page_title: Sandy León
section_title: Washington Nationals
hierarchical_section_title: Sandy León / Professional career / Washington Nationals
caption_attribution_description: Sandy León
context_page_description: Sandy David León Lopez is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Washington Nationals and Boston Red Sox.
context_section_description: León signed with the Washington Nationals on January 17, 2007, and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Nationals later that year.  He spent two years in the Gulf Coast League before splitting the 2009 season between the Vermont Lake Monsters of the New York–Penn League and the South Atlantic League's Hagerstown Suns. León returned to the Suns for the 2010 season and was promoted to the Potomac Nationals in 2011. He spent time with the Auburn Doubledays, Harrisburg Senators, and Syracuse Chiefs in 2012 before his first major league callup.
  León was called up to the majors for the first time on May 13, 2012. He made his Major League debut on May 14, 2012.  In the fourth inning of his debut, León sprained his right ankle in a collision with San Diego Padres third baseman Chase Headley at home plate.
caption: León playing for the Washington Nationals in 2012
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