Blake Dean (baseball)

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Blake Dean
First baseman
Born: (1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Bats: Left	Throws: Left

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]

Blake Dean tried out as a pitcher, coming out of high school. He was on the verge of getting cut, because he lacked velocity. He was quickly converted to a first baseman, after his coach saw him hit batting practice. He started all four years at first base and was one of the best power hitters in LSU baseball history.^[3]

In 2008 while helping lead his team to the 2008 College World Series, Dean was named a Baseball America First-Team All-American.^[4]

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).^[5]

In 2010 Dean was a candidate for the Lowe's Senior Class Award. ^[6]

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.^[7]

Statistics

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

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

References

↑ "Blake Dean receives All-American honors", KALB-TV. Retrieved on 2008-06-17.
↑ "SPORTSLINE - Dean named to SEC All-Freshman Team", Northwest Florida Daily News, May 23, 2007.
↑ lsusports.net
↑ 2008 First-Team College All-Americans
↑ Baseball Players Named to Preseason All-America Teams
↑ http://www.seniorclassaward.com/athletes/blake_dean/
↑ Minnesota Twins 2009 Draft Results
↑ 2007 LSU Season Statistics
↑ 2008 LSU Season Statistics
↑ 2009 LSU Season Statistics

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Blake Dean bio at LSUSports.net

v t e LSU Tigers 2009 College World Series Champions

3 Jared Mitchell (College World Series MOP) 4 Chad Jones 8 Mikie Mahtook 17 DJ LeMahieu 23 Anthony Ranaudo 29 Louis Coleman 34 Blake Dean Manager 1 Paul Mainieri Associate Head Coach 40 David Grewe

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

Persondata
Name	Dean, Blake
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	February 25, 1988
Place of birth	Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Date of death
Place of death

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