Manny Mayorson

Manuel A. Mayorson

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 195 lb.

• Born March 10, 1983 in Higuey, La Altagracia D.R.

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Biographical Information

Manny Mayorson was in AAA in five seasons but never made the majors. He also was on the Dominican national team.

Mayorson debuted with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays in 2000, hitting .220/.325/.239 and fielding .927 at short. He had 33 walks and 39 runs in 56 games. He fielded .956 at short in 2001, which he split between the Auburn Doubledays (.263/.325/.283 in 62 G), Dunedin Blue Jays (.189/.231/.189 in 18 G) and Charleston AlleyCats (0 for 2). He tied Rich Jimenez and Justin Singleton for 4th in the Jays chain with 25 swipes; he was also 5th in the New York-Penn League.

He was still a teenager in 2002, producing at a .274/.316/.315 clip for Charleston, scoring 72 times and going 28-for-43 in steal attempts. He fielded .954 at SS. Among Jays minor leaguers, only Rich Thompson had more stolen bases and Mayorson was 5th in runs (between Chad Mottola and Shawn Fagan). He spent all of '03 with Dunedin, slipping to .229/.282/.267 while fielding .990 at second base; Russ Adams and Aaron Hill saw most of the action at short.

Back with Dunedin in 2004, he returned to being used mostly at short but his offensive numbers fell further to .217/.277/.243. In a third straight year there, he improved to .268/.309/.363. He fielded .972 as the main shortstop for the 2006 New Hampshire Fisher Cats and posted a .277/.312/.333 batting line. He led Florida State League shortstops in fielding percentage but also led FSL players in double play grounders (20). He was named the FSL All-Start shortstop He played briefly that winter for the Azucareros del Este.

Despite his All-Star nod, he was back with New Hampshire a year later and put up similar numbers (.274/.337/.345) at the plate. He was now being used as a utility infielder, splitting second with Juan Peralta and backing up Rob Crosby at 3B and Sergio Santos at SS. In winter ball, he was 6 for 26 with a walk and a double. Manny moved to the Florida Marlins chain in 2008. He split the summer between the Carolina Mudcats (.319/.370/.416, 31 2B, 21 SB, 13 CS in 108 G, only 20 K) and the Albuquerque Isotopes (.275/.321/.412, 10 RBI in 12 G). He was the hardest batter to strike out in the Southern League, was 8th in the SL in average (between Michael Brantley and Gaby Sanchez), tied for 9th in the league in doubles and tied for 2nd in times caught stealing. Alcides Escobar was named the SL All-Star shortstop. Among Marlins minor leaguers, he was 3rd in doubles (after Sanchez and Logan Morrison), tied Cameron Maybin for 7th in steals, was caught stealing the most and tied Sanchez for 2nd in average behind Morrison. In the winter, he hit .282/.329/.366, backing up Esteban Germán at 3B and Ozzie Chavez at SS.

The Higuey native started 2009 with the New Orleans Zephyrs and hit .249/.278/.303 while seeing fairly regular work at 2B and SS. Let go by the Marlins, the Blue Jays took him back and he spent time with New Hampshire (.244/.306/.289 in 12 G) and the Las Vegas 51s (2 for 17, 2 BB, 2B). With the Toros del Este in the winter, he hit .302/.349/.388 while fielding .930 as their main third baseman. He was 8th in the Dominican League in average, between Juan Francisco and Wilson Betemit.

In 2010, he again played for New Hampshire (.316/.373/.378 in 54 G) and Las Vegas (.333/.362/.442 in 43 G). He stole 19 bases in 19 tries on the year and rapped 27 doubles. He was 10th in the Jays farm in two-baggers, 9th in steals and was second in average among players with 350+ plate appearances (trailing Aaron Mathews by .006). He slumped to .200/.275/.314 in the winter. With Las Vegas in '11, he was again solid at .313/.371/.394 with 16 steals, fielding .982 at 2B. He had a rough winter again (.163/.160/.224).

Manny switched teams as a free agent, moving to the Washington Nationals system for 2012. He appeared for the Harrisburg Senators (.244/.256/.285 in 33 G) and Syracuse Chiefs (.225/.262/.250 in 17 G) to end his time in the affiliated minors after 13 seasons. With the 2012-2013 Toros, he was 3 for 14 with a walk and a double. He bounced around the independent leagues in 2013, playing for the Newark Bears (.258/.324/.290 in 16 G), Camden Riversharks (.197/.228/.211 in 21 G) and York Revolution (.281/.311/.351 in 32 G).

He had hit .269/.320/.328 in 1,306 minor league games, with only 13 homers. He scored 611 runs and stole 160 bases in 248 tries. He fielded .959 in 786 games at SS, .983 in 382 at 2B and .936 in 69 at 3B.

He was 0 for 6 with a walk for the Dominican team in the 2015 Pan American Games and had 10 error-free chances at 2B, which he split with Jonathan Gálvez.