Kevin Thompson (baseball)

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**Kevin Thompson**

Pittsburgh Pirates — No. 15
Outfielder
Born: September 18, 1979 (1979-09-18) (age 28)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
June 3, 2006 for the New York Yankees
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Batting Average	.215
Home Runs	1
Runs Batted In	9
Teams
New York Yankees (2006-2007) Oakland Athletics (2007)

Kevin DeShawn Thompson (born September 18, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Thompson played Little League with the Benbrook youth league and graduated with honors from Western Hills High School, were he played baseball and football.

He was selected in the 18th round (529th overall) of the 1998 amateur entry draft by the Minnesota Twins.

He won the Yankees' minor league player of the year award for the 2005 season, when he played with the Yankees' Double-A affiliate, the Trenton Thunder and the Triple-A affiliate, the Columbus Clippers. He made his major league debut on June 3, 2006 as a member of the Yankees, getting his first major league hit in the game.

[edit] 2007

On April 8, 2007 he was called up because of Hideki Matsui's injury. He had a two-RBI double in his first at bat of the season against the Twins off of Dennys Reyes. On September 1, the Yankees designated Thompson for assignment, and he was claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics on September 7. He was later claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 15.