Wilbert Nieves is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher of Major League Baseball and is currently in the Colorado Rockies organization. Nieves made his major league debut on July 21, 2002, for the San Diego Padres, and played 28 games with them during their 2002 season. Nieves was selected off waivers by the Anaheim Angels on December 20, 2002. He was traded to the New York Yankees for pitcher Bret Prinz. Nieves won a spot on the Yankees 2007 roster by beating out Todd Pratt and Raul Chavez during spring training. He served as the back-up catcher to Jorge Posada, but was primarily... considered Mike Mussina's "personal catcher." Joe Torre experimented with using Nieves to help bolster Mussina out of a rough stretch with good results. Nieves made his first career non-catching appearance in the ninth inning of a game on July 8, 2007, against the Angels; he played first base when the Yankees ran low on position players.
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| Birthdate: | September 25, 1977 |
| Birthplace: | San Juan |
| Age: | 34 |
| All Positions Played: | Catcher |
| Also known as: | Wilbert Nieves |