Lance Berkman

Lance Berkman
Outfielder / First Baseman
Born: February 10th, 1976 Waco United States
Beats: Switch	Throws: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 16,  1999  with the  Houston Astros
Last MLB assignment
September 17,  2013  with the  Texas Rangers
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	, 293
Home runs	366
Runs Batted In	1,234
Teams
Houston Astros (1999-2010) New York Yankees (2010) St. Louis Cardinals (2011-2012) Texas Rangers (2013)
Awards
6 × All-Star (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 , 2011 ) World Series Winner ( 2011 ) NL Comeback Player of the Year (2011) Batsman with the most RBIs in the NL (2002)

William Lance Berkman (born February 10, 1976 in Waco , Texas ) is a retired American baseball player in the major league . After more than ten years with the Houston Astros , he played briefly with the New York Yankees on the St. Louis Cardinals team . The last club he played for were the Texas Rangers . He has played in his career as a first baseman , designated hitter and as an outfielder .

Career

Berkman played on the college team at Rice University and was selected by the Houston Astros in the 1997 MLB Draft in the first round as the 16th player ever. After two years in the minor leagues , he made his major league debut in 1999. Although he had played as a first baseman until then, he was used in the Astros in the outfield. In 2001, he finished fourth in the National League with a batting average of .311 . This year he was elected to the NL All-Star Team for the first time . In 2005 he signed a six-year contract for $ 85 million with the Astros. After an injury to Jeff Bagwell, he moved to first base. On June 13, 2009, he hit his 300th home run.

On July 31, 2010, Berkman was transferred from the Astros to the New York Yankees, where he was mainly used as a designated hitter. After the end of the season, the Yankees did not take an option to extend the contract. On December 4, 2010, Berkman signed a one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals for $ 8 million .

Private life

Berkman has four children with his wife Cara: Hannah Leigh, Carly Anne, Katie Mae and Abigail Primm.

Web links

Commons : Lance Berkman  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  ESPN  or  Baseball Reference  or  Fangraphs  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lance Berkman Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com . In: baseball-reference.com . Retrieved October 15, 2010.
2. ↑ 2001 National League Batting Leaders - Baseball-Reference.com . In: baseball-reference.com . Retrieved October 15, 2010.
3. ^ Astros, Berkman reach six-year deal . In: houston.astros.mlb.com . Retrieved October 15, 2010.
4. ↑ Astros Berkman finalize deal with Yanks . In: pressbox.mlb.com . Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 15, 2010.  
5. ^ Yanks decline options on Berkman, Wood, prospect A. Johnson . In: cbssports.com . Retrieved December 15, 2010.
6. ^ Cardinals bring Berkman back to NL Central . In: stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com . Retrieved December 15, 2010.