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2013 TIGERS
BRENNAN
BOESCH
Born: April 12, 1985 Opening Day Age: 27
Birthplace: Santa Monica, CA Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Bats/Throws: L/L Height/Weight: 6-4/235
Major League Service: 3.000 Signed Through: 2013
How Obtained: Selected by the Tigers in the third round of the June 2006
draft
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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
The 2013 season will mark Boesch’s fourth season with the Tigers.
• Named the American League Rookie of the Month with the Tigers in both May and June of 2010.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Completed his third season with the Tigers in 2012, hitting .240 with 12 home runs and 54 RBI in 132 games.
• Drove in a season-high four runs on April 12 versus Tampa Bay.
• Established a career best with a 12-game hitting streak May 7-19, batting .341 (15x44) with two doubles, a home run
and three RBI.
• Collected a season-high four hits on June 13 at Chicago’s Wrigley Field against the Cubs.
• Hit .385 (20x52) with six doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI over a 15-game stretch July 3-24.
• Batted .295 (23x78) with seven doubles, four home runs and 17 RBI in 23 games during July.
• Batted .254 (59x232) with three home runs in 65 games on the road...hit .227 (54x238) with nine home runs in 67
games at home.
• Hit .279 (34x122) with runners in scoring position.
Limited to 115 games during his first full season at the major league level with the Tigers in 2011 due to season-ending
thumb surgery in September.
• Established career bests with 75 runs scored, 121 hits and 16 home runs.
• Scored four runs and collected four hits and four RBI on April 3 at New York’s Yankee Stadium -- became the first
Tigers player with at least four runs scored, four hits and four RBI in a game since Dmitri Young did so on April 4, 2005
versus Kansas City...Young finished with four runs scored, four hits and five RBI that day at Comerica Park.
• Compiled a career-best 10-game hitting streak April 18-29, batting .429 (15x35) with five doubles and four RBI --
matched the career high with a 10-game hitting streak June 25-July 4, batting .378 (14x37) with four doubles and two
home runs.
• Batted .319 (29x91) with nine doubles, a home run and 13 RBI in 26 games during April -- tied for fifth in the American
League with nine doubles during the month.
• Established career highs with five hits, two home runs and five RBI on June 6 at Texas -- marked the seventh time since
at least 1919 a Tigers player finished a game with at least five hits, two home runs and five RBI and the first time a
Tigers player has accomplished the feat since Carlos Pena collected six hits, two home runs and five RBI on May 27,
2004 at Kansas City...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the fifth player in club history to finish with at
least three runs scored, five hits, two home runs and five RBI during a single game -- Boesch joined Ty Cobb (1925),
Hank Greenberg (1937), Charlie Gehringer (1937) and Pena in accomplishing the feat.
• Hit .380 (41x108) with 21 runs scored, eight doubles, six home runs and 13 RBI in 27 games during June -- led the
American League with 41 hits during the month, while he finished third with a .380 batting average and tied for seventh
with eight doubles.
• Left the game on August 10 at Cleveland with a right thumb sprain -- saw action in eight more games with the Tigers
before undergoing season-ending surgery.
• Sidelined for the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right
thumb on September 6, a procedure performed by Dr. Thomas Graham at the Cleveland Clinic.
• Hit .302 (32x106) against lefthanded pitchers...batted .276 (89x322) with righties on the mound.
• Batted .306 (96x314) in 84 games prior to the all-star break...hit .219 (25x114) in 31 games following the all-star break.
Saw his first major league action after being recalled from Triple A Toledo by the Tigers on April 23, 2010 -- topped all
American League rookies with 14 home runs and 67 RBI, while he finished second with 119 hits, 26 doubles, 193 total
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