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Height/Weight: 5-10 / 188 Bats/Throws: Left / Right
Birthdate: May 22, 1986 Opening Day Age: 24
Birthplace/Resides: Phoenix, Arizona / Phoenix, Arizona
Major League Service: 20 days
Obtained: Acquired from the San Diego Padres with Kevin Kouzmanoff
for Scott Hairston and Aaron Cunningham, January 16, 2010
Contract Status: First year of a one-year contract through 2011.
CAREER HiGHLiGHTS
Made his Major League debut in 2010 during a September call-up, going 3 for 7 (.429) in four games
with Oakland…was acquired by the A’s in the Kevin Kouzmanoff trade in January, 2010 and hit .300
with Sacramento…now has a .295 average (506 for 1718) with 106 doubles and 285 runs scored in 441
games in four minor league seasons…also has 237 walks for a .380 on-base percentage…was named to
the California League Postseason All-Star team in 2008 after leading the league and tying for sixth in
the minors with 42 doubles.
2010 HiGHLiGHTS
Spent the entire season with Triple-A Sacramento before he was brought up to Oakland following the
conclusion of the River Cats’ season Sept. 14…went 3-for-7 (.429) with two walks in four games with
the A’s…made his Major League debut Sept. 14 at Kansas City, walking as a pinch hitter for Mark Ellis
in his first plate appearance in the fourth inning of an 11-3 A’s loss…remained in the game at second base
and singled off Dusty Hughes in the eighth inning for his first big league hit…struck out as a pinch hitter
the next day against the Royals and did not play again until Sept. 22 against Chicago when he made his
first start at second base (1-for-3)...all three of his defensive appearances came at second base…had a
single and a walk Sept. 26 against Texas but did not play on the final road trip of the season.
SACRAMEnTO: Spent the balance of the season at Triple-A Sacramento where he hit .300 with five
home runs and 65 RBI in 137 games…added 75 walks to fuel a .391 on-base percentage…struck out
just 68 times and has finished with fewer strikeouts than walks in each of his last three seasons…stole 14
bases, his third straight season in double figures…had career-highs in games, triples (6) and strikeouts…
ranked fourth in the Pacific Coast League in walks and was fifth in games played…led Sacramento in
games, hits (154) and walks, finished second in doubles (28) and total bases (209) and tied for second in
triples…ranked third in the A’s farm system in hits, fourth in batting, fifth in walks and on-base percentage,
tied for sixth in triples, eighth in total bases (209) and tied for ninth in runs (82)…hit .303 against
right-handed pitching and .291 against left-handers…had a .326 batting average with runners in scoring
position…batted .324 with 21 of his 28 doubles on the road…hit .339 during the day but belted all five
of his home runs at night…batted .350 in the first inning…committed 10 errors in 95 games as a second
baseman for a .979 fielding percentage…also made four errors in 25 contests at shortstop (.968) but went
errorless in 14 games as a third baseman…hit in every spot in the batting order except fourth…saw his
most action hitting second, where he batted .337 in 62 games…got off to a slow start, hitting .164 over
his first 17 games…then had a 12-game hitting streak from April 25 to May 8 (22-for-47, .468) to lift
his average over .300 for the first time (.304)…followed the hitting streak with a season-long 0 for 19
skid…hit safely in 19 consecutive road games from May 14 to June 24 (31-for-76, .408), which was the
longest road hitting streak in the PCL…went 4-for-5 May 30 at Reno, his first of two four-hit games…
that was part of streak of five consecutive multiple hit games from May 27 to 31 (12-for-21, .571)…hit
his first home run May 29, his 49th game of the season…batted .343 in May, his best month in 2010…
hit safely in a season-high 17 consecutive games from June 5 to 24 (25-for-66, .379) to lift his batting
average back over .300 (.309)…went 2-for-23 (.087) over his next six games but then had three straight
three-hit games at Reno, July 5-7…had his lone two-steal game of the season, July 18 at Salt Lake…
had a 10-game hitting streak from Aug. 2 to 11 (14-for-43, .326) and scored at least one run in each of
the first nine games during that streak (12 runs total)…drove in a season-high four runs Aug. 22 at Salt
Lake…his average slipped to .291 Aug. 30 but he went 12-for-26 (.462) over his final seven games to
finish the year at .300…homered in back-to-back games, Sept. 2-3…was 4-for-6 with two doubles, a
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