Miguel Angel Montero Fernandez....Married to Vanessa...Attended Nuestra Senora la Esperanza High School in Caracas, VZ.

Appeared in 53 games at catcher, including 45 starts, in serving as the backup catcher for the second consecutive season...Began the season on the disabled list with a fractured right finger...saw action in 11 games for Tucson (AAA) during a rehab assignment prior to making season debut with the Dbacks on April 23 at Los Angeles Dodgers...Tied a career-high by collecting 3 hits in a game on 3 occasions; April 30 vs. Houston, July 11 at Philadelphia and Aug. 16 at Houston...Hit game-winning sacrifice fly in 10th inning on June 12 at New York Mets...Hit safely in 7 of 8 games from July 28-Aug. 23, batting .481 (13-for-27) over that stretch with 9 runs scored, 4 doubles, 4 home runs and 8 RBI...Hit his first career grand slam off of Astros' pitcher Brandon Backe on Aug. 16 at Houston... also hit a solo homer to set a career-best with 5 RBI...marked his second career game with 2 homers, also accomplished on Sept. 5, 2007 vs. San Diego...Backe also gave up a grand slam to Chris Young, marking the first time 2 D-backs hit grand slams in the same game...Hit his first career triple on Aug. 27 at San Diego.