Mitch Dening
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Dening batting for the Australia national team in 2013 World Baseball Classic | |||
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Born: 17 August 1988 Toowoon Bay, New South Wales, Australia | |||
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Mitchell John Dening (born 17 August 1988 in Toowoon Bay, New South Wales) is an Australian professional baseball outfielder in the Boston Red Sox organisation.[1]
Dening started his overseas baseball career by touring South Africa with the Australian Schoolboys team in 2005. He then signed with the Red Sox in 2005 after being scouted by Jon Deeble at the MLB Academy on the Gold Coast, Australia. In the 2007 Claxton Shield, he averaged .316 for Australian Provincial in a fine debut. He then travelled to the US for the first time, hitting a .301/.372/.375 clip as an OF/1B for the GCL Red Sox.
In 2008, Dening hit.409/.458/.545 in the 2008 Claxton Shield. In the US, he hit .321/.375/.471 with the Lowell Spinners, coached by Australia national baseball team coach Jon Deeble. Dening was fifth in the New York-Penn League in batting average. He then made the Australia roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He went 0–1 in the Classic.
In Australia, he plays for the Auburn Orioles and Belmont Baseball Club in the New South Wales Major League and Newcastle Baseball League respectively. He won MVP whilst at the New South Wales Institute of Sport in 2005.[2]
References
- ↑ Sox Prospects – Mitch Dening
- ↑ Stockman, J. (18 January 2006) Mitch Dening signs professional contract Australian Baseball Federation
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Mitch Dening – Baseball America
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