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CATCHER
ALBERTO RIOS

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BORN: MAR. 19, 2002 OPENING DAY AGE: 23
BIRTHPLACE: LYNWOOD, CA RESIDES: BELLFLOWER, CA
ACQUIRED: THIRD ROUND OF 2023 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
SIGNED THRU: 2024; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 0/3 OPTIONS USED

NON-ROSTER INVITEE

RIOS
RIOS’ LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2023— ACL Angels .200 3 10 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 0
Inland Empire .181 33 127 19 23 4 2 3 18 0 2 2 14 0 37 7 2 1 .315 .269 1
2024— Tri-City .252 31 103 8 26 5 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 32 2 2 0 .301 .330 1
ACL Angels .143 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 .143 .333 0
MINOR TOTALS .211 72 247 32 52 9 2 3 30 0 2 4 28 0 71 10 4 1 .300 .299 2
2024 SEASON
◆ Split season between High-A Tri-City and ACL Angels, and batted .246 (27/110) with a .622 OPS in 36 games.
◆ Placed on injured list on May 22...Activated on July 30 following rehab assignment with ACL Angels.
◆ Batted .333 (20/60) with six runs scored, three doubles, seven RBI, and a .795 OPS after being activated from the
injured list on July 30 through the end of the season.
◆ Appeared in 17 games at catcher in 2024 and recorded a .993 fielding percentage (142/143).
◆ Played for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League in the offseason, and posted a .744 OPS over 34
games.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Made professional debut July 21, 2023 with ACL Angels vs. ACL Diamondbacks Black.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ July 10, 2023...Selected by Angels in third round of First-Year Player Draft.
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ Alberto Rios...Twitter: @arioos19
◆ Son of Alma and Alberto Rios...Has two sisters, Brianna and Cassandra.
◆ Cousin, Frankie Rios, played baseball at USC before being selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 17th round of
the 2017 MLB Draft.
◆ Attended Stanford University...Batted .373 (93/249) with a 1.162 OPS in three seasons from 2021-2023...
Played in just eight games in his freshman and sophomore seasons, and batted .384 (93/242) with a 1.192 OPS
and 69 runs scored, 73 RBI, 24 doubles, and 18 home runs in 63 games as a junior in 2023...Won the Pac-12
championship with Stanford in back-to-back seasons from 2022-2023...Named the PAC-12 Player of the Year in
2023...Named a Golden Spikes semifinalist in 2023...In 2023, was named to the D1Baseball All-American first
team, Collegiate Baseball All-America first team, ABCA All-America first team, and NCBWA All-America first
team...Pac-12 All-Conference player in 2023...PAC-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2021...Set a Stanford record with
11 RBI vs. CSU Bakersfield on March 5; went 5-for-7 with a pair of three-run homers in the game...Majored in
Management Science and Engineering.
◆ Graduated St. John Bosco HS (CA) in 2020...2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-Region...All-Trinity League in
2019...Two-time Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American (2018-19).

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