Mitch Haniger

Mitch Haniger
Arizona Diamondbacks
Outfielder
Born: December 23, 1990 Santa Clara, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Mitchell Evan Haniger (born December 23, 1990) is an American professional baseball outfielder. He plays in Minor League Baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

Career

Haniger attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California. While playing for the school's baseball team, he was recruited by California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), Cal State Fullerton, University of California, Berkeley, the University of Oregon, UC Santa Barbara, and UC Davis, all of whom wanted Haniger to play on their college baseball team.^[1] The New York Mets selected Haniger in the 31st round of the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, but Haniger did not sign with the Mets.^[2] Instead, he enrolled at Cal Poly, to play for the Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team. At Cal Poly, Haniger played right field as a freshman and sophomore, and center field as a junior.^[3] In 2012, he was named the Big West Conference's player of the year,^[4] and an All-American. The Milwaukee Brewers selected Haniger in the first round, with the 38th overall selection, of the 2012 MLB Draft.^[2][5] After he signed, he played in 14 games for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Class A Midwest League.^[6]

In 2013, Haniger began the season with Wisconsin, before being promoted to the Brevard County Manatees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. Combined, Haniger had a .264 batting average, a .348 on-base percentage, 11 home runs, and 68 runs batted in.^[7] After the 2013 season, the Brewers assigned Haniger to play for the Surprise Saguaros of the Arizona Fall League.^[6][8] He was named co-player of the week, along with Kris Bryant, in the first week of the fall league season.^[9]

The Brewers invited Haniger to spring training in 2014.^[7] They assigned him to the Huntsville Stars of the Class AA Southern League to begin the season.^[10] On July 31, the Brewers traded Haniger and Anthony Banda to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Gerardo Parra.^[11] The Diamondbacks assigned him to the Mobile BayBears of the Southern League.^[12] Haniger began the 2015 season with Mobile. Though he batted .281 for Mobile, the Diamondbacks demoted Haniger to the Visalia Rawhide of the Class A-Advanced California League in June sp that he could play more frequently.^[13][14]

References

1. "Cal Poly's Mitch Haniger is armed and dangerous: Known for his powerful throwing arm, Haniger is now lethal with the bat". The Tribune. SanLuisObispo.com. May 10, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
2. Scroggin, Joshua D. (June 4, 2012). "Cal Poly's Haniger taken by Milwaukee in the Major League Baseball draft | Cal Poly". The Tribune. SanLuisObispo.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
3. Fitt, Aaron (May 9, 2012). "College: On Campus: Mitch Haniger Brings The Power For Cal Poly". BaseballAmerica.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
4. "Cal Poly's Mitch Haniger named Big West Player of the Year". Ksby.com. May 29, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
5. McKenzie, Melissa; Haugh, Robert (July 2012). "Sports Briefs". The Santa Clara Weekly. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
6. "Bernie Pleskoff: Brewers prospect Mitch Haniger on fast track in Arizona Fall League | brewers.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
7. "Prospects Mitch Haniger and David Goforth head Brewers' list of seven NRIs | MLB.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. January 22, 2014. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
8. "Mitch Haniger's slam lifts Surprise to Opening Day victory | brewers.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. October 8, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
9. "Brewers prospect Mitch Haniger named Arizona Fall League Co-Player of Week | brewers.com: News". Mlb.mlb.com. October 15, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
10. McCarter, Mark (May 10, 2014). "Mitch Haniger's springtime taste of major leagues helps fuel desire to progress". AL.com. The Birmingham News. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
11. "Arizona Diamondbacks trade Gerardo Parra to Milwaukee Brewers for prospects Mitch Haniger and Anthony Banda". Arizona Sports. July 31, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
12. Piecoro, Nick (August 22, 2014). "Mitch Haniger debuts for Arizona Diamondbacks farm club". azcentral. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
13. "Arizona Diamondbacks prospecs Mitch Haniger belts two homers, plates four for Visalia Rawhide - MiLB.com News - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
14. "Diamondbacks shake up Rawhide roster". Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register. June 27, 2015. Retrieved October 5, 2015.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)