Lonnie Chisenhall

Lonnie Chisenhall

Cleveland Indians – No. 27
Third baseman
Born: October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04) (age 23)
Newport, North Carolina
Bats: Left Throws: Right 
MLB debut
June 27, 2011 for the Cleveland Indians
Career statistics
(through 2011 season)
Batting average     .255
Home runs     7
Runs batted in     22
Teams

Lonnie D. Chisenhall (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional baseball third baseman with the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball.

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Minor Leagues

Chisenhall was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 11th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft but chose to attend University of South Carolina. Chisenhall played for the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team in his freshman year, but was dismissed from the team after being charged with breaking into a dorm room and stealing electronic equipment.[1] He then transferred to Pitt Community College.

He was drafted by Cleveland Indians 29th overall in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.[2] In 2009 and 2010, he played with the AA Akron Aeros.

Major Leagues

On June 27, 2011, Chisenhall was promoted from Triple-A Columbus, and went 2-4 in his Major League debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks.[3]

On July 6th, 2011 Chisenhall hit his first Major League homerun, off of Boone Logan of the New York Yankees.[4]

On July 7, 2011, Chisenhall was hit with a fastball thrown by Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Carlos Villanueva and had to leave the game with 'facial contusions'. [5]

References

  1. ^ Star freshmen dismissed from USC baseball team
  2. ^ "Indians select INF Lonnie Chisenhall in the first round of 2008 First-Year Player Draft". MLB.com. June 5, 2008. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080605&content_id=2847152&vkey=pr_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle. 
  3. ^ Bastian, Jordan. "Indians promote prospect Lonnie Chisenhall from Triple-A". http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110627&content_id=21072114&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
  4. ^ Hoynes, Paul. "Justin Masterson goes 8 scoreless innings in Cleveland Indians' 5-3 victory over Yankees". http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/cleveland_indians_strike_early.html#incart_mce. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 
  5. ^ Hoynes, Paul. "Travis Hafner's grand slam caps five-run ninth-inning rally as Cleveland Indians beat Toronto Blue Jays". http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2011/07/travis_hafners_grand_slam_caps.html. Retrieved 2011-07-08. 

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Manager 11 Manny Acta | Bench Coach 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. | 1st Base Coach -- Tom Wiedenbauer | 3rd Base Coach 10 Steve Smith | Hitting Coach 40 Bruce Fields | Pitching Coach 36 Scott Radinsky | Bullpen Coach -- Dave Miller | Bullpen Catcher 64 Armando Camacaro