Aubrey Huff

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**Aubrey Huff**
Major League Baseball debut
Baltimore Orioles — No. 19
First base
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
August 2, 2000 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Batting average	.285
Home runs	141
Runs batted in	487
Former teams
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000-2006) Houston Astros (2006) Baltimore Orioles (2007-Present)

Aubrey Lewis Huff (born December 20, 1976 in Marion, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles.

1 High school career
2 University of Miami
3 Professional career
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] High school career

Grew up in Mineral Wells, Texas. Transferred from Mineral Wells High School to Brewer High School in Fort Worth, Texas before junior year. At Brewer High School, Huff was an All-District baseball player and also excelled in basketball.

[edit] University of Miami

After attending Vernon College in North Texas, Huff transferred to the University of Miami and, as a junior, was named second team "All-American" by Baseball Weekly. In his final season, he set a University of Miami season record with 95 RBIs and led the Hurricanes in home runs (20), doubles (20) and total bases (172).

[edit] Professional career

Out of the University of Miami, Huff was Tampa Bay's fifth-round selection in the 1998 amateur draft and quickly advanced through the minor league system. He was named the Devil Rays' "Minor League Player of the Year" in 2000 at Durham and International League Rookie of the Year. Huff made his major league debut later that year and spent the final two months of the season with the Devil Rays, where he hit .287.

In 2002, Huff ended the season with a .313 batting average, leading the Devil Rays. He then hit 34 home runs--another team high--during the 2003 season, adding 107 RBIs while sporting a .311 batting average that also led the club. Huff has appeared at five different positions in his career: third base, first base, left field, right field, and designated hitter.

On July 12, 2006, the Houston Astros acquired Huff from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for minor leaguers Mitch Talbot and Ben Zobrist. In his debut with the Astros on July 13, 2006, Huff went 2-4 with a three-run homer. On December 30, 2006 he signed with the Orioles for 3 years for 20 million.

Huff has hit 141 career home runs, placing him in the Top 500 players by total career home runs, led currently by Hank Aaron.