Brian Dozier

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Brian Dozier

Minnesota Twins – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (1987-05-15) May 15, 1987 Fulton, Mississippi
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 7, 2012 for the Minnesota Twins
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Batting average	.240
Hits	210
Home runs	24
Runs batted in	99
Teams
Minnesota Twins (2012–present)

James Brian Dozier^[1] (born May 15, 1987) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball.

High school career

Dozier played baseball for Itawamba Agricultural High School located in Fulton, Mississippi. There he became a local star, it being a town of 4,000.^[2] In baseball, he was selected all-state for two years and named "Player of the Year" in north Mississippi. He also received varsity letters in football, golf and basketball.^[3]

College career

Dozier played baseball for the University of Southern Mississippi, located in Hattiesburg, from 2006-2009. As a freshman, he was named a Freshman All-American and selected to the C-USA All-Freshman Team.^[3] In 224 career games at Southern Miss, he hit .355 with 55 doubles, seven triples, 16 home runs and 152 runs batted in. He was a member of the Southern Miss team that went to the College World Series in 2009.^[4]

Professional career

Dozier was drafted by the Twins in the eighth round of the 2009 MLB Draft out of the University of Southern Mississippi. While playing in the Minor Leagues, he was the chosen as the Twins Minor League Player of the Year in 2011.^[4] The Twins invited Dozier to spring training in 2012. Dozier was called up in May 2012 to replace Justin Morneau.^[4] On May 13, 2012, Dozier hit his first career Major League home run off Ricky Romero of the Toronto Blue Jays.^{[citation needed]}

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Brian Dozier on Twitter

Notes

v t e Minnesota Twins current roster

Active roster	1 Alex Presley 2 Brian Dozier 5 Eduardo Escobar 7 Joe Mauer 8 Kurt Suzuki 12 Chris Herrmann 15 Glen Perkins 16 Josh Willingham 21 Samuel Deduno 24 Trevor Plouffe 25 Pedro Florimón 26 Eric Fryer 27 Chris Parmelee 30 Kevin Correia 31 Oswaldo Arcia 32 Aaron Hicks 37 Mike Pelfrey 38 Logan Darnell 39 Danny Santana 43 Josmil Pinto 44 Kyle Gibson 45 Phil Hughes 47 Ricky Nolasco 49 Vance Worley 50 Casey Fien 51 Anthony Swarzak 52 Brian Duensing 53 Kris Johnson 55 Chris Colabello 56 Caleb Thielbar 57 Ryan Pressly 58 Scott Diamond 59 Michael Tonkin 60 Edgar Ibarra 61 Jared Burton 65 Trevor May 67 Max Kepler 68 Kennys Vargas 78 Jorge Polanco

Coaching staff	Manager 35 Ron Gardenhire Bench Coach 36 Terry Steinbach First Base Coach 41 Scott Ullger Third Base Coach 46 Joe Vavra Hitting Coach 23 Tom Brunansky Pitching Coach 40 Rick Anderson Bullpen Coach 18 Bobby Cuellar Bullpen Catcher 75 Nate Dammann

Persondata
Name	Dozier, Brian
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	May 15, 1987
Place of birth	Fulton, Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death

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