Wilin Rosario

Given name:	Wilin Arismendy Rosario
Nicknames:	Baby Bull
Primary Pos:	Catcher
Hght/Wght:	5'11" / 225 lbs
Bats/Throws:	R / R
Born:	Feb 23, 1989 in Bonao, Monsenor Nouel DO
Age:	36
Debut:	Sep 6, 2011

Biography

Wilin Arismendy Rosario Hernández (born February 23, 1989) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher and first baseman for the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, the KBO League for the Hanwha Eagles, and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

Career

Colorado Rockies

On September 6, 2011, Rosario made his MLB debut. He batted 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored, as his Rockies defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 8–3. Rosario appeared in a total of 16 games for the Rockies that season. He posted a .204 batting average, hit 3 home runs and totalled 8 RBI.During the 2012 season, Rosario saw action in 117 games with the Rockies. He finished 4th in the 2012 NL Rookie of the year voting, after hitting .270 with 28 HR and 71 RBI. Rosario topped all MLB catchers in home runs with 28 in 2012.In 2013, Rosario set career highs in games played (121), average (.292), rbi's (79) and hits (131). In 2014, Rosario experience a dropoff in production, regressing in power and in average despite striking out less. His defense behind the plate did not improve as well, leading the majors for the third straight season in pass balls. With the addition of Nick Hundley in the 2015 season, the Rockies moved Rosario to first base full-time, only playing catcher in case of a game emergency. For the 2015 season, Rosario's role on the team was part-time first baseman and pinch hitter, appearing only in 87 games for the Rockies. Rosario was designated for assignment by the Rockies after the 2015 season.

Hanwha Eagles

Rosario signed with the Hanwha Eagles of the Korea Baseball Organization for the 2016 season. In two seasons with the Eagles, Rosario hit .330 with 70 home runs and 231 runs batted in.

Hanshin Tigers

On December 14, 2017, Rosario signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Minnesota Twins

On February 1, 2019, Rosario signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins. He opened the 2019 season with the Rochester Red Wings. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.

Pericos de Puebla

On January 16, 2020, Rosario signed with the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican League.

Batting: Traditional

Clear Selected

Year	Age	Team	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	R	RBI	RP	BB	SO	SB	CS	NS
2011	22	Rockies	.204	.228	.463	.691	16	57	54	11	3	1	3	25	6	8	14	2	20	0	0	0	0	1
2012	23	Rockies	.270	.312	.530	.843	117	426	396	107	19	0	28	210	67	71	138	25	99	4	5	-1	1	4
2013	24	Rockies	.292	.315	.486	.801	121	466	449	131	22	1	21	218	63	79	142	15	109	4	1	3	1	1
2014	25	Rockies	.267	.305	.435	.739	106	410	382	102	25	0	13	166	46	54	100	23	70	1	0	1	0	5
2015	26	Rockies	.268	.295	.416	.710	87	242	231	62	14	1	6	96	22	29	51	8	56	2	1	1	1	1
Totals			---	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Average			---	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting: Advanced

Year	Age	Team	wOBA	wVAL	BpO	XBH	ISO	AB/HR	TB%	RP%	SB%	SBe	BB%	K%	BB/K
2011	22	Rockies	.289	.289	.628	7	.259	18.0	.439	.246	---	0	3.5	35.1	0.10
2012	23	Rockies	.358	.353	.817	47	.260	14.1	.493	.324	44.4	-11	5.9	23.2	0.25
2013	24	Rockies	.343	.349	.736	44	.194	21.4	.468	.305	80.0	1	3.2	23.4	0.14
2014	25	Rockies	.320	.323	.675	38	.168	29.4	.405	.244	100.0	1	5.6	17.1	0.33
2015	26	Rockies	.307	.310	.621	21	.148	38.5	.397	.211	66.7	-1	3.3	23.1	0.14