Brian Bogusevic

Brian Bogusevic

Houston Astros – No. 19
Outfielder
Born: February 18, 1984 (1984-02-18) (age 28) Palos Heights, Illinois
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
September 1, 2010 for the Houston Astros
Career statistics (through 2011)
Batting average	.271
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	18
Teams
Houston Astros (2010–present)

Brian Bogusevic (born February 18, 1984 in Palos Heights, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros.

Bogusevic was a two-way star player for Tulane University, playing in the outfield and also used as a starting pitcher. He was drafted 24th overall in the 2005 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros as a starting pitcher. He remained a pitcher in the Houston Astros organization until mid-2008 before converting to an outfielder. In 2008, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League as an outfielder.

On August 16, 2011, he became the 26th player in Major League History to hit an "ultimate grand slam," a pinch-hit walk-off home run which won the game by one run.^[1]

References

^ August 16, 2011 Game article from Yahoo!

External links

Houston Astros first-round draft picks

1965: Alex Barrett
1966: Wayne Twitchell
1967: John Mayberry
1968: Martin Cott
1969: J. R. Richard
1970: Randy Scarbery
1971: Neil Rasmussen
1972: Steve Englishbey
1973: Calvin Portley
1974: Kevin Drake
1975: Bo McLaughlin
1976: Floyd Bannister
1977: Ricky Adams
1978: Rod Boxberger
1979: John Mizerock
1980: No first round pick
1981: No first round pick
1982: Steve Swain
1983: Robbie Wine
1984: Don August
1985: Cameron Drew
1986: Ryan Bowen
1987: Craig Biggio
1988: Willie Ansley
1989: Jeff Juden, Todd Jones
1990: Tom Nevers, Brian Williams
1991: John Burke, Shawn Livsey, Jim Gonzalez, Mike Groppuso
1992: Phil Nevin, Kendall Rhine
1993: Billy Wagner
1994: Ramón Castro, Scott Elarton, Russ Johnson
1995: Tony McKnight
1996: Mark Johnson
1997: Lance Berkman
1998: Brad Lidge, Mike Nannini
1999: Mike Rosamond
2000: Robert Stiehl
2001: Chris Burke
2002: Derick Grigsby
2003: No first round pick
2004: No first round pick
2005: Brian Bogusevic, Eli Iorg
2006: Maxwell Sapp
2007: No first round pick
2008: Jason Castro, Jordan Lyles
2009: Jiovanni Mier
2010: Delino DeShields, Jr., Mike Foltynewicz
2011: Michael Kvasnicka, George Springer

Houston Astros current roster

Active roster	1 Jordan Schafer \| 8 J. B. Shuck \| 11 Jason Bourgeois \| 14 J. D. Martinez \| 15 Jason Castro \| 16 Matt Downs \| 19 Brian Bogusevic \| 20 Bud Norris \| 23 Chris Johnson \| 27 José Altuve \| 29 Brett Wallace \| 30 J. A. Happ \| 36 Ángel Sánchez \| 37 Brandon Lyon \| 38 Jimmy Paredes \| 39 Brett Myers \| 41 Jordan Lyles \| 43 Fernando Rodriguez \| 45 Carlos Lee \| 51 Wandy Rodríguez \| 52 Sergio Escalona \| 53 Wesley Wright \| 54 Mark Melancon \| 55 Humberto Quintero \| 56 Henry Villar \| 58 Fernando Abad \| 59 Wilton López \| 62 Aneury Rodríguez \| 64 Lucas Harrell \| 65 Henry Sosa \| 66 Enerio del Rosario \| 67 David Carpenter \| 68 Juan Abreu \| -- Brian Bixler \| -- Paul Clemens \| -- Jorge de León \| -- Arcenio León \| -- Rhiner Cruz \| -- Craig Tatum

Coaching Staff	Manager 2 Brad Mills \| Bench Coach 13 Al Pedrique \| 1st Base Coach 10 Bobby Meacham \| 3rd Base Coach 35 Dave Clark \| Hitting Coach 31 Mike Barnett \| Pitching Coach 26 Doug Brocail \| Bullpen Coach Vacant

Persondata
Name	Ballsack, Brian
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	February 18, 1944
Place of birth	Palos Heights, Illinois
Date of death
Place of death