page_title: Brandon Guyer
section_title: Tampa Bay Rays
hierarchical_section_title: Brandon Guyer / Professional career / Tampa Bay Rays
caption_attribution_description: Brandon Guyer
context_page_description: Brandon Eric Guyer is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Indians. His knack for getting hit by pitches earned him the nickname, "La Piñata."
context_section_description: After the 2010 season, Guyer was included in a trade to the Tampa Bay Rays with Hak-Ju Lee, Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos and Cubs outfielder Sam Fuld for Matt Garza, Fernando Perez and Zac Rosscup.
  On May 5, 2011, Guyer was called up to the majors after a successful stint with the Durham Bulls. The next day, in his first major league at bat, he hit a 2-run home run off of Baltimore Orioles rookie pitcher Zach Britton. In doing so, Guyer became the second player in Rays history to hit a home run in his first career at-bat, as well as the first player to ever hit a home run in his first career at-bat in Camden Yards. On May 8, he was optioned back to Durham, for whom for the season he batted .312/.384/.521.
  Guyer began the 2012 season with Triple-A Durham, hitting .294 with 3 HR and 13 RBI in 22 games before being recalled to Tampa Bay on May 9 after Jeff Keppinger was placed on the restricted list. Guyer played in 3 games with Tampa Bay, going 1-7 with a home run, before he hit the disabled list with a shoulder strain. On May 25, the Rays announced that Guyer was placed on the injured reserve list after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
  Guyer returned to the majors in 2014, and was on the Rays roster on Opening Day. 
  In 2015, he led the American League in being hit by the most pitches, with 24, in 332 at bats. The MLB single-game record for being hit by pitches is three, and Guyer has been the recipient in the two most recent occurrences as of April 21, 2016: on October 2, 2015 vs. the Mets, and on April 21, 2016, vs. the Red Sox. His knack for getting pegged earned him the nickname, "La Piñata."
caption: Guyer during his tenure with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2011
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