Jonathan Herrera

Infobox MLB player
name = Jonathan Herrera


width =
caption =
team = Colorado Rockies
number = 21
position = Infielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|11|13
birthplace = Maracaibo, Venezuela
bats = Switch
throws = Right
debutdate = April 30
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Colorado Rockies
statyear = 2008
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .230
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 0
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 3
teams =
*Colorado Rockies (by|2008-present)

Jonathan Alejandro Herrera (born November 13, 1984 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a second baseman for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. He has played full time in the minor leagues as a shortstop and second baseman for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox.

Herrera was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Colorado Rockies on April 6, 2002.

Call to the Majors

On April 29, 2008 Jonathan was called into the major league to play second base for the Colorado Rockies in response to an injury sustained by their star shortstop Troy Tulowitzki as well as other lineup diffuculties plaguing the ballclub in the early 2008 baseball season. On May 04, he got his first RBI in a start against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Coors Field.

External links

* [http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=468406 mlb.com Player Profile]
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/Jonathan-Herrera.shtml The Baseball Cube Player Profile]