Blake Dean (baseball)

For the Home and Away character, see Blake Dean (Home and Away)
Blake Dean
College LSU
Conference SEC
Sport Baseball
Position Outfield/1 Base/DH
Jersey # 34
Class Senior
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 193 lb (88 kg)
Nationality USA
Born February 25, 1988 (1988-02-25) (age 24)
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
High school Crestview High School
Crestview, Florida

Michael Blake Dean is currently a member of the LA Dodgers team. He plays infield for the Class A minor league Great Lakes Loons in Midland, Michigan. He was drafted in the 9th round of the 2010 MLB Draft.He played college at LSU(Louisiana State University). He was one of LSU's leading hitters, and was named MVP of the 2008 SEC Baseball Tournament. He has also received many other freshman awards, such as 2007 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American; 2007 Freshman All-SEC; 2007 Louisiana Freshman of the Year; SEC Freshman of the Week (May 7, 2007 and April 16, 2007).[1][2]

In 2008 while helping lead his team to the 2008 College World Series, Dean was named a Baseball America First-Team All-American.[3]

In 2009 Dean was given another All-America selection as he was named to the pre-Season All-America team by Baseball America (2nd team) and Rivals.com (1st team).[4]

He was drafted in the tenth round of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft in the summer of 2009 by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign.[5]

Statistics

Year Age Team Conf G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
2007[6] 19 LSU SEC 56 206 30 65 12 3 7 46 1 1 20 25 .316 .366 .505 .871 104 0 8 1 2
2008[7] 20 LSU SEC 67 269 62 95 18 3 20 73 4 2 35 46 .353 .432 .665 1.097 179 0 2 4 5
2009[8] 21 LSU SEC 72 259 67 85 18 0 17 71 4 2 50 37 .328 .432 .595 1.027 154 0 10 5 7
Totals: 195 734 159 245 48 6 44 190 9 5 105 108 .332 .410 .588 .998 437 0 20 10 11

Roll over stat abbreviations for definitions. Stats through June 25, 2009.

References

  1. ^ "Blake Dean receives All-American honors", KALB-TV. Retrieved on 2008-06-17.
  2. ^ "SPORTSLINE - Dean named to SEC All-Freshman Team", Northwest Florida Daily News, May 23, 2007.
  3. ^ 2008 First-Team College All-Americans
  4. ^ Baseball Players Named to Preseason All-America Teams
  5. ^ Minnesota Twins 2009 Draft Results
  6. ^ 2007 LSU Season Statistics
  7. ^ 2008 LSU Season Statistics
  8. ^ 2009 LSU Season Statistics

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