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Jacoby Ellsbury
Boston Red Sox – No. 46
Outfielder
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
debut
June 30, 2007, for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
(through 2008)
Batting average.339
Home runs3
Runs batted in19
Stolen bases9
Teams

Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (born September 11, 1983, in Madras, Oregon) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder for the Boston Red Sox. Originally drafted, but not signed, by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB entry draft and in 2005 was drafted by Boston, 23rd overall, in the entry draft out of Oregon State University.

Jacoby is officially enrolled as a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes[1] and is the first Native American of Navajo descent to reach the Major Leagues.[2]

Personal stats

Professional career

2005

Jacoby began his professional career on July 14, 2005 with the Lowell Spinners in the short-season Class A New York-Penn League. He showed right off that his patience and speed was an asset when he led off the game by walking on a 3-2 pitch, stole second, continuing to third on a throwing error and then scoring on a wild pitch. On September 7, he tied a Lowell team record with 3 stolen bases in a game. He finished the season batting .317 with 23 stolen bases in 35 games.

2006

Jacoby began the season as the #6 prospect in the Red Sox organization[3] with the Single A Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League where on July 3 he tied a Wilmington franchise record by stealing four bases in a game. After batting .299 with 25 steals in 61 games and being named to the 2006 Carolina League All-Star team, he was promoted to the Double A Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League on July 12[4].

Soon after his promotion to Portland he was named Eastern League Player of the Week for the week of August 6-13 for batting .400 along with his first Double-A home run and hitting safely in seven straight games.[5] Jacoby finished the Double A season in Portland batting .308 with 16 steals in 50 games. He was selected by the Red Sox as their minor league Defensive Player of the Year and Base-runner of the Year and given a roster spot on the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League, an off season developmental league where minor league players play to refine their skill in front of mainly scouts and team executives.

In the AFL, he hit only .276 in 25 games but his defensive skill was enough to earn him a spot in the AFL Rising Stars All-Star game.

2007 spring training

Jacoby participated in the Red Sox 2007 spring training camp in Fort Myers, FL as a non-roster invitee and was assigned to the minor league camp on March 9, after earning rave reviews for his fielding and speed on the basepaths, in 8 games at the Major League camp. He was the #1 prospect in the Red Sox organization,[6] and was rated as the #33 prospect in baseball for 2007 by Baseball America[7] and #43 by Sports Illustrated.[8]

2007 Minors

He started the 2007 season as the starting center fielder for the Sea Dogs and was promoted to the Triple A Pawtucket Red Sox on May 4 2007 after batting .452 in 17 games at Portland and being named the Eastern League Player of the Month for April. He was chosen to play in the 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game as part of the MLB All-Star festivities at AT&T Park in San Francisco, but was replaced by Matt Tolbert due to his promotion to the Red Sox. After returning to the minors he was reinstated on the US Futures roster to replace the injured Cameron Maybin.[9] He went 0-4 in the game.

Jacoby set a new consecutive game hitting streak record for Pawtucket on August 24 2007,[10] besting the mark that had been held by both Dave Stapleton and Dave Berg at 19 consecutive games. His streak ended at 25 games on August 31 with an 0-4 outing.

He finished the Triple A season tied for second in the International League with Darnell McDonald of the Rochester Red Wings in stolen bases at 33, only 1 behind leader Bernie Castro of the Columbus Clippers. It should be noted however, that while Castro has 34 steals in 118 games and McDonald had 33 steals in 134 games, Jacoby reached 33 steals in only 87 games.

For the second consecutive season, he was selected by the Red Sox as their minor league Defensive Player of the Year and Base-runner of the Year.[11]

2007 Majors

With an injury to Coco Crisp, Jacoby had his contract purchased and received a call-up to the Red Sox on June 30, 2007, where he made his MLB debut in center field and batted 9th against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park[12] wearing number 46. He got his first major league hit against Robinson Tejeda of the Rangers in the bottom of the third inning of his debut game. His first career stolen base came off pitcher Brandon McCarthy and catcher Gerald Laird of the Rangers on July 2, and he also impressed in that game when he scored from second base on a wild pitch.[13] Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame member Johnny Pesky described the play as "the greatest single play I've ever seen in all my years in baseball".[14] He was optioned back to Pawtucket on July 5 after appearing in 6 games for the Red Sox.[15]

On August 17, he was recalled for the second game of a doubleheader where he led off and played center field.[16] He was then optioned back to Pawtucket after the game.[17]

On September 1, when the Major League rosters expanded to 40 players he was again recalled to the Red Sox, and on September 2, he hit his first Major League home run off Daniel Cabrera of the Baltimore Orioles in the bottom of the 4th inning. It was a solo shot which landed in the Red Sox bullpen.

