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2013 TIGERS
• Collected two hits and a stolen base in Game One of the American League Division Series on October 6 versus
Oakland, his post-season debut -- became the first Tigers player to collect at least two hits and a stolen base in his
post-season debut since Matty McIntyre did so in Game One of the World Series on October 10, 1908 versus the
Chicago Cubs.
Released by the New York Mets organization on April 1 after being selected by the club from the San Diego Padres in
the minor league phase of the Rule 5 Draft during the off-season...signed by the Cincinnati Reds as a minor league free
agent on April 21, 2011.
• Assigned to Double A Carolina by the Reds -- led the Southern League with 40 stolen bases, while he finished fourth
with a .399 on-base percentage.
• Collected a season-high four hits on May 20 versus Chattanooga.
• Batted .320 (31x97) in 26 games during May.
• Sidelined June 22-29 with a left hand contusion.
• Compiled a 15-game hitting streak August 9-24, batting .383 (23x60).
• Hit .337 (34x101) in 28 games during August.
• Had his contract transferred from Carolina to Triple A Louisville on September 1.
Assigned to Double A Reading by the Philadelphia Phillies to begin the 2010 season.
• Sidelined April 12-30 with a viral infection.
• Tabbed the Eastern League Player of the Week for June 7-13 -- batted .500 (8x16) with a double, home run, five RBI
and four stolen bases in five games during the week.
• Claimed off waivers by San Diego from Philadelphia on July 14 -- assigned to Double A San Antonio by the Padres.
Earned both Eastern League mid- and post-season all-star honors with Reading during the 2009 season.
• Second in the Eastern League with 48 stolen bases, while he finished fourth with 135 games played and tied for fourth
with 516 at-bats and 89 runs scored.
• Topped all league outfielders with a .993 fielding percentage.
• Tabbed the best baserunner in the Eastern League by Baseball America.
• Saw action in eight games with Caguas in the Puerto Rican Winter League following the season.
Selected to the Florida State League’s post-season all-star squad after spending the entire 2008 season with Single A
Clearwater.
• Topped the Florida State League with 134 games played and 51 stolen bases, while he finished second with 511 atbats
and 65 walks and fourth with 139 hits.
• Batted .393 (24x61) over the course of a 14-game hitting streak June 24-July 10.
• Compiled a 30-game hitting streak July 12-August 13, batting .363 (45x124).
• Second in the Florida State League with a .368 batting average (42x114) in 26 games during July.
• Named the 25th-best prospect in the Phillies organization following the season by Baseball America.
• Saw action in 22 games with Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season, batting .311 (28x90) with four
doubles, a home run, nine RBI and five stolen bases.
Spent the entire 2007 season with Single A Lakewood, winning the Paul Owens Award as the best player in
Philadelphia’s minor league system.
• Selected to both the South Atlantic League’s mid- and post-season all-star squads.
• Led the South Atlantic League with 55 stolen bases, while he finished fifth with 152 hits and tied for eighth with a .312
batting average.
• Tabbed the South Atlantic League Player of the Week for May 21-27 -- batted .448 (13x29) with a double, triple, four
RBI and six stolen bases in seven games during the week.
• Compiled a season-high 14-game hitting streak May 21-June 5, batting .455 (25x55).
• Collected a season-best four hits on August 1 versus Asheville.
• Fourth in the South Atlantic League with a .378 batting average (45x119) in 28 games during August.
• Named the 23rd-best prospect in the Phillies organization following the season by Baseball America.
Made his professional debut with Single A Batavia after being selected by Philadelphia in the fifth round of the June
2006 draft.
• Collected a season-high five hits on July 9 versus Hudson Valley.
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS
He, his wife Priscilla and son Kameron Noah-LaMarque reside in San Diego, CA during the off-season.
• Selected by Atlanta in the 25th round of the June 2003 draft out of Morse High School in San Diego, but he did not
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