Dustin Pedroia
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| Boston Red Sox — No. 15 | |
| Second Baseman | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
|---|---|
| August 22, 2006 for the Boston Red Sox | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| Batting average | .191 |
| RBI | 7 |
| HR | 2 |
Dustin Luis Pedroia (born August 17, 1983) is a Major League Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, and played college baseball at the Arizona State University. Pedroia made his major league debut and collected his first major league hit on 22 August 2006 against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Pedroia is listed by Major League Baseball and the Boston Red Sox at 5'9". Pedroia collected his first major league home run on 9 September 2006 against Kansas City Royals' pitcher Luke Hudson.
He grew up in Woodland, California and starred at Woodland High School before going to Arizona State. He became the fourth Woodlander to make it to the Major Leagues joining Steven Andrade, Tony Torcato and Mike Griffin.
[edit] Awards
- 2004 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
- 2004 First-Team Baseball America and USA Today All-American
- 2003 Pac-10 Co-Player of the Year
- 2003 NCAA Defensive Player of the Year
- Red Sox ML Base Runner of the Month (April 2005)
- Red Sox Minor League "Quality Plate Appearances" Award (June 2005)
- 2005 Post-Season Eastern League All-Star
- 2005 SoxProspects.com All-Star - 2B
- 2005 Red Sox Minor League Offensive Player of the Year
- 2005 Minor League News MLN FAB50 Baseball 2005 - No. 45
- 2006 Minor League News MLN FAB50 Baseball 2006 - No. 23
