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Position: IF
Date of Birth: 03/22/1985 Height: 6' 2" Weight: 188 lbs
College Experience: Georgia Tech Bats: S Throws: R Resides: Nashville, TN
Biography:
- Drafted with the 198th overall pick of the 2007 MLB Draft, the tenth of Atlanta’s first 25 picks to come from the state of Georgia
- Played in 113 consecutive games in college before being sidelined May, 2007 with facial fractures suffered in a game
2008
- Likes the daylight: played 27 day games to 96 night games, but hit .316 under the sun compared with .236 under the lights
- Reached on hits in two at-bats as a pinch hitter, 7/9 vs. Greensboro and 8/31 vs. Columbus
- Got most of his at-bats in the second and fifth spots in the lineup in Rome, hitting .241 in the two hole and .232 as the five hitter
- Recorded a season-high five hits in a 5-7 performance during a Braves 8-7 13-inning loss to the Augusta GreenJackets, scoring one run and driving in another and lifting his average from .230 to .254
- Registered 22 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits or more
- Broke out of an early season slump by going 7-14 in the first three games of a six-game hitting streak that would eventually take his average from .050 to .234
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Career Statistics »
| Year |
League |
Club |
GP |
AVG |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB |
| 2008 |
South Atlantic |
Rome |
123 |
.253 |
446 |
50 |
113 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
38 |
31 |
94 |
10 |
| 2007 |
Appalachian |
Danville |
33 |
.325 |
126 |
22 |
41 |
11 |
1 |
2 |
27 |
15 |
27 |
0 |
| 2007 |
Carolina |
Myrtle Beach |
30 |
.250 |
120 |
15 |
30 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
10 |
21 |
0 |
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