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Jersey Number 42
Manny Garza
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rio Grande City , Texas
- High School:
- Rio Grande City
Bio
Honors at Rice
Feature: Rice catcher Manny Garza remembers lean years (Our Esquina)
2024:Caught a career-high 55 games (out of 59 in the season), including a career-high 53 starts, while hitting .269 with a career-high six homers and 26 RBI to match his career-best…. 53 starts at catcher were the most by an Owl since Justin Collins started 54 of 59 games in 2019… Led the AAC with 19 runners caught stealing and threw out 56 runners in his career... Closed the season strongly, hitting .368 over his last 23 games after hitting .120 over the previous 15 games (6x50)… Second on the team with a .269 average vs. LHP… Hit .283 in April as the Owls went 8-7... .300 hitter in 64 career games at Reckling (66x220)... Twice had an RBI in five consecutive games.
2023: Led Conference USA catchers with 22 caught stealing (47 attempts) and his .468 success rate was the best by an Owl catcher since Geoff Perrott gunned down runners at a .481 clip in 2013 (28/57) … Led the team with 42 hits and a .390 on-base percentage in conference games and was second on the team with a .340 average … Hit .333 over his last 23 games (30x90), which began with a 3x4 effort at UH on 4/4 ... Tied for second on the team with 16 multi-hit games, 11 of them in conference action … Toughest Owl to strike out (one per 8.17 at-bats) … Led the Owls with a .313 average in day games (31x99) and a .298 mark away from Reckling Park (25x84 )… Posted the top average against DBU (.462, 6x13), LA Tech (.400, 4x10) UTSA (.400, 10x25) ... Hit .290 in 17 games with the Bristol State Liners of the Appalachian League during the summer … Saw the most action (17 games) of any of Bristol’s catchers.
2022: Missed 30 games due to an early-season injury, then became a fixture behind the plate over the last 18 games… Hit .385 (25x65) for the season, but .414 (24x58) after his return from injury… Started 19 of the last 22 behind the plate and vaulted into second in the conference season statistics by throwing out 16 of 38 base stealers… Led all backstops in conference games by throwing out 13… Named to the All-Silver Glove team after hitting .375 with a double, a triple, and throwing out a pair of base runners in two games against Houston… Opened the year in a backup role and drove in a run with a sac fly in his first career plate appearance (at Texas on 2/19) and collected his first career hit in his second career start (Lamar on 2/27) but was injured on a play at the plate late in the game… Returned to action by collecting a career-high four hits in a start vs. UTSA on 4/16, the first of nine multi-hit games over 17 starts… Threw out three runners at Southern Miss (4/24) and at FIU (5/20).
Prior to Rice- Three-year starter at Rio Grande City along with his twin brother Eduardo (who played at Tennessee Tech ) for coach Roque Cortinas and led the Rattlers to an 18-7 mark (10-0 in district) and a spot in the 5A playoffs… Two-time, 5A All-State honoree from the Texas Sportswriters Association, earning honorable mention honors as a senior and third-team honors as a freshman… Hit .443 as a senior and .430 in his career. Threw out runners at a .795 clip in his career.
- All-Silver Glove Series Team 2022
- Posey Award Watch List 2024
Feature: Rice catcher Manny Garza remembers lean years (Our Esquina)
2024:Caught a career-high 55 games (out of 59 in the season), including a career-high 53 starts, while hitting .269 with a career-high six homers and 26 RBI to match his career-best…. 53 starts at catcher were the most by an Owl since Justin Collins started 54 of 59 games in 2019… Led the AAC with 19 runners caught stealing and threw out 56 runners in his career... Closed the season strongly, hitting .368 over his last 23 games after hitting .120 over the previous 15 games (6x50)… Second on the team with a .269 average vs. LHP… Hit .283 in April as the Owls went 8-7... .300 hitter in 64 career games at Reckling (66x220)... Twice had an RBI in five consecutive games.
2023: Led Conference USA catchers with 22 caught stealing (47 attempts) and his .468 success rate was the best by an Owl catcher since Geoff Perrott gunned down runners at a .481 clip in 2013 (28/57) … Led the team with 42 hits and a .390 on-base percentage in conference games and was second on the team with a .340 average … Hit .333 over his last 23 games (30x90), which began with a 3x4 effort at UH on 4/4 ... Tied for second on the team with 16 multi-hit games, 11 of them in conference action … Toughest Owl to strike out (one per 8.17 at-bats) … Led the Owls with a .313 average in day games (31x99) and a .298 mark away from Reckling Park (25x84 )… Posted the top average against DBU (.462, 6x13), LA Tech (.400, 4x10) UTSA (.400, 10x25) ... Hit .290 in 17 games with the Bristol State Liners of the Appalachian League during the summer … Saw the most action (17 games) of any of Bristol’s catchers.
2022: Missed 30 games due to an early-season injury, then became a fixture behind the plate over the last 18 games… Hit .385 (25x65) for the season, but .414 (24x58) after his return from injury… Started 19 of the last 22 behind the plate and vaulted into second in the conference season statistics by throwing out 16 of 38 base stealers… Led all backstops in conference games by throwing out 13… Named to the All-Silver Glove team after hitting .375 with a double, a triple, and throwing out a pair of base runners in two games against Houston… Opened the year in a backup role and drove in a run with a sac fly in his first career plate appearance (at Texas on 2/19) and collected his first career hit in his second career start (Lamar on 2/27) but was injured on a play at the plate late in the game… Returned to action by collecting a career-high four hits in a start vs. UTSA on 4/16, the first of nine multi-hit games over 17 starts… Threw out three runners at Southern Miss (4/24) and at FIU (5/20).
Prior to Rice- Three-year starter at Rio Grande City along with his twin brother Eduardo (who played at Tennessee Tech ) for coach Roque Cortinas and led the Rattlers to an 18-7 mark (10-0 in district) and a spot in the 5A playoffs… Two-time, 5A All-State honoree from the Texas Sportswriters Association, earning honorable mention honors as a senior and third-team honors as a freshman… Hit .443 as a senior and .430 in his career. Threw out runners at a .795 clip in his career.
DAVID PIERCE INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, March 19
KHOU Ben Dukes
Saturday, May 04
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
Louisiana game one recap
Friday, March 01
