Almedar
Noche
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 245
 
Born: November 23, 1986 in Venezuela
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2018    2021   
Tyson Bacon Award 2019   
All-Star Selections 2011    2017    2019    2021   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2005 18 MN GE   2 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 2
2006 19 MN GE   3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
2007 20 MN GE   4 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
2008 21 MN GE $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 22 MN GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 4 5 4 5 6 6 4 5 4 8 8 8
2010 23 MN GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
2011 24 MN GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
2012 25 MN GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
2013 26 MN GE $ 300,000   9 9 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
2014 27 MN GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
2015 28 MN GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
2016 29 MN GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
2017 30 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
2018 31 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
2019 32 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
2020 33 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 8
2021 34 WA GE $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
2022 35 MA FF $ 300,000   10 10 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 7 8 8
2023 36 MA FF $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 6 7 7
2024 37 MS FF $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 6 6 6
2025 38 MS FF $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   6 6 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 10 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2005 18 AA   14 51 3 19 4 0 0 5 1 0 3 16 .373 .407 .451 .858 8.5  
    A   124 513 72 184 16 2 7 46 13 5 35 106 .359 .400 .439 .838 84.2  
2006 19 AA   137 564 67 171 37 1 11 49 5 0 32 111 .303 .341 .431 .771 78.6  
2007 20 AA   130 517 73 190 20 2 13 65 3 2 60 103 .368 .433 .489 .923 101.6  
2008 21 MN GE 74 228 23 66 12 1 4 33 1 0 12 51 .289 .328 .404 .731 31.0 6.3
    AAA   27 101 6 35 11 1 0 16 1 0 6 26 .347 .383 .475 .858 16.3  
    AA   55 232 31 91 12 0 3 31 0 0 20 41 .392 .440 .483 .923 44.2  
2009 22 MN GE 108 229 26 73 12 0 3 30 1 0 14 27 .319 .355 .410 .766 31.6 8.0
2010 23 MN GE 151 519 49 128 24 1 7 40 4 0 25 42 .247 .284 .337 .621 48.0 8.1
2011 24 MN GE 130 479 65 161 37 0 13 68 1 3 34 16 .336 .383 .495 .878 81.1 22.4
2012 25 MN GE 159 567 60 170 37 2 14 86 6 1 48 38 .300 .351 .446 .797 89.4 20.0
2013 26 MN GE 144 549 78 164 32 2 20 80 2 0 37 29 .299 .342 .474 .816 87.7 22.9
2014 27 MN GE 154 557 72 156 32 0 16 62 6 1 53 28 .280 .342 .424 .765 74.4 23.0
2015 28 MN GE 26 100 18 28 5 0 5 12 1 0 8 6 .280 .336 .480 .816 14.6 3.2
2016 29 MN GE 140 488 61 139 27 2 12 71 2 2 49 33 .285 .350 .422 .773 69.7 16.4
2017 30 MN GE 5 19 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .158 .200 .158 .358 0.0 0.0
  WA GE 145 514 74 153 25 0 15 80 4 2 52 28 .298 .361 .434 .794 75.3 17.5
  TOT   150 533 76 156 25 0 15 81 4 2 53 30 .293 .355 .424 .779 75.3 17.5
2018 31 WA GE 156 607 87 192 30 2 16 99 2 0 52 50 .316 .367 .451 .819 94.9 18.1
2019 32 WA GE 157 575 111 211 21 4 20 109 2 0 80 52 .367 .441 .522 .963 122.0 32.0
2020 33 WA GE 156 588 85 180 27 2 14 86 2 2 51 57 .306 .360 .430 .790 82.7 17.1
2021 34 WA GE 158 608 94 199 22 1 19 106 2 0 57 47 .327 .386 .461 .847 97.5 22.6
2022 35 WA GE 66 265 27 78 8 1 7 34 1 0 16 27 .294 .336 .411 .747 32.8 6.3
  MA FF 83 299 39 97 12 2 12 54 1 0 32 17 .324 .390 .498 .889 52.2 13.6
  TOT   149 564 66 175 20 3 19 88 2 0 48 44 .310 .365 .457 .823 85.0 19.8
    AAA   3 6 1 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.167 1.833 2.7  
2023 36 MA FF 155 573 72 174 35 3 15 63 1 1 51 43 .304 .359 .454 .813 84.2 17.3
2024 37 MS FF 109 200 18 63 5 0 2 33 0 0 14 19 .315 .356 .370 .726 26.2 5.7
