Abraham Orlando Nunez...Graduate of Emmanuel High School (Santo Domingo), where he played baseball and volleyball.

Spent full season with Nashville (AAA) ... Made 94 appearances @ shortstop and committed 21 errors ... Went hitless in his first two games and 2-for-13 in his first four before picking up three hits on 4/11 vs. Colorado Springs ... Was on disabled list with a sprained left wrist between 4/24 and 5/30 ... Went 4-for-18 in a five-game rehab assignment with Lynchburg between 5/31 and 6/3 (made four appearances @ short and one @ second base) ... Raised average to a season-high .276 after hitting safely in seven straight games between 6/11-18 (12-for-32, .375) ... Tallied five doubles, eight RBI and five multi-hit efforts during the streak ... Hit first Triple-A home run on 6/11 vs. Iowa (game two) ... Went 5-for-46 (.109) in a 15-game stretch between 7/11-23 ... Snapped the funk with a 4-for-5 performance on 7/24 @ Colorado Springs; the start of a seven-game hitting streak (12-for-31, .387) ... Collected just one extra-base hit - a double on 8/21 - in his final 30 games ... Hit safely in his last four games (6-for-16, .375) ... Was recalled by Pittsburgh on 9/1 and started three straight games @ shortstop ... Went 0-for-8 in those three games and 1-for-15 in his first nine (six starts) ... Went hitless in first 10 at bats before singling off Chicago's Kevin Tapani on 9/5 ... Raised average to a season-high .227 following back-to-back two-hit games on 9/11-12 ... Connected off Mark Portugal @ Veterans Stadium for first Major League home run on 9/12 ... Went hitless in his next six games (nine at bats), before hitting safely in five of his last seven (5-for-21, .238) ... Hit .243 (9-for-37) after his 1-for-15 start ... Made 23 appearances (20 starts) @ shortstop and committed seven errors (four fielding/three throwing) ... Made first error in a Pittsburgh uniform on 9/2 vs. Arizona ... Committed a club record three errors in one inning (8th) on 9/5 vs. Chicago (NL) ... Had six errors in his first nine games, but just one in his final 14 ... Two of his three infield hits were of the bunt variety ... Played winter ball with Escogido in the Dominican League and hit .247 (42-for-170) with one home run and 17 RBI in 44 games.