Brandon Drury
| Brandon Drury | |||
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| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 27 | |||
| Utility player | |||
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Born: August 21, 1992 Grants Pass, Oregon | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 1, 2015, for the Arizona Diamondbacks | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 30, 2016) | |||
| Batting average | .258 | ||
| Home runs | 6 | ||
| Runs batted in | 18 | ||
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Brandon S. Drury (born August 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball utility player for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Drury was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Grants Pass High School in Grants Pass, Oregon.[1] He made his professional debut for the Gulf Coast Braves. He finished the year hitting .198/.248/.292 with three home runs over 192 at-bats. In 2011 he played for the Danville Braves.[2] In 63 games, he hit .347/.367/.525 with eight home runs in 265 at-bats. He was named the MVP of the Appalachian League along with Eddie Rosario.[3][4] In 2012, while playing for the Rome Braves, he hit only .229/.270/.333 with six home runs in 445 at-bats.
On January 24, 2013, Drury, along with Martín Prado, Randall Delgado, Zeke Spruill and Nick Ahmed were traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Justin Upton and Chris Johnson.[5] He played his first season in the Diamondbacks organization with the South Bend Silver Hawks.[6] In 134 games, he hit .302/.362/.500 with 15 home runs. He started the 2014 season for the Visalia Rawhide.[7] He had a .299 batting average, 23 home runs and 95 RBI.
The Diamondbacks promoted Drury to the major leagues on September 1, 2015, and he made his debut that day going 0-4 with four ground-outs.
Drury collected his first MLB hit off of Jonathan Gray of the Colorado Rockies with a sharp single right back up the box.
Drury hit his first Major League home run on September 22, going deep off of Adam Liberatore of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
References
- ↑ Three Oregon high school stars get first-year call in MLB draft
- ↑ Drury's patient approach leads to early run, D-Braves' home victory
- ↑ Rosario, Drury named Appy's best
- ↑ Drury continues co-MVP season in D-Braves' loss to Johnson City
- ↑ Braves get Justin Upton in big deal
- ↑ Silver Hawks: After a cold start, Drury heating up
- ↑ 3B prospect Brandon Drury could be bright spot in Upton trade
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)