Eric Byrnes

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Eric Byrnes
Arizona Diamondbacks — No. 22
Left Fielder
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
August 22, 2000 for the Oakland Athletics
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2006)
AVG     .259
RBI     .322
HR     74
Former teams

    Eric James Byrnes (born February 16, 1976 in Redwood City, California) is a left fielder in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

    [edit] Amateur career

    Byrnes' high school career was spent in the Western Catholic Athletic League, where he played for St. Francis High School in Mountain View, CA; a San Franciso Bay Area town located 15 miles north of San Jose. After graduating in 1994, he was selected in the Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Electing to go to college, Byrnes attended the University of California at Los Angeles where he quickly became a starter. At UCLA, he hit 2nd in the batting order and played right field in a lineup that featured future major-league stars Troy Glaus, Chase Utley, and Garrett Atkins. He was again selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, this time by the Houston Astros after his junior season, but again elected to stay in school. Byrnes finished his career one of the most successful hitters in Pac-10 history with a .331 career average and 75 doubles, a conference record. He was selected in the 8th round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft by the Oakland Athletics, and this time was ready for his professional career.

    [edit] Off the field activities

    During the 2006 postseason, Byrnes was an analyst for ESPN's Baseball Tonight show. He has also appeared on Fox's baseball pregame show and The Best Damn Sports Show Period talk show. (In one appearance on the latter, he surprised everyone by jumping over the set's large coffee table in one leap. After he left, John Salley demonstrated his own difficulty attempting to simply step over the table, saying of Byrnes, "That white boy has got serious ups.") He co-hosted the World Series pre-game show on FOX Sports, for games 1 and 2, while Joe Girardi did 3,4, and 5. Had the World Series came back to Detroit for games 6 and 7, Byrnes would have been part of the pregame show.

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