Quinton McCracken

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**"Quinton" McCracken**

Bridgeport Bluefish — No. 11
Outfield
Bats: Switch	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 17, 1995 for the Colorado Rockies
Selected MLB statistics (through 2007)
Batting average	.274
Home runs	21
Runs batted in	244
Former teams
Colorado Rockies (1995–1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000) Minnesota Twins (2001) Arizona Diamondbacks (2002–2003) Seattle Mariners (2004) Arizona Diamondbacks (2004-2005) Cincinnati Reds (2006) Rochester Red Wings (2006) (Twins Triple-A affiliate) Bridgeport Bluefish (2007) (independent) Leones del Escogido (2008) (Dominican Winter Baseball League)

Quinton Antoine McCracken (born March 16, 1970 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an independent league baseball outfielder. He was the Tampa Bay Devil Rays franchise's first center fielder and batter on March 31, 1998. He is a 1992 graduate of Duke University.

The Minnesota Twins announced at the end of the 2006 season that they would not re-sign McCracken after he had played for their Triple-A affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings.^[1] He was not picked up by another team, and signed on to play with an independent team, the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. ^[2] ^[3] After one season in independent baseball, McCracken signed on for a minor league affiliate, the Dominican Winter Baseball League, in late 2007.^[4]

1 High school years
2 See also
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] High school years

McCracken attended South Brunswick High School and was the starting quarterback and the free safety in football, the starting point guard in basketball, in addition to being a baseball star and a track standout. In baseball, as a senior, he led his team to a 29-0 record and the state Championship.^{[citation needed]} Quinton married Maggie Moskal on January 29, 2005.

He is called "Q," "Q-Mac," "Crack", or "Cou Cou" by his fans.^{[citation needed]}