Jose Herrera #11

Married to Yennifer…Has four kids: Mathias, Sophia, Alex and Noor... Signed by D-backs as a non-drafted free agent on July 2, 2013...Signed by Marlon Urdaneta...Has played four seasons with Águilas del Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League in 2024-25, '22-23, '21-22 and '17-18...Enjoys riding and caring for horses…Purchased his first horse in 2018 and now owns around 15 back on his farm in Venezuela, which his father helps care for.

2024

Hit .227 (22-for-97)/.609 OPS with four doubles, one triple, one homer, 13 RBI and nine walks in 42 games…Posted career highs in AVG, hits and RBI...In 17 home starts, hit .314 (16-for-51)/.364 OBP with three doubles, seven RBI and four walks...Arizona went 17-14 (.548 win pct.) in his 31 starts...Hit .333 (7-for-21)/.756 OPS with one double, nine RBI with runners in scoring position over 31 starts...With men on base, hit .333 (11-for-33)/.803 OPS with three doubles, 11 RBI and three walks in 31 starts...With two outs, hit .321 (9-for-28)/.835 OPS with one double, five RBI and four walks...Began the season with Triple-A Reno…Was recalled on June 22 and stayed with Arizona for the remainder of the season...Hit safely in five of his first six starts, batting .412 (7-for-17)/.971 OPS with one double, four RBI and three walks...In his first 13 starts against righties, hit .318 (7-for-22)/.423 OBP with one double, four RBI and four walks...Hit .333 (10-for-30)/.394 OBP with one double, four RBI and three walks in his first 10 home starts from June 27-Aug. 27...Had his second career three-hit game and reached base a career-best four times on July 13 vs. Blue Jays (3-for-4, one RBI, BB)...Hit his first career triple on Aug. 21 at Marlins...Had six hits and five RBI over seven starts from Aug. 30- Sept. 13...In 37 games with Reno, hit .260 (33-for-127)/.351 OBP with five doubles, one triple, two homers, 19 RBI and 19 walks.

2023

Hit .208 (21-for-101) with five doubles, seven RBI and 13 walks in 41 games (36 starts) over two stints in his second season with Arizona...Made his second consecutive Opening Day roster...Recorded multi-hit efforts in back-to-back games on April 4 and 9 for the first time in the Majors. Posted a career-best six multi-hit games, two more than in 2022...Made first two pitching appearances May 19 @ Pirates and Aug. 29 @ Dodgers...Batted .257 (26-for-101)/.364 OBP with four doubles, one triple, two homers, 14 RBI and 15 walks over 28 games with Triple-A Reno...POSTSEASON: Played in two games as a defensive replacement and went 0-for-3 with a walk…was behind the plate during the series-clinching outs in the NL Wild Card Series vs. Brewers and NL Division Series vs. Dodgers.

2022

Appeared in 47 games (42 starts) for Arizona and batted .189 (21-for-111) with two doubles, five RBI and nine walks...Made his first Opening Day roster…made his debut on April 9 vs. Padres...Batted .341 (31-for-91) with three doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI over 26 games with Triple-A Reno...Collected his first Major League hit on April 22 vs. Mets...Was rated as Best Defensive Catcher for Arizona by Baseball America for the third straight season (2020-22)...On the injured list from May 19-23.

2021

Batted .258 (79-for-306) with 11 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 57 RBI in 94 games with Double-A Amarillo and Triple-A Reno... Reached base safely in 25 straight games from May 29-July 8... Named Double-A Central's Hitter of the Week for June 14-20 after batting .450/1.100 OPS with two doubles, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI... Hit .356 (26-for-73) with three doubles, one home run and 12 RBI in 24 games with Zulia in the Venezuelan Winter League.

2020

Did not play due to no Minor League season.

2019

Combined to hit .252 AVG/.383 OBP with 19 doubles, 5 home runs, 43 RBI and 66 walks in 90 games with Single-A Kane County and Single-A Adv. Visalia...Threw out 9-of-18 of attempted basestealers with the Rawhide...On injured list with a strained right hamstring from May 31-June 14.