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| Kansas City Royals — No. 2 | |
| Center fielder | |
| Born: April 27, 1981 | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| June 25, 2004 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through May 11, 2008) |
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| Home runs | 1 |
| Stolen bases | 67 |
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Joey Renard Gathright (born April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a center fielder in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Hattiesburg, known as "The Hub City" is a city in Forrest and Lamar Counties in the U Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. He made his major league debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on June 25, 2004. The Tampa Bay Rays are a Major League Baseball franchise based in St Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. He attended Bonnabel High School in Kenner, Louisiana, and played baseball as a junior. Kenner is a city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a suburb of New Orleans. The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America He was drafted by the Devil Rays in the 32nd round of the 2001 draft, and signed in August after playing that summer in a Louisiana Sugar Daddy Cane League in Sorrento, Louisiana. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is Major League Baseball 's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools Sorrento is a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Gathright is arguably one of the fastest players in major leauge baseball, and shows this speed very well in the field, as he led all major league outfielders in range factor (3. Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter Range Factor (commonly abbreviated RF) is a baseball statistic developed by Bill James. 06) in 2006. He is also is a very good defensive player, partially because his speed allows him to track down balls most other outfielders wouldn't be able to get to, along with his excellent jumping ability. Jumping or leaping is an ability that most Humans and many Animals share to some degree He is not a player who hits for power (with only one home run in his MLB career), however he is known to hit for average, although he will have slumps which cause his batting average to fall. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively
He has been clocked at 6-6. 7 seconds in the 60-yard dash. Most scouts consider him to be the fastest player in all of baseball Rays tales. While in high school, he jumped over his coach's car. [1]. That jumping ability proved useful on the field, as in a 2008 spring training game Gathright jumped over Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who was trying to tag him out en route to first base. Calendar Major League Baseball See also 2008 Major League Baseball season Postseason October 1 – ALDS and In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the Regular season. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In 2005, he hit . 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series 276 in 76 games, and drew 10 walks. A base on balls ( BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in Baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire
On June 20, 2006 he was traded to the Kansas City Royals, along with infielder Fernando Cortez, for left-handed pitcher J. P. Howell. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Baseball teams take turns one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat Fernando Cortez (born August 10, 1981 in Stockton California) is a professional baseball player James Phillip Howell (born April 25, 1983, in Modesto California) is a Major League Baseball left-handed Pitcher.
In 2007, Joey broke up Bobby Jenks's major league record-tying streak of 41 consecutive batters retired. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball Robert Scott "Bobby" Jenks (born March 14, 1981 in Mission Hills, California) is a Major League Baseball Closing Gathright, who would have been the record 42nd batter, was able to record a hit.
See also
References
- ^ Topkin, Mark (2004). The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared in at least one game for the Tampa Bay Rays franchise formerly known as the Devil Rays Rays tales. St. Petersburg Times
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Gathright jumping over a car
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