Salomón Manríquez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Manríquez and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.
Salomón Manríquez
Free agent
Catcher
Born: (1982-09-15) September 15, 1982
Valencia, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Salomón Eduardo Manríquez Rojas (born September 15, 1982) is a professional baseball player, who is a free agent.

He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1999 and played in the Expos/Nationals farm system through 2006, with his highest level being a couple of stints with the AA Harrisburg Senators in 2004 and 2006. He then played for the Frisco RoughRiders in the Texas Rangers system in 2007 and the Binghamton Mets in the New York Mets system in 2008.

Unable to land with an affiliated team in 2009 he joined the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, where he hit .311 and was named an Atlantic League All-Star.[1] He began 2010 back in the Atlantic League, first with the Lancaster Barnstormers and then the York Revolution before returning to the Mets system to play for Binghamton. In 2011 he was promoted to the AAA Buffalo Bisons.

Manriquez was back in the independent leagues in 2012, playing for four different teams... York in the Atlantic League, the Wichita Wingnuts and Lincoln Saltdogs in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball and the Diablos Rojos del Mexico in the Mexican League.

He also played for the Spain national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

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