caption bats birth_place debutyear statyear statvalue image_size team position statlabel debutdate birth_date number image article_title debutteam name throws
lobatón with the washington nationals switch acarigua , venezuela 2009 august 26 , 2015 .227 14 78 250px washington nationals catcher batting average home runs runs batted in july 5 21 october 1984 59 mg 8681 josé lobatón.jpg josé lobatón
 san diego padres josé lobatón right
josé lobatón

josé manuel lobatón -lrb- born october 21 , 1984 -rrb- is a venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the washington nationals of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
signed by the san diego padres as an amateur free agent , he made his major league debut with the team in 2009 .
he has also played for the tampa bay rays .
