Kyle Seager

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Kyle Seager
Seager with the Mariners
Seager with the Mariners
Seattle Mariners - No. 15
Third baseman
Born: November 3, 1987 in
Charlotte , North Carolina
Strikes: Left Throws: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 7,  2011  with the Seattle Mariners
MLB stats
(through August 26, 2019)
Batting average    , 257
Home runs    192
RBI    651
Hits    1,194
Teams

Awards

Last update: August 27, 2019

Kyle Seager Duer (* 3. November 1987 in Charlotte , North Carolina ) is an American baseball player in Major League . He currently plays as a third baseman with the Seattle Mariners .

High school and college careers

Kyle Seager is the eldest of three sons, Jeff and Jody Seager.

Brother Corey was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft , while brother Justin was also asked by the Mariners in 2013.

Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina , where he named Co-North Carolina Player of the Year.

Seager decided to stay in the state and went to the University of North Carolina where he had a batting average of .353 in his day . In addition to that, he has 17 home runs , 66 doubles and 167 RBI . In 2008, he set a school record for doubles in one season in one season (30). He was a semi-finalist for the Golden Spikes Award .

During the summer of 2008, Seager played for the Chatham A's in the Cape Cod Baseball League .

Professional career

Minor Leagues

Seager spent most of the 2009 season in Class-A (fifth highest level). His batting average was .275 and he had a home run and 22 RBI. He also played two games in Class-A Advanced (fourth highest level) with the "High Desert Mavericks", where he then played for the entire 2010 season. His batting average was .345, he had 14 home runs and 74 RBI.

He was named the Mariners Organization's 2011 ninth best prospect by Baseball America . "Prospects" are young talents who are arranged in sequence, which means that the number 1 prospect of the year is expected to become one of the best players in the league in the future. The next season he played 66 games in Double A (third tier) with the Jackson Generals, where he had a batting average of .312, and 24 games in Triple A (second tier) at Tacoma Rainiers, where he had a Had batting average of .387. In total, he hit 7 home runs and 54 RBIs that year.

Seattle Mariners

On July 6, 2011, Seager entered the 40-man roster for the first time. He hit his first Major League home run on August 19, 2011 against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field , and ended the year with a .258 batting average, 3 home runs and 13 RBI in 53 games.

In 2012 he played his first full MLB season, had a batting average of .259, 20 home runs and 86 RBI in 155 games.

On June 5, 2013, Seager hit a grand slam against the Chicago White Sox in the 14th inning . It was the first time in MLB history that a player hit an equalizing Grand Slam in extra innings. The Mariners won the game 7-5 in 16 innings. He finished 2013 with a batting average of .260, 22 home runs and 69 RBI in 160 (out of a possible 162) games.

On April 23, 2014, Seager hit 2 home runs and had 5 RBI in the match against the Houston Astros . He hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning , and hit a walk-off three-run home run in the ninth inning, the Mariners winning 5-3. That was his first walk-off hit of his career. He was voted April Co-Player of the Weeks. On June 2, Seager had 4 base hits in 4 tries, including a double, two triples and a three run home run against the New York Yankees . He was the first Mariner to score two triples, at least one home run, and one double in one game since Hal Breeden met for Montreal in 1973. On June 15, Seager went 4-4 again with two singles and two doubles and three RBI. It was the fifth time Seager had a four-hit game. On July 7, Seager was named his first All-Star Team to replace Toronto Blue Jays player Edwin Encarnación . He finished the season with 25 home runs, 96 RBI and a batting average of .268 in 159 games.

Seager received his first Gold Glove on November 4th, 2014 .

On December 2, 2014, the Mariners completed a 7-year $ 100 million contract extension with Seager.

In 2015, he scored on 26 home runs and 74 RBI in 161 games.

On April 25, 2016, Seager hit the 100th home run of his career in a game against the Houston Astros . He finished 2016 with a .278 batting average, 30 home runs and 99 RBI in 158 games, and he and his brother, Corey , made history by becoming the first brothers in MLB history to have at least 25 home runs in a year .

Web links

Commons : Kyle Seager  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bros to pros: Seager brothers finding major league success , ESPN.com. April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016. 
  2. ^ Jacob Thorpe: Seager's brother, Justin, drafted by Mariner . Seattle Mariners . June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ Player Bio: Kyle Seager . Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.goheels.com/fls/3350/Baseball/2013_BaseballYearbook.pdf
  5. ^ Conor Glassey: BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: Rankings: Organization Top 10 Prospects: Seattle Mariners Top 10 Prospects . In: baseballamerica.com . December 6, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mike Axisa: Mariners Designate Jose Yepez For Assignment . In: MLBTradeRumors.com . Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  7. ↑ Wild and wacky game in Seattle . In: ESPN - Elias Says . Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  8. ↑ Ryan Divish: Kyle Seager named American League co-player of the week . In: The Seattle Times . April 28, 2014. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 22, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.seattletimes.com
  9. ↑ Kyle Seager has 4 extra-base hits as Mariners rout Yanks . In: ESPN.com . June 2, 2014. Accessed May 22, 2015.
  10. ^ Matt Snyder: Kyle Seager named to AL All-Star team as Encarnacion's replacement . In: CBSSports.com . July 7, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  11. ^ Greg Johns: Seager wins Gold Glove for AL third basemen . In: Seattle Mariners . Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ Kyle Seager finalizes seven-year, $ 100 million contract with Seattle Mariners . In: ESPN.com . December 2, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ Seager hits 100th career home run . The News Tribune. April 25, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  14. ↑ Eric Stephen: Corey Seager, Kyle Seager set brother home run record . In: SB Nation . September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Seager, Kyle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seager, Kyle Duer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American major league baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlotte , North Carolina