	.677		33	4	0	1	1	0		INA · IL
2007	28	PIT	NL	5	18	14	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.286	.389	.357	.746	98	5	0	1	0	1	0	/2
2008	29	COL-min	AAA	37	147	138	23	44	12	0	4	26	0	1	6	23	.319	.342	.493	.835		68	2	0	1	2	0		CSP · PCL
2013	34	ARI-min	AA	7	19	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.158	.000	.158		0	0	1	0	0	0		MOB · SOUL
7 Yrs				196	562	519	48	121	25	2	12	61	0	0	32	142	.233	.280	.358	.639	66	186	12	4	2	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	465	429	40	100	21	2	10	50	0	0	26	117	.233	.280	.358	.639	66	154	10	3	2	4	3

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