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• Saw action in 15 games for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League following the season, batting .140 (7x50) with a
double and three RBI.
Made his professional debut with Single A West Michigan after being selected by the Tigers in the fifth round of the June
2008 draft.
• Collected a season-high three hits on July 4 versus Fort Wayne -- matched the high with three hits on July 19 at
Burlington and August 19 at South Bend.
• Tied for 10th in the Midwest League with a .337 batting average (30x89) in 24 games during July.
• Drove in a season-high four runs on August 19 at South Bend.
• Batted .326 (29x89) with nine doubles, a home run and 12 RBI in 24 games during August -- seventh in the Midwest
League with a .326 batting average during the month.
• Played in all three of West Michigan’s games during the Midwest League playoffs, hitting .182 (2x11) with three RBI.
• Named the 20th-best prospect in the Tigers organization following the season by Baseball America.
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS
He and his wife Kristina reside in Davie, FL during the off-season.
• Is the son of Tigers Vice President/Assistant General Manager Al Avila.
• Selected by the Tigers in the 34th round of the June 2005 draft out of Archbishop McCarthy High School in Florida, but
he did not sign.
• Batted .271 (55x203) with 41 runs scored, 14 doubles, five home runs and 42 RBI in 60 games as a freshman at the
University of Alabama in 2006.
• Played for the Ann Arbor Braves during the summer of 2006, hitting .489 with 13 home runs and 69 RBI.
• Earned Second-Team All-Southeastern Conference honors as a sophomore at the University of Alabama in 2007 -- hit
.296 (66x223) with 38 runs scored, 15 doubles, 14 home runs and 61 RBI in 57 games.
• Saw action with Harwich in the Cape Cod League during the summer of 2007 -- batted .241 (33x137) with 15 runs
scored, 11 doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI in 38 games.
• A First-Team All-Southeastern Conference selection as a junior at the University of Alabama in 2008, he hit .343
(82x239) with 57 runs scored, 12 doubles, 17 home runs and 62 RBI in 61 games.
• Actively participates with Tigers Dreams Come True and the Detroit Tigers Autographed Memorabilia Donation
Program, participated in a pre-game ceremony prior to the annual Fiesta Tigres! game, participates in Autographs for
a Cause (donated funds to the Team Selfridge Family Relief Fund), regularly greets service members participating in
the Detroit Tigers Game Ball Delivery program, served as a spokesman for Major League Baseball’s Father’s Day
program to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation and as a celebrity scooper at the Hudsonville Creamery Detroit Ice
Cream Extravaganza to benefit the Detroit Tigers Foundation, attended the Ilitch Charities Gala and participated in the
Tigers Winter Caravan.
• Recommended/signed by Jim Rough for the Tigers.
ALEXANDER THOMAS AVILA’S CAREER RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E
2008 West Michigan .305 58 213 21 65 82 14 0 1 22 1 2 1 27 41 0 1 .383 .385 3
2009 Erie .264 93 329 52 87 148 23 1 12 55 3 2 1 52 77 2 1 .365 .450 4
DETROIT .279 29 61 9 17 36 4 0 5 14 0 1 0 10 18 0 0 .375 .590 0
2010 DETROIT .228 104 294 28 67 100 12 0 7 31 1 0 2 36 71 2 2 .316 .340 4
2011 DETROIT .295 141 464 63 137 235 33 4 19 82 3 8 3 73 131 3 1 .389 .506 6
2012 Toledo# .429 3 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .500 .429 0
DETROIT .243 116 367 42 89 141 21 2 9 48 2 2 2 61 104 2 0 .352 .384 6
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS .282 154 549 73 155 233 37 1 13 78 4 4 2 80 121 2 2 .373 .424 7
MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS .261
TRANSACTIONS
390 1186 142 310 512 70 6 40 175 6 11 7 180 324 7 3 .359 .432 16
- Selected by the Tigers in the 34th round of the June 2005 draft
- Selected by the Tigers in the fifth round of the June 2008 draft
- On disabled list, June 6-21, 2012 (right hamstring strain)
ALL-STAR GAME RECORD
Year League/Site POS. AVG AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG E
2011 AL/Arizona C .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
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