The New York Times described him in a September 2007 article as a "cult hero" who brings "speed, improved defense, and unbridled enthusiasm."[18]

He was named MLB's American League Rookie of the Month for September [19] and with fewer than 130 Major League at bats, he will qualify as a rookie for the 2008 season.

2007 postseason

During the 2007 postseason, with Coco Crisp slumping, Jacoby got the start in center field in Game 6 of the ALCS against the Cleveland Indians and started in every subsequent postseason game. In 11 total postseason games he hit .360 in 25 at bats with 9 hits and 2 stolen bases.

On October 27, with his 2 doubles off Josh Fogg in top of the third inning of World Series Game 3, he became the first rookie, and joined Matt Williams (2001) as the only players to hit 2 doubles in the same inning of a World Series game. After hitting another double off Brian Fuentes in the 8th inning, he became 1 of 4 rookies ever to hit 3 doubles in a World Series game. His 4 hits, including a single in the first inning, made him only the third rookie to ever accomplish the feat in the World Series; the others being Joe Garagiola (1946) and Freddie Lindstrom (1924).

For the World Series, he batted .438 with 4 doubles and a stolen base.

2008

Heading into the 2008 season, Jacoby has been ranked as the #13 prospect by Baseball America,[20] the #16 prospect by Baseball Prospectus[21] and the #19 prospect by ESPN Scouts Inc.[22] All rank him as the #2 prospect in the Red Sox organization behind Clay Buchholz.

Jacoby hit .224/.291/.347 in 16 spring training games and started in center field for the 2008 MLB season opener against the Oakland A's on March 25 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Career statistics

Amateur career

Season Team League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG
2002 Bend Pacific International League 18 .357 31 82 19 29 5 2 1 12 14 0 9 7 .463 .500
2003 Oregon State NCAA 19 .330 53 206 56 68 10 3 7 33 14 4 26 33 .427 .510
2003 Anchorage Alaska Baseball League 19 .338 39 145 24 49 3 3 1 13 16 8 18 12 .421 .427
2004 Oregon State NCAA 20 .352 49 196 56 69 8 2 3 20 20 4 30 17 .464 .459
2004 Falmouth Cape Cod League 20 .245 28 110 20 27 2 3 1 7 12 3 17 25 .376 .345
2005 Oregon State NCAA 21 .406 58 244 56 99 19 3 6 48 26 8 36 21 .495 .582
  • 2002 Pacific International League All-Star
  • 2003 Freshman Second Team NCAA All-American
  • 2004 Pac-10 Conference All-Star
  • 2005 Pac-10 Conference Co-Player of the Year
  • 2005 Pac-10 Conference All-Star
  • 2005 First Team NCAA All-American

Minor League career

Season Team League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG
2005 Lowell A 21 .317 35 139 28 44 3 5 1 19 23 3 24 20 .418 .432
2006 Wilmington A 22 .299 61 244 35 73 7 5 4 32 25 9 25 28 .379 .418
2006 Portland AA 22 .308 50 198 29 61 10 3 3 19 16 8 24 25 .387 .434
2006 Peoria Arizona Fall League 23 .276 25 105 18 29 4 3 0 3 7 3 8 16 .342 .371
2007 Portland AA 23 .452 17 73 16 33 10 2 0 13 8 1 6 7 .518 .644
2007 Pawtucket AAA 23 .298 87 363 66 108 14 5 2 28 33 6 32 47 .360 .380
  • 2006 Carolina League All-Star
  • 2006 Eastern League Player of the Week - August 6-13
  • 2006 Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2006 Red Sox Minor League Base Runner of the Year
  • 2006 Arizona Fall League Rising Stars
  • 2007 Eastern League Player of the Month - April
  • 2007 XM All-Star Futures Game
  • 2007 Red Sox Minor League Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2007 Red Sox Minor League Base Runner of the Year

Major League career

Season Team League Age AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO OBP SLG OPS+
2007 Boston AL 24 .353 33 116 20 41 7 1 3 18 9 0 8 15 .394 .509 134
2008 Boston AL 24 .182 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 -0

Through April 5

References

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