2025 38 AAA   99 140 28 50 6 0 7 31 0 0 14 7 .357 .416 .550 .966 29.0  
17 Years Sim 2276 7964 1061 2435 403 23 214 1147 39 12 686 612 .306 .360 .443 .803 1195.1 280.4
3 Years AAA 129 247 35 89 17 1 8 50 1 0 20 33 .360 .407 .534 .942 48.1  
4 Years AA 336 1364 174 471 73 3 27 150 9 2 115 271 .345 .398 .463 .860 232.9  
1 Years A 124 513 72 184 16 2 7 46 13 5 35 106 .359 .399 .439 .838 84.2  
8 Years Minors 589 2124 281 744 106 6 42 246 23 7 170 410 .350 .399 .465 .864 365.3  
162 Game Average 566 75 173 28 1 15 81 2 0 48 43 .306 .360 .443 .803 85.1  
Career Highs 159 608 111 211 37 4 20 109 6 3 80 57 .367 .441 .522 .963 122.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5743 801 1789 299 16 173 878 31 9 538 429 .312 .369 .460 .829 937.6
vs LH   2221 260 646 104 7 41 269 8 3 148 183 .291 .336 .399 .735 287.8
Home 1117 3808 466 1140 194 7 94 528 15 7 311 303 .299 .352 .428 .780 554.9
Away 1159 4156 595 1295 209 16 120 619 24 5 375 309 .312 .367 .456 .824 670.5
RISP   1992 0 621 93 1 59 887 0 0 233 144 .312 .374 .448 .822 334.6
Pinch Hitting   256 26 81 10 1 2 35 0 0 19 29 .316 .358 .387 .745 34.8
Close/Late   965 80 300 49 4 27 134 0 0 97 71 .311 .371 .454 .825 157.5
Mar/Apr 335 1210 182 369 68 2 36 171 3 0 116 98 .305 .365 .454 .819 193.6
May 373 1374 202 449 71 2 38 203 4 3 122 108 .327 .382 .464 .846 229.4
June 372 1291 159 359 78 4 26 173 7 1 98 107 .278 .329 .405 .734 168.0
July 364 1290 163 384 60 6 26 192 8 4 108 94 .298 .352 .414 .766 182.8
August 381 1284 143 402 57 3 36 183 6 2 104 100 .313 .361 .446 .807 200.1
Sep/Oct 451 1515 212 472 69 6 52 225 11 2 138 105 .312 .368 .468 .836 251.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2008 21 MN GE 3B 74 71 579.0 41 124 3 9 .982 2.56 0 0 .000 0 2.4
2009 22 MN GE 3B 77 42 422.0 27 95 14 9 .897 2.60 0 0 .000 0 0.6
2010 23 MN GE 3B 141 137 1154.3 77 330 24 21 .944 3.17 0 0 .000 0 3.3
2011 24 MN GE 3B 122 120 1057.0 64 282 17 17 .953 2.95 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 25 MN GE 3B 153 145 1281.0 80 321 19 29 .955 2.82 0 0 .000 0 4.3
2013 26 MN GE 3B 138 134 1185.7 70 290 26 17 .933 2.73 0 0 .000 0 2.5
2014 27 MN GE 3B 146 140 1251.7 96 289 23 25 .944 2.77 0 0 .000 0 3.9
2015 28 MN GE 3B 26 25 224.7 15 59 3 8 .961 2.96 0 0 .000 0 1.1
2016 29 MN GE 3B 134 128 1123.3 74 248 23 21 .933 2.58 0 0 .000 0 3.5
2017 30 MN GE 3B 5 4 40.1 3 8 1 1 .917 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WA GE 3B 137 128 1149.9 80 225 15 19 .953 2.39 0 0 .000 0 3.4
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 142 132 1190.0 83 233 16 20 .952 2.39   3.5
      C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2018 31 WA GE 3B 151 149 1308.7 85 268 24 22 .936 2.43 0 0 .000 0 4.5
2019 32 WA GE 3B 153 147 1299.3 99 252 19 29 .949 2.43 0 0 .000 0 5.2
    2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2020 33 WA GE 3B 151 147 1312.3 82 242 15 14 .956 2.22 0 0 .000 0 4.4
2021 34 WA GE 3B 155 146 1314.7 102 298 17 16 .959 2.74 0 0 .000 0 5.8
2022 35 WA GE 3B 64 61 566.0 39 123 6 7 .964 2.58 0 0 .000 0 2.3
  MA FF 3B 80 76 666.0 45 144 7 9 .964 2.55 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  TOT   3B 144 137 1232.0 84 267 13 16 .964 2.56   4.7
2023 36 MA FF 3B 152 141 1253.0 74 302 18 30 .954 2.70 0 0 .000 0 5.4
2024 37 MS FF 3B 40 33 295.3 20 86 5 5 .955 3.23 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    1B 3 3 27.0 34 1 0 2 1.000 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  3B 2099 1974 17484.0 1173 3986 279 308 .949 2.66 0 0 .000 0 60.6
  1B 3 3 27.0 34 1 0 2 1.000 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 1 0 .750 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2105 1978 17526.0 1211 3988 280 310 .949 2.67 0 0 .000 0 60.7
Career Highs   155 149 1314.7 102 330 26 30 .982 3.94 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 29 MN GE 6 25 3 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 3 3 .280 .357 .480 .837
2017 30 WA GE 15 57 1 13 3 0 0 4 0 1 4 9 .228 .274 .281 .555
