#37 Ray Serrano, C

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Position: C
Date of Birth: 01/19/1981
Height: 5' 9"   Weight: 180 lbs
Bats: R
Throws: R
Resides: Martinez, GA

Biography:

The 2012 season will be the Ponce, Puerto Rico native’s third season with the Explorers. In 2011, Serrano led the team with 115 hits, 28 doubles, 12 home runs and 67 runs batted in, while posting a .320 batting average over 95 games.  Over the past two years with the X’s, the veteran backstop has put together a line of impressive numbers. Appearing in 183 games wearing an X’s uniform, Serrano has compiled a .334 batting average in 703 at bats, while accumulating 235 hits, 133 runs batted in, 62 doubles and 18 home runs. His efforts have placed him among Sioux City’s all-time leaders in various offensive categories including third in career batting average, seventh in doubles and tenth in runs batted in. In 2010, Serrano represented the Explorers in the American Association All-Star Game.

 

“I am excited to have our veteran leader coming back this season, Ray is a solid catcher that also is a great offensive force in the middle of our lineup,” comments field manager Stan Cliburn.

 

Serrano spent nine seasons in the Atlanta Braves system with four straight seasons at the AA and AAA level. As a member of the Braves AA affiliate in Jackson, MS in 2005-2007, Serrano put together a .267 batting average while maintaining a .990 fielding percentage, as a catcher.

 
 

Career Statistics »

Year League Club GP AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
2011 American Association Sioux City 95 .320 359 49 115 28 2 12 67 18 26 1
2010 American Association Sioux City 88 .349 344 54 120 34 0 6 66 13 42 1
2009 Can-Am Sussex 84 .287 310 43 89 20 1 7 45 13 34 5
2008 International Richmond 8 .294 17 3 5 0 0 1 1 2 2 0
2008 Southern Mississippi 7 .062 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
2007 International Richmond 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 Southern Mississippi 35 .301 123 21 37 12 2 3 15 9 20 2
2006 Southern Mississippi 70 .242 227 23 55 14 0 3 22 3 36 1
2005 Southern Mississippi 33 .284 88 7 25 6 2 0 11 7 10 1
2005 Carolina Myrtle Beach 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 Carolina Myrtle Beach 33 .259 116 19 30 8 0 5 23 3 18 0
2004 South Atlantic Rome 17 .258 62 5 16 5 1 1 7 1 7 0
2003 South Atlantic Charleston 13 .286 35 6 10 4 0 0 6 5 4 1
2003 NYPL Hudson Valley 23 .182 77 4 14 3 0 0 5 6 10 0
2002 Southern Greenville 20 .246 65 7 16 3 0 2 7 5 9 0
2002 Carolina Myrtle Beach 37 .202 114 11 23 4 0 2 18 6 21 0
2001 South Atlantic Macon 63 .200 215 20 43 10 0 4 27 11 37 2
2000 NYPL Jamestown 21 .321 78 9 25 4 0 5 14 2 9 1
2000 Appalachian Danville 21 .328 67 16 22 4 0 4 16 7 11 2
1999 Gulf Coast GCL Braves 38 .258 97 14 25 6 0 5 21 13 15 1
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