Travis Denker
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| San Francisco Giants — No. 28 | |
| Second baseman | |
| Born: August 5, 1985 Fountain Valley, California |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| May 21, 2008 for the San Francisco Giants | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through June 10, 2008) |
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| Batting average | .389 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 3 |
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Travis Norton Denker (born August 5, 1985 in Fountain Valley, California) is a right-handed second baseman for the San Francisco Giants.
Prior to playing professional baseball, Denker attended Brea Olinda High School. Originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 21st round of the 2003 amateur draft, Denker signed and started his professional career that very same year. He split time between the South Georgia Waves and GCL Dodgers, combining to hit .264 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 46 games.
Denker spend the entire 2004 season with the Ogden Raptors, with whom he hit .311 with 12 home runs and 43 RBIs in 57 games. In 2005, he split time between the Columbus Catfish and Vero Beach Dodgers, combining to hit .281 with 23 home runs and 77 RBIs in 132 games. He split time again between the two teams in 2006, hitting .247 with 16 home runs and 70 RBIs in 129 games. He also walked 89 times and struck out 73 times.
He spent most of the 2007 season with the Inland Empire 66ers, until the Dodgers traded him to the Giants on August 25, 2007 as the "player-to-be-named-later" from the earlier trade for Mark Sweeney on August 9, 2007. Denker finished the season player for the Giants high-Class A team, the San Jose Giants. For the year, Denker hit .300 with 11 home runs and 66 RBIs in 118 games.
Denker has hit .280 with 65 home runs and 270 RBI in 482 minor league games overall.
Denker got called up on May 12, 2008 and got his first major-league hit against the Florida Marlins on May 25, 2008, which was a double. He hit his first home run against Scott Schoeneweis of the New York Mets on June 3, 2008.
