Manny Pazos

Position:
C
Class:
Freshman
Ht./Wt.:
6-null / 185
Hometown:
Miami, Fla.
High School:
Pace

CAREER: Played in 155 career games in four seasons with the Panthers … earned 137 career starts … owns a .201 career average with 87 hits, 24 doubles, three triples and one home run … recorded 47 career RBI ... signed as an undrafted free agent with the Seattle Mariners in 2017.

2017: Was the starting catcher for the Panthers in his final season with Pitt … played in 49 games, earning the start in 47 … recorded a .247 average … tallied 40 hits, with 14 doubles and one homer … added 21 RBIs … recorded a .352 slugging percentage and a .306 on-base percentage … caught 21 runners on 36 steal attempts … put together nine multiple-hit performances … recorded four multiple-RBI outings … was one of just two Panthers to recorded at least one five-RBI day … opened the season with six straight starts behind the plate … went 1-4 with a double and run scored in the opener against Delaware … put together a two-RBI performance against Ohio State … was 2-4 with two doubles and two runs scored in the opening game of a doubleheader against Siena … went 1-4 with a run scored in the second game against No. 4 Louisville … was 1-4 with two RBIs and a run scored in the series opener with Virginia Tech … went 2-3 with an RBI, run scored, double and a walk in the finale at Duke … in the finale against Miami (FL), went 2-3 with a double and run scored … put together a 3-4 outing in Pitt’s win over No. 3 North Carolina … tallied an RBI, two runs scored and a double … had three-straight multiple-hit performances from April 29-May 2 … was 2-4 in back-to-back games against SIU Edwardsville … went 3-4 with five RBIs, two runs scored and a homer in the opener against Maryland Eastern Shore … went 2-4 with an RBI in the opener against NC State … tallied a hit in all three Wake Forest games, going 2-4 with an RBI in the finale.

2016: Appeared in 25 games, making 20 starts as a catcher for the Panthers in his junior season … finished the year with a .154 average (10-65) … recorded three RBIs, two doubles and one triple … scored 10 runs … produced one multiple-hit performance … earned his first start of the season against Ohio State on Feb. 20 … drew a walk and was brought home as Pitt fell to the Buckeyes in extra innings … recorded his first hit against New Orleans on March 5 … smacked a triple in his first ACC start of the year against North Carolina on March 12 … went 2-3 with a run scored … made a start on April 20 at Youngstown State … went 1-4 with an RBI and run scored … was 1-3 with an RBI, one run scored, one walk and a double on April 30 against reigning national champion Virginia in game two … earned a start in his hometown on May 15 at Miami (FL), going 1-3 with an RBI and a run … concluded the season on May 20 against Duke.

2015: In the opener against St. Louis, was a perfect 2-2 including a pinch hit single, with one RBI and one run scored … notched a single versus Ohio State … at Wofford, made his first start of the season behind the plate and went 1-3 with a two-run double, walked twice and scored once … drove in one run with a sacrifice fly and threw two runners out attempting to steal in the final versus VCU … had a single and drove in one on a sacrifice fly in game three at No. 1 Virginia … finished 3-4 with two doubles, one RBI and two runs scored in game one against Niagara … singled in the finale with No. 11 North Carolina … singled and drove in a run against Penn State, and threw out a runner … in game two at Duke, threw out two runners attempting to steal … went 2-3 with a triple and walked once to score a run and record an RBI in the opener at NC State … had one hit in game two at NC State … reached base three times in five trips with two walks and a single … went 1-2 with an RBI and walk in the opener with Wake Forest … went 1-2 with an RBI single in the opener at No. 13 Florida State … in the finale at No. 13 Florida State, laid down two successful sacrifice bunts … had a single in game two against Fairfield … at Penn State, went 2-3 with a double, triple and an RBI … had a single in game two against No. 16 Miami … hit safely and scored against Georgia Tech in game two … against West Virginia, recorded a double … started two games at second base against Virginia Tech.

2014: Made 44 appearances and 38 starts as a freshman … had an RBI and a run scored, along with two walks in his first career game … registered an RBI and a run scored in his first three games of the season … went 2-5 with a run and an RBI in a win against Butler … had a double and three RBIs against Virginia Tech … went 2-3 with a pair of RBIs against Youngstown State … posted a season-best four-game hit-streak from March 22-30.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Monsignor Pace High School in Miami, Fla., under head coach Tom Duffin … was rated the 500th best prospect in 2013 and the 87th best in the state of Florida … played summer ball with the Miami Suns.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 23, 1995 … son of Malvys Labrada.