2018 31 WA GE 20 77 10 17 2 0 4 15 0 0 9 10 .221 .289 .403 .691
2019 32 WA GE 7 28 5 15 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .536 .548 .607 1.156
2020 33 WA GE 17 68 9 21 4 0 2 10 0 0 7 8 .309 .382 .456 .837
2021 34 WA GE 14 57 9 19 3 0 3 10 0 0 5 5 .333 .387 .544 .931
2022 35 MA FF 6 20 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 .350 .480 .400 .880
Career Post-Season Batting 85 332 41 99 17 0 10 51 0 1 35 38 .298 .361 .440 .801
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2011-1-.336
2019-1-.367
2021-5-.327
CAR-37-.306
On-Base Pct
2011-5-.383
2019-1-.441
2021-9-.386
Slugging Pct
2011-6-.495
2019-6-.522
OPS
2011-6-.878
2019-4-.963
2021-9-.847
XR
2019-1-122.0
2021-9-97.5
CAR-42-1195.1
Games
2012-2-159
2018-10-156
2021-4-158
CAR-38-2276
At-Bats
2018-4-607
2021-6-608
CAR-40-7964
Runs
2019-4-111
2021-7-94
Hits
2018-5-192
2019-2-211
2021-2-199
CAR-28-2435
Total Bases
2018-10-274
2019-6-300
2021-6-280
CAR-35-3526
Singles
2018-10-144
2019-4-166
2020-9-137
2021-3-157
CAR-22-1795
Doubles
2011-6-37
2012-6-37
2014-8-32
2023-6-35
CAR-31-403
RBIs
2018-9-99
2019-4-109
2021-5-106
CAR-36-1147
Walks
2019-5-80
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 60    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 51    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Minnesota in 2005
Injured on 5/12/2007 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/10/2008, off Dirk Carr (Ill)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/2008, off Christopher Swoboda (Ore)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2011, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2011, hitting .415 with 3 HR, 15 RBI
Injured on 6/26/2011 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Injured on 8/9/2011 with a Strained Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 5/9/2013 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/20/2014 with a Concussion, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Wisconsin on 5/14/2014
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2015, hitting .478 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 5/5/2015 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Traded from Minnesota to Washington on 4/11/2017 (Going to WA: 3B Almedar Noche, C Roberto Martinez. Going to MN: 3B Rene Searles, RF Noe Brixner, P Gary Crossman, SS Cade Palmer, NV's 4th round pick in 2018)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/2017, hitting .407 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Colorado on 10/1/2017
Won Player of the Week award on 10/4/2017, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2018
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2019, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 1 RBI
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against New Mexico on 7/26/2019
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2019, hitting .565 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2019, hitting .563 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Ruth Award in 2019, hitting .367 with 20 HR, 109 RBI
Won GEL Babe Ruth Award in 2019 (received 66.7% of votes cast)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2021, hitting .520 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 2021 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 9/8/2021, off Carlos Horizon (KS)
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2021
Traded from Washington to Massachusetts on 6/21/2022 (Going to WA: C Terry Pena, MA's 1st round pick in 2023. Going to MA: 3B Almedar Noche)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/19/2022, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/23/2023, hitting .452 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2023, hitting .423 with 6 HR, 13 RBI
Traded from Massachusetts to Mississippi on 3/3/2024 (Going to MA: 3B Cisco Delgado, MS's 1st and 2nd round picks in 2025 and 2026. Going to MS: P Chad Schmidt, 3B Almedar Noche)
Injured on 5/27/2024 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week