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Aug. 4 to Sept. 2 with a sprained right knee…went 3 for 8 (.375) with a pair of doubles over his final two
regular season games, then went 0-for-11 with a RBI in three postseason games.
CAREER
2009—Batted .270 with nine home runs and 91 RBI in 124 games for the Texas League Champion Midland
RockHounds…added 80 walks for a .379 on-base percentage…ranked second in the Texas League
in doubles (37), tied for third in walks and fifth in RBI…was second in the A’s farm system in walks,
third in doubles, tied for third in RBI, seventh in on-base percentage, eighth in extra base hits (47), ninth
in total bases (189) and 10th in hits (123)…was named to the Texas League Midseason All-Star team…
hit .288 with four home runs in 132 at bats against left-handed pitching and .263 with five home runs
in 323 at bats against right-handers…his average improved to .340 with runners in scoring position…
appeared in 102 games at catcher, 15 at third base and four at first base…led TL catchers in total chances
(741), assists (80), errors (16) and passed balls (17) and tied for the lead in games caught…tossed out 38
of 96 (39.6%) attempted base stealers, which was second best in the TL…got off to a slow start, batting
.167 over his first 12 games and .227 overall for the month of April…then hit .340 with 12 doubles, four
home runs, 22 RBI and 20 runs scored in 26 games in May, all his best one-month figures in 2009…had
a season high four RBI May 11 against Frisco…went 4 for 6 with two doubles, a home run and a walk
May 30 at Tulsa, his lone four-hit game of the season…that boosted his average to a season high .295 but
he would go on to hit .217 in June…was hitless in six consecutive games from June 6 to 12 (0 for 19)…
played for the South squad in the Texas League All-Star Game July 1 at Frisco and went 1 for 2 with a
run scored…matched his season high with four RBI July 22 against Corpus Christi…finished July with
a .288 batting average but added 26 walks in 24 games for a .462 on-base percentage…batted .250 (8
for 32) with two doubles, three home runs, six RBI, five walks and five runs scored in eight postseason
games for Midland.
2008—Began the season at Single-A Peoria in the Chicago Cubs organization but was traded to Oakland
July 8 in the Rich Harden deal and finished the year at Single-A Stockton…hit .217 with six home runs
and 23 RBI in 63 games at Peoria but then went on to bat .330 with nine home runs and 39 RBI in 47
games with Stockton…combined for a .267 batting average, 15 home runs and 62 RBI in 110 games
overall…batted .297 against left-handed pitching and .258 against right-handers…hit .197 with runners
in scoring position at Peoria and .355 at Stockton…appeared in 94 games at catcher and tossed out 41
of 112 (36.6%) attempted base stealers…also appeared in three games at third base and two at first
base, all with Stockton…was hitting .198 as late as June 5…then went 18 for 68 (.265) over his final
18 games with Peoria…was traded with pitcher Sean Gallagher, infielder Eric Patterson and outfielder
Matt Murton to the Oakland A’s for pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin, July 8…was assigned to
Single-A Stockton…reached base safely via hit or walk in each of his first 34 games with the Ports…hit
.374 with 15 walks (.446 on-base percentage) over that stretch from July 10 to Aug. 17…reached safely
in 43 of 47 games overall with Stockton…had a grand slam July 13 against San Jose…had a season best
seven-game hitting streak from July 25 to Aug. 2…hit .452 with 11 runs scored, three doubles, two home
runs and 13 RBI during the streak…had back-to-back games with three hits and four RBI July 29 and
30 at Modesto…batted .413 (19 for 46) with four doubles, a triple, four home runs, eight RBI, nine runs
scored and 10 walks (.518 on-base percentage) in 12 postseason games to lead Stockton to the California
League Championship…then played for Arizona Fall League Champion Phoenix Desert Dogs and batted
.288 with four home runs and 21 RBI in 29 games…appeared exclusively at first base on defense (27
games)…went 3 for 5 with a home run and four RBI in the AFL Championship Game.
2007—Made his professional debut and combined to bat .335 in 53 games for the Cubs affiliate in
the Arizona Rookie League and Single-A Boise…named a Short-Season All-Star by Baseball America
after ranking third among all Short-Season leagues in on-base percentage (.460) and ninth in slugging
percentage (.590)…led the Northwest League in on-base percentage (.470)…topped NL catchers with
a .990 fielding percentage and tied for the lead with five double plays…tossed out 23 of 58 (39.7%)
attempted base stealers, which ranked second best in the league…began his professional career in the
Arizona Rookie League before he was transferred to Boise July 2…batted .452 against left-handed
pitching and .321 against right-handers…hit .358 with runners in scoring position….was named the
seventh best Cubs prospect by Baseball America following the season.
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