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BATS<br />
LEFT<br />
MAJOR LEAGUE SERVICE 5 years, 53 days<br />
OPENING DAY AGE 32<br />
BORN 6/9/80 in Slidell, LA<br />
RESIDES Baton Rouge, LA<br />
Has spent parts of seven seasons in the majors<br />
and has spent time at second base (303 G), third<br />
base (89 G) and shortstop (55 G).<br />
2012 Started spring training with the Giants<br />
but was released on March 30…signed with the<br />
Phillies on April 13 and was assigned to Triple-A<br />
Lehigh Valley, where he played 16 games and<br />
hit .308 (16-for-52) before being selected by the<br />
Phillies on May 14…appeared in 47 games (22<br />
starts; 13-2B, 9-3B) and hit .289 (28-for-97) with<br />
Philadelphia before being designated for assignment<br />
on Aug 1.<br />
2011 Hit .227 (50-for-220) with 4 HR and 21 RBI in<br />
85 games for the Giants…was on the DL from<br />
May 26–July 8 with a left groin strain…played 10<br />
rehab games with Triple-A Fresno.<br />
2010 Began the year with the Cubs and hit .284<br />
(48-for-169) before being traded to the eventual<br />
World Champion Giants on Aug 11 in exchange for<br />
minor league OF Evan Crawford…the Cubs were<br />
playing at SF at the time, so Fontenot simply<br />
switched locker rooms to join his new team…went<br />
a <strong>com</strong>bined 3-for-14 in the NLDS (vs. Atlanta) and<br />
NLCS (vs. Philadelphia) and was on the 25-man<br />
roster for the World Series when the Giants broke<br />
2013 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE<br />
<strong>NON</strong>-<strong>ROSTER</strong> <strong>INVITES</strong> › MIKE FONTENOT<br />
INFIELDER<br />
MIKE FONTENOT 7<br />
Mike Eugene Fontenot (FONT-uh-no)<br />
THROWS<br />
RIGHT<br />
HEIGHT<br />
5'8"<br />
WEIGHT<br />
170<br />
ACQUIRED Signed as a minor league free<br />
agent, 11/20/12<br />
SIGNING SCOUT Mike Tullier (Orioles)<br />
207<br />
their 56-year championship drought.<br />
2009 Played in 135 games (100 starts) for the<br />
Cubs in his second full season in the majors…hit<br />
collected a career-high 43 RBI.<br />
2008 Made his first Opening Day roster…hit a<br />
career-best .305 (74-for-243) with 9 HR and<br />
40 RBI in 119 games with the Cubs.<br />
2007 Began the year with Triple-A Iowa but had<br />
two stints with the Cubs and was with the majors<br />
from June 9 through season’s end…first major<br />
league hit came May 15 at NYM, a double off<br />
Ambiorix Burgos…posted a .297 (54-for-182) avg.<br />
vs. RHP but just .212 (11-for-52) vs. LHP.<br />
2005 Acquired by the Cubs from the Orioles on<br />
Feb 2 along with RH Dave Crouthers and OF Jerry<br />
Hairston Jr. in exchange for OF Sammy Sosa…<br />
opened the season with Iowa but made his major<br />
league debut on April 13 vs. SD as a pinch-runner…<br />
appeared in 7 games with the Cubs over 2 stints.<br />
PERSONAL Selected in the first round (19th<br />
overall) by Baltimore in the 2001 June Draft out<br />
of Louisiana State University where he won the<br />
2000 College World Series…was college teammates<br />
with RH Brian Wilson and INF Ryan Theriot.<br />
CAREER BATTING<br />
YEAR CLUB AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB-I SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E<br />
2002 Frederick .264 122 481 61 127 16 4 8 53 9 5 10 42-1 117 13 9 3 .364 .333 25<br />
2003 Bowie .325 126 449 63 146 24 5 12 66 4 4 8 50-3 89 16 5 6 .481 .399 18<br />
2004 Ottawa .279 136 524 73 146 30 10 8 49 4 5 9 48-0 111 14 7 9 .420 .346 22<br />
2005 Iowa .272 111 379 60 103 22 10 6 39 3 2 6 59-3 77 3 2 4 .430 .377 13<br />
Chicago-NL .000 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2-0 0 0 0 0 .000 .600 0<br />
2006 Iowa .296 111 362 54 107 28 2 8 36 2 5 2 47-2 64 5 4 4 .450 .375 11<br />
2007 Iowa .336 55 211 46 71 17 4 6 34 2 1 1 16-2 32 3 1 10 .540 .384 4<br />
Chicago-NL .278 86 234 32 65 12 4 3 29 1 3 0 22-0 43 5 4 5 .402 .336 8<br />
2008 Chicago-NL .305 119 243 42 74 22 1 9 40 3 1 3 34-2 51 2 0 1 .514 .395 1<br />
2009 Chicago-NL .236 135 377 38 89 22 2 9 43 0 5 2 35-4 83 4 1 7 .377 .301 7<br />
2010 Chicago-NL .284 75 169 14 48 11 3 1 20 1 2 3 10-0 28 1 2 3 .402 .332 6<br />
San Francisco .282 28 71 10 20 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 5-0 13 0 2 0 .310 .329 3<br />
2011 San Francisco .227 85 220 22 50 15 3 4 21 2 4 1 25-3 48 5 1 3 .377 .304 7<br />
Fresno .219 10 32 5 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 5-0 4 0 0 2 .313 .324 0<br />
2012 Lehigh Valley .308 16 52 5 16 6 0 1 7 1 0 0 5-0 11 0 0 1 .481 .368 0<br />
Philadelphia .289 47 97 13 28 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 7-2 23 0 1 2 .340 .343 5<br />
Minor League Totals .290 687 2490 367 723 143 35 50 287 25 22 36 272-11 505 54 28 39 .436 .366 93<br />
Major League Totals .265 582 1413 175 374 86 13 27 163 7 15 11 140-11 289 17 11 21 .401 .332 37<br />
ORGANIZATION COACHES & STAFF 40-MAN <strong>ROSTER</strong> <strong>NON</strong>-<strong>ROSTER</strong> <strong>INVITES</strong> RECORDS & HISTORY YEARLY SUMMARIES OPPONENTS MINOR LEAGUE OPERATIONS BROADCAST INFORMATION TROPICANA FIELD & MISC.<br />
Mike Fontenot