Christian Vazquez
Christian Rafael Vazquez
Born: August 21, 1990
Bayamon, P.R.
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, 2B, 3B, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 205
Career: 2014-2024
Draft: Round 9 (2008 June Amateur Draft, Boston Red Sox)
School: Puerto Rico BB Academy HS
Minor League Statistics
Christian Vazquez compiled a career batting average of .253 with 68 home runs and 335 RBI in his 1018-game career with the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins. He began playing during the 2014 season and last took the field during the 2024 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 55 | 201 | 175 | 15 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 33 | .240 | .308 | .309 | .617 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 57 | 184 | 172 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 39 | .227 | .277 | .308 | .585 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 99 | 345 | 324 | 43 | 94 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 64 | .290 | .330 | .404 | .735 | 131 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 80 | 269 | 251 | 24 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 41 | .207 | .257 | .283 | .540 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 521 | 482 | 66 | 133 | 26 | 1 | 23 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 101 | .276 | .320 | .477 | .798 | 230 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 47 | 189 | 173 | 22 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 43 | .283 | .344 | .457 | .801 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 138 | 498 | 458 | 51 | 118 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 84 | .258 | .308 | .352 | .659 | 161 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 84 | 318 | 294 | 33 | 83 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 51 | .282 | .327 | .432 | .759 | 127 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | 35 | 108 | 104 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | .250 | .278 | .308 | .585 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 102 | 355 | 327 | 34 | 73 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 82 | .223 | .280 | .318 | .598 | 104 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 93 | 315 | 294 | 29 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 65 | .221 | .248 | .327 | .575 | 96 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 928 | 3303 | 3054 | 346 | 774 | 150 | 5 | 68 | 335 | 32 | 17 | 199 | 621 | .253 | .301 | .373 | .673 | 1138 | 96 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 54 | 50 | 458.3 | 338 | 32 | 5 | 4 | .987 | 7.265 | 6.852 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 51.7 |
| 2016 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 56 | 49 | 438.7 | 423 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .996 | 9.191 | 8.000 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 34.8 |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 95 | 85 | 771.0 | 794 | 47 | 8 | 2 | .991 | 9.817 | 8.853 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 21 | 42.0 |
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 75 | 66 | 604.0 | 650 | 27 | 3 | 3 | .996 | 1.088 | 9.027 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 37.1 |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 119 | 103 | 918.0 | 994 | 71 | 1 | 6 | .999 | 1.441 | 8.950 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 22 | 37.9 |
| 2019 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 10 | 7 | 63.0 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 7.714 | 5.400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.273 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 4 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 42 | 41 | 356.0 | 370 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .997 | 9.834 | 9.262 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 30.0 |
| 2020 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 132 | 119 | 1051.3 | 1136 | 58 | 7 | 6 | .994 | 1.221 | 9.045 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 18 | 24.7 |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | AL | Boston Red Sox | C | 78 | 73 | 643.3 | 610 | 33 | 6 | 4 | .991 | 8.995 | 8.244 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 30.2 |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | C | 30 | 23 | 226.7 | 253 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 1.324 | 8.667 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17.6 |
| 2022 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 1B | 9 | 5 | 47.0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 5.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | AL | Boston Red Sox | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | AL | Minnesota Twins | C | 94 | 91 | 793.0 | 895 | 29 | 9 | 10 | .990 | 1.487 | 9.830 | 3 | 25 | 54 | 17 | 23.9 |
| 2023 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 7 | 1 | 23.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.043 | 2.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | AL | Minnesota Twins | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 821 | 714 | 6436.3 | 6578 | 362 | 45 | 53 | .994 | 9.704 | 8.453 | 68 | 25 | 297 | 142 | 32.3 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .400 | .667 | 1.067 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 5 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALWC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .563 | .938 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .267 | .517 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 99 | 92 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .250 | .296 | .337 | .633 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | C | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 8.500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS1 | C | 3 | 2 | 20.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 5 | 4 | 32.0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.281 | 6.600 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | C | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 9.771 | 9.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | AL | Boston Red Sox | WS | 1B | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALWC | C | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALDS2 | C | 4 | 3 | 33.0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.909 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | AL | Boston Red Sox | ALCS | C | 6 | 4 | 40.0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.550 | 6.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | ALDS2 | C | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | ALCS | C | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.000 | 14.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | AL | Houston Astros | WS | C | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.600 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 21 | 219.0 | 217 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 9.329 | 7.323 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
2019 - AL TSN All-Star C
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