Bo Hart

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Bo Hart (born September 27, 1976 in Creswell, Oregon) is a former second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team. He spent much of his childhood in Capitola, California. After graduating from Soquel high School, he played baseball for Gonzaga University. He was later drafted in the 33rd round of the amateur baseball draft in 1999.

Broke a major league record (previously held by Kirby Puckett) when he hit .460 in his first ten games with St. Louis, making his first month in the majors among the best debut months for a player in major league history.

On February 10, 2006, Hart signed a Minor League contract with the Colorado Rockies with an invitation to Spring Training.

Hart played a portion of the 2007 baseball season with the Lancaster Barnstormers where he hit .245 with 12 RBIs and 2 home runs in 98 at bats. On June 15, 2007 he signed a contract with the Chicago Cubs and joined the clubs AAA affiliate in Iowa. On July 16, 2007, Hart was traded to the Baltimore Orioles and assigned to their AAA team.

Hart will play the 2008 season for the Schaumburg Flyers of the independent Northern League.

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