Todd Cunningham

Thomas David "Todd" Cunningham III (born March 20, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball.

High school and college

Cunningham attended Jacksonville High School in Alabama, where he was a three-time first-team All-State selection. In his four seasons with the Golden Eagles, he hit .446 with 216 runs and 112 stolen bases. He was also an All-County punter. Cunningham went on to attend Jacksonville State University, where as a freshman, he was named the 2008 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and was a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American. After his freshman season, he played for the Brazos Valley Bombers of the Texas Collegiate League, where he led the league with a .310 average and was named to the TCL All-League team. After the 2009 season, he played for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League, where he led the league with a .378 average, making him the Thurman Munson Batting Champion. He also led the league in hits and on-base percentage. Cunningham was a Baseball America preseason All-American for the 2010 season. In 171 games over three seasons with the Gamecocks, he hit .346 with 22 HR, 118 RBI and 36 SB.

Professional career

Cunningham was drafted in the second round, 53rd overall, in the 2008 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves, and he signed. He was assigned to Single-A Rome, where in 65 games, he hit .260 with 1 HR, 20 RBI and 7 SB. Cunningham played 2011 with A-Advanced Lynchburg, where in 87 games, he hit .257 with 4 HR, 20 RBI and 14 SB. He was named to the Carolina League All-Star team, joining fellow Hillcats Joey Terdoslavich, Andrelton Simmons and Adam Milligan. After the season, he played with the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League, where in 18 games, he hit .250 with 11 RBI and 3 SB.

Cunningham played 2012 with Double-A Mississippi, where in 120 games, he hit .309 with 3 HR, 51 RBI and 24 SB. Cunningham was a mid-season and post-season All-Star. After the year, he was announced the Braves' Organizational Player of the Year.^[1] Cunningham played in 22 games with the Braves during Spring Training. He hit .229 with 2 RBI. Cunningham began 2013 with Triple-A Gwinnett, where he hit .279 with 2 HR, 30 RBI and 18 SB in 99 games before being called up.

He was called up to the major leagues for the first time on July 30, 2013 to replace the injured Reed Johnson,^[2] and recorded his first career major league hit and subsequent run the same day against the Rockies.

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Jacksonville State Gamecocks baseball bio