Miguel Olivo

Miguel Eduardo Olivo was born om July 15, 1978 in Villa Vasquez, Dominican Republic. He is a catcher for the Kansas City Royals.

Miguel is 6'0" tall and weighs 220 pounds. He bats and throws right-handed.

Minor Leagues
Miguel was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Athletics in 1996. He played in the A's minor-league system through 2000.

In December, 2000, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox for Chad Bradford.

Major Leagues

Chicago White Sox
Miguel made his major league debut on September 15, 2002 with the Chicago White Sox. He played in 6 games that year.

Seattle Mariners
Miguel was traded to the Seattle Mariners in June 2004, along with Jeremy Reed, in exchange for Freddy Garcia.

San Diego Padres
Miguel played for the Padres in 2005.

Florida Marlins
Miguel played for the Marlins in 2006 and 2007. (In 2007, he had the lowest fielding percentage of all NL catchers, .986.)

Kansas City Royals
Miguel signed as a free-agent with the Royals for the 2008 season.

Personal
Miguel and his wife, Gloria, have six children: Miguel Jr., Minaya, Alexandria, Sergio, Alazay and Erica.

His second cousin, Tony Pena, caught in the Majors for 18 seasons.

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