Scott Van Slyke
| Scott Van Slyke | |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers – No. 33 | |
| Outfielder/First baseman | |
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Born: July 24, 1986 Chesterfield, Missouri | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 9, 2012 for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| Career statistics (through 2013 season) | |
| Batting average | .219 |
| Home runs | 9 |
| Runs batted in | 26 |
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Scott T. Van Slyke (born July 24, 1986) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.
The son of All-Star outfielder Andy Van Slyke, he was selected by the Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2005 MLB Draft out of John Burroughs School in Missouri.
Career
Scott Van Slyke made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Dodgers in 2005, appearing in 24 games and hitting .282.
Van Slyke played for the Ogden Raptors in 2006, the Great Lakes Loons in 2007 & 2008 and the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino in 2008–2009 before he was promoted to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes at the end of the 2009 season. He was named to the California League Post-season All-Star team in 2009. He began 2010 with the Chattanooga Lookouts in the Double-A Southern League and again returned to Albuquerque to finish the season.
He started 2011 with Chattanooga, where he began spending more time at first base. He was selected to the mid-season All-Star game, and won the MVP award in the game. He was later also selected as a post-season all-star. In 130 games, he hit .348 with 20 home runs and 92 RBI. He led the entire Southern League in batting average for the 2011 season and was selected as the Dodgers "Minor League Player of the Year" and was added to their 40-man roster after the season.
Van Slyke was called up to the Dodgers on May 9, 2012. He made his debut that night as a pinch hitter and recorded an RBI single in his first at-bat. He was the first Dodger to get a pinch RBI in his first at-bat since Carl Warwick on April 11, 1961.[1] Van Slyke hit his first Major League home run on May 20, 2012 as a pinch hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals off Marc Rzepczynski when he was given the green light to swing on a 3-0 count. The three-run home run gave the Dodgers the game-winning 6-5 lead.[2]
On June 1, 2012, Van Slyke was part of a record-setting Dodgers lineup that featured the sons of five former Major Leaguers (along with Tony Gwynn, Jr., Iván DeJesús, Jr., Dee Gordon and Jerry Hairston, Jr.). This was the first time in Major League history this had ever occurred and was also the first time for a starting infield of four major league sons: first baseman Van Slyke, second baseman Hairston, third baseman De Jesus and shortstop Gordon.[3] He played in a total of 27 games with the Dodgers and hit .167 with 2 home runs. In 95 games with Albuquerque, he hit .327 with 18 homers and 67 RBI. After the conclusion of the AAA season, he played with the Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League.
He was designated for assignment on December 12, 2012 and removed from the 40-man roster. With Albuquerque at the start of 2013, he hit .397 with 9 homers and 30 RBI in 34 games.
The Dodgers purchased his contract on May 10, 2013 and brought him back up to the Majors. He wound up splitting time between Albuquerque and Los Angeles the rest of the season. With the Dodgers he hit .240 with 7 home runs and 19 RBI. His biggest moment was a pinch hit walk-off home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks on September 10.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Dodgers Come Through In Pinch To Beat Giants". Truebluela.com. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ↑ "Box Score: Cardinals vs. Dodgers, May 20, 2012". Espn.go.com. 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ↑ Hernandez, Dylan (2012-06-03). "Dodgers again will be limited financially in amateur draft". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ↑ Dodgers, Van Slyke Walk Off In Extras
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)