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CATCHER
TRAVIS D’ARNAUD

2018
◆ Appeared in just four games for Mets before sustaining a partial tear of right ulnar collateral ligament
which ended his season...Placed on injured list April 11 and underwent Tommy John surgery on April 17
(performed by Dr. David Altchek).
◆ Made fifth career Opening Day roster.
2017
◆ Played in a career-high 112 games in fifth Major League season with Mets...Slashed .244/.293/.443 with 39
runs scored, 19 doubles, one triple, and 16 home runs, a single-season personal best (at the time).
◆ 16 home runs were tied for sixth-most among N.L. catchers while his 54 RBI as a catcher were also sixth-
most in the N.L....First Mets catcher with 16 or more home runs in a season since Mike Piazza (19 HR in 2005).
◆ Hit .302 (26/86) with eight doubles, three home runs and 19 RBI vs. left-handed pitching.
◆ Batted .293 (29/99) with eight doubles, six home runs, 20 RBI, and 13 runs scored over his final 32 games of
the season dating back to August 17.
◆ Had first career multi-home run game and drove in then-career-high five RBI on April 28 at Washington... D'ARNAUD
Last Mets catcher to drive in five or more runs in a game was Paul Lo Duca on September 4, 2007 at CIN.
◆ Became fourth player in Mets history to appear in games at third base, second base and catcher in the same season.
2016
◆ Made third career Opening Day roster in fourth season with Mets.
◆ Missed 50 games with a right rotator cuff strain after leaving the game on April 25 vs. Cincinnati.
◆ Hit .282 (20-71) with two home runs, four RBI and 12 runs scored in 19 games during August.
◆ Batted .317 (13/41) with four doubles while on rehab assignment in 11 games split between High-A St. Lucie
and Triple-A Las Vegas.
2015
◆ Began third season with Mets...Hit 12 home runs; became first Mets catcher to have double-digit home runs
in back-to-back seasons since Mike Piazza in 2002-03.
◆ Played in just 67 games due to various injuries...Missed 46 games from April 21 (retro to April 20) to June
10 after fracturing right little finger...Out with a sprained left elbow from June 23 (retro to June 21) to July
31 and missed 32 games.
2014
◆ Appeared in 108 games in second Major League season with Mets...Batted .242 (93/385) with 48 runs, 22
doubles, three triples, and 13 home runs and 41 RBI.
◆ Led N.L. rookies in home runs, the third Mets rookie in franchise history to do so (also, Darryl Strawberry and
Ron Swoboda)...His 13 home runs set the franchise rookie-record for home runs by a catcher.
◆ Finished seventh in National League Rookie of the Year voting...Named to Baseball America All-Rookie Team.
2013
◆ Appeared in 32 games with Triple-A Las Vegas, GCL Mets, and Double-A Binghamton to start the year and
slashed .286/.420/.514 with 17 extra-base hits.
◆ Recalled by Mets on Aug. 17 and made Major League debut that night at San Diego.
◆ Collected first Major League hit on Aug. 20 with a 8th inning double off Atlanta RHP Luis Ayala...Hit first
career home run on Aug. 25 off of Detroit RHP Rick Porcello.
POSTSEASON SUMMARY
◆ Made postseason debut in 2015 with Mets and caught every inning of New York’s playoff run..In NLDS vs.
Dodgers, went 3-for-19 with three runs scored and four RBI; Hit a two-run home run in Game 3 victory...Batted
.267 (4/15) with a .979 OPS and two home runs in NLCS sweep of Cubs; His three postseason home runs tied for
the second-most by a Mets catcher in a single postseason...In World Series loss to Kansas City, went 3-21 with
a double and one RBI.
◆ Returned to October in 2019 with Tampa Bay...Went hitless in four at bats in Wild Card win over Oakland...In
ALDS loss to Houston, went 2-for-15 with one run scored, two RBI, and two HBP.
◆ Started each game of Atlanta’s 2020 playoff run behind the plate...Collected two hits in N.L. Wild Card series
against Cincinnati...Batted .600 with a 2.092 OPS after going 6-for-10 with two doubles, two home runs, and
seven RBI in Atlanta’s three-game Division Series sweep over the Marlins...Went just 4-for-23 with three RBI in
Atlanta’s seven-game NLCS defeat to the eventual World Champion Dodgers